Christopher Durang, one of American’s most acclaimed and accomplished playwrights whose works like Beyond Therapy, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and the Tony-winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike were as incisive as they were absurdly comic, died Tuesday night at his home in Pipersville, Pa., in Bucks County. He was 75.
His agent, Patrick Herold, confirmed that Durang died as a result complications of his 2016 diagnosis with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (Ppa), a form of Alzheimer’s disease that impedes the ability to process language. He remained out of the public spotlight since his condition was made public in 2022. In February, New York’s Dramatists Guild announced that the playwright would receive its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award on May 6, placing Durang on a prestigious roster alongside such past awardees as John Guare, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Miller.
Born Christopher Ferdinand Durang on January 2, 1949, Durang soared to...
His agent, Patrick Herold, confirmed that Durang died as a result complications of his 2016 diagnosis with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (Ppa), a form of Alzheimer’s disease that impedes the ability to process language. He remained out of the public spotlight since his condition was made public in 2022. In February, New York’s Dramatists Guild announced that the playwright would receive its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award on May 6, placing Durang on a prestigious roster alongside such past awardees as John Guare, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Miller.
Born Christopher Ferdinand Durang on January 2, 1949, Durang soared to...
- 4/3/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James are joining forces to star in a scorching new play by Penelope Skinner, directed by Ian Rickson, that will open in London’s West End in the fall.
Pretty hot names to have atop a theater marquee, that’s for sure.
The drama, called Lyonesse, will open at the Harold Pinter Theatre in late September or early October. Official dates are being determined.
In this new work, Skinner — who won the George Devine Award for most promising playwright in 2011 for The Village Bike — focuses on Elaine (Scott Thomas), a reclusive and brilliant actress who disappeared from public view under mysterious circumstances.
Elaine summons Kate (James), a young film executive, to her remote Cornish estate to facilitate “her glorious comeback,” according to a production source who copped me a premise of the play.
“But who really controls the stories we tell and how we get to tell them?...
Pretty hot names to have atop a theater marquee, that’s for sure.
The drama, called Lyonesse, will open at the Harold Pinter Theatre in late September or early October. Official dates are being determined.
In this new work, Skinner — who won the George Devine Award for most promising playwright in 2011 for The Village Bike — focuses on Elaine (Scott Thomas), a reclusive and brilliant actress who disappeared from public view under mysterious circumstances.
Elaine summons Kate (James), a young film executive, to her remote Cornish estate to facilitate “her glorious comeback,” according to a production source who copped me a premise of the play.
“But who really controls the stories we tell and how we get to tell them?...
- 6/2/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s Tony race for Best Musical Revival has two Stephen Sondheim shows (“Into the Woods” and “Sweeney Todd”) in contention. Will one of them win or will they cancel each other out? Let’s go over both of them.
“Into the Woods” combines several fairy tales and explores the consequences of the characters’ quests. The main storyline focuses on a childless baker and his wife as they go into the woods to break a spell set upon them by a witch. There they run into various classic fairy tale characters, all before revealing what happens after “happily ever after.”
The original production won three Tonys in 1988 for Best Actress (Musical) for Joanna Gleason, Best Musical Book for James Lapine, and Best Original Score for Sondheim. Meanwhile, Best Musical that year went to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which wound up with six other awards. The last remounting of...
“Into the Woods” combines several fairy tales and explores the consequences of the characters’ quests. The main storyline focuses on a childless baker and his wife as they go into the woods to break a spell set upon them by a witch. There they run into various classic fairy tale characters, all before revealing what happens after “happily ever after.”
The original production won three Tonys in 1988 for Best Actress (Musical) for Joanna Gleason, Best Musical Book for James Lapine, and Best Original Score for Sondheim. Meanwhile, Best Musical that year went to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which wound up with six other awards. The last remounting of...
- 5/22/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Megalyn Echikunwoke was born May 28, 1983 in Spokane, Washington. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is of Caucasian descent. Her last name Echikunwoke means “leader of men” and Megalyn is the granddaughter of a Nigerian tribal leader of the Igbo, which technically makes her African royalty. She is known for playing “Nicole Palmer” in the first season of 24 (2001), “Angie Barnett” (Kelso’s girlfriend) in the seventh season of That ’70s Show (1998) and “Isabelle Tyler” in The 4400 (2004). She was raised on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. In early 2008, she starred opposite Alessandro Nivola in an independent movie, directed by Jerry Zaks, titled Who Do You Love (2008) where she played a heroin-addicted lounge singer. She did all of her own singing in the movie.
La entrada Megalyn Echikunwoke se publicó primero en Martin Cid Magazine.
La entrada Megalyn Echikunwoke se publicó primero en Martin Cid Magazine.
- 4/13/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
This year’s Tonys will be held on June 11, so the American Theatre Wing will likely be announcing their lifetime achievement award recipient in the near future. Who do you think should be taking home this prestigious trophy? Scroll down to let us know in our poll which behind-the-scenes creative deserves the honor this year.
The Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre honors an individual’s body of work, and in some years we’ve gotten multiple recipients. Last year legendary five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury received this honor about four months before her death on October 11 at the age of 96. The following living creatives have already received this award so they’re not eligible to be chosen again: Paul Gemignani, Alan Ayckbourn, Athol Fugard, Jane Greenwood, Sheldon Harnick, Marshall W. Mason, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Wheeler, and Graciela Daniele.
Here are 10 possibilities, all of them creatives over the...
The Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre honors an individual’s body of work, and in some years we’ve gotten multiple recipients. Last year legendary five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury received this honor about four months before her death on October 11 at the age of 96. The following living creatives have already received this award so they’re not eligible to be chosen again: Paul Gemignani, Alan Ayckbourn, Athol Fugard, Jane Greenwood, Sheldon Harnick, Marshall W. Mason, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Wheeler, and Graciela Daniele.
Here are 10 possibilities, all of them creatives over the...
- 3/21/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
“The Music Man”, Broadway’s hit musical revival starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster is coming to an end.
The producers of the Meredith Wilson revived-musical, directed by Jerry Zaks, have announced that the final show will take place on Jan. 1, 2023 with Jackman exiting after a year of playing Professor Harold Hill.
Read More: Hugh Jackman And Sutton Foster Discuss What Cracks Them Up While Performing In Broadway’s ‘The Music Man’
“I am thrilled that Hugh and Sutton will continue to create their unique magic to the stage right through to the end of 2022 so that we can properly close out what has been a triumphant year for our entire industry,” said Kate Horton, who produced the show alongside Barry Diller and David Geffen.
“The Music Man” has continuously broken in-house records at New York City’s Winter Garden Theatre, which has seated 402,017 audience members thus far, for the...
The producers of the Meredith Wilson revived-musical, directed by Jerry Zaks, have announced that the final show will take place on Jan. 1, 2023 with Jackman exiting after a year of playing Professor Harold Hill.
Read More: Hugh Jackman And Sutton Foster Discuss What Cracks Them Up While Performing In Broadway’s ‘The Music Man’
“I am thrilled that Hugh and Sutton will continue to create their unique magic to the stage right through to the end of 2022 so that we can properly close out what has been a triumphant year for our entire industry,” said Kate Horton, who produced the show alongside Barry Diller and David Geffen.
