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| | Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:09:42 +0000 | | New York's Public Theater is kicking off its 2009-2010 season with something it does pretty well: Shakespeare. More specifically, Hollywood stars performing in Shakespeare.
Coming off of the excellent Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, starring Anne Hathaway, the Public heads over to the darker side of the Bard's spectrum with a production of Othello, starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The play is a co-production with LAByrinth Theater Company. Hoffman, an artistic director at LAByrinth, will star alongside fellow artistic director, John Ortiz. ...Read Full Post | |
| | Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:46:49 +0000 | | Broadway continues to stump the recession, with people heading to shows in droves last week, according to Broadway.com. Not surprisingly, perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King continue to rake ... Read Full Post | |
| | Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:10:08 +0000 | |  With the long lines at the TKTS booth in Times Square, it's pretty easy to spot that discount opportunity. (By the way, no matter how long that line looks, your wait time is 30 to 40 minutes. A small price to save 45 percent or so on a couple of Broadway tickets.) But there are less obvious discounts at most Broadway theater box offices. ...Read Full Post | |
| | Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:49:46 +0000 | |  Even though overall sales were down on Broadway for the week ended July 5, there were still 15 of 24 shows with more than 90 percent of seats sold, according to the The Broadway League's... Read Full Post | |
| | Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:22:17 +0000 | |  Stephen Schwartz called it "the best American Musical of the last 25 years." In 1998, it won Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Score and Best Orchestrations, though it lost Best Musical to Disney's The Lion King.... Read Full Post | |
| | Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:23:34 +0000 | | Broadway tickets for less than half price.
OK, have I got your attention? I thought so. Most people know of the TKTS booths that operate in Times Square and two other New York locations. They're great for "day-of" discount tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway theater and for concerts and events in New York. But who is behind TKTS? ...Read Full Post | |
| | Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:46 +0000 | | 
Karl Malden, an Academy Award-winning actor best known for movie and TV roles, but who also acted in 20 Broadway productions, died today at age 97
He interpreted characters created by some of America's best-known writers, including Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. He was in the original Broadway productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Fathers and Sons, which had a Broadway revival just last year. ...Read Full Post | |
| | Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:50:07 +0000 | | 
Disney Theatricals' The Little Mermaid will close August 30 after playing 735 performances since opening in January 2008 at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre on Broadway, according to published reports.
Mermaid brought the hit animated movie and Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale to life with book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater. ...Read Full Post | |
| | Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:10:26 +0000 | |  Grey's Anatomy star, or former star, T.R. Knight will star in the 2010 Broadway revival of Lend Me A Tenor, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Tenor is a good, old-fashioned farce and will be directed by Stanley Tucci. It's slated for a February 2010 opening. ...Read Full Post | |
| | Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:44 +0000 | | 
With over six years at Broadway's Golden Theatre, the Tony Best Musical Avenue Q will close September 13 after 2,534 performances, Playbill.com reported.
The show started at The Vineyard Theatre ... Read Full Post | |
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