Friday, November 9, 2012
The timing seem ideal for a Broadway revival of "Annie,"  and director James Lapine is attempting a timely approach to this story of optimism triumphing in a bleak era. Lapine's "Anni…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 02:16AM[SHARE]You could not count me an "Annie" aficionado before I saw its third Broadway production, which has opened tonight. "Annie" to me conjured up nothing but "Tomorrow" sung badly by generations …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I’m SICK of sports metaphors in election coverage: slam dunk,Hail Mary, ground game. So I asked for suggestions for theater metaphors instead — and got enough to fill a musical! …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:29PM[SHARE]Monday, November 5, 2012
The main character of "The Whale" is 600 pounds, but one of the many pleasures of this funny and affecting new play by Samuel D. Hunter, being given a splendid production with a universally …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 10:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 4, 2012
Sandy, arriving angrily last Monday, shocked New York, leaving much of the city, including most of its theater, in disarray. If New Yorkers have never completely embraced Spider-Man, they su…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 3, 2012
This photograph by Iwan Baan clearly shows how Sandy divided Manhattan into the Dark Zone and the Power Zones.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:56PM[SHARE]Has Sandy caused hardship for the theater you head, or for you personally as a theater artist? Help may be available. Many small organizations, including theaters and galleries, are eligible…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:49AM[SHARE]Broadway shows have been back since Wednesday, just two days after Superstorm Sandy hit the city. Now, with electrical power finally being restored downtown, Off-Broadway is back as wellR…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 1, 2012
At the beginning of "The Heiress," the heartbreaking story of an abandoned love, Jessica Chastain descends the staircase of a sumptuous mansion in a dazzling red dress and a glorious smile "…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 06:30PM[SHARE]To what are they referring? The accident nearly three years ago in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, where a performer fell off the stage some 30 feet and had to be hospitalized? Could Madison …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
All Broadway shows, already canceled Sunday and Monday evening, are also canceled Tuesday, due to the shut-down of public transportation and to Hurricane Sandy, according to the Broadway Lea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:37PM[SHARE]The sun’ll come out Tomorrow [or maybe Wednesday}  Bet your bottom dollar  That tomorrow [Thursday latest] There’ll be sun! Eight shows are opening on Broadway in the month…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:13PM[SHARE]Andrea McArdle sings Tomorrow at the Tony Awards in 1977. The sun will come out tomorrow! Sandy from Space
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:34AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 28, 2012
Lena Horne from the 1943 movie. Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky Stormy weather since my man and I ain’t together Keeps raining all the time, the time Lif…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:27PM[SHARE]With the impending threat of Hurricane Sandy in the tri-state area, Governor Cuomo announced the shutting down of all subway, bus and commuter service around 7 p.m. tonight, Sunday, October …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:53PM[SHARE]Friday, October 26, 2012
Three shows I saw within a week or so of one another adapted literary works by well-known authors to the stage for the first time: Jonathan Franzen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Rona Jaffe. I…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Within the first minutes of the Transport Group Theatre Company's "House for Sale," billed as the first work by Jonathan Franzen (Freedom, The Corrections) to be adapted for the stage, I …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 07:47PM[SHARE]Monday, October 22, 2012
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.”~Oscar Wilde, born 158 years ago this past week. Â October 15 My review of Falling Jo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 20, 2012
The Guardian has posted an article, Is it OK to use Twitter mid-performance? in which the author, Andrew Dickson, answers no — no surprise. And no surprise that all the commenters a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:06AM[SHARE]Friday, October 19, 2012
Near the end of the latest Broadway revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, much to my surprise, the Les Miz Rule kicked in. If a Broadway show shines bright lights directly in your face, features st…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 18, 2012
I saw the second Presidential debate of 2012 and Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Broadway on the same week. Here is an excerpt from Act III: MARTH…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 17, 2012
TICKET GIVEAWAY TO GOLDEN BOY: Win two tickets to see "Golden Boy," Clifford Odet’s drama, first produced on Broadway in 1937 by the legendary Group Theater, about a man who defies his…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:39AM[SHARE]This excerpt from the Chronicle of Philanthropy‘s article on the presidential candidates’ positions on various non-profit issues focuses on their stances on matters involving …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:23AM[SHARE]“I don't think like an F.B.I. agent," Ben Sprecher, one of the lead producers of “Rebecca,” defends himself in the New York Times, in the latest development in what I…
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