“The Music Man” has continuously broken in-house records at New York City’s Winter Garden Theatre, which has seated 402,017 audience members thus far, for the...
- 9/13/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
The producers of Broadway’s hit musical revival The Music Man will end the show’s successful run on Jan. 1, 2023, when star Hugh Jackman exits after a year a Professor Harold Hill.
“I am thrilled that Hugh and Sutton [Foster] will continue to create their unique magic to the stage right through to the end of 2022 so that we can properly close out what has been a triumphant year for our entire industry,” said Kate Horton, who produced along with Barry Diller and David Geffen.
The biggest new commercial hit of the 2021-2022 Broadway season, The Music Man has broken house records at the Winter Garden Theatre week after week, and has played to 402,017 audience members.
When it closes, the revival of the Meredith Wilson musical, directed by Jerry Zaks, will have played 358 regular and 46 preview performances.
Jackman has missed some recent performances as he has attended film festivals in...
“I am thrilled that Hugh and Sutton [Foster] will continue to create their unique magic to the stage right through to the end of 2022 so that we can properly close out what has been a triumphant year for our entire industry,” said Kate Horton, who produced along with Barry Diller and David Geffen.
The biggest new commercial hit of the 2021-2022 Broadway season, The Music Man has broken house records at the Winter Garden Theatre week after week, and has played to 402,017 audience members.
When it closes, the revival of the Meredith Wilson musical, directed by Jerry Zaks, will have played 358 regular and 46 preview performances.
Jackman has missed some recent performances as he has attended film festivals in...
- 9/13/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, will end its run on Jan. 1, the production announced on Tuesday.
The popular revival opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Feb. 10, after having been delayed by the pandemic. Jackman and Foster were both nominated for Tony Awards for their portrayals of Professor Harold Hill and Marian Paroo.
Since opening, the revival has been one of the highest grossing shows on Broadway on a weekly basis, regularly bringing in close to or more than 3 million. Its popularity, and Jackman’s star status, helped support the industry as it mounted a return after an 18-month closure and continues to weather challenges related to the pandemic.
The Music Man, directed by Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, was originally produced by Scott Rudin. Rudin stepped back from producing, following a Hollywood Reporter article detailing allegations of bullying in the workplace,...
The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, will end its run on Jan. 1, the production announced on Tuesday.
The popular revival opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Feb. 10, after having been delayed by the pandemic. Jackman and Foster were both nominated for Tony Awards for their portrayals of Professor Harold Hill and Marian Paroo.
Since opening, the revival has been one of the highest grossing shows on Broadway on a weekly basis, regularly bringing in close to or more than 3 million. Its popularity, and Jackman’s star status, helped support the industry as it mounted a return after an 18-month closure and continues to weather challenges related to the pandemic.
The Music Man, directed by Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, was originally produced by Scott Rudin. Rudin stepped back from producing, following a Hollywood Reporter article detailing allegations of bullying in the workplace,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Who knew when the year began that a sequel to a 36-year-old movie starring its 60-year-old actor who headlined the original would be the box office champ so far this year? But “Top Gun: Maverick” starring Tom Cruise, which was released Aug. 23 on digital formats while still flying high in theaters is not only the No. 1 film of the year with a staggering haul of 683.4 million domestically and 720 million overseas. And the acclaimed film didn’t even play in China or Russia. “Top Gun: Maverick” is also the biggest film of Cruise’s career which began in 1981 with Franco Zeffirelli’s “Endless Love.”
And with the digital release, let’s relive 1986, the year we first felt the need for speed and flew into the danger zone. The year the original “Top Gun” took our breath away.
Top 10 Box Office Hits
Top Gun (natch)
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid Part...
And with the digital release, let’s relive 1986, the year we first felt the need for speed and flew into the danger zone. The year the original “Top Gun” took our breath away.
Top 10 Box Office Hits
Top Gun (natch)
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid Part...
- 8/24/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
The fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is set in 1986. Talk about déjà vu.
The top movie of the year was “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and this year, the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is the top flick earning nearly 582 million in North America. “Cobra Kai,”the TV sequel to “Karate Kid,” is one of the most popular series on Netflix and several “Star Trek” series have blasted off on “Paramount+.
A handful the top ten TV series including “Cheers,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Golden Girls” are living on in repeats. One of the top series, “60 Minutes,” is still chugging away on CBS after 54 seasons making it the longest running primetime series on the small screen. And Michael J. Fox, who won the Emmy that year for “Family Ties,” will receive an honorary Oscar this fall.
So, in honor of “Stranger Things” let’s take the time...
The top movie of the year was “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and this year, the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is the top flick earning nearly 582 million in North America. “Cobra Kai,”the TV sequel to “Karate Kid,” is one of the most popular series on Netflix and several “Star Trek” series have blasted off on “Paramount+.
A handful the top ten TV series including “Cheers,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Golden Girls” are living on in repeats. One of the top series, “60 Minutes,” is still chugging away on CBS after 54 seasons making it the longest running primetime series on the small screen. And Michael J. Fox, who won the Emmy that year for “Family Ties,” will receive an honorary Oscar this fall.
So, in honor of “Stranger Things” let’s take the time...
- 7/11/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Hugh Jackman tested positive today for Covid, according to The Music Man producer Kate Horton. As a result, standby Max Clayton will play Professor Harold Hill on Broadway alongside Sutton Foster beginning Tuesday and continuing through June 21.
The news comes just hours after Jackman, who also had Covid late last year, performed live onstage at the Tonys with Foster and a number of other castmembers. You can watch that below.
Tony Awards 2022: Deadline’s Full Coverage
Deadline has reached out to representatives for The Music Man regarding the rest of the cast and will add any statement we receive.
Jackman is the second big Broadway star in last week to get it, after it was announced Wednesday that Beanie Feldstein would miss a week of Funny Girl performances.
In a statement, producer Horton said, “Once again, standbys and understudies save the day and, in this case, it’s Max Clayton to the rescue.
The news comes just hours after Jackman, who also had Covid late last year, performed live onstage at the Tonys with Foster and a number of other castmembers. You can watch that below.
Tony Awards 2022: Deadline’s Full Coverage
Deadline has reached out to representatives for The Music Man regarding the rest of the cast and will add any statement we receive.
Jackman is the second big Broadway star in last week to get it, after it was announced Wednesday that Beanie Feldstein would miss a week of Funny Girl performances.
In a statement, producer Horton said, “Once again, standbys and understudies save the day and, in this case, it’s Max Clayton to the rescue.
- 6/13/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
In wake of Hugh Jackman testing positive for Covid-19 for the second time, standby actor Max Clayton will perform in The Music Man on Broadway.
Clayton will perform the role of Professor Harold Hill alongside Sutton Foster, in all performances of Meredith Willson’s musical comedy from June 14-21.
“Once again, standbys and understudies save the day and, in this case, it’s Max Clayton to the rescue,” said producer Kate Horton in a statement. “We’re excited to see him perform alongside the wonderful Sutton Foster and we wish Hugh a speedy recovery.”
