Paper Mill Playhouse continue its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, South Pacific will be directed by Rob Ruggiero and choreographed by Ralph Perkins. Mike McGowan joins this enchanting cast as Emile de Becque replacing the previously announced Jason Howard.
- 3/26/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2002, Oklahoma opened at the Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 388 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. The 2002 revival featured Josefina Gabrielle as Laurey, Shuler Hensley as Jud, Patrick Wilson as Curly and Andrea Martin as Aunt Eller.
- 3/21/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1969, 1776 opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1217 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical was made into a film of the same name in 1972 and was revived on Broadway in 1997.
- 3/16/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York – "Nobody leaves the theater humming the scenery." That old Broadway wisecrack, often attributed to Richard Rodgers, implies that no amount of eye-popping visuals in a show can overcome an unmemorable score. Rocky may be the exception. While the songs in this musicalization of the career-making 1976 Sylvester Stallone movie come and go without leaving much of an impression, the stage magic that director Alex Timbers and set designer Christopher Barreca work with the finale fight is so visceral and exhilarating that it sends the audience out on a high. Of course, having an indestructible
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- 3/14/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today in 2008, In the Heights opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances. In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights. The Broadway production was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, winning four Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, and Best Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman. It was also a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- 3/9/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York – Peter Sarsgaard and Chris Noth will test their classical theater chops, taking on the lead roles in, respectively, William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. The productions are part of the 2014-15 season lineup of off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company, which gets underway in the fall with a revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's rarely produced 1947 musical, Allegro, directed by John Doyle. Sarsgaard, who previously has appeared at Csc opposite his wife, Maggie Gyllenhaal, in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters, returns as the depressive Danish prince in a January production of Hamlet, for
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- 3/6/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, today announced plans for its 20142015 Season. The upcoming season for the esteemed off-Broadway company begins in October with Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Allegro, directed by Tony Award-winner and Csc Associate Director John Doyle. Allegro marks the second installment of Csc's Musical Theater Initiative, which launched last year with the company's hugely-successful production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion, directed by Doyle. Considered one of Richard Rodgers' and Oscar Hammerstein II's most personal and groundbreaking works, Allegro was their third collaboration and first premiered on Broadway in 1947.
- 3/6/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
With his Best Original Song Oscar win for “Let It Go,” Robert Lopez is now the youngest person to have won a competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony — and he’s the fastest to get there. Also read: Oscars: The Complete Winners List At the age of 39, Lopez, who co-wrote the Oscar-winning original song from “Frozen” with his wife, Kristen Anderson, joins a very small group of only 12 people to have one the major awards superfecta, known as the “Egot,” a term coined by first winner Richard Rodgers. The latest winner started on the Egot journey in 2004 Tony for Best.
- 3/3/2014
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
The York Theatre Company continues the 2013-2014 season with the world premiere of the new musical , Inventing Mary Martin, conceived, written and directed by Stephen Cole, with music supervision and arrangements by David Krane, music direction by Lawrence Goldberg, co-directed and choreographed by Bob Richard, and original music and lyrics by legendary composers Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers amp Oscar Hammerstein, Vernon Duke amp Howard Dietz, Kurt Weill amp Ogden Nash, Noel Coward, Irving Berlin, Jule Styne amp Carolyn Leigh, Howard Dietz amp Arthur Schwartz, and Tom Jones amp Harvey Schmidt, among others.
- 2/26/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
We've had a complete history of nudes in art and the 10 sexiest artworks ever. Plus Clooney's on a Monuments Men-fuelled news frenzy – all in your favourite weekly art dispatch
Exhibition of the week
Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance
The art of the German Renaissance is full of witches, werewolves and supermodels. Lucas Cranach the Elder painted nudes with a lanky, bony beauty – the Renaissance's answer to heroin chic. He makes Venus look truly sinful. Cranach was Martin Luther's best man, and responsible for burning several supposed witches – so his infatuation with dangerous desire has a dark side. He and his contemporaries mix medieval folklore with the new classical ideas coming out of Italy to create bizarrely compelling masterpieces. This ought to be fascinating.
