Liz McCann, a groundbreaking Broadway producer who, as one of the first and most successful women to achieve a prominent leadership role in the theater industry – a term she hated, preferring “theater community” — died Thursday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. She was 90.
Her death was announced by her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann — known throughout the Broadway community simply as Liz — started her career in theater as a production assistant and manager with Proscenium Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the 1950s. In 1955, the company would be the first Off Broadway theater to win a Special Tony Award for its seminal productions of The Way of the World and Thieves’ Carnival.
Following a series of short-term theater jobs, McCann, who had acted in plays during her student years at Manhattanville College, completed a law degree at Fordham University. She later earned a...
Her death was announced by her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani.
Elizabeth Ireland McCann — known throughout the Broadway community simply as Liz — started her career in theater as a production assistant and manager with Proscenium Productions at the Cherry Lane Theatre in the 1950s. In 1955, the company would be the first Off Broadway theater to win a Special Tony Award for its seminal productions of The Way of the World and Thieves’ Carnival.
Following a series of short-term theater jobs, McCann, who had acted in plays during her student years at Manhattanville College, completed a law degree at Fordham University. She later earned a...
- 9/9/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz McCann, the colorful Broadway producer who guided such productions as The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? on the way to nine Tony Awards, has died. She was 90.
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
Liz McCann, the colorful Broadway producer who guided such productions as The Elephant Man, Amadeus and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? on the way to nine Tony Awards, has died. She was 90.
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
One of the first female producers on Broadway to command a seat at the table occupied largely by men, McCann died Wednesday of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, her longtime associate and friend Kristen Luciani announced.
With Nelle Nugent, McCann created the formidable general management and production company McCann & Nugent, and their string of Tony-winning productions included 1979’s Dracula, starring Frank Langella, and The Elephant ...
Tony Award-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown will make her Broadway directing debut with a 2022 production of Ntozake Shange’s 1976 classic for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, becoming what producers say is the first Black woman to serve as both director and choreographer on a Broadway production in more than 65 years.
Brown previously choreographed director Leah C. Gardiner’s 2019 Off Broadway production of the play at The Public Theater. Her upcoming directing debut was announced today by producers Nelle Nugent, Ron Simons and Kenneth Teaton.
“I’m extremely thrilled and honored to helm this new production of for colored girls…,” Brown said in a statement. “It’s an amazing feeling to bring this seminal show back to Broadway 45 years after it opened at the Booth Theatre on September 15, 1976. I look forward to diving into the divine Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem and celebrating her legacy.”
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Brown previously choreographed director Leah C. Gardiner’s 2019 Off Broadway production of the play at The Public Theater. Her upcoming directing debut was announced today by producers Nelle Nugent, Ron Simons and Kenneth Teaton.
“I’m extremely thrilled and honored to helm this new production of for colored girls…,” Brown said in a statement. “It’s an amazing feeling to bring this seminal show back to Broadway 45 years after it opened at the Booth Theatre on September 15, 1976. I look forward to diving into the divine Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem and celebrating her legacy.”
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- 8/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Sdcf, the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Sdc, announces that acclaimed Director Julie Taymor will be honored with the distinguished 2018 Mr. Abbott Award for outstanding artistry and creativity over the course of her career. The Award will be presented at the Foundation's annual gala event on April 2, 2018 in New York City, venue to be announced. Chairing the Mr. Abbott Award Committee are Thomas Schumacher, President amp Producer, Disney Theatrical Productions, producer Nelle Nugent of The Foxboro Company currently represented on Broadway with Taymor's production of M. Butterfly, and Sdcf Executive Board Members Rachel Chavkin and Michael Wilson. Honorary Co-Chairs include actress Helen Mirren and playwright David Henry Hwang. Proceeds from the gala benefit the early-career programs of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.
- 10/19/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Emmy winner John Leguizamo Ghetto Klown will make his highly-anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his original one-man comedic play Latin History For Morons, direct from his acclaimed engagements at The Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theater, producers Nelle Nugent and Kenneth Teaton announced today.