In his own statement on Instagram, Jackman said: “I’ve frustratingly tested positive for Covid. Again. My standby, the amazingly talented @maxmclayton will step in for me. What’s most annoying is I don’t get to see him perform! I’ve said it before, and will say it...
In wake of Hugh Jackman testing positive for Covid-19 for the second time, standby actor Max Clayton will perform in The Music Man on Broadway.
Clayton will perform the role of Professor Harold Hill alongside Sutton Foster, in all performances of Meredith Willson’s musical comedy from June 14-21.
“Once again, standbys and understudies save the day and, in this case, it’s Max Clayton to the rescue,” said producer Kate Horton in a statement. “We’re excited to see him perform alongside the wonderful Sutton Foster and we wish Hugh a speedy recovery.”
In his own statement on Instagram, Jackman said: “I’ve frustratingly tested positive for Covid. Again. My standby, the amazingly talented @maxmclayton will step in for me. What’s most annoying is I don’t get to see him perform! I’ve said it before, and will say it...
- 6/13/2022
- by Trilby Beresford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Winners of the 88th Annual Drama League Awards were announced on Friday, May 20 2022 at a ceremony hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Frank Dilella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Drama League Awards honor both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions from the 2021-2022 theater season.
Tony Awards frontrunners mostly dominated the production categories. Best Musical went to “A Strange Loop,” Best Play went to “The Lehman Trilogy,” and Best Revival of a Musical was handed to “Company.” The Second Stage Theater production of “Take Me Out” prevailed in the hotly competitive Best Revival of a Play category.
The winners of the Drama League’s inaugural categories for direction of a musical and play went to Marianne Elliott (“Company”) and Kate Whoriskey (“Clyde’s”), respectively. Elliott sits far out front in the corresponding Tony race, though Whoriskey’s triumph comes as a surprise. This frequent collaborator of Lynn Nottage failed to earn a Tony nomination,...
Tony Awards frontrunners mostly dominated the production categories. Best Musical went to “A Strange Loop,” Best Play went to “The Lehman Trilogy,” and Best Revival of a Musical was handed to “Company.” The Second Stage Theater production of “Take Me Out” prevailed in the hotly competitive Best Revival of a Play category.
The winners of the Drama League’s inaugural categories for direction of a musical and play went to Marianne Elliott (“Company”) and Kate Whoriskey (“Clyde’s”), respectively. Elliott sits far out front in the corresponding Tony race, though Whoriskey’s triumph comes as a surprise. This frequent collaborator of Lynn Nottage failed to earn a Tony nomination,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The Drama Leauge announced the nominations for the 2022 Drama League Awards on Monday morning. Deneé Benton and André DeShields announced the nominees at this morning’s official event at The New York Library for the Performing Arts. The Drama League honors both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in their annual celebration. Winners will be announced at the 88th Annual Drama League Awards, which will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Friday, May 20.
While the League doles out four production prizes, what makes them unique is their “Distinguished Performance” award. Up to fifty performers are nominated for the honor each year in a category that combines roles of all genders and sizes. An actor can only win this prize once in their career, and once they have prevailed they can not be nominated again. This year, forty three performers contend in the category.
SEE2022 Tony Awards nominations announcement moving to May 9
This year,...
While the League doles out four production prizes, what makes them unique is their “Distinguished Performance” award. Up to fifty performers are nominated for the honor each year in a category that combines roles of all genders and sizes. An actor can only win this prize once in their career, and once they have prevailed they can not be nominated again. This year, forty three performers contend in the category.
SEE2022 Tony Awards nominations announcement moving to May 9
This year,...
- 4/25/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
As someone who has never seen or heard anything related to "The Music Man" other than its parodic influences, I am surprised that a word like "defanged" is my descriptor for the 2022 Broadway revival of the beloved 1957 "The Music Man" musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson and story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. As much as the star power of Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster (of "Anything Goes" fame) are announced regally on the Winter Garden Theatre billboard, with the type of gigantic marquee that invokes passerby questions of "How much money went into that?", this Jerry Zaks-directed...
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The post The Music Man Review: Figuring Out the Territory of This Defanged Revival appeared first on /Film.
- 2/23/2022
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
Mrs. Doubtfire will return to Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Thursday, April 14, a month later than originally planned.
“We needed to see that Omicron was slowing down,” producer Kevin McCollum said in a statement to Deadline. “In the short time we were running before Omicron hit Broadway we saw two major audiences building. Doubtfire is a family show and we know more families come when there are fewer Covid safety protocols and more children can be vaccinated. Doubtfire is [also] a big tourist show and we are seeing indicators that tourism is building.”
Producers announced the new date today. The musical adaptation of the 1993 Robin Williams movie initially was set to reopen on March 14 after going on hiatus in January at the height of the Omicron surge.
Ticketholders for performances from March 15 to April 13 can make exchanges at their point of purchase.
McCollum said in a statement, “When we closed...
“We needed to see that Omicron was slowing down,” producer Kevin McCollum said in a statement to Deadline. “In the short time we were running before Omicron hit Broadway we saw two major audiences building. Doubtfire is a family show and we know more families come when there are fewer Covid safety protocols and more children can be vaccinated. Doubtfire is [also] a big tourist show and we are seeing indicators that tourism is building.”
Producers announced the new date today. The musical adaptation of the 1993 Robin Williams movie initially was set to reopen on March 14 after going on hiatus in January at the height of the Omicron surge.
Ticketholders for performances from March 15 to April 13 can make exchanges at their point of purchase.
McCollum said in a statement, “When we closed...
- 2/18/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
It has been eight years since Hugh Jackman notoriously hopped his way into Radio City Music Hall to host the 68th Tony Awards and even longer since he won a Tony himself. But at long last, Jackman has returned to Broadway in a revival of the Americana classic “The Music Man” starring Professor Harold Hill. In this mounting, which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Feb. 10, Sutton Foster joins him as Marian Paroo.
This fourth production of the Meredith Willson musical on Broadway is directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, who also helmed the lavish and adored remounting of “Hello, Dolly!” a few years ago. Zaks has assembled an impressive ensemble for his production, including Tony winners Shuler Hensley, Jayne Houdyshell, Jefferson Mays, and Marie Mullen, plus Tony-winning creatives Warren Carlyle, Santo Loquasto, and Brian MacDevitt.
See ‘Mj The Musical’ reviews: Myles Frost ‘mesmerizing’ as Michael Jackson,...
This fourth production of the Meredith Willson musical on Broadway is directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, who also helmed the lavish and adored remounting of “Hello, Dolly!” a few years ago. Zaks has assembled an impressive ensemble for his production, including Tony winners Shuler Hensley, Jayne Houdyshell, Jefferson Mays, and Marie Mullen, plus Tony-winning creatives Warren Carlyle, Santo Loquasto, and Brian MacDevitt.
See ‘Mj The Musical’ reviews: Myles Frost ‘mesmerizing’ as Michael Jackson,...