• National Gallery, London WC2N, from 19 February until 11 May.
Other exhibitions this week
Germany Divided
German art exploded back into life during the cold war – and as this exhibition shows,...
Exhibition of the week
Strange Beauty: Masters of the German Renaissance
The art of the German Renaissance is full of witches, werewolves and supermodels. Lucas Cranach the Elder painted nudes with a lanky, bony beauty – the Renaissance's answer to heroin chic. He makes Venus look truly sinful. Cranach was Martin Luther's best man, and responsible for burning several supposed witches – so his infatuation with dangerous desire has a dark side. He and his contemporaries mix medieval folklore with the new classical ideas coming out of Italy to create bizarrely compelling masterpieces. This ought to be fascinating.
• National Gallery, London WC2N, from 19 February until 11 May.
Other exhibitions this week
Germany Divided
German art exploded back into life during the cold war – and as this exhibition shows,...
- 2/14/2014
- by Jonathan Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will open the 2014 edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival with the world premiere of a brand new restoration of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1955). TCM’s own Robert Osborne, who serves as official host for the festival, will introduce Oklahoma!, with the film’s star, Academy Award®-winner Shirley Jones, in attendance. Vanity Fair will also return for the fifth year as a festival partner and co-presenter of the opening night after-party. Marking its fifth year, the TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 10-13, 2014, in Hollywood. The gathering will coincide withTCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film.
In addition, the festival has added several high-profile guests to this year’s lineup, including Oscar®-winning director William Friedkin, who will attend for the screening of the U.S. premiere restoration of his suspenseful cult classic Sorcerer (1977); Kim Novak, who...
In addition, the festival has added several high-profile guests to this year’s lineup, including Oscar®-winning director William Friedkin, who will attend for the screening of the U.S. premiere restoration of his suspenseful cult classic Sorcerer (1977); Kim Novak, who...
- 2/14/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today in 1975, Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noel Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risque. Coward wrote one of his most popular songs, 'Some Day I'll Find You', for the play.
- 2/6/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
During the 56th annual Grammy Awards, Cyndi Lauper was on hand to introduce the duet between Carole King and Sara Bareilles, after having won the best musical theater album award during the pre-telecast for her 2013 Tony-winning Broadway musical "Kinky Boots" (Lauper wrote the music and lyrics) -- though side note, this was not her first Grammy. Lauper won Best New Artist in 1985.
However, at this point in the night, actor/comedian Patton Oswalt took notice of Lauper and hilarity ensued:
Cyndi Lauper, halway to an Egot. #GRAMMYs
-- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 27, 2014
An Egot is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. Only 11 people have done it in history if you only count competitive awards. If you include honorary ones, the list totals 14.
Someone must have informed Oswalt that Lauper won an Emmy in 1995 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance as Marianne Lugasso,...
However, at this point in the night, actor/comedian Patton Oswalt took notice of Lauper and hilarity ensued:
Cyndi Lauper, halway to an Egot. #GRAMMYs
-- Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 27, 2014
An Egot is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. Only 11 people have done it in history if you only count competitive awards. If you include honorary ones, the list totals 14.
Someone must have informed Oswalt that Lauper won an Emmy in 1995 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance as Marianne Lugasso,...
- 1/27/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The Untold Stories Of Broadway Tales from the World's Most Famous Theaters, Volume 1 Dress Circle Publishing. 350 pages, 19.99 by author and musical theater historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper is the first book to recount the backstage drama of Broadway's greatest shows at eight iconic theaters. Using firsthand accounts from some of the biggest names in Broadway history, the book provides a look behind the curtains of the Al Hirschfield, August Wilson, Lyceum, Mark Hellinger, Marquis, Neil Simon, Richard Rodgers, and Winter Garden Theaters.The book just had a launch party at Sardi's and BroadwayWorld was there for the special celebration. Check out photo coverage below...
- 11/13/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Every autumn, in what has become a grand tradition, we at TheBacklot.com like to look around at the falling leaves and contemplate the endlessly cyclical nature of this unfathomable thing we call life. As the world around us prepares itself for the icy embrace of winter, it makes us all the more aware of the fragility of the present and the uncertainty of the future, and …
… what the hell are we talking about? Let’s throw some hot guys up on this piece!
