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Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a 9-week-only limited engagement of his Tony Award-winning, record-breaking play 700 SUNDAYS. This will mark the final engagement of this production. Previews will begin Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street) with opening night scheduled for Wednesday, November 13, [...]
Send to Kindle OK, people, this is epic, two of the finer stage actors have joined the already incredible cast of the Pinter/Beckett rep-fest that is coming to Broadway next season. Today it was announced that Tony Award winners Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley will join Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in the limited season repertoire of [...]
Send to Kindle Rocky, a musical? Who would’ve thought that was a good idea when the movie premiered over 20 years ago? Well clearly, Sylvester Stallone did. Will Broadway audiences be screaming “yo Adrian” at the end? Time will tell. Stage Entertainment USA and Sylvester Stallone have announced that the new musical adaptation of the film, [...]
The world premiere of the new musical Big Fish, based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the 2003 Columbia Pictures film written by John August, opens its pre-Broadway engagement April 19, in Chicago. Directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact, Show Boat, Crazy for You), the [...]
Roald Dahl is the new fad. First Matilda was made into an international juggernaut having opened to rave reviews and big sales in London’s West End and on Broadway , and now Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is prepping for its West End opening. Press notes state, “Roald Dahl’s deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes [...]
Send to Kindle“God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass.”, so said Dewey Finn (played by Jack Black) in the film School of Rock. Now, it seems that Lord Andrew Lloyd Weber has the same feelings. He recently sat down with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC radio to discuss his current project, STEPHEN WARD, [...]
Look out Broadway, power couple Daniel Craig (A steady Rain, James Bond) Rachel Weisz are set to star on Broadway in Harold Pinter’s BETRAYAL, directed by ten-time (yes 10 time!) Tony Award-winner Mike Nichols. BETRAYAL will begin preview performances on Tuesday, October 1 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). Opening night is Sunday, [...]
Send to Kindle Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos the subjects of a new musical? Yep, it’s true. Starting tonight, April2, 2013 the Public Theater production of David Byrne-Fatboy Slim’s new musical about the Filipino political leaders (and hopefully Imelda’s shoes) Here Lies Love, an immersive 360-degree theatrical experience, will begin its world-premiere engagement. Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody [...]
International film star Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean) will make his Broadway debut during the upcoming Fall season alongside Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (The Trip To Bountiful, Stick Fly, Steel Magnolias), as Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in ROMEO AND JULIET. The production will be helmed by Broadway mainstay David Leveaux (Arcadia, [...]
The new musical parody of the international hit books 50 Shades of Grey, titled 50 Shades! the Musical will launch a national tour starting April 2, 2013 in Raleigh, NC. The show, created by the group that brought you Baby Wants Candy, lampoons the characters, raunchiness and ridiculousness of the books, all the while steering clear [...]