- 2/14/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Covid has caused a lot of uncertainty around Broadway. Several shows have had to suspend performances, go on hiatus, or close permanently. And the American Theatre Wing hasn’t announced key dates for this year’s Tony Awards yet. Though with that being said, we are now about halfway through the Broadway season, and there are six productions of musicals set to open this spring. Could we see any of them contend at the next Tonys? Below is a look at the plot of each musical as well as the awards history of their authors, casts, and directors, plus the opening and (where applicable) closing dates.
See‘Mj The Musical’ reviews: Myles Frost ‘mesmerizing’ as Michael Jackson, but musical is ‘surface-skimming’
“Mj the Musical”
This jukebox musical follows the life and career of singer Michael Jackson. Centered around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, the show offers a rare...
See‘Mj The Musical’ reviews: Myles Frost ‘mesmerizing’ as Michael Jackson, but musical is ‘surface-skimming’
“Mj the Musical”
This jukebox musical follows the life and career of singer Michael Jackson. Centered around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, the show offers a rare...
- 2/11/2022
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
When people who dislike musicals talk about the musicals they dislike, there’s a decent chance they’re talking about musicals like The Music Man – whether they’ve ever actually ever seen The Music Man or not. Meredith Willson’s nostalgic slice of Americana was already proudly old-fashioned when it debuted in 1957, with “Seventy-Six Trombones” leading Broadway down a cornpone path that shows like the moody Carousel or the finger-snapping West Side Story were trying so hard to avoid. Not even The Beatles could make Music Man‘s lilting “Till There Was You” sound cool.
Now, many decades later – and several years after directors Ivo van Hove and Daniel Fish reimagined West Side Story and Oklahoma! in thrilling ways unthinkable when those musicals were young – director Jerry Zaks, producers Barry Diller, David Geffen and Kate Horton and a well-rehearsed cast headed by Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster deliver a high-gloss...
Now, many decades later – and several years after directors Ivo van Hove and Daniel Fish reimagined West Side Story and Oklahoma! in thrilling ways unthinkable when those musicals were young – director Jerry Zaks, producers Barry Diller, David Geffen and Kate Horton and a well-rehearsed cast headed by Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster deliver a high-gloss...
- 2/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
In a break with Broadway custom of recent decades, producers of The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are not inviting critics to pre-opening night previews.
Instead, critics are being invited to the revival’s Feb. 10 opening night at the Winter Garden Theatre, with reviews embargoed until thereafter. (Deadline received the invitation by email today.)
Typically, critics are invited to at least several pre-opening night previews, with reviews embargoed until opening night. Although the trope of aisle-sitters rushing to file reviews after the opening night curtain falls conjures images of All About Eve-era Broadway, the practice is thought to have generally continued at least into the 1970s, with then-New York Times critic Richard Eder occasionally, perhaps apocryphally, credited with having encouraged the switch to critics’ previews to allow reviewers more time to consider and craft their reactions.
Asked by Deadline for the reasoning behind the decision, Music...
Instead, critics are being invited to the revival’s Feb. 10 opening night at the Winter Garden Theatre, with reviews embargoed until thereafter. (Deadline received the invitation by email today.)
Typically, critics are invited to at least several pre-opening night previews, with reviews embargoed until opening night. Although the trope of aisle-sitters rushing to file reviews after the opening night curtain falls conjures images of All About Eve-era Broadway, the practice is thought to have generally continued at least into the 1970s, with then-New York Times critic Richard Eder occasionally, perhaps apocryphally, credited with having encouraged the switch to critics’ previews to allow reviewers more time to consider and craft their reactions.
Asked by Deadline for the reasoning behind the decision, Music...
- 1/29/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Viertel, whose 34 years with Broadway’s Jujamcyn Theaters included stints as both the Creative Director and, more recently, Senior Vice President, announced his retirement today, effective as of the end of 2021.
In a statement, Viertel said, in part, “as the song says, the days grow short when you reach September, although I feel like I’m really only in mid-August. Still, it was time to move along, with gratitude for everything Jujamcyn has given me.” Viertel said he is working on a new book and will continue to serve as a freelance creative consultant on other projects.
See his full statement below.
Viertel joined Jujamcyn in 1987, launching his career there that would include involvement in numerous award-winning and acclaimed productions, including such era-defining stagings as Into The Woods, M. Butterfly, Angels in America, Jelly’s Last Jam and The Secret Garden. He’d also play an instrumental role in...
In a statement, Viertel said, in part, “as the song says, the days grow short when you reach September, although I feel like I’m really only in mid-August. Still, it was time to move along, with gratitude for everything Jujamcyn has given me.” Viertel said he is working on a new book and will continue to serve as a freelance creative consultant on other projects.
See his full statement below.
Viertel joined Jujamcyn in 1987, launching his career there that would include involvement in numerous award-winning and acclaimed productions, including such era-defining stagings as Into The Woods, M. Butterfly, Angels in America, Jelly’s Last Jam and The Secret Garden. He’d also play an instrumental role in...
- 1/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mrs. Doubtfire will be the latest Broadway production to go on hiatus, on Jan. 10, following rising Omicron cases. Producers announced on Sunday that the show is set to return to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on March 14.
“The first few months of a brand new Broadway show are an extraordinarily delicate and important period of time. With the pervasiveness of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, Mrs. Doubtfire would have to close permanently if the production didn’t take drastic, pro-active measures,” said producer Kevin McCollum in a statement.
“Out of concern for the potential long-term employment of everyone who works on Mrs. Doubtfire, and the extended run of the show, we have decided that following the January 9 performance, the production will close for nine weeks, returning on March 15,” he added.
McCollum is hoping the hiatus will prevent the production from “prematurely ending [its] run on Broadway. He said, “by taking this break,...
“The first few months of a brand new Broadway show are an extraordinarily delicate and important period of time. With the pervasiveness of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, Mrs. Doubtfire would have to close permanently if the production didn’t take drastic, pro-active measures,” said producer Kevin McCollum in a statement.
“Out of concern for the potential long-term employment of everyone who works on Mrs. Doubtfire, and the extended run of the show, we have decided that following the January 9 performance, the production will close for nine weeks, returning on March 15,” he added.
McCollum is hoping the hiatus will prevent the production from “prematurely ending [its] run on Broadway. He said, “by taking this break,...
- 1/3/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
We got trouble, my friends, right there in New York City. It’s trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with C, and that stands for … Covid. Broadway’s revival of The Music Man has canceled performances through at least January 1 after star Hugh Jackman tested positive for the coronavirus.
The musical’s co-lead, Sutton Foster, revealed late last week that she had tested positive for the virus. But for now, performances are set to resume on Sunday, January 2.
It’s just the latest Broadway show forced to go dark as the nation and world endure the latest Covid spike, spurred by the more-contagious but potentially less dangerous Omicron variant.
“Just wanted you to hear it from me. I tested positive for covid,” Jackman tweeted today. Mild symptoms and as soon as I’m cleared … looking forward to getting back to The Winter Garden! @MusicManBway
David Byrne Revises ‘American Utopia...
The musical’s co-lead, Sutton Foster, revealed late last week that she had tested positive for the virus. But for now, performances are set to resume on Sunday, January 2.
It’s just the latest Broadway show forced to go dark as the nation and world endure the latest Covid spike, spurred by the more-contagious but potentially less dangerous Omicron variant.