- 8/23/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Benjamin Feldman, Doug Morris and Spencer Ross today announce full casting for the first Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly, directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor.
- 8/15/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Benjamin Feldman, and Doug Morris CEO, Sony Music today announce the full creative team for the first Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly.
- 6/29/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Benjamin Feldman, and Doug Morris CEO, Sony Music announced today that the first Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly, will open on Broadway at the Cort Theatre 138 W 48th Street on October 26, 2017. Directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor and starring Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Clive Owen as Rene Gallimard, M. Butterfly will begin previews on October 7, 2017.
- 6/19/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Golden Globe-winning actor Clive Owen will star in a Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang’s Tony-winning 1988 drama “M. Butterfly,” the show’s producers announced Monday. Tony winner Julie Taymor will direct the revival, her first production on Broadway since her abbreviated involvement with the notorious “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” musical six years ago. “M. Butterfly” will open on Oct. 26, 2017, at a Broadway theater to be named later. Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Benjamin Feldman and Doug Morris are producing. Also Read: 'Jitney' Broadway Review: Pre-'Fences' August Wilson Runs on All Cylinders “M. Butterfly” charts the scandalous romance between a.
- 1/30/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Producers Nelle Nugent, Steve Traxler, Kenneth Teaton, Benjamin Feldman, and Doug Morris CEO, Sony Music, announced today that Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Clive Owen will star as Rene Gallimard in the first Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly, directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor. The production will open on October 26, 2017 at a Broadway theatre to be announced.
- 1/30/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Carol Burnett, Alan Alda, Candice Bergen, Anjelica Huston, Martin Sheen, Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow, Stacy Keach, and Diana Rigg will comprise rotating casts of the first Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters. The production, which is directed by two-time Tony winner Gregory Mosher, is set to begin performances on September 13 for an official opening on September 18 at the Nederlander Theatre. Photos Hollywood Onstage: Bradley Cooper, Glenn Close, Matthew Broderick Headline NYC's 2014-15 Season “Gurney’s romantic, heart-breaking and somewhat autobiographical play has long been a favorite of mine,” producer Nelle Nugent said in a
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- 7/31/2014
- by Suzy Evans
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update with casting, schedule info below: Playwright A.R. Gurney’s romantic two-hander will return to Broadway for a star-fueled revival beginning September 13 at the Nederlander Theatre. Among the pairings for the run are Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow, launching the show, followed by Alan Alda, Candice Bergen, Carol Burnett, Anjelica Huston, Stacy Keach, Diana Rigg and Martin Sheen. Rigg is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association. The director is two-time Tony winner Gregory Mosher. Producers are Nelle Nugent, Barbara Broccoli, Fredrick Zollo, Olympus Theatricals, Kenneth Teaton and Colleen Camp. Show was earlier reported as a possible tenant for the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. “The Nederlander had more weeks […]...
- 7/31/2014
- Deadline
Futureleap Media is breaking all the rules. With their latest enterprise, Broadway Live, they are bringing a live Broadway concert performance from the theatre to an online audience. The Living Social sponsored event is being executive produced by Charles Salameno Executive Producer of Cinderella, Pippin and Trip to Bountiful. Tony Award-winning Producer Nelle Nugent and Sharon Carr are consulting on the project. The show will announced in the near future.
- 12/9/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: After an 11-year break, John Leguizamo is back at HBO for another comedy special. The pay cable network will tape Leguizamo’s latest one-man show, Ghetto Klown, on November 16 at the Victoria Theatre, Njpac for debut next spring. This is Leguizamo’s fifth one-man show, all of which have become specials on HBO. That includes Mambo Mouth (1991); Spic-o-Rama (1993); Freak (1998), for which he won an Emmy Award; and Sexaholic…A Love Story (2002). Ghetto Klown, for which Luguizamo received a Drama Desk Award, is a semi-authobiographical show about his path to stardom based on his memoir Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, And All The Rest Of My Hollywood Friends. Ghetto Klown was written by Leguizamo and will be directed by Fisher Stevens, who also directed the successful 2012 Broadway production and national tour. Arnold Engelman produced the live show and will take on producing duties for the taped version as well. The special is produced by Rebel Prods,...
