New Foxwoods Owner Faces Big Challenges on Broadway
If theater owners are the most powerful figures on Broadway, then there’s a new power player in town. The purchase this week of Broadway’s largest venue, the 1,930-seat Foxwoods, reps the first real...
View ArticleBroadway Producer Ashton Springer Dies at 82
Ashton Springer, who produced plays ranging from “No Place to Be Somebody” to the Tony-nominated “Bubbling Brown Sugar,” died of pneumonia Monday in Mamaroneck, N.Y. He was 82. Springer was one of the...
View ArticleWhen Brando Marched With Heston: How Variety Covered the March On Washington
When Daily Variety covered the March on Washington, the banner headline the day after the historic civil rights event read, “March Tramples on D.C. Boxoffice; Showfolk Figure in Demonstration.” The...
View ArticleMusic Theater International Continues Global Expansion with New Hire
Music Theater International, the American theater licensing agency now broadening its reach with new offices this year in London and Australia, has taken the next step in its global growth with the...
View ArticleL.A. Theater Review: ‘Guy and Dolls,’ Directed by Mary Zimmerman
In these days of tight budgets and straitened circumstances, theater artists coast to coast are scaling back reliable warhorses. The hope is always to find something new and true in well-worn material,...
View ArticleCarol Burnett Recalls Early Benefit Performance Ahead of SAG Honor
Versatile Carol Burnett is best known for her eponymous variety show, which ran for 11 seasons on CBS in the ’60 and ’70s. Nearly 50 years later, she’s still entertaining people, and will receive the...
View ArticleFox Moves Ahead with ‘Guys and Dolls’ Film, Michael Grandage Directing
Fox has hired British stage director-producer Michael Grandage to direct its remake of the 1955 musical “Guys and Dolls.” John Goldwyn is producing the picture with Working Title. Goldwyn’s grandfather...
View Article‘Quantico’ Actor Blair Underwood Reflects on Early Career, Meeting Sidney...
Blair Underwood solidified his place as an industry mainstay with his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama “L.A. Law” from 1987-1994. Since then, he’s gone on to have notable turns...
View ArticleJudith Light on Singing Alanis Morissette on ‘Transparent,’ Why Broadway...
Judith Light sings! The actress, known for everything from TV work (“One Life to Live,” “Who’s the Boss?” “Ugly Betty”) to Tony-winning stage turns (“Other Desert Cities,” “The Assembled Parties”), is...
View ArticleRon Perlman Talks About His Early Career, Taking on Makeup-Heavy Roles Like...
Hollywood has long recognized Ron Perlman for being unrecognizable. Some of his most iconic roles — including “Hellboy,” “Quest for Fire” and the late-1980s CBS series “Beauty and the Beast” — required...
View Article‘Guys and Dolls’ Getting Remade at TriStar (EXCLUSIVE)
“Guys and Dolls,” the venerable Broadway musical, is set to return to the big screen. TriStar Pictures has purchased remake rights to the original Damon Runyon short stories about gamblers and...
View ArticleBill Condon to Direct ‘Guys and Dolls’ Movie Adaptation
Bill Condon, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and Disney’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” is taking on another famed movie musical. Condon has signed on to direct “Guys and...
View Article‘Guys and Dolls’ Review: An Explosively Thrilling Production of a Masterpiece...
Since Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, is one of the finest, most detailed Shakespeare directors in the land, you could be forgiven for forgetting that he really knows...
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