“Just wanted you to hear it from me. I tested positive for covid,” Jackman tweeted today. Mild symptoms and as soon as I’m cleared … looking forward to getting back to The Winter Garden! @MusicManBway
David Byrne Revises ‘American Utopia...
- 12/28/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Almost thirty years after Robin Williams played “Mrs. Doubtfire” on the big screen, a musical adaptation has bowed on Broadway. The farcical plot follows divorced father Daniel, who dresses as a female housekeeper in order to spend time with his children. The film is best remembered for Williams’ singular performance and won the Oscar for Best Makeup. The material has been modernized, however slightly, for the stage and stars Tony-nominee Rob McClure in Williams’ role. “Mrs. Doubtfire” opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Dec. 5.
The new musical features a score by Tony-nominated songwriters Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick of “Something Rotten!,” a book by Karey and Tony-nominee John O’Farrell, and direction by the prolific Jerry Zaks, who has four Tony Awards for his direction of plays and musicals.
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“Doubtfire” earned mixed reviews from critics.
The new musical features a score by Tony-nominated songwriters Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick of “Something Rotten!,” a book by Karey and Tony-nominee John O’Farrell, and direction by the prolific Jerry Zaks, who has four Tony Awards for his direction of plays and musicals.
See ‘Diana, The Musical’ reviews: ‘Cold and crass’ new show fails to live up to its beloved subject
“Doubtfire” earned mixed reviews from critics.
- 12/10/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Barely 15 minutes of Mrs. Doubtfire has passed before the wife of the manic, cloying man-child at the center of the developing farce demands a divorce, and we can only puzzle over what took her so long.
Granted, the wife is no prize either, a humorless, uptight career woman caricature rarely seen these days outside Lifetime holiday TV-movies. How she and so many other dated and tired tropes from a dated and tired 1993 movie made it past so many talented Broadway creators through so many years of stage development is a mystery more interesting than anything that shouts itself into existence over two and a half hours nightly at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
The amount of talent behind the high-spirited, very sporadically fun Mrs. Doubtfire is undeniable, from the creators of the low-key brilliant Something’s Rotten!, the legendary director Jerry Zaks, and Mvp star Rob McClure, whose quicksilver vocal...
Granted, the wife is no prize either, a humorless, uptight career woman caricature rarely seen these days outside Lifetime holiday TV-movies. How she and so many other dated and tired tropes from a dated and tired 1993 movie made it past so many talented Broadway creators through so many years of stage development is a mystery more interesting than anything that shouts itself into existence over two and a half hours nightly at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
The amount of talent behind the high-spirited, very sporadically fun Mrs. Doubtfire is undeniable, from the creators of the low-key brilliant Something’s Rotten!, the legendary director Jerry Zaks, and Mvp star Rob McClure, whose quicksilver vocal...
- 12/6/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrew Lloyd Webber has made no secret of his distain for Hollywood’s movie adaptation of his long-running musical “Cats.”
Though the cinematic version offered up the rarity of A-list talent like Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo and James Corden pretending to be full-sized felines, “Cats” was widely panned and flopped at the box office in spectacular fashion. It was so “off-the-scale wrong” that Lloyd Webber, who composed the Tony-winning show, bought a therapy dog to cope with the trauma.
There was a singular bright spot in an otherwise catastrophic experience, the 73-year-old composer now admits — and that was writing the song “Beautiful Ghosts” with Swift. Lloyd Webber revisited the making of the cinematic disaster at Variety Legit: Return to Broadway presented by City National, an event that brought out stage stars such as Beanie Feldstein and Sharon D. Clarke, and directors like Jerry Zaks (“The Music Man...
Though the cinematic version offered up the rarity of A-list talent like Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo and James Corden pretending to be full-sized felines, “Cats” was widely panned and flopped at the box office in spectacular fashion. It was so “off-the-scale wrong” that Lloyd Webber, who composed the Tony-winning show, bought a therapy dog to cope with the trauma.
There was a singular bright spot in an otherwise catastrophic experience, the 73-year-old composer now admits — and that was writing the song “Beautiful Ghosts” with Swift. Lloyd Webber revisited the making of the cinematic disaster at Variety Legit: Return to Broadway presented by City National, an event that brought out stage stars such as Beanie Feldstein and Sharon D. Clarke, and directors like Jerry Zaks (“The Music Man...
- 10/12/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Broadway performances all over the New York theater district are starting back up again after a year and a half of Covid-19 pandemic closures. There are currently six musical productions set to open this fall. Could we see any of them contend at next year’s Tony Awards? Let’s take a look at the plot of each musical as well as some of the awards history of their creators, actors, and creative teams, plus the opening and closing dates (where applicable).
SEETony Awards history: Black winners from pioneer Juanita Hall to record-breaker Audra McDonald
“Six” (previews begin September 17; opens October 3)
This original musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss tells the stories of the six wives of King Henry VIII presented as a pop concert. Each ex-wife gets to sing and tell her story to determine who suffered the most from marrying Henry and should therefore become the group’s lead singer.
SEETony Awards history: Black winners from pioneer Juanita Hall to record-breaker Audra McDonald
“Six” (previews begin September 17; opens October 3)
This original musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss tells the stories of the six wives of King Henry VIII presented as a pop concert. Each ex-wife gets to sing and tell her story to determine who suffered the most from marrying Henry and should therefore become the group’s lead singer.
- 9/28/2021
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
M88 has signed actress and singer Coco Jones.
The former Disney Channel star landed the lead role of Roxanne Andrews on the 2012 TV movie Let It Shine, and in 2015 took to the Broadway stage to play Jane in the A Bronx Tale musical directed by Robert DeNiro, Jerry Zaks and Chazz Palminteri, and with music by Alan Menken.
Jones was first noticed at the age of nine when she sang the National Anthem for the St. Louis Rams in front of 42,000 people. As a singer, she began writing and recording in the studio and doing live performances.
On ...
The former Disney Channel star landed the lead role of Roxanne Andrews on the 2012 TV movie Let It Shine, and in 2015 took to the Broadway stage to play Jane in the A Bronx Tale musical directed by Robert DeNiro, Jerry Zaks and Chazz Palminteri, and with music by Alan Menken.
Jones was first noticed at the age of nine when she sang the National Anthem for the St. Louis Rams in front of 42,000 people. As a singer, she began writing and recording in the studio and doing live performances.
On ...
- 8/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
M88 has signed actress and singer Coco Jones.
The former Disney Channel star landed the lead role of Roxanne Andrews on the 2012 TV movie Let It Shine, and in 2015 took to the Broadway stage to play Jane in the A Bronx Tale musical directed by Robert DeNiro, Jerry Zaks and Chazz Palminteri, and with music by Alan Menken.
Jones was first noticed at the age of nine when she sang the National Anthem for the St. Louis Rams in front of 42,000 people. As a singer, she began writing and recording in the studio and doing live performances.
On ...
The former Disney Channel star landed the lead role of Roxanne Andrews on the 2012 TV movie Let It Shine, and in 2015 took to the Broadway stage to play Jane in the A Bronx Tale musical directed by Robert DeNiro, Jerry Zaks and Chazz Palminteri, and with music by Alan Menken.
