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Biff! Bam! Pow! Can Superheroes Save Broadway?
With word that Mel Brooks’ musical Young Frankenstein is closing right after the new year, insiders are betting that Spider-Man, the Julie Taymor-directed adaptation of the popular comic book hero, budgeted at close to 40 million, might fill the vacancy … Continue reading
Broadway ‘Tales’
So that Tales of the City musical that was maybe being by crafted by Jeff Whitty and Scissor Sister Jake Shears? Campbell Robertson of the Times reports that the project is gaining momentum, with director Jason Moore attached and producers … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Jake Shears, Jeff Whitty, musicals, Tales of the City
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Oh Randy
With all the focus on the WGA strike there’s another entertainment union fracas that’s fallen by the wayside, this one involving Actors’ Equity and Randy Quaid. The actor — brother of Dennis, Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon’s Vacation flicks — … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Lone Star Love, musicals, Randy Quaid, there's no business like show business, WTF
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Broadway Does Go For Booze and Dope
Well, it seems upon opening that August: Osage County has lived up to its promise and dazzled the Great White Way’s critics. Charles Isherwood of the Times calls it “the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.” … Continue reading
“Yo Adrian!” In the Key of C
Let’s hope that the stagehand strike currently crippling Broadway soon ends, so that the Great White Way can continue to present the kind of quality entertainment which has become the hallmark of our cultural landscape, like, say the musical version … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Rocky: The Musical, singing pugilists, Sylvester Stallone
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Ephemerist Recommends: August: Osage County
It’s rare that I give whole-hearted approval and heaps of praise to a theatrical endeavor. When I do get to see a show, particularly on Broadway, it’s usually enjoyable (I’m like a Make-a-Wish kid, just happy to be out of … Continue reading
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Tagged August: Osage County, Broadway, rave reviews, this is why I'm not a critic, Tracy Letts
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Godspell Resurrected
Playbill reports that Godspell, Stephen Schwartz’s musical that utilizes “improvisation and contemporary themes to illustrate the parables, [bringing] these lessons to life through the grand tradition of musical theatre,” is being revived on Broadway. Ugh. If the producers were going … Continue reading
