This article in the Boston Globe tells how North Texan Stephanie Umoh got the great role of Sarah in Ragtime (originally played by Audra McDonald) in the revival about to open on Broadway. Don't be confused when the reporter spells...
Holy bank robbers! Now I've heard everything: Just got an e-mail announcing a world premiere by the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and it's one that carries with it a big local angle involving Dallas. The renowned La Jolla...
Hello, Dallas from New York City! This is going to be the home of all things Broadway, written with Dallasites in mind. Why do I have the credentials to tell you all about Broadway, you may ask? Am I an...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The marquees of Broadway theaters will be dimmed in honor of playwright Harold Pinter. The Broadway League says the lights will be dimmed for about one minute at 7 p.m. tonight. The British Nobel laureate died...
Today I saw the fall Broadway season's two biggest musicals, Shrek and Billy Elliot. Shrek is living proof that the decline and fall of Western civilization is now complete. We all know what word "flatulence" is euphemistic for. Is there...
Seeing Horton Foote's Dviding the Estate, I was in a prime critic's seat. (The Texas playwright's show has already opened its limited Broadway run, but weekly and out-of-town reviewers are still attending en masse, as well as voters for end-of-season...
Not much time left to see this Mel Brooks musical: NEW YORK (AP) -- Young Frankenstein is closing after nearly 500 Broadway performances. The decision was announced Sunday by producer Robert F.X. Sillerman. The Mel Brooks cinematic monster spoof will...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next spring in a revival of "The Philanthropist," a comedy by English playwright Christopher Hampton. The Roundabout Theatre Company production, directed by David Grindley, will open April 26, 2009, at...
From the Associated Press: "It's the most fun I've ever had as a songwriter," Dolly Parton twanged Tuesday as she announced that the stage version of 9 to 5: The Musical will open on Broadway next spring. The show,...
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