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71 stories by "Maureen Lee Lenker"

Schmicago star Patrick Page is having a moment " and he's ready to make the most of it by Maureen Lee Lenker

In a wide-ranging conversation a few days before Page finished Lear, he discussed everything from reaching this career high at the age of 60, what he hopes for the future of King Lear, how S…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:26am on April 21, 2023[SHARE]

Greg Kinnear will make his Broadway debut in To Kill a Mockingbird by Maureen Lee Lenker

Stand up, your father's passing. Soon, Greg Kinnear will be that father " the patriarchal figure at the heart of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, one Atticus Finch. On Tuesday, producers …

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 5:36pm on February 25, 2020[SHARE]

Sophia Anne Caruso abruptly exits Beetlejuice on Broadway by Maureen Lee Lenker

Sophia Anne Caruso will no longer count herself among the strange and unusual. The actress, who originated the role of Lydia Deetz in Broadway's Beetlejuice, has abruptly exited the produ…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 4:51pm on February 21, 2020[SHARE]

Watch the cast of Broadway's Sing Street deliver 'Up' in charming music video by Maureen Lee Lenker

When director Rebecca Taichman saw Sing Street when it debuted on screens in 2016, she wrote her agent while the credits were still rolling, tears streaming down her face, to see if the s…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 3:30pm on February 20, 2020[SHARE]

Zoe Caldwell, four-time Tony Award winner, dies at 86 by Maureen Lee Lenker

Broadway actress Zoe Caldwell, who won four Tony Awards over the course of her decades-long career, died Feb. 16 from complications due to Parkinson's disease. She was 86. Her son Charlie Wh…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:43pm on February 18, 2020[SHARE]

Jason Alexander directing Broadway-bound adaptation of The War of the Roses by Maureen Lee Lenker

Jason Alexander is about to go to war. The award-winning actor is attached to direct a Broadway-bound adaptation of The War of the Roses. The play is based on the original novel by War…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 4:03pm on February 13, 2020[SHARE]

What the Constitution Means to Me still vital and incisive at the Mark Taper Forum: Review by Maureen Lee Lenker

For centuries, women's pain has been deemed the only narrative worthy of storytelling. Whether in gonzo revenge fantasy or prestige drama, if we're not suffering, it's not worthy of serious …

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 3:20pm on January 25, 2020[SHARE]

Rock of Ages in Hollywood makes dinner theater sexy again: Review by Maureen Lee Lenker

The words "dinner theater" usually conjure up images of linen-covered tables, black-tie-wearing waiters, and productions of classic fare like Hello, Dolly! or Showboat. But a new immersive p…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 6:25pm on January 16, 2020[SHARE]

Is the musical theater podcast the new concept album? by Maureen Lee Lenker

5,6,7…podcast? Musical theater has always made superb use of aural formats, with original Broadway cast albums filling the gap for theater-goers who can't shuffle off to the Great White Wa…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 9:00am on January 15, 2020[SHARE]

Exclusive: Katy Keene will slay with a screening and panel at BroadwayCon by Maureen Lee Lenker

Katy Keene may dream of seeing herself on a runway, but first she's headed to Broadway " BroadwayCon, to be exact. EW can exclusively announce the highly anticipated new addition to the Arch…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:00am on January 10, 2020[SHARE]

Sing Street to transfer to Broadway this spring by Maureen Lee Lenker

The team behind Sing Street are driving their Off Broadway musical like they stole it " straight to the Great White Way. The new stage production, based on the John Carney film of the sam…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:01am on January 8, 2020[SHARE]

How Hadestown and the underworld came out on top in 2019 by Maureen Lee Lenker

"It's an old song, and we're gonna sing it again." The opening hymn of the hit musical Hadestown offers a promise " not just to the eight shows a week for the folk musical that dominated Bro…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 8:00pm on December 23, 2019[SHARE]

How Oklahoma! and Ali Stroker made Broadway history in 2019 by Maureen Lee Lenker

