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Annie Review: Sandy Is Sunny on Broadway
Buy tickets You could not count me an “Annie” aficionado before I saw its third Broadway production, which has opened tonight. “Annie” to me conjured up nothing but “Tomorrow” sung badly by generations...
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The Performers Review: Gag-worthy Gags about Porno on Broadway
As Chuck Wood, the aging porno star in “The Performers,” a Broadway comedy about the adult film industry featuring an A-list cast, Henry Winkler becomes sentimental when accepting an award from his...
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David Mamet Will Not Be Quoting The Anarchist Reviews In Ads
just a wearying lecture~The Hollywood Reporter strangely gassy~New York Magazine feels as sterile and lifeless as an interrogation, which it basically is~Associated Press short, dense and dry drama at...
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Golden Boy Review: Clifford Odets’ Broadway Boxing Drama Dated, Wonderful
There are several great pleasures in “Golden Boy,” the play by Clifford Odets about gifted Italian-American violinist Joe Bonaparte who gives up his art for the life and quick fortune of a boxer, which...
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Tom Hanks Now on “Lucky Guy” Marquee
The producers of the new Broadway play “Lucky Guy” have listened to the criticism, and changed the marquee at the Broadhurst Theater, getting rid of the billboard (left) with the red squiggly graffiti...
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Randi Zuckerberg’s Ideas For Broadway
Before Randi Zuckerberg spoke at the second annual TEDx Broadway, offering some suggestions at how to use technology to transcend the limitations of Broadway, the former official at Facebook and...
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Tom Hanks and the rest of the cast of Lucky Guy
‘Lucky Guy’: From left to right: Christopher McDonald, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks making his Broadway debut, Maura Tierney, Richard Masur, Courtney B. Vance and Peter Gerety. The late Nora Ephron’s look...
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Broadway and Off-Broadway Snow Deals During Nemo
Some theaters are offering snow deals Roundabout Theater: Picnic and the Mystery of Edwin Drood, as well as Tally’s Folly at the Roundabout’s Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theater, will cost only $20 if you...
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The Broadway Blizzard That Wasn’t. Smash 2. Richard III. Grammy:Once
New York City was lucky this time. The blizzard that the Weather Channel dubbed Nemo saved the worst of its ire for other regions, allowing all Broadway and most Off-Broadway shows to remain open....
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New York Theater March 2013 Quiz
How well were you paying attention to what was happening in New York theater in March? Find out with these ten questions The questions are all based on posts from this blog in March, 2013. Tagged:...
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Cuba Gooding Jr. Gets His Face on Sardi’s — and Then Leaves Broadway
A day after Sardi’s restaurant unveiled the portrait of Cuba Gooding Jr., who made his Broadway debut in “The Trip To Bountiful,” the show announced he will give his final performance in it on August...
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Stephen Sondheim Theater: Environmentally-Friendly Broadway
Architect Pam Campbell, who was in charge of the renovation of the Stephen Sondheim Theater, where The Trip to Bountiful is currently showing, takes us on a tour to point out the environmentally...
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Hollywood Movie to Broadway Musical 2013
The director of “Amelie,” Jean-Pierre Jeunet said he was “disgusted” by the plans to turn his film into a Broadway musical, selling his rights only because he wanted to give the money to a charity he...
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Top 10 Stories in 2013 on NewYorkTheater.Me
2013 was, if nothing else, a year of lists. I’ve already put together a list of the most noteworthy (and weirdest) theater stories of 2013. Here is a list of the ten most-read articles from this blog...
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Michael J McKean, as J Edgar, 30 years after Spinal Tap
On this, the 30th anniversary of This is Spinal Tap, I profile Michael McKean in New York Theatre Magazine. McKean is now playing the villainous J. Edgar Hoover in the Broadway play All The Way. Ask...
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Watch: Broadway #CarpoolKaroake with Lin-Manuel, Audra, Jesse, and Jane...
The full 11-minute video of Late Late Show and Tony Awards host James Corden driving through traffic leading his guests Lin-Manuel Miranda, Audra McDonald, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Krakowski...
View ArticleTom Hanks and the rest of the cast of Lucky Guy
‘Lucky Guy’: From left to right: Christopher McDonald, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks making his Broadway debut, Maura Tierney, Richard Masur, Courtney B. Vance and Peter Gerety. The late Nora Ephron’s look...
View ArticleBroadway and Off-Broadway Snow Deals During Nemo
Some theaters are offering snow deals Roundabout Theater: Picnic and the Mystery of Edwin Drood, as well as Tally’s Folly at the Roundabout’s Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theater, will cost only $20 if you...
View ArticleThe Broadway Blizzard That Wasn’t. Smash 2. Richard III. Grammy:Once
New York City was lucky this time. The blizzard that the Weather Channel dubbed Nemo saved the worst of its ire for other regions, allowing all Broadway and most Off-Broadway shows to remain open....
View ArticleNew York Theater March 2013 Quiz
How well were you paying attention to what was happening in New York theater in March? Find out with these ten questions The questions are all based on posts from this blog in March, 2013.
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