So, we all know Hollywood is chock-full of sexy men these days, but the best kept secret of New Yorkers is that we also can boast some Grade-a man-meat. Live. On stage. Right in front of us.
Let’s take a little look see, shall we?
Cesar Abreu
“I think it’s important to never take yourself too seriously. I enjoy feeling grounded,” Cesar tells us.
… what the hell are we talking about? Let’s throw some hot guys up on this piece!
So, we all know Hollywood is chock-full of sexy men these days, but the best kept secret of New Yorkers is that we also can boast some Grade-a man-meat. Live. On stage. Right in front of us.
Let’s take a little look see, shall we?
Cesar Abreu
“I think it’s important to never take yourself too seriously. I enjoy feeling grounded,” Cesar tells us.
- 11/12/2013
- by Tim O'Leary
- The Backlot
Orlando Bloom had to go about his day, one way or another. The British actor was spotted leaving his TriBeCa apartment today, just hours after reps for him and Miranda Kerr confirmed exclusively to E! News that they had separated after three years of marriage. They had been a couple since 2007. Bloom is currently starring on Broadway opposite Condola Rashad in Romeo and Juliet—and the show was going on as usual tonight at the Richard Rogers Theatre. He and Kerr are parents to 2 1/2-year-old son Flynn and, minus an appearance all together on Oct. 7, he and his model wife had been spending a lot of time apart, with Flynn out with only one or the other in most photos. TMZ caught up with...
- 10/25/2013
- E! Online
The Untold Stories Of Broadway Tales from the World's Most Famous Theaters, Volume 1 Dress Circle Publishing. 350 pages, 19.99 by author and musical theater historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper is the first book to recount the backstage drama of Broadway's greatest shows at eight iconic theaters. Using firsthand accounts from some of the biggest names in Broadway history, the book provides a look behind the curtains of the Al Hirschfield, August Wilson, Lyceum, Mark Hellinger, Marquis, Neil Simon, Richard Rodgers, and Winter Garden Theaters.
- 10/16/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Just as political correctness has made it nearly impossible for a white actor to play Othello, the iconic films of Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have conditioned audiences — even theater audiences — to expect Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers to be played by actors only recently weaned from their CW series. Millennials, be banished! The 36-year-old Orlando Bloom is making his Broadway debut as the teenage Romeo — and unfortunately, that’s the least of the problems with director David Leveaux’s revival, which opened Thursday night at the Richard Rodgers Theater. (Fyi, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud were each hovering around 30 when they famously.
- 9/20/2013
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
Making the most of a beautiful evening, Orlando Bloom hung out backstage at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City with fellow actor Robert Downey Jr last night (September 3).
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” hunk is currently starring as the male lead in the Broadway revival of “Romeo & Juliet” and Downey stopped by to show his support.
And it sounds like things are going quite well for Orly in his latest venture, as opening weekend scored a whopping $207,000 in ticket sales.
Furthermore, the performances were filled to 91.2% capacity, the best numbers for a non-musical Broadway production.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” hunk is currently starring as the male lead in the Broadway revival of “Romeo & Juliet” and Downey stopped by to show his support.
And it sounds like things are going quite well for Orly in his latest venture, as opening weekend scored a whopping $207,000 in ticket sales.
Furthermore, the performances were filled to 91.2% capacity, the best numbers for a non-musical Broadway production.
- 9/4/2013
- GossipCenter
Today in 1980, the second Broadway revival of Oklahoma closed at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 293 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.
- 8/24/2013
- BroadwayWorld.com
If composer Alan Menken wins an Emmy Award this September for his work on an episode of ABC's "The Neighbours," he will go where only 11 folks have gone before: To the Egot club. Which as far as we know, isn't actually a real place. But if it was, we imagine it to involve the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Mike Nichols and Mel Brooks sitting around sipping champagne as they watch hired hands polish the epic foursome of hardware that got them there: the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar and the Tony. Goldberg, Nichols and Brooks stand alongside Richard Rodgers (the very first Egot winner back in 1962), Helen Hayes (the second in 1976), Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick and Scott Rudin (the most recent when he won a Grammy last year) as the only people to have competitively won all four awards. If you include honorary winners,...