Jones was first noticed at the age of nine when she sang the National Anthem for the St. Louis Rams in front of 42,000 people. As a singer, she began writing and recording in the studio and doing live performances.
On ...
- 8/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Adam Kaplan, Tom Lennon and Robert Wisdom have joined the cast of Fox’s dance dramedy The Big Leap in recurring roles opposite Scott Foley, Simone Recanser, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo and Anna Grace Barlow. The series hails from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.
Written by Heldens, inspired by a UK reality format, The Big Leap is a show-within-a-show that takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance, body-positivity and empowerment at any age. It’s described as a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours. The show revolves around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of Swan Lake.
The Big Leap is produced by 20th Television and Fox Entertainment. Heldens, Winer and Nagle serve as executive producers.
Written by Heldens, inspired by a UK reality format, The Big Leap is a show-within-a-show that takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance, body-positivity and empowerment at any age. It’s described as a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours. The show revolves around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of Swan Lake.
The Big Leap is produced by 20th Television and Fox Entertainment. Heldens, Winer and Nagle serve as executive producers.
- 7/28/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Horton, who previously ran the Royal Court Theatre in London and has held executive roles also at the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, will take over for Scott Rudin as executive producer of The Music Man, the upcoming Broadway revival starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.
With the hire, The Music Man confirms what has been expected since Rudin announced in April, amidst accusations of workplace abuse and bullying, that he would step back from his Broadway responsibilities. Other formerly Rudin-produced shows, including The Lehman Trilogy, The Book of Mormon and To Kill a Mockingbird, have announced their Rudin-less returns. West Side Story has not yet set a return date.
Tickets for The Music Man, which begins previews at the Winter Garden Theatre on Monday, Dec. 20, with an opening night set for Thursday, Feb. 10, go on sale today.
Producers Barry Diller and David Geffen announced the start of...
With the hire, The Music Man confirms what has been expected since Rudin announced in April, amidst accusations of workplace abuse and bullying, that he would step back from his Broadway responsibilities. Other formerly Rudin-produced shows, including The Lehman Trilogy, The Book of Mormon and To Kill a Mockingbird, have announced their Rudin-less returns. West Side Story has not yet set a return date.
Tickets for The Music Man, which begins previews at the Winter Garden Theatre on Monday, Dec. 20, with an opening night set for Thursday, Feb. 10, go on sale today.
Producers Barry Diller and David Geffen announced the start of...
- 6/22/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, poppets, Mrs. Doubtfire is the latest Broadway returnee: Producers of the musical adaptation announced today that the show will begin previews on Oct. 21 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, with an official opening night on Dec. 5.
“I’m thrilled that the Mrs. Doubtfire company will reunite on Broadway this fall bringing their indomitable spirit and talent to this new production based on one of the most beloved films of all time,” said producer Kevin McCollum in a statement.
The musical, an adaptation by the Something Rotten! team of the 1993 Robin Williams movie with book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell and music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, played just three previews performances in Spring 2020 before the industry-wide pandemic shutdown.
Mrs. Doubtfire is directed by Jerry Zaks, and stars Rob McClure in the title role. Tickets go on sale today.
As with the other shows announced for Fall reopenings,...
“I’m thrilled that the Mrs. Doubtfire company will reunite on Broadway this fall bringing their indomitable spirit and talent to this new production based on one of the most beloved films of all time,” said producer Kevin McCollum in a statement.
The musical, an adaptation by the Something Rotten! team of the 1993 Robin Williams movie with book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell and music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, played just three previews performances in Spring 2020 before the industry-wide pandemic shutdown.
Mrs. Doubtfire is directed by Jerry Zaks, and stars Rob McClure in the title role. Tickets go on sale today.
As with the other shows announced for Fall reopenings,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Classic Stage Company was just two weeks into rehearsals for its highly anticipated off-Broadway production of Assassins when New York’s performance venues shut down on March 12th, 2020. Now, a year later, they’re announcing a star-studded virtual event to benefit the vital Manhattan theater institution.
On April 15th, Csc presents Tell the Story: Celebrating Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins, which will include performances and conversations exploring the legacy of the musical, including a rare conversation with Sondheim and Weidman about the enduring relevance of the work.
Assassins...
On April 15th, Csc presents Tell the Story: Celebrating Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins, which will include performances and conversations exploring the legacy of the musical, including a rare conversation with Sondheim and Weidman about the enduring relevance of the work.
Assassins...
- 3/9/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
'The Music Man' starring Hugh Jackman has set a new opening night for 2022.
With Broadway remaining closed at least until next summer, the highly anticipated musical revival of Meredith Willson’s 'The Music Man' has revealed a new opening schedule due to the ongoing pandemic.
The opening night for the musical has been scheduled for February 10, 2022, with previews set to begin on December 20, 2021, reports Deadline.
Reacting to the news, Hugh Jackman took to Twitter where he shared a photo of himself standing in front of closed Broadway theatre.
"When Broadway is ready for us ... we will be ready for you!" he captioned the snap.
When Broadway is ready for us ... we will be ready for you! @sfosternyc #TheMusicMan #Broadway pic.twitter.com/rSzfG6rAFt
— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) October 9, 2020
The decision to push back the production comes after Broadway League announced on Friday morning that theaters will...
With Broadway remaining closed at least until next summer, the highly anticipated musical revival of Meredith Willson’s 'The Music Man' has revealed a new opening schedule due to the ongoing pandemic.
The opening night for the musical has been scheduled for February 10, 2022, with previews set to begin on December 20, 2021, reports Deadline.
Reacting to the news, Hugh Jackman took to Twitter where he shared a photo of himself standing in front of closed Broadway theatre.
"When Broadway is ready for us ... we will be ready for you!" he captioned the snap.
When Broadway is ready for us ... we will be ready for you! @sfosternyc #TheMusicMan #Broadway pic.twitter.com/rSzfG6rAFt
— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) October 9, 2020
The decision to push back the production comes after Broadway League announced on Friday morning that theaters will...
- 10/10/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
Exclusive: With Broadway dark at least until next summer, The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman has set a new opening night for 2022.
The highly anticipated musical revival, costarring Sutton Foster, now will begin previews at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on Monday, December 20, 2021, with Opening Night scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022.
The new dates fall eight months past the most recent targets of Spring 2021. The announcement marks the first confirmed rescheduling following today’s decision by the Broadway League to extend Broadway’s coronavirus pandemic shutdown from the previous January 2021 to May 30 2021.
The Music Man announcement was made by producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen. The production, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, will also star Tony winners Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Shinn, Jefferson Mays as Mayor Shinn, Marie Mullen as Mrs. Paroo, and Shuler Hensley as Marcellus Washburn.
The highly anticipated musical revival, costarring Sutton Foster, now will begin previews at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on Monday, December 20, 2021, with Opening Night scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022.
The new dates fall eight months past the most recent targets of Spring 2021. The announcement marks the first confirmed rescheduling following today’s decision by the Broadway League to extend Broadway’s coronavirus pandemic shutdown from the previous January 2021 to May 30 2021.
