244 stories by "Ellis Nassour"
For many years now, the Oscars have really strived for national and international diversity. And if you wanted diversity at the movies in 2011, you got it. The noms speak loudly for that div…
Debonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…
Debonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…
Debonair funny man and host of Birdland's long-running and late-running Monday night series Cast Party [in it's ninth year], returns on Thursday @ 8 P.M. to Town Hall, once again side by sid…
Move over Glee, there's something due any day, Monday, February 6, in fact. Who knows? Could be a hit. You'll right away, as soon as it shows. But will it be cannonballin' down through the s…
Move over Glee, there's something due any day, Monday, February 6, in fact. Who knows? Could be a hit. You'll right away, as soon as it shows. But will it be cannonballin' down through the s…
Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca stars Tony winner Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino Tony and DD winner Jim Dale. It takes a while for the sparks to fly in this revival, actually makin…
Composer Adrian Sutton discusses the new CD of music from the Tony Award-winning play.
The Metropolitan Museum's Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche are long-established yuletide traditions [more than 40 years]. The 20-foot blue spruce decorated with lights …
Turner Classic Movies is airing and end-of-year feature, TCM Remembers, which pays tribute to those in film who passed this year. It's done to a haunting tune, "Before You Go"&…
The multi-award lyricist discusses working on the new musical Bonnie & Clyde.
It's that time of year when gypsies unite for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The always eagerly-anticipated all-singing, all-dancing Gypsy of the Year is always the biggest party in town…
Theater Hall of Fame The 2011 inductees into the Theater Hall of Fame are Tyne Daly and Ben Vereen; producers Woodie King Jr., Elliot Martin and George White; director Daniel Sullivan; and c…
The director/choreographer discusses his work on Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, Cotton Club Parade, Follies, and A Christmas Story, the Musical!
At Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway audiences are rapturously in love with Hugh Jackman. They are not alone. The revue doesn't open until November 10, it's already breaking house records at th…
There's no stopping Nina Arianda. As Nina Arianda, she making carrer moves: from Off Bway to Bway, movies and TV. As the not-so-subtle Vanda in in Venus in Fur, David Ives' play […
Frank Langella, who's grown from matinee idol [Dracula] int one of our most celebrated actors [Frost/Nixon is the most recent example], and the Roundabout's revival cast of Terence Rattigan'…
25 theater professionals tells TheaterMania which shows they're most looking forward to this season.
New York City Center reopens with a star-studded gala October 25 after a historic full-site renovation and modernization. The event will kick off a celebratory season of new and expanded pro…
The NY International Fringe Festival [FringeNYC], the largest multi-arts festival in North America, celebrates its 15th anniversary August 12 - 28 with a multi-cultural offering of 200 of th…
For their inaugural season, Lenny Leibowitz and Amy Estes' Marvell Rep took a giant leap by becoming NY's only professional theater company producing new and classic plays in rotating repert…
The 83nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor 10 nom'd "best" from 2010 on Sunday 8 P.M. [with red carpet arrivals], telecast on…
The veteran actor returns to the stage in the Off-Broadway revival of Cactus Flower.
Celebrate Valentine's Day in memorable fashion as Town Hall and Scott Siegel begin Broadway by the Year's 11th season February 14 at 8 P.M. with Broadway Musicals of 1921. "And it's going to…