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Broadway News: “What the Constitution Means to Me” Comes to Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater

January 14, 2019 | Broadway, hadestown, hamlet, News, what the constitution > | “What the Constitution Means to Me”, Clubbed Thumb, Heidi Schreck, Helen Hayes Theater, Jen Schriever, Michael Krass, Mike Iveson, New York Theatre Workshop, Oliver Butler, Rachel Hauck, Rosdely Ciprian, Sinan Zafar, Thursday Williams, True Love

The Clubbed Thumb, True Love, and New York Theatre Workshop production of What the Constitution Means to Me will come to Broadway this spring for a 12-week limited engagement, beginning performances at the Helen Hayes Theater (240 W 44th Street, New York, NY) on March 14, 2019, with opening night scheduled for March 31. Heidi Schreck’s timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway…

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Broadway Review: “Network” at the Belasco Theatre

When Howard Beale (a tortured yet determined Bryan Cranston) first admonishes his listeners to get out of their chairs, go their widows, stick out their heads and yell, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore,” the audience at the Belasco Theatre erupts with a nostalgia that since the 1976 release of Paddy Chayefsky’s “Network” has…

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Broadway News: New Cast Announced for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” (Parts One and Two)

December 20, 2018 | awards, Broadway, broadway grapples, kimberly, News > | "Harry Potter and the Cyrsed Child", Bubba Weiler, Diane Davis, J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, James Snyder, Jenny Jules, John Tiffany, Jonno Roberts, Lyric Theatre, Matt Mueller, Nadia Brown, Nicholas Podany

Today, producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender announced the new Broadway cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, currently in rehearsals to begin performances on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre (214 West 43rd Street, NYC) following the final performance of the current cast on Sunday, March 17, 2019. James Snyder will play Harry Potter with Diane…

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Broadway Review: “The Ferryman” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

December 14, 2018 | Broadway, harmony, the ferryman, to kill > | "The Ferryman", Amy Ball CDG, Bella May Mordus, Benjamin Endsley Klein, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Brooklyn Shuck, C.S.A and Jillian Cimini C.S.A., Campbell Young Associates, Carla Langley, Carly Gold, Charles Dale, Colin McPhillamy, Conor MacNeill, Cooper Gomes, Dean Ashton, Dearbhla Molloy, Deborah Hecht, Fionnula Flanagan, Fra Fee, Genevieve O’Reilly, Gina Costigan, Glenn Speers, Glynis Bell, Griffin Osborne, Holly Gould, Jez, Jez Butterworth, Jim Carnahan, Joan Marcus, Justin Edwards, Laura Donnelly, Majella Hurley, Mark Lambert, Matilda Lawler, Michael McArthur, Niall Wright, Nick Powell, Paddy Considine, Peter Bradbury, Peter Mumford, Rafael West Vallés, Rob Howell, Rob Malone, Sam Mendes, Scarlett Mackmin, Sean Frank Coffey, Stuart Graham, Terry King, Theo Ward Dunsmore, Thomas Schall, Tim Hoare, Tom Glynn-Carney, Trevor Harrison Braun, Will Coombs, William Berloni

If you are a fan of Irish plays you will most likely recognize the characters and may recall hearing similar stories as you listen and watch the epic family drama “The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth now playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. That is where the familiarity stops, allowing the brilliant dialogue of Mr. Butterworth and the sagacious, meticulous…

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Broadway Review: “The Cher Show” at the Neil Simon Theatre

Anyone who is or was a fan of Cher during the past six decades will find it difficult to resist the urge to see the new Broadway musical based on her fascinating life and intriguing career that is now playing at Neil Simon Theatre. It would be wise to follow that urge and see for yourself how the beat still…

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Broadway Review: “The New One” at the Cort Theatre

December 3, 2018 | birbiglia, Broadway, LGBTQ+, mike birbiglia > | "The New One", Aaron Copp, Beowulf Boritt, Jennifer Hope Stein, Joan Marcus, Leon Rothenberg, Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish, The Cort Theatre

When he walks onto stage to applause at the Cort Theatre to begin his show “The New One,” It is evident that Mike Birbiglia has a huge following and some dedicated fans. The one-man show recently transferred to Broadway after a successful off-Broadway run at The Cherry Lane Theater. Mike Birbiglia is casual, an everyman, as he proceeds to mic…

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Broadway Review: “The Prom” at the Longacre Theatre

If anyone is looking for a fun night out, grab your significant other, or for that matter just pick yourself up, get dressed and go to “The Prom” where everyone is welcomed, and you are almost guaranteed to have a good time. The good old fashioned musical has returned to Broadway and just like those legendary shows from an era…

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Broadway News: “Once On This Island” at Circle in the Square Theatre to Close Sunday January 6, 2019

“Once On this Island” was certainly an enchanting and memorable visit twenty-seven years ago and that may in fact cloud the opinions expressed when recently returning to this island and commenting on what had changed. Some audience members may have experienced finding an unknown out of the way place that had a simple and charming ambience, with friendly locals that…

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Broadway News: “Hadestown” to Open on Broadway on April 17, 2019 at the Walter Kerr Theatre

Producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that “Hadestown,” the new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, developed with visionary director and Tony Award® nominee Rachel Chavkin, will transfer this spring to Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). Preview performances for “Hadestown” will begin Friday, March 22 ahead of a Wednesday, April 17…

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Broadway Review: “King Kong” at the Broadway Theatre

November 26, 2018 | Broadway, king kong, the collaboration > | "King Kong", Broadway Theatre, Christiani Pitts, David Caddick, Drew McOnie, Eddie Perfect, Eldad Guetta, Erik Lochtefeld, Gavin Robins, Jack Thorne, Joan Marcus, Marius de Vries, Peter England, Peter Hylenski, Peter Mumford, Roger Kirk, Sonny Tilders, Tom Watson, William Morris

It is difficult to imagine that anyone would not know the story of “King Kong” since the first film release was in 1933 and many new versions being released with the most recent in 2017, as well as being broadcast on television for the first time in 1956. In 1998, The American Film Institute ranked it as #43 on the…

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