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Articles tagged "broadway" NewsJukebox musicals ‘Jersey Boys’ and ‘Mamma Mia!’ thread a difficult path to successby Lawson Taitte [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][22.Jul.08] :. Jukebox musicals get no respect. Maybe it’s because they’re so hard to bring off. In fact, you can count on two fingers the Broadway shows that have successfully combined dialogue with... NewsIn new memoir, Broadway composer Charles Strouse looks back on success, failure and tumultby David Patrick Stearns [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][8.Jul.08] :. NEW YORK - The tributes were predictably extravagant at the 80th-birthday party for Broadway composer Charles Strouse one recent evening at the posh 21 Club. “Melodies that touch the heart and...  News‘August: Osage County,’ ‘In the Heights’ tops at the Tonysby Howard Shapiro [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][16.Jun.08] :. NEW YORK - A neighborhood and a family - both in sweeping transition - are the subjects of this Broadway season’s best-musical and best-play Tony Award winners, honored Sunday night at Radio... News10 favorite moments from a remarkable year on Broadwayby Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][15.Jun.08] :. Producers of tonight’s Tony Award telecast (8 to 11 EDT on CBS) are planning, somehow, to sell Broadway with scenes from 13 musicals - including the two biggies, “The Little...  NewsLatinos conquer Broadway with ‘In the Heights’by Ed Morales [Newsday (MCT)][11.Jun.08] :. NEW YORK - With the news that the salsa-merengue-hip-hop musical “In the Heights” had garnered 13 Tony Award nominations, eclipsing most-likely-to-succeed musicals like “Young... NewsThe Tonys, they are a-changin’by Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][21.May.08] :. This is the time of year we dump on the committee that chooses the Tony Award nominations. In the twilight of the Broadway season, the theater world heaves with lists of egregious omissions and... Broadway’s Tony Award nominations salute Chicago theater companiesby Chris Jones [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][15.May.08] :. Despite the receipt of the prestigious Tony Award for excellence in regional theater, there was no champagne on Navy Pier on Tuesday morning. Staffers seemed dazed by the unexpected news. Besides,... ‘In the Heights’ leads 2008 Tony Awards nomineesby Howard Shapiro [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][14.May.08] :. “In the Heights,” an exuberant new hit musical conceived by an actor-composer when he was in college, and with a book by a young Philadelphia playwright, received 13 nominations Tuesday... If the Met OKs encores, is Broadway far behind?by Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][5.May.08] :. NEW YORK - It was a night for the history books. Juan Diego Florez jauntily cherry-picked the nine high Cs in “La Fille du Regiment” at the Metropolitan Opera April 21. These were the... The Broadway stage has been set this season for social dramas with big messagesby Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][22.Apr.08] :. My temptation is to protect political theater. Every time I hear someone groan “oh, no, not another play about Iraq” or “ho, hum, another docudrama about exonerated... James Earl Jones: from Darth Vader to ‘Big Daddy’by Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)][26.Mar.08] :. When James Earl Jones takes the stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” the Broadhurst Theatre fairly trembles. For all the fussin’ and flitterin’ of Maggie (Anika Noni... Comedies without content clutter Broadwayby Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][24.Mar.08] :. Toward the end of David Mamet’s “November” at the Barrymore Theatre, the corrupt president’s idealistic speechwriter delivers what is meant to be an inspirational rhapsody... ‘In the Heights’ raises image of Latinos on Broadwayby Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][10.Mar.08] :. It has been 50 years since a New York Latin gang called the Sharks and their spitfire girlfriends first sang this about the Puerto Rican experience in America: “I like to be in America/OK by... James Earl Jones is reason enough to see all-black ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’by Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][7.Mar.08] :. Theatergoers can - and surely will - argue about the historical logic of the all-black “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” that opened Thursday night at the Broadhurst Theatre. Without