- 10/15/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
On Monday, May 13 Theatre Communications Group Tcg, the national organization for Theatre honored Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Ming Cho Lee at their Gala Evening. The evening was held at the Angel Orensanz Foundation 172 Norfolk Street in New York City, cocktails started at 6pm and dinner started at 7pm. Jessica Hecht was the emcee of the evening the Gala co-chairs were playwright Lydia R. Diamond and interior designer Jasmine M. Keller. The Gala honorary chairs were Anne Kaufman, Obie award-winning director Nelle Nugent, Broadway producer Judith O. Rubin, chairman of the board of Playwrights Horizons and Liz Smith, gossip columnist. The event hosted 200 guests and surpassed its financial goal. Scroll down for photos from the gala...
- 5/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tonight, May 13, 2013, Theatre Communications Group Tcg, the national organization for theatre, will honor Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Ming Cho Lee with a Gala Evening at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City. The Gala co-chairs are playwright Lydia R. Diamond and interior designer Jasmine M. Keller. The Gala honorary chairs are Anne Kaufman, Obie award-winning director Nelle Nugent, Broadway producer Judith O. Rubin, chairman of the board of Playwrights Horizons and Liz Smith, columnist and 'The Grand Dame of Dish'.
- 5/13/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Monday, May 13, 2013, Theatre Communications Group Tcg, the national organization for theatre, will honor Ruth and Stephen Hendel and Ming Cho Lee with a Gala Evening at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City. The Gala co-chairs are playwright Lydia R. Diamond and interior designer Jasmine M. Keller. The Gala honorary chairs are Anne Kaufman, Obie award-winning director Nelle Nugent, Broadway producer Judith O. Rubin, chairman of the board of Playwrights Horizons and Liz Smith, columnist and 'The Grand Dame of Dish'.
- 4/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Nelle Nugent and Kenneth Teaton welcome Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones as producing partners on the Broadway production of The Trip To Bountiful, starring Academy Award nominee and three-time Emmy Award winner Cicely Tyson, Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr, Jerry Maguire, Red Tails, Emmy Award nominee and recording star Vanessa Williams Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad Lifetime's Steel Magnolias, Broadway's Stick Fly. Directed by Michael Wilson, this 14-week limited engagement will begin previews on Easter Sunday, March 31st at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd.
- 1/10/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr, Jerry Maguire, Red Tails, Emmy Award nominee and recording star Vanessa Williams Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad Lifetime's Steel Magnolias, Broadway's Stick Fly will star along with the previously announced Cicely Tyson in the upcoming Broadway revival of Horton Foote'S beloved classic, The Trip To Bountiful, directed by Michael Wilson.Produced by Nelle Nugent and Kenneth Teaton, this 14-week limited engagement will begin previews on Easter Sunday, March 31st at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 W 43rd St. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23rd. For ticket information please visit www.TheTripToBountifulBroadway.com.
- 12/20/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
HBO is planning to bring more Broadway to your television.The Hollywood Reporter reported that the pay cable channel has given a script commitment to an hourlong television adaptation of “Stick Fly,” playwright Lydia R. Diamond’s original Broadway play about the secrets, prejudices, rivalries, and infidelities that are exposed during a wealthy African-American family’s weekend getaway in Martha’s Vineyard.Diamond is adapting the screenplay and will also executive produce with Alicia Keys and Nelle Nugent, who were among the producers of the Broadway production.“Stick Fly” opened Dec. 8, 2011, at the Cort Theatre and ran for 93 performances, closing Feb. 26, 2012. The cast of the Broadway production featured Dulé Hill, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Condola Rashad, who earned a Tony nomination for her performance. Casting for the HBO version has not been announced.HBO has had success in the past by adapting theater for television, with TV...
- 12/19/2012
- backstage.com
Doctor Who
The BBC have released a photo of the new look interior for the Tardis that will make its debut during the upcoming "Doctor Who" Christmas special.
