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Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
Review by David Rooney, Variety
On Monday, the day after its opening, Billy Crystal's "700 Sundays" took in $600,000 at the box office, pushing the advance for the comedian's autobiographical one-man show to over $8 millio…
A "Pacific Overtures" lost at sea?
You'll hear the notion that "L.A.'s not a theater town" from so many different people that it can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I certainly felt that way only a few months ago, b…
Review by David Rooney, Variety
While Shields clearly is not in the same league of effortless song-and-dance accomplishment as Murphy, she brings a zesty spirit and self-effacing charm to the role that makes it new and fresh.
Viola Davis; Ernest Thompson.
Thanksgiving lifted Broadway out of its B.O. funk as 33 shows brought in $17,364,990, up $3,476,111, or 25.03%, over the previous lackluster session.
The total tally, however, falls short of recent turkey weeks.
LOS ANGELES - John Drew Barrymore, the sometimes troubled heir to an acting dynasty and absent father of movie star Drew Barrymore, died Monday.
New Line Cinema has set Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to produce "Hairspray," the film version of the hit Tony-winning musical that is set for a mid-2005 start in Baltimore and 2006 release.
"Doubt" wakes up this slumbering theater season, jolting the audience with a tough, timely story, rich in character, language and ideas.
(Variety) — Sean Patrick Thomas ("Save the Last Dance," "Barbershop") and legit pro Donna Murphy ("Wonderful Town," "Passion") have landed gigs in Darren Aronofsky's sci-fi film, "The Foun…
Review by David Rooney, Variety
"Belle Epoque" lushly evokes the prostitutes, barflies and dancing girls that populate the poster art of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, but fails in its broader aim to depict the artist's absinthe-addled psyche, due largely to an overwrought text by Charles L. Mee.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
The sharp-wittedness, the keen social satire and timely cultural references keep the persona fresh and spontaneous.
