Long-Empty 42nd Street Theatre to Be Revived as ‘Broadway Sensation’ Attraction
Sandwiched between the American Airlines Theatre at 227 West 42nd Street and the Foxwoods Theatre at 213, the Times Square Theatre at 217 has been empty since the 1990s.
Sheryl Crow & Barry Levinson’s ‘Diner The Musical’ to Premiere in San Francisco this October
Diner, a new musical based on the 1982 film, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at San Francisco’s SHN Curran Theatre.
Paul Giamatti Will Star in ‘Hamlet’ During the 2012-2013 Season of the Yale Repertory Theater
Paul Giamatti will make his debut in the role during the 2012-2013 season of the Yale Repertory Theater.
Kevin Spacey: “If we don’t reach out to make theatre affordable to the young generation we will lose them all”
“When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club,” says Spacey
‘Once’ Star Steve Kazee: “I’ve had some ups and down on Broadway, and I had sort of sworn it off”
Steve Kazee, an actor who previously thought he had done his last Broadway show says that when it comes to acting sometimes the last place you’d expect to be is where you eventually end up
‘Carrie’ Star Molly Ranson Explains why the 2012 Off-Broadway Revival is More Successful Than the 1988 Broadway Original
The current off-Broadway revival of the infamous Carrie — based on the Stephen King novel and subsequent classic film –has already ran longer than the sixteen previews and five performances that the 1988 Broadway production ran, so the new production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre can already take that success into account.
David Strathairn will join Jessica Chastain on Broadway in ‘The Heiress’
It was just announced that Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award winner David Strathairn will join Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress.
Julia Roberts Wants to Return to Broadway
Julia Roberts stars as the Evil Queen in Mirror, Mirror (set to open March 30), but the actress is thinking about returning to the world of theater.
Interview: Andrew Keenan-Bolger Talks ‘Newsies’, ‘Submissions Only’ and How To Dance With a Crutch
Andrew on memorizing audition sides: “I feel like I’m never going to fully be able to get into the character… if I’m having to constantly check down at my script”
Cristin Milioti on Broadway’s ‘Once’: “Legit musicals are not quite my forte. It’s really a happy accident that the way I sing just worked for this”
In the lead female role as the show makes the move to Broadway is Cristin Milioti, an off-Broadway regular who talks about how she ended up in a musical even though she doesn’t fit the typical perception of a Broadway star.
Andrew Garfield: “You just have to just keep your head down and work as hard as you can on whatever you’re working on”
Though Andrew Garfield is best known for his film roles — after all, he’s going to be splashed across multiplexes in red and blue tights later this year in The Amazing Spider-Man — he maintains a passion for theater, pointing out, “There’s something pure about working on a play, in my experience.”
Musical Based on 1970s Classic Comedy Movie ‘Animal House’ in the Works
The classic 1978 college comedy classic, which is to be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw with music by late 1990s pop-rock band Barenaked Ladies, with Michael Mitnick writing the libretto.
Mike Nichols: “I’ve learned, over the years, to be honest with actors. If you don’t know something, tell them. Don’t fake it”
One of the few plays that is universally recognized as a masterpiece, Arthur Miller‘s Death of a Salesman has had numerous Broadway productions, starring iconic actors like Lee J. Cobb, George C. Scott, Dustin Hoffman, and Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman. The latest production stars another acting luminary, Philip Seymour
David Alan Grier: “I never wanted to be a comic. I wanted to be a leading man — the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman”
He is currently utilizing his more dramatic skills in the role of the drug dealer Sporting Life in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which is now on Broadway.
Jim Parsons on Returning to Theater: “Let the universe know what you want, and you just may get it”
Parsons spoke about his reasons for his recent return to theater and why he chose Harvey
Russell Brand to Star in Eric Idle’s ‘What About Dick?’ at L.A’s Orpheum Theatre
Comedian Russell Brand is taking on a new challenge, expanding on his resume that will now include stage actor.
New York Asian-American Actors Look to Increase Their Presence in Theater
The number of Asian-American actors in Broadway shows has actually declined since five years ago, the only minority group that has seen a decline.
Deaf Actor Russell Harvard Discusses Starring in the Off-Broadway Show, ‘Tribes’
In the off-Broadway show Tribes, a young deaf man, Billy, struggles with his relationship with his hearing parents who have difficulty accepting Billy’s disability.
‘Spider-Man’ Broadway Show Producers Settle One Lawsuit with Former Director Julie Taymor
While the musical itself cost a reported record $75 million, Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark has been a massive hit on Broadway, taking home on average $1.3 million per week, there was one key member of the production who hasn’t been reaping any of those rewards: original director Julie Taymor.
Jeff Goldblum Replacing Alan Rickman in ‘Seminar’
Two-time Tony Award nominee Alan Rickman will play his final performance on Sunday, April 1 in Seminar.