A new version of the theme tune and opening credits are also set to debut. [Source: Digital Spy]
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jeph Loeb, head of Marvel TV, says he hopes Marvel's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV series will be ready to air next Fall on ABC. [Source: Comic Book]
Sherlock
Benedict Cumberbatch says that despite the film success he and Martin Freeman are having, he intends to stick with the BBC's "Sherlock" for some time to come.
"I love it too much. Making [Sherlock] is all about availability. Martin Freeman has the same kind of pressures on him now. It's a thing of quality not quantity that show - thank God. We started young with it. We started when they meet and we still are young for those roles. There's no reason...
The BBC have released a photo of the new look interior for the Tardis that will make its debut during the upcoming "Doctor Who" Christmas special.
A new version of the theme tune and opening credits are also set to debut. [Source: Digital Spy]
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jeph Loeb, head of Marvel TV, says he hopes Marvel's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV series will be ready to air next Fall on ABC. [Source: Comic Book]
Sherlock
Benedict Cumberbatch says that despite the film success he and Martin Freeman are having, he intends to stick with the BBC's "Sherlock" for some time to come.
"I love it too much. Making [Sherlock] is all about availability. Martin Freeman has the same kind of pressures on him now. It's a thing of quality not quantity that show - thank God. We started young with it. We started when they meet and we still are young for those roles. There's no reason...
- 12/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Doctor Who
The BBC have released a photo of the new look interior for the Tardis that will make its debut during the upcoming "Doctor Who" Christmas special.
A new version of the theme tune and opening credits are also set to debut. [Source: Digital Spy]
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jeph Loeb, head of Marvel TV, says he hopes Marvel's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV series will be ready to air next Fall on ABC. [Source: Comic Book]
Sherlock
Benedict Cumberbatch says that despite the film success he and Martin Freeman are having, he intends to stick with the BBC's "Sherlock" for some time to come.
"I love it too much. Making [Sherlock] is all about availability. Martin Freeman has the same kind of pressures on him now. It's a thing of quality not quantity that show - thank God. We started young with it. We started when they meet and we still are young for those roles. There's no reason...
The BBC have released a photo of the new look interior for the Tardis that will make its debut during the upcoming "Doctor Who" Christmas special.
A new version of the theme tune and opening credits are also set to debut. [Source: Digital Spy]
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Jeph Loeb, head of Marvel TV, says he hopes Marvel's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV series will be ready to air next Fall on ABC. [Source: Comic Book]
Sherlock
Benedict Cumberbatch says that despite the film success he and Martin Freeman are having, he intends to stick with the BBC's "Sherlock" for some time to come.
"I love it too much. Making [Sherlock] is all about availability. Martin Freeman has the same kind of pressures on him now. It's a thing of quality not quantity that show - thank God. We started young with it. We started when they meet and we still are young for those roles. There's no reason...
- 12/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
HBO is turning to Broadway for its latest inspiration -- having given a script commitment to Lydia Diamond's "Stick Fly," based on Diamond's critically acclaimed play about race, class and familial friction set during an African American family's trip to Martha's Vineyard.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Diamond will adapt "Stick Fly" into an hourlong drama format, and will executive produce the project alongside the play's original producers, Alicia Keys and Tony winner Nelle Nugent.
The plot centers around two brothers (played by Dulé Hill and Mekhi Phifer during the original Broadway run) who both independently decide to introduce their girlfriends (one white and one black) to their parents on the same weekend getaway, whereupon chaos inevitably ensues.
Keys wrote original incidental music for the play's stage debut, so it seems likely -- although as yet unconfirmed -- that her compositions will be included in the small-screen version should the adaptation get the greenlight.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Diamond will adapt "Stick Fly" into an hourlong drama format, and will executive produce the project alongside the play's original producers, Alicia Keys and Tony winner Nelle Nugent.
The plot centers around two brothers (played by Dulé Hill and Mekhi Phifer during the original Broadway run) who both independently decide to introduce their girlfriends (one white and one black) to their parents on the same weekend getaway, whereupon chaos inevitably ensues.