the reverse... Fast chat with ‘Law & Order’/Broadway star S. Epatha Merkersonby Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)][5.Mar.08] :. First off, it’s pronounced “ee-PAY-thuh.” S. Epatha Merkerson’s name may be unusual, but it’s familiar to “Law & Order” fans. She’s played Lt.... All-black ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ heats up Broadwayby Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][3.Mar.08] :. When “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” was on Broadway in 2003, the marquee seduced theatergoers with a gigantic poster of Ashley Judd and Jason Patric in their underwear. When the steamy... Fast chat with LaKisha Jonesby Daniel Bubbeo [Newsday (MCT)][18.Feb.08] :. Two years ago LaKisha Jones was working as a bank teller in Maryland. These days, the only money notes she deals with are the ones she belts out eight times a week in Broadway’s “The... Broadway play spotlights man who brought radio to the massesby Robert Kahn [Newsday (MCT)][22.Jan.08] :. In Broadway’s “The Farnsworth Invention,” broadcasting pioneer David Sarnoff is celebrated as the earliest and most fervent backer of a new technology: television. Long before... Returning shows give Broadway a happy glowby Robert Feldberg and Matthew Van Dusen [The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT)][30.Nov.07] :. NEW YORK—They weren’t brushing up their Shakespeare, but Broadway’s actors were very busy Thursday honing their other theater skills. After the 19-day stagehands strike finally... ‘Young Frankenstein’: Something’s wrong in Transylvaniaby Linda Winer [Newsday (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. NEW YORK—“Hump? What hump?” Anyone who grins reflexively at that line—which means any of the zillions who cherish Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” movie from... ‘Young Frankenstein’ cast is puttin’ on the shtickby Robert Kahn [Newsday (MCT)][6.Nov.07] :. NEW YORK—“What am I, a robber baron?” Mel Brooks barks into the phone from his Upper East Side apartment. “I’m giving you a performance to enjoy. I deserve whatever the... New York theaters plan some monster hits this seasonby Christine Dolen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][23.Oct.07] :. It’s all about a master and a monster this season in New York. During the 2007-2008 season, two different versions of Frankenstein (both musicals!) will duke it out to prove which is... The House That George Built by Wilfrid Sheedby Glenn C. Altschuler [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][9.Oct.07] :. By the 1950s, the golden age of popular music was just about over. America "wasn't a listening nation anymore," writes Wilfrid Sheed, but a televisual "shaking, rattling and rolling one." ABBA outlasts its criticsby Paul Hodgins [The Orange County Register (MCT)][9.Aug.07] :. Remember white zinfandel? Back in the `80s, everybody was drinking it, but nobody wanted to admit it. ABBA is the white zinfandel of pop groups. Yes, they were hugely popular: more than 370 million... Mel Brook’s ‘Young Frankenstein’ gets ready for Broadwayby Misha Berson [The Seattle Times (MCT)][6.Aug.07] :. The classic Mel Brooks movie “Young Frankenstein” had an inspired concept, adroit lampooning and memorable gags. It also had a killer comic acting ensemble (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and... How Disney almost dropped the ball on a `Musical’ megahitby Chris Jones [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][3.Aug.07] :. When the smash 2006 TV movie “High School Musical” suddenly bust out of its box on the Disney Channel into the open, lucrative hearts of seemingly every tween girl in America, you’d... Broadway honors its finest Sunday with the Tony Awardsby Howard Shapiro [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][10.Jun.07] :. The most coveted prize on Broadway? For a producer, it’s you in a paid seat, and for just about everyone else, it’s a Tony Award. The producers are already celebrating another... TV raises the profile for Broadway’s Tony Awardsby Robert Trussell [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Jun.07] :. You gotta feel for the Tonys. Compared to the glitz of the Oscars, the Emmys or the Grammys, the trophies that honor the best of Broadway always seem a little musty. They’re just so antique.... Broadway: The American Musicalby Bill Gibron[27.Oct.04] :. Even if it sometimes fails to give powerful figures their full due, Broadway: The American Musical offers an outstanding overview of a decidedly American art form. |
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