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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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Broadway News: “Moulin Rouge!” Will Open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on July 25, 2019

November 19, 2018 | awards, Broadway, dance nation, News > | "Moulin Rouge!", Al Hirschfeld Theatre, Alex Timbers, Baz Luhrmann, Carmen Pavlovic, The Moulin Rouge of Paris

Producer Carmen Pavlovic (Global Creatures) is proud to announce that Moulin Rouge!, based on the 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann, will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Previews will begin June 28, 2019 prior to a July 25 opening night. An exclusive fan-only pre-sale will begin November 21 at 12:00pm for the very first…

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Broadway Preview: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Shubert Theatre

November 17, 2018 | be more, Broadway, Previews, to kill, to kill a mockingbird > | "To Kill a Mockingbird", Aaron Sorkin, Atticus Finch, Broadway, Dill, George Clooney, Harper Lee, Hollywood, Jeff Daniels, Jem, Scout, Shubert Theatre, The Observer, The Vulture

The dust has finally settled on the lawsuit that almost killed Aaron Sorkin’s theatrical version of the beloved Pulitzer-Prize-winning-novel turned Academy-Award-winning movie, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Deadline has the scoop on how both the estate of author Harper Lee and Sorkin’s production team agreed to drop the lawsuit. And now, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is currently in previews at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre and scheduled to…

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Broadway Review: “Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song” at Second Stage’s Helen Hayes Theater

Loneliness, the quest for authentic and meaningful love, the fear of rejection, the need for respect, and the excruciating separation from situations of abuse are not unique to members of the LGBTQ+ community of any decade or location, and perhaps that is why audiences have responded positively to Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy” since its Broadway production in 1982 at…

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Broadway Review: “The Lifespan of a Fact” Reexamines the Parameters of Truth at Studio 54

October 22, 2018 | Broadway, i am, i will, i do > | "Non-Fiction" Essays, "The Lifespan of a Fact", Bobby Cannavale, by Palmer Hefferan, Cherry Jones, Daniel Radcliffe, Gordon Farrell, Jen Schriever, Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell, Journalism, Leigh Silverman, Linda Cho, Lucy Mackinnon, Mimi Lien, Peter Cunningham

Emily Penrose (a guarded and steely Cherry Jones), Editor-in Chief of a high-end publication, hopes to score big on the publication of a “lyrical essay” written by longtime associate John D’Agata (a languid and tenderly resilient Bobby Cannavale). She has shut down the presses and pulled the story about “Congressional Spouses” to publish the essay about the suicide of a…

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Broadway Review: “The Nap” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

One would think mounting a Broadway show about snooker would be perilous. Richard Bean’s “The Nap,” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, unfortunately confirms that fear. Think “The Hustler” staged as a farce with poorly developed characters whose conflicts are not believable and drive a less than satisfying plot. Dylan Spokes (an energetic and engaging Ben…

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Broadway Review: “Bernhardt/Hamlet” at Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre

Sarah Bernhardt (an intense and commanding Janet McTeer) struggles with her decision to play Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” not because of self-doubt or weakness, but because she is not sure William Shakespeare wrote the tragedy all that well or fully understood the play’s protagonist. During rehearsals for the play and for Bernhardt’s groundbreaking role as Hamlet, she argues with her cast about…

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News: Outer Critics Circle Announces New Members of Executive/Nominating Committee

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced on Friday September 14, 2018 Cynthia Allen, Richard Ridge, David Roberts and Janice Simpson will serve as new members of the OCC Executive/Nominating Committee. “The Outer Critics Circle found itself in a period of transition during the springtime, as we…

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Broadway Review: “Straight White Men” at The Hayes Theater

When entering The Hayes Theater to see “Straight White Men, the audience is bombarded by loud music – so loud, one cannot speak to one’s neighbor. Person in Charge 1 (more later) approaches to ask if the music is too loud. If one answers ‘yes,’ one gets a free set of earplugs. If one answers ‘no,’ one finds out later…

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