Keys wrote original incidental music for the play's stage debut, so it seems likely -- although as yet unconfirmed -- that her compositions will be included in the small-screen version should the adaptation get the greenlight.
- 12/19/2012
- by Laura Prudom
- Aol TV.
HBO is taking a page from Broadway. The premium cable network is adapting Stick Fly, the Broadway drama about the secrets of prejudice, hypocrisy and adultery that are exposed during an African-American family's weekend at Martha's Vineyard. Photos: 40 Years of HBO Playwright Lydia Diamond is on board to pen the HBO adaptation and executive produce alongside Alicia Keys and Nelle Nugent. The hourlong drama, which has received a script commitment, reunites Diamond with Keys -- who produced and contributed original music -- and Nugent, whose Broadway credits include earning five straight Tony Awards for her work on Dracula, The Elephant
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- 12/18/2012
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Wednesday, March 21, Theatre Resources Unlimited (Tru) will present "Coloring the Great White Way: Bringing Diversity to Commercial Theater," a panel discussion focused on how to bring more diverse productions and audiences to the traditionally great "white" way.Panelists will include producer Nelle Nugent ("Stick Fly," "Ghetto Klown," "Time Stands Still"); Woodie King Jr., artistic director of New Federal Theatre ("For Colored Girls..."); Donna Walker-Kuhne of Walker International Communications; Kamilah Forbes, artistic director of the Hip-Hop Theatre Festival and director ("Def Poetry Jam on Broadway"); and Melissa Marano, senior client account executive at aka Promotions ("Jerusalem," "The Motherf**er With The Hat," "Stick Fly," "A Streetcar Named Desire"). The panel will take place on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St., NYC. Tickets are $12 (free for Tru members). To RSVP, email TRUnltd@aol.com or call (212) 714-7628 at least a day in advance.The panel will.
- 3/15/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
HollywoodNews.com: Alicia Keys is producing a Broadway play. Why not? She’s conquered pop music, that’s for sure. The play, “Stick Fly,” will star Ruben Santiago Hudson, Mekhi Phifer (“ER”), Tracie Thoms, and Dule Hill (from the show “Psych”). Lydia Diamond wrote the play, which will be directed by Kenny Leon. Santiago-Hudson is one of the best actors of his generation, so this is particularly exciting.
That Alicia has gotten involved in this also shows how interesting her career has become. The lead producers are Nelle Nugent, Alicia Keys, Samuel Nappi, Reuben Cannon, Sharon A. Carr/Patricia Klausner, Huntington Theatre Company, Dan Frishwasser, Charles Salameno in association with Joseph Sirola & Eric Falkenstein. “Stick Fly” opens December 8th at the intimate Cort Theater on West 48th St.
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That Alicia has gotten involved in this also shows how interesting her career has become. The lead producers are Nelle Nugent, Alicia Keys, Samuel Nappi, Reuben Cannon, Sharon A. Carr/Patricia Klausner, Huntington Theatre Company, Dan Frishwasser, Charles Salameno in association with Joseph Sirola & Eric Falkenstein. “Stick Fly” opens December 8th at the intimate Cort Theater on West 48th St.
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- 9/8/2011
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
Making for quite the glamorous evening in the Big Apple, the stars gathered together at Radio City Music Hall for the 2010 Tony Awards on Sunday night (June 13).
With Sean Hayes acting as the evening's host, big names such as Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Beyonce and Jay-z, and Lea Michele all turned up for the annual Broadway event.
During the course of the evening, big winners included the lovely Scarlett Johansson as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her work in "A View From a Bridge," as well as Denzel Washington as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his stage duties in "Fences".
Also taking home trophies were Catherine Zeta Jones as Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for "A Little Night Music," along with "Red," which received the best play prize and five other trophies.
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With Sean Hayes acting as the evening's host, big names such as Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Beyonce and Jay-z, and Lea Michele all turned up for the annual Broadway event.
During the course of the evening, big winners included the lovely Scarlett Johansson as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her work in "A View From a Bridge," as well as Denzel Washington as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his stage duties in "Fences".