- 8/15/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
The York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director Andrew Levine, Executive Director will host aspecial gala event featuring several numbers from the Richard Rodgers Award-winning new musical in development, Buddy's Tavern, with book by Raymond DeFelitta, lyrics by Alison Louise Hubbard, and music by Kim Oler. The institutional fundraising event is set for Tonight, August 5 at the Alexandre Gertsman Contemporary Art Gallery 652 Broadway, 2nd Floor, between Bleecker and Bond Streets. Portion of the proceeds collected by the Gertsman Gallery will be donated to The York Theatre Company.
- 8/5/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1986, Arsenic and Old Lace opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre where it ran for 221 performances. Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family and local police in Brooklyn, NY, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves.
- 6/26/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1975, Chicago opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 936 performances. Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago, with music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the 'celebrity criminal'. The original cast starred Chita Rivera as Velma Kelly, Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart, Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn and Barney Martin as Amos Hart.
- 6/3/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1951, the first Broadway revival of Oklahoma opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 100 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.
- 5/29/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York -- Cinderella wasn't sure where her prince was. She could hear her stepmother, but they couldn't see each other. And her fairy godmother? Waiting in a hallway in jeans.
Such was the scene one day in March when the cast and orchestra of the lush Broadway musical "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" were packed into a Times Square recording studio in a one-day bid to record their cast album.
The 29-member cast – the lead singers in one studio and the ensemble in another – plus a 20-piece orchestra that was split up over half a dozen rooms and booths, made it like a logistical Rubik's Cube.
"I equate it to landing a Boeing 747 on an aircraft carrier," said David Lai, one of the record's producers. "There are so many moving parts and there's not much space to work in or very much time. Everything has to line up properly."
Fueled...
Such was the scene one day in March when the cast and orchestra of the lush Broadway musical "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" were packed into a Times Square recording studio in a one-day bid to record their cast album.
The 29-member cast – the lead singers in one studio and the ensemble in another – plus a 20-piece orchestra that was split up over half a dozen rooms and booths, made it like a logistical Rubik's Cube.
"I equate it to landing a Boeing 747 on an aircraft carrier," said David Lai, one of the record's producers. "There are so many moving parts and there's not much space to work in or very much time. Everything has to line up properly."
Fueled...
- 5/7/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
And then there were three! On Thursday, May 3, Season 12 American Idol contestants Angie Miller, Candice Glover, Kree Harrison and Amber Holcomb faced another elimination round and, sadly, it was Holcomb who was sent home. The 19-year-old singer from Houston, Texas, bid an emotional farewell to the show after her Wednesday performances of Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason" and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "My Funny Valentine" weren't strong enough to save her a spot in the final three. Holcomb broke down in tears after her [...]...
- 5/3/2013
- Us Weekly
Today in 2008, the first Broadway revival of South Pacific opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, where it ran for 996 performances. South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The musical centers on an American nurse stationed at a U.S. Naval base during World War II who falls in love with an expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. A second romance concerns a U.S. Lieutenant who falls in love with a young Asian woman. The musical premiered in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950.
- 4/3/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Beginning August 24, "Lord of the Rings" star Orlando Bloom will make his Broadway debut in a production of "Romeo and Juliet," as the male lead. His costar will be the Tony-nominated daughter of actress Phylicia Rashad, Condola Rashad, the New York Times reports.
Though the casting choices find the star-crossed lovers to be an interracial couple, director David Leveaux says that wasn't his intention. "They could have been any number of different ethnicities," he says, "The two actors I wanted to be together producing sparks just happened to be those two." The casting decision led to the Capulets, Juliet's family, being an all-black clan, while Romeo's family, the Montagues, are all-white.
He says the decision was more about being realistic, rather than making social a commentary. "I'm not about to turn a contemporary version of Shakespