Sure, most people best know Mandy Patinkin for his role as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride (it’s pretty much impossible to write about him without mentioning it). However, Broadway fans know that before he ever played the Spanish swordsman he became a Broadway star in the original productions of […]
How do you follow-up a successful series like Breaking Bad? If you’re Bryan Cranston, you head to Broadway. He will be making his Broadway debut as Lyndon Baines Johnson in the play All the Way. He talked to The New York Times about why he took on such a challenge. “I
While some audiences complain about movies pushing the envelope when it comes to sex and nudity, many forget that the theatre has been living on the edge for centuries. In the new Off-Broadway show Intimacy, actor David Anzuelo talks about where he has to take his role — upright. In
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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was a Broadway show that was plagued with cast injuries throughout its run. Now a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Daniel Curry who was seriously injured onstage in August. The filing accuses the producers, engineering consultants and others involved in the design and
As if Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart weren’t busy enough taking hilarious photos together around New York City and starring in two plays on Broadway, Waiting for Godot and No Man’s Land, they dropped in on the New York Daily News offices to answer fans’ questions. If you missed the
Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Talk Acting in Live New York Daily News Chat Read More »
After the massive critical and rating success of Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston could probably do whatever he wanted once he hung up Walter White’s porkpie hat. So many were surprised that Cranston’s next move was to make his Broadway debut portraying President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way after
The tour wage issue for Actors’ Equity continues as town hall meeting on Monday revealed that this is a hot topic for its members. According to three anonymous union member who spoke to The New York Times, over 400 people showed up to the four-hour meeting. A Power Point presentation
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One of an actor’s most important instruments in his career is his voice. However, that instrument can give out from time to time, just ask Sam Troughton. He was in the middle of a preview performance of the Sam Mendes-directed King Lear at the National Theatre in London when he
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As if anyone needed more excuses to see Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart performing No Man’s Land and Waiting for Godot in repertory at the Cort Theatre on Broadway (the production has once again extended through March 30), the cast is doing talkbacks after select performances of No Man’s
Chris on ‘Bronx Bombers’: “You never know where these jobs come from”
Daniel Radcliffe is returning to Broadway in Martin McDonagh‘s The Cripple of Inishmaan. The show and the rest of the cast are transferring to New York after a successful West End run. Directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Grandage, the show will open on the afternoon of Sunday, April 20 at
Cate Blanchett was just nominated for her sixth Academy Award for her performance in Woody Allen‘s Blue Jasmine. She plays a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. What’s interesting about the Australian actress is that she has been largely
‘Blue Jasmine’ star Cate Blanchett Seamlessly Transitions from Stage to Screen Read More »
One of the actors’ unions is heating up with a fight about contracts and there are quite a few people who are angry about the direction it is headed. Actors’ Equity union, which represents theater performers on Broadway and across the United States, has made concessions on contracts for two
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One major criticism of theater is that many find it inaccessible, either because of its content, location or ticket price. Heck, we just reported that the average price for a ticket to see a musical on Broadway is $102.45! Because of that, one might assume that you have a slim
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Every year The Broadway League releases figures regarding the demographics of Broadway attendance, and though the stats don’t usually fluctuate greatly from year to year there is always some interesting information to glean from the annual reports. Today The Broadway League released figures for the 2012-2013 season, which is mostly
If you only look at his filmography, you might think Jude Law has been somewhat wanting for work in recent years because while he’s appeared in a dozen films since 2009 they have mostly been supporting roles. However, when Law isn’t on a movie screen he can often be found
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Darick on auditions: “I think sometimes we as actors tend to really beat ourselves up”
Based on how much Shakespeare that was being done in New York in 2013, one would never suspect that the Bard has been dead for nearly four hundred years. While Shakespeare in the Park is an annual summer tradition in New York, this year’s Love’s Labor Lost was just the
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I had the opportunity to attend media event featuring the cast from the upcoming Broadway musical adaptation of the best selling novel The Bridges of Madison County at the New 42nd Street Studios. The cast — including stars Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale — performed three songs from the musical,
PREVIEW: ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ on Broadway Read More »
It’s the production design of this Macbeth, which is somehow both opulent and plain, but altogether unique, that sets this version of ‘Macbeth’ apart.
Paint It, Black: ‘Macbeth’ at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (NYC) Read More »