Also taking home trophies were Catherine Zeta Jones as Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for "A Little Night Music," along with "Red," which received the best play prize and five other trophies.
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- 6/14/2010
- GossipCenter
One has to hand it to the Tony nominators: They didn't follow conventional wisdom nor did they particularly pay heed to commercial considerations.
Indeed, some of the biggest noms went to shows that are either long gone ("Ragtime," "Finian's Rainbow," "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," "Time Stands Still") or lagging at the boxoffice ("Fela!" "Memphis," "Next Fall," "Million Dollar Quartet").
The biggest surprises Tuesday were the omissions.
"The Addams Family," the most successful new musical of the season, was thoroughly dissed, failing to get noms for best musical, for its stars Nathan Lane or Bebe Neuwirth, or even for its production design. And though it did get one for original score, that's not exactly a coup in a season in which only one other musical, "Memphis," even had one. The category had to be embarrassingly filled out with the forgettable music from "Enron" and Branford Marsalis' incidental music for "Fences.
Indeed, some of the biggest noms went to shows that are either long gone ("Ragtime," "Finian's Rainbow," "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," "Time Stands Still") or lagging at the boxoffice ("Fela!" "Memphis," "Next Fall," "Million Dollar Quartet").
The biggest surprises Tuesday were the omissions.
"The Addams Family," the most successful new musical of the season, was thoroughly dissed, failing to get noms for best musical, for its stars Nathan Lane or Bebe Neuwirth, or even for its production design. And though it did get one for original score, that's not exactly a coup in a season in which only one other musical, "Memphis," even had one. The category had to be embarrassingly filled out with the forgettable music from "Enron" and Branford Marsalis' incidental music for "Fences.
- 5/4/2010
- by By Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York – Star wattage will burn bright at the 2010 Tony Awards with Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer among those receiving nominations Tuesday.Washington and Law were each cited for best actor performances in "Fences" and "Hamlet," respectively. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical, "A Little Night Music," and Grammer was nominated for lead actor in a musical, "La Cage aux Folles.""Fela!" — nominated for best musical — and "La Cage aux Folles," nominated for the best musical revival, each received 11 nominations, followed by "Fences" with 10 nods.Nominated for best play were "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" by Sarah Ruhl; "Next Fall," by Geoffrey Nauffts; "Red," by John Logan, and "Time Stands Still," by Donald Margulies.Best musical nominations went to Green Day's "American Idiot"; "Memphis"; "Million Dollar Quartet," and "Fela!"The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford,...
- 5/4/2010
- backstage.com
London -- Ving Rhames is taking on the lead role in the big screen adaptation of Athol Fugard's 1982 play "Master Harold...and the Boys," a role Danny Glover made his own in the original Broadway production.
The movie, shooting on location in South Africa, is being helmed by Emmy-award winning director Lonny Price, who makes his feature debut with the film.
Price played opposite Glover in the Broadway play under Fugard's direction and also directed the 2003 revival.
Rhames takes on the lead role of Sam, a dignified, noble waiter who is a father figure to Hally, with Freddie Highmore cast.
South African actor Patrick Mofokeng, winner of a 2007 Golden Horn award for best actor in a TV series for his role in “The Good Provider” rounds out the lead cast as Willie, a younger and more light-hearted waiter preparing for a ballroom dancing competition.
The screen adaptation of “Master Harold.
The movie, shooting on location in South Africa, is being helmed by Emmy-award winning director Lonny Price, who makes his feature debut with the film.
Price played opposite Glover in the Broadway play under Fugard's direction and also directed the 2003 revival.
Rhames takes on the lead role of Sam, a dignified, noble waiter who is a father figure to Hally, with Freddie Highmore cast.
South African actor Patrick Mofokeng, winner of a 2007 Golden Horn award for best actor in a TV series for his role in “The Good Provider” rounds out the lead cast as Willie, a younger and more light-hearted waiter preparing for a ballroom dancing competition.
The screen adaptation of “Master Harold.
- 1/22/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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