The Music Man announcement was made by producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen. The production, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, will also star Tony winners Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Shinn, Jefferson Mays as Mayor Shinn, Marie Mullen as Mrs. Paroo, and Shuler Hensley as Marcellus Washburn.
- 10/9/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, with Music Man confirmation Producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen confirmed today that The Music Man Broadway revival starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster has been postponed until next spring, making the musical the second Broadway postponement announced today.
“We’re obviously profoundly disappointed to be unable to start rehearsals for The Music Man as scheduled,” said Rudin in a statement. “But safety is safety, and it has to take precedence over every other consideration – for both our audience and for our company. Despite the postponement, we are sticking together as a company, and we are grateful to be able to do so. And so we look forward arriving at The Winter Garden – with a beautiful, heartening Music Man in tow – at the beginning of April, and to being just one part of what we expect will once again be a vibrant and exciting Broadway.”
The Music Man...
“We’re obviously profoundly disappointed to be unable to start rehearsals for The Music Man as scheduled,” said Rudin in a statement. “But safety is safety, and it has to take precedence over every other consideration – for both our audience and for our company. Despite the postponement, we are sticking together as a company, and we are grateful to be able to do so. And so we look forward arriving at The Winter Garden – with a beautiful, heartening Music Man in tow – at the beginning of April, and to being just one part of what we expect will once again be a vibrant and exciting Broadway.”
The Music Man...
- 6/24/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jerry Zaks knew he had a busy year ahead when 2020 began. The four-time Tony winner started the yearin rehearsals for Mrs. Doubtfire, which began previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on March 9. Of course, plans changed when Broadway shut down on March 13, leaving an unsure future for the musical, as well as Zaks' next project, the fall revival of The Music Man.
- 5/21/2020
- by Backstage With Richard Ridge
- BroadwayWorld.com
A reading of David Mamet’s play November, starring John Malkovich, Patti LuPone, Dylan Baker, Ethan Phillips and Michael Nichols, will kick off a new weekly livestream series of readings Thursday to benefit The Actors Fund, with subsequent presentations to feature Bryan Cranston, Sally Field and To Kill A Mockingbird‘s Gideon Glick.
The Spotlight on Plays series will be featured on Broadway’s Best Shows, a new YouTube and Facebook channel for Broadway-related content. The play series kicks off Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. Et with November, written and directed by Mamet. The comedy, which opened on Broadway in 2007, follows a fictional U.S. president in the days leading up to his second election.
November is executive produced by Jeffrey Richards and produced by Broadway’s Best Shows, Jim Glaub and Jacob Soroken Porter.
Joshua Harmon’s acclaimed Significant Other, about a young man standing by as his friends pair off and settle down,...
The Spotlight on Plays series will be featured on Broadway’s Best Shows, a new YouTube and Facebook channel for Broadway-related content. The play series kicks off Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. Et with November, written and directed by Mamet. The comedy, which opened on Broadway in 2007, follows a fictional U.S. president in the days leading up to his second election.
November is executive produced by Jeffrey Richards and produced by Broadway’s Best Shows, Jim Glaub and Jacob Soroken Porter.
Joshua Harmon’s acclaimed Significant Other, about a young man standing by as his friends pair off and settle down,...
- 5/4/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that would seem to retroactively end the 2019-2020 Broadway season with the March 12 shutdown.
The extension announcement was made today by the Broadway League, the trade group representing theater owners and producers, which had been in discussions with theatrical unions this week.
No mention was made in the League’s announcement of officially closing the Broadway season – theoretically, at least, the 2019-2020 season could be extended but the logistics would seem to make that an unlikely option.
“Our top priority continues to be the health...
The extension announcement was made today by the Broadway League, the trade group representing theater owners and producers, which had been in discussions with theatrical unions this week.
No mention was made in the League’s announcement of officially closing the Broadway season – theoretically, at least, the 2019-2020 season could be extended but the logistics would seem to make that an unlikely option.
“Our top priority continues to be the health...
- 4/8/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With Covid-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for an exchange of ideas and experiences, and suggestions on how businesses and individuals can best ride out a crisis that doesn’t look like it will abate any time soon.
Opening night was fewer than four weeks away for Rob McClure, the actor cast in the title role of Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire musical. The Jerry Zaks-directed adaptation of the 1993 comedy — one of McClure’s favorite films — had already played a pre-Broadway engagement in Seattle, previews were underway at New York’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and the cast and creative...
Opening night was fewer than four weeks away for Rob McClure, the actor cast in the title role of Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire musical. The Jerry Zaks-directed adaptation of the 1993 comedy — one of McClure’s favorite films — had already played a pre-Broadway engagement in Seattle, previews were underway at New York’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and the cast and creative...
- 4/7/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The 74th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to air live on CBS on Sunday, June 7 from New York’s Radio City Music Hall, has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date, presenters announced today.
Presenters the Broadway League, the American Theater Wing and CBS will coordinate for the new date. CBS has aired the ceremony for 42 consecutive years.
A brief statement released by a spokesperson for the awards said, “The health and safety of the Broadway community, artists and fans is of the utmost importance to us. We will announce new dates and additional information once Broadway opens again.
Presenters the Broadway League, the American Theater Wing and CBS will coordinate for the new date. CBS has aired the ceremony for 42 consecutive years.
A brief statement released by a spokesperson for the awards said, “The health and safety of the Broadway community, artists and fans is of the utmost importance to us. We will announce new dates and additional information once Broadway opens again.
- 3/25/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
With the Broadway League weighing Cdc recommendations for an additional four weeks of dark theaters, the likelihood of this year’s Tony Awards staying on schedule is shrinking daily, if not by the minute. Many theater insiders tell Deadline they are expecting the planned June 7 ceremony at Radio City Music Hall to be postponed – or even scrapped altogether – due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19.
As of Wednesday, the League, which presents the annual awards ceremony with the American Theatre Wing, had not announced nor confirmed changes to this year’s Tony calendar. CBS has broadcast the Tonys for 42 consecutive years.
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As of Wednesday, the League, which presents the annual awards ceremony with the American Theatre Wing, had not announced nor confirmed changes to this year’s Tony calendar. CBS has broadcast the Tonys for 42 consecutive years.
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- 3/18/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, The Music Man is coming back to Broadway thisfall, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. The production, directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Tony Award winner Warren Carlyle, will begin performances on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 and officially open on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at the Winter Garden Theatre. Now the show is on the hunt for its Winthrop Paroo. Telsey Company will hold an open call for 7-10 year-old boys on Sunday, February 16. Click here for more information.
- 2/11/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Meet Broadway’s newest star: Euphegenia Doubtfire!
The character at the center of Robin Williams’ beloved 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire is making her way from the big screen to the Great White Way this March in a brand new musical, and People has a sneak peek at the superstar nanny in action.
In a new clip, get your first look at actor Rob McClure in costume as Mrs. Doubtfire.
The 37-year-old actor — a Tony nominee in 2013 for his performance in the title role of the musical Chaplin — plays Daniel Hillard, who disguises himself as a British nanny in order to get...
