Entries for the ‘Theater’ Category



War Horse play gets Broadway run

The hit West End play War Horse is to transfer to Broadway next year.

War Horse is based on a children's book by Michael Morpurgo.
The adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book about a horse caught up in World War I will run at New York's Lincoln Center from 17 March 2011.
First seen at the National in 2007, [...]

A Hollywood Player Inspires a Broadway Play

Axel Koester for The New York Times
Back in the producing game: Robert Evans, who has rebounded after suffering a series of strokes, at his home in Beverly Hills.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Robert Evans has long been good theater. Now comes the actual stage play.

Having been involved with pictures as grand as “The Godfather,” as [...]

The heart-on-sleeve melodies in ‘Fanny’ soar

NEW YORK – There's nothing like a full-throttle, heart-on-sleeve melody to lift the stodgiest of Broadway musicals.

In this theater publicity image released by Helene Davis Public Relations, Elena Shaddow, left, and James Snyder are shown in a scene from the Encores! concert production of 'Fanny,' running Feb. 4-7 at New York City Center in New [...]

Theater: What She Really Wants to Do Is Act

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times
Sienna Miller with Jonny Lee Miller in “After Miss Julie,” her Broadway debut, which is scheduled to open on Thursday.

“SERIAL MILLER” is what the London tabloids like to call the 27-year-old actress Sienna Miller, in honor of her long and well-documented romantic history. Her flings have included Jude Law, [...]

Musical revivals outpace new shows on Broadway

 

 NEW YORK – New musicals will be in short supply this fall on Broadway, but a quintet of revivals plus one other major show at the historic Apollo Theatre will ensure that New York isn’t bereft of song and dance.

 Actors John Stamos, right, and Gina Gershon pose for a picture in front of costume sketches [...]

The Who’s Pete Townshend at work on new musical

LONDON – Pete Townshend once wrote "I hope I die before I get old."
pNow the 64-year-old guitarist and songwriter for British rock band The Who says he is working on a new musical about aging.

Townshend says "Floss" will focus on a pub-rock musician and his troubled relationship with his wife, who runs a riding stable.
He [...]

A revival of ‘Ragtime’ set to return to Broadway

NEW YORK – Get ready for the return of "Ragtime."
 
In this theater publicity image released by the Kennedy Center Press Office, the cast from the musical ‘Ragtime,’ seen earlier this year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. The production will open Nov. 15 at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre in [...]

‘The Little Mermaid’ sets its final Broadway swim

NEW YORK – "The Little Mermaid" is set for its final Broadway swim.
The lavish musical based on the Disney animated film will close Aug. 30 after a 20-month run, producer Thomas Schumacher announced Tuesday.

In this theater publicity image released by Disney Theatrical Productions, Chelsea Morgan Stock, left, and Drew Seeley are shown in a scene [...]

Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming join ‘Spider-Man’

NEW YORK – Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming have joined the cast of "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," the upcoming Broadway musical about the famous web-slinger.

FILE – In this June 25, 2009 file photo, actress Evan Rachel Wood attends the Swarovski Crystallized concept store opening, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
Wood will portray [...]

The Birth of Green Day’s “American Idiot” Musical

Billie Joe Armstrong and director Michael Mayer reveal the Broadway bonding behind the punk-rock opera

Photo: Mazur / Wireimage
Punk rock takes a giant step closer to the Great White Way on September 4th when the Berkeley Repertory Theater in Berkeley, California — located a short drive from the 924 Gilman Street Project, the legendary all-ages hardcore [...]

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