Known affectionately as "the Oklahoma! that f"s," this Rodgers and Hammerstein revival broke away from its roots, with its in-the-round presentation and potent carnal energy. But the biggest…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:00am on December 23, 2019[SHARE]

Hear Jonathan Groff and the Little Shop of Horrors cast sing 'Skid Row/Downtown' by Maureen Lee Lenker

Need a break from holiday music and looking for something a little more horrific instead? Suddenly, Seymour is here to provide you. The Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors,Å

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 4:06pm on December 18, 2019[SHARE]

How Sonya Tayeh brought two epically different movie musicals to the stage this year by Maureen Lee Lenker

On the surface, Sing Street and Moulin Rouge couldn't be more different. The former uses the synth sounds of the 1980s to tell the story of a Dublin teenager who forms a band to impress a gi…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 8:30am on December 16, 2019[SHARE]

Beetlejuice sets Broadway closing date, announces national tour by Maureen Lee Lenker

It's time for Beetlejuice to move on from Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre (though no word yet on whether their ghosts might stick around to haunt the new owners). On Monday, producers an…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 6:01pm on December 9, 2019[SHARE]

Tony Goldwyn will join Broadway's The Inheritance for four months only by Maureen Lee Lenker

The Inheritance is about to get hit with some Scandal. The much-lauded Broadway play, which transferred from London's West End, is about to add Tony Goldwyn to its ranks. The former Sc…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 9:45am on December 9, 2019[SHARE]

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake is still an exquisite stunner: Review by Maureen Lee Lenker

In 1995, Matthew Bourne rose to international prominence for his daring reimagining of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, casting male dancers for the corps of swans and lending the story's themes of …

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 5:55pm on December 6, 2019[SHARE]

Dan Stevens among cast announced for Martin McDonagh's Hangmen Broadway run by Maureen Lee Lenker

Martin McDonagh's Hangmen has roped up its Broadway cast. The Olivier-winning play is coming to the Great White Way this spring, and it's got a cast full of British heavyweights, includin…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:00am on December 4, 2019[SHARE]

Key Largo is a rip-roaring noir ride buoyed by a magnificently malevolent Andy Garcia: Review by Maureen Lee Lenker

Key Largo, adapted from the 1948 Floridian film noir of the same name, is currently making a splashy world premiere at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse. It's a straightforward tale of veteran F…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 3:34pm on November 22, 2019[SHARE]

Tootsie to close on Broadway in January by Maureen Lee Lenker

It's time for Santino Fontana to hang up his heels. On Monday, producers announced a closing date for Broadway's Tootsie, the musical based on the 1982 film of the same name. The produ…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 7:30pm on November 11, 2019[SHARE]

Watch the cast of Broadway's Jagged Little Pill perform 'You Learn' in new video by Maureen Lee Lenker

Trying to swallow something like a jagged little pill? Wash it down with this exclusive video of the cast of Broadway's Jagged Little Pill performing "You Learn" through the course of var…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:00am on November 4, 2019[SHARE]

Watch all 4 current Evan Hansens come together for stirring new rendition of 'For Forever' by Maureen Lee Lenker

All we see is Evan Hansens for forever. In an unprecedented move, the producers of Dear Evan Hansen have brought together all four of the world's current Evan Hansens to mark the openi…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 5:49pm on October 30, 2019[SHARE]

Bernard Slade, creator of The Partridge Family, dies at 89 by Maureen Lee Lenker

Bernard Slade, the creator of The Partridge Family, has died. He was 89. Slade died on Wednesday from complications of Lewy body dementia, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A sea…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 4:20pm on October 30, 2019[SHARE]

Darren Criss to return to Broadway in revival of American Buffalo by Maureen Lee Lenker

From teenage dream to pursuing a cut of the American Dream… Darren Criss is poised to return to Broadway next spring in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, a tale of three s…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:00am on October 24, 2019[SHARE]
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