'Noises Off' is On Again for Broadway as Roundabout Sets Stoppard Double Play by Gordon Cox

Roundabout Theater has locked in two more more titles for its 2014-15 season, skedding a new Broadway production of Michael Frayn’s farce “Noises Off” in winter 2015 and lo…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:08pm on January 16, 2014☆⚑

Daniel Radcliffe Makes Broadway Return in 'Cripple of Inishmaan' by Gordon Cox

One last star-driven play has squeezed into a crowded Broadway season, with the Daniel Radcliffe-toplined production of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” locking in dates at the Cort Th…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:07pm on January 16, 2014☆⚑

Musical 'Titanic' Charts a Course for Toronto, then Broadway by Gordon Cox

Barry and Fran Weissler, the producers behind the Broadway revivals “Chicago” and “Pippin,” have teamed up with Canuck theater owner-producer David Mirvish to captain…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:11pm on January 16, 2014☆⚑

Cirque Du Soleil Taps Scott Zeiger to Launch New Theatrical Division by Gordon Cox

Cirque du Soleil will take a shot a diversifying its output with the launch of a new theatrical division to be led by Scott Zeiger of BASE Entertainment. The new branch of the Montreal-based…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:11pm on January 14, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: Cold Snap Takes the Heat Out of Sales by Gordon Cox

January chilled Broadway to the bone last week, with the annual post-holiday slump and the polar vortex joining forces to push the Rialto box office barometer down by a mammoth $11.5 million…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:20pm on January 13, 2014☆⚑

Disney Considering 'Frozen' for Broadway, Obviously by Gordon Cox

A spokesman for Disney Theatrical Prods. has confirmed that Disney Animation’s hit “Frozen” is in early development for the stage, following a Fortune interview in which…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:35pm on January 13, 2014☆⚑

Broadway's 'Beautiful': The Porno Didn't Make It Into the Musical by Gordon Cox

Carole King didn’t even show up for the Jan. 12 opening of “Beautiful,” the new Broadway musical that features her songs. But that’s no surprise. Everyone knows she&#…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:46am on January 13, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Review: 'Beautiful " The Carole King Musical' by Gordon Cox

The early life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King surely deserves more imaginative treatment than the corny chronological storytelling (And then we wrote …) and old-…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on January 12, 2014☆⚑

Tourists Take Broadway: Out-of-Towners Bought Two-Thirds of All 2012-13 Tickets by Gordon Cox

Tourist biz, an increasingly dominant force on Broadway in recent years, hit a high-water mark last season, with out-of-town visitors accounting for a whopping 66% of all ticket sales during…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:56pm on January 10, 2014☆⚑

Jordan Roth Makes Legit Moves in Digital Space by Gordon Cox

Let's face it: The Broadway industry's reputation for being hidebound isn't entirely undeserved. So you wouldn't expect a theater exec to be the one to create a digital social network aimed …

SOURCE: Variety at 8:26am on January 10, 2014☆⚑

Tony Awards Tackle Eligibility for Broadway's Fall Titles by Gordon Cox

Mark Rylance and Samuel Barnett, two major players in this season’s much-lauded and recently profitable revivals of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III,” won’…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:21pm on January 9, 2014☆⚑

U.K. Theater Review: 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies' by Gordon Cox

"Who will get me my divorce?" Thundered out by fierce Henry VIII (Nathaniel Parker), that's the problem underpinning Hilary Mantel's huge novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies," now tr…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:37pm on January 9, 2014☆⚑

Bard In The Black On Broadway: 'Twelfth Night' and 'Richard III' Recoup by Gordon Cox

The Shakespeare’s Globe’s repertory staging of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” has ticked over into the hit column, recouping its $3.1 million capitaliz…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:23pm on January 9, 2014☆⚑

Tupac Shakur Hits Broadway This Summer with 'Holler If You Hear Me' by Gordon Cox

Tupac Shakur, Broadway composer. “Holler If You Hear Me,” the musical inspired by the lyrics of the late rapper Shakur, has locked in a Broadway slot at the Palace Theater, where…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:54am on January 8, 2014☆⚑

Broadway's 'Glass Menagerie,' Starring Zachary Quinto, Turns a Profit by Gordon Cox

The current Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’  ”The Glass Menagerie” has recouped its $2.6 million in capitalization costs, according to producers, allowing produc…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:49pm on January 7, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: Snow Can't Put Holiday Sales on Ice by Gordon Cox

Hercules who? Broadway box office held up admirably last week, with the final push of holiday tourist traffic helping to keep sales aloft despite a weekend winter storm that threw a wrench i…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:02pm on January 6, 2014☆⚑

Jim Norton Joins Broadway's 'Of Mice and Men' Starring James Franco by Gordon Cox

Jim Norton, the Brit actor who scored a 2008 Tony for his perf in "The Seafarer," has signed on to join James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Of Mice and Men." N…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:01am on January 6, 2014☆⚑

Two Broadway Publicists Hang Out Shingles as Hartman Group Closes by Gordon Cox

A pair of Broadway press agents at PR firm the Hartman Group, long one of the two big dogs in the small world of Broadway praiseries, are striking out on their own as the Hartman Group close…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:09pm on January 3, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: 'The Lion King' Snatches the 2013 Crown from 'Wicked' by Gordon Cox

In the midst of their ongoing tussle for the number one slot in Broadway's weekly Top 10, sixteen-year-old musical "The Lion King" has taken the title of top earner of the year, wrestling it…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:00pm on January 2, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: 'Wicked' Breaks the $3 Million Barrier in Record-Breaking Christmas Week by Gordon Cox

This year after Christmas, the floor wasn’t just strewn with torn wrapping paper — it was littered with the remains of broken Broadway records in a B.O.-busting holiday frame. &#…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:46pm on December 30, 2013☆⚑

Broadway's 'Spider-Man' Is Not a Flop, At Least Not to One Theater District Restaurant by Gordon Cox

“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” may take the title as the money-losing-est musical in Broadway history when it closes Jan. 4 — but don’t call it a flop. At least not …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:33pm on December 30, 2013☆⚑

Broadway Box Office: Revving Up Before the Christmas Boom by Gordon Cox

Who says Broadway has to wait until Christmas to start opening presents at the box office? Last week Rialto B.O., as if impatient for the spike that the current holiday week is sure to bring…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:59pm on December 23, 2013☆⚑

Hugh Jackman Exits Brewing Broadway Musical 'Houdini' by Gordon Cox

Hugh Jackman has stepped away from the upcoming Broadway musical “Houdini,” citing the scheduling demands of developing a new tuner as the cause of his departure from a project t…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:40pm on December 23, 2013☆⚑

'Harry Potter' Wooed to Stage By Two Transatlantic Industry Veterans by Gordon Cox

It doesn’t take a genius to peg the uber-successful Harry Potter franchise as ripe for a stage incarnation, and author J.K. Rowling has said she’s been besieged over the years by…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:53am on December 20, 2013☆⚑

West End Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Stephen Ward' by Gordon Cox

Here's the mystery surrounding Andrew Lloyd Webber's new tuner "Stephen Ward": How could the fallout from Britain's most notorious real-life sex-and-politics scandal have been turned into so…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:20pm on December 19, 2013☆⚑