It was just announced that the planned Los Angeles and Broadway productions of Funny Girl has been postponed.
‘Funny Girl’ is Postponed! Los Angeles and Broadway Productions Shelved Read More »
Justin Bartha might be best known as the Wolf Pack member who is always left out of the fun in The Hangover films, but he’s also started to rack up an impressive resume in Broadway theatre in 2011.
Could you write, direct, and produce a play that will hit Broadway in less than twenty-four hours? Well I’m sure just about anybody could, but would it be any good? That’s the concept behind 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, which celebrates its tenth annual production on Broadway next month.
Levi James saved two trapped parents and their ten-month-old daughter from their burning apartment in Patchway, England, and then sprayed the fire with a garden hose until the firefighters came to the scene of the blaze.
Michael Sheen — the often praised star of Frost/Nixon and Midnight in Paris, and also known as the best Tony Blair out there (he’s appeared as Blair three times, including in The Queen) — is one of those actors who has a long list of impressive credits but is far from a household name.
What’s the easiest way to get the play you’ve written staged in a New York City theater?
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Like nearly every actor, Griffiths confesses that she’s always had Broadway dreams, but it was difficult to choose where to begin and how to handle the workload.
“If another villainous character comes along that has dimensions, I certainly wouldn’t pass up the opportunity just because I’ve done it in a different context.”
Jackson is thankful that his salary from his blockbuster films allows him to explore smaller, more challenging work like The Mountaintop, a Broadway play in which Jackson appears as Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells went to Rolling Stone’s offices in New York to, well, F around basically.
Watch The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells talk nonsense: “Suck it, Wicked” Read More »
With his next film, 4:44 Last Day on Earth making its United States debut at the New York Film Festival, Dafoe has a lot to say about the city that he calls half-home (he lives the part of the year in Italy).
Willem Dafoe on His Love of New York and the Importance of Acting on Stage Read More »
Frank Langella won a Tony for playing a very unappealing Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon, but that wasn’t his only run as the “bad guy” of a play. In fact, Langella is currently starring in a revival of Terrence Rattigan‘s 1963 play Man and Boy with the Roundabout Theatre Company at
Jackman took a momentary break from his busy schedule to talk about his approach to acting on both the screen and the stage and on the intimidation of his next big role.
Hugh Jackman on the Stage Versus the Screen: “Acting is acting. It’s the same thing” Read More »
Television star O’Connell is returning to his native Manhattan to star in his first Broadway show, Seminar.
Hugh Dancy is currently in rehearsal for the Broadway premiere of Venus in Fur as playwright/director, Thomas, alongside Nina Arianda. The show, which closed off-Broadway two years ago, features only 2 characters and “it leaves me with nowhere to run,” Dancy said.
Though Jackman did a similar show at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco earlier this year, naturally the musical-loving Jackman prefers to do the show on The Great White Way.
Hugh Jackman: “There’s something magical about Broadway” Read More »
It’s now official: Jesus will be back on Broadway.
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Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett are starring in The Mountaintop, which is currently in previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
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In 2005, Watson won £2.3 million (around $3.6 million) after he grandfather purchased her the winning ticket. Not so lucky prior to that, she had been the victim of bullying during her formative years and now wants to help young children who hear insults and taunts every day.
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On last night’s season premiere of 60 Minutes, correspondent Steve Kroft profiled Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the four-time Emmy Award winning creators of South Park and the Tony Award-winning co-authors of The Book of Mormon.
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