The character at the center of Robin Williams’ beloved 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire is making her way from the big screen to the Great White Way this March in a brand new musical, and People has a sneak peek at the superstar nanny in action.
In a new clip, get your first look at actor Rob McClure in costume as Mrs. Doubtfire.
The 37-year-old actor — a Tony nominee in 2013 for his performance in the title role of the musical Chaplin — plays Daniel Hillard, who disguises himself as a British nanny in order to get...
- 1/21/2020
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Broadway’s 2019 was one of lofty highs: the sumptuousness of Hadestown, the twin shocks of Oklahoma! and Slave Play, the marvelous risk-taking of What The Constitution Means To Me and Gary: A Sequel To Titus Andronicus, the belly laughs of Tootsie, the star-making arrival of Tina‘s Adrienne Warren and the star-confirming stands of American Utopia‘s David Byrne, The Sound Inside‘s Mary-Louise Parker and The Betrayal‘s Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox and Zawe Ashton.
Of course there were disappointments – Be More Chill deserved a longer run, Tootsie a larger audience and Lbj a worthier successor to Robert Schenkkan’s captivating All The Way than Robert Schenkkan tepid The Great Society.
But let’s look forward. What does 2020 hold? Here are some upcoming productions and performances I’m either excited or curious about, or both.
Jukebox musicals usually hold little charm for me – even superior examples such as Tina:...
Of course there were disappointments – Be More Chill deserved a longer run, Tootsie a larger audience and Lbj a worthier successor to Robert Schenkkan’s captivating All The Way than Robert Schenkkan tepid The Great Society.
But let’s look forward. What does 2020 hold? Here are some upcoming productions and performances I’m either excited or curious about, or both.
Jukebox musicals usually hold little charm for me – even superior examples such as Tina:...
- 12/27/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tootsie, the Broadway musical that had an easier time charming critics than winning potential ticket buyers, will play its final performance on Sunday, January 5. The musical, based on the hit Dustin Hoffman movie from 1982 and a winner of two Tony Awards, will have played 293 regular and 25 preview performances since opening April 23 at the Marquis Theatre.
Producers announced the closing tonight. Sources say the cast was informed earlier today.
Fronted by the Tony Award winner Santino Fontano as the Michael who becomes the Dorothy to get the job, Tootsie features Robert Horn’s Tony-winning book and a score by David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit) and direction by Scott Ellis.
Most Broadway bettors might have put money on Tootsie‘s success last spring, at least over the generally lesser-well-reviewed Beetlejuice, but they’d have lost. Last week, Beetlejuice grossed $1.2 million – 93% of its potential at the Winter Garden Theatre – and filled 97% of its seats.
Producers announced the closing tonight. Sources say the cast was informed earlier today.
Fronted by the Tony Award winner Santino Fontano as the Michael who becomes the Dorothy to get the job, Tootsie features Robert Horn’s Tony-winning book and a score by David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit) and direction by Scott Ellis.
Most Broadway bettors might have put money on Tootsie‘s success last spring, at least over the generally lesser-well-reviewed Beetlejuice, but they’d have lost. Last week, Beetlejuice grossed $1.2 million – 93% of its potential at the Winter Garden Theatre – and filled 97% of its seats.
- 11/12/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mrs. Doubtfire is headed to Broadway! The beloved 1993 film starring the late Robin Williams and actress Sally Fields is returning to the stage in 2020. Fans have waited long enough to be reunited with the quirky character of Mrs. Doubtfire and the wait is almost over. The musical will be directed by Jerry Zaks and will begin previews March 9, 2020, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in NYC. Opening night is set for Sunday, April 5. As for who will be playing the title role, it will be Broadway star Rob McClure, who most recently starred on-stage in Beetlejuice. The role of Miranda Hillard played by Sally in the film, will be done by Jenn Gambatese. It's an all-star cast for an all-star production to say...
- 10/16/2019
- E! Online
A new musical based on the 1993 Robin Williams classic, Mrs. Doubtfire, will premiere on Broadway in the spring of 2020.
The plot of the new musical will be fairly similar to the original movie, in which Williams played an out-of-work actor who loses custody of his kids in a divorce and decides to disguise himself as a Scottish nanny in order to stay close to his children.
Tony nominee Rob McClure will star as Daniel/Mrs. Doubtfire, Jenn Gambatese will play his ex-wife Miranda Hillard and Analise Scarpaci, Jake Ryan Flynn...
The plot of the new musical will be fairly similar to the original movie, in which Williams played an out-of-work actor who loses custody of his kids in a divorce and decides to disguise himself as a Scottish nanny in order to stay close to his children.
Tony nominee Rob McClure will star as Daniel/Mrs. Doubtfire, Jenn Gambatese will play his ex-wife Miranda Hillard and Analise Scarpaci, Jake Ryan Flynn...
- 10/16/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Mrs. Doubtfire has a sure date with Broadway and, as rumored, she’ll be arriving with Beetlejuice‘s Rob McClure in the title role, producers announced this morning.
The musical, directed by Jerry Zaks and based on the 1993 Robin Williams hit movie, will begin previews March 9, 2020, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, with an opening night set for Sunday, April 5..
The previously announced staging, produced by Kevin McCollum – a multiple Tony winner with credits including Avenue Q, Rent and In The Heights) – features a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick.
Along with McClure in the role made famous by Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire will star Jenn Gambatese (School of Rock) as Miranda Hillard (Sally Field in the movie); Brad Oscar as Frank...
The musical, directed by Jerry Zaks and based on the 1993 Robin Williams hit movie, will begin previews March 9, 2020, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, with an opening night set for Sunday, April 5..
The previously announced staging, produced by Kevin McCollum – a multiple Tony winner with credits including Avenue Q, Rent and In The Heights) – features a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick.
Along with McClure in the role made famous by Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire will star Jenn Gambatese (School of Rock) as Miranda Hillard (Sally Field in the movie); Brad Oscar as Frank...
- 10/16/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s ‘The Irishman’ To Make Month-Long Broadway Stand: Martin Scorsese Film To Play The Belasco
Netflix’s The Irishman is headed to Broadway. No, not some musical version or star-studded stage play, but the actual Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.
From Nov. 1 to Dec. 1, The Irishman will screen at the Shubert Organization’s historic Belasco Theatre, mimicking the standard Broadway schedule of eight performances per week.
The unusual arrangement – hailed by the preservation-minded Scorsese as a way to showcase his film in the type of ornate theater in which New Yorkers could once routinely view films – will be the first film screening ever in the Belasco’s 112-year history (the theater was an NBC studio for several years in the early 1950s). Netflix will provide what it describes as state-of-the-art equipment for the screenings.
From Nov. 1 to Dec. 1, The Irishman will screen at the Shubert Organization’s historic Belasco Theatre, mimicking the standard Broadway schedule of eight performances per week.
The unusual arrangement – hailed by the preservation-minded Scorsese as a way to showcase his film in the type of ornate theater in which New Yorkers could once routinely view films – will be the first film screening ever in the Belasco’s 112-year history (the theater was an NBC studio for several years in the early 1950s). Netflix will provide what it describes as state-of-the-art equipment for the screenings.
- 10/7/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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