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Theater group gets funds for new plays
Total gross for 13-show slate to $13,839,514
Great White Way feels the 'Burn' at box office
Actor joins LaBeouf, Douglas in Stone sequel
Euripides al fresco may not exactly sound like a summertime treat, but this infrequently performed late romance, in Frank McGuinness' playful new version, turns out to be quite the crowdplea…
It's a backhanded compliment to say that this sweet-tempered sitcom ends too soon.
This world preem of a play by Melinda Lopez, helmed by Amanda Charlton at the Williamstown Theater Festival in the Berkshires, never overcomes an incompatible mix of styles, significant plot…
Director Paul Mullins has harnessed his clownish players into a three-act comedy that's as knee-slapping as a three-ring circus.
Creatives use theater to jumpstart their careers
Recent shows prove extended stays possible
The new musical version of Catch Me If You Can, based on the DreamWorks picture, is an aqua-and-tangerine trip to the early '60s. And like some of the pop-cultural touchstones of that era—Twiggy, the Corvette, The Avengers—it's most appealing when it keeps things stylish and upbeat. On the flipside, when it pauses for a backstory ballad or a cry-in-your-beer confessional, Catch Me feels heavy and slow. At nearly three hours, the musical could stand to lose a few pounds of psychological motivation. But there's every indication that this show can undergo the diet it needs and lighten up. It's got great bones.
The Broadway revival of Hair has swiftly recouped its capitalization costs of $5.76 million, according to producers, touting the news less than six months after the musical began perfs in March.
Should Broadway's Spidey sense be tingling? Rumors have spread among legiters that the production sked for incoming mega-musical Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark may be threatened. The extensive work being done to prep for the technically demanding show, both in the shop constructing the physical production and in the theater where Spider-Man is due to bow, is said to have stopped this week.
Critics praise political play
Play moves into the winner's circle through a combination of wit, talent and sheer class.
"Slipping" shows promise, but at present it seems more TV movie than play.
'One Life To Live' to get NYC studio
The Williamstown Theater Festival dusts off this 1922 period piece, and though it invests the show with top actors and designers, the production fails to find the key to unlock any treasures…
Invigorating, refreshing and subversively uproarious.
The female empowerment tuner, lately represented by "Mamma Mia!," "9 to 5" and "Vanities," gains no fresh luster with "The First Wives Club," which slavishly follows the hit 1996 pic in ever…
'Watchmen' actress reunites with director
The strong summer box office continued along Broadway last week -- although the overall cume dropped thanks to the recent departure of top-selling play "God of Carnage," now on hiatus.
While ballroom blitz Burn the Floor has been touring internationally for 10 years, its arrival on Broadway clearly aims to cash in on the resurgent popularity of dance on television reality shows. But if you're going to invade the turf of Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett, you need to bring something beyond adrenaline and aggressive sizzle. Something like grace, style or wit. While there's only about 15 ounces of collective body fat onstage, there's also about 15 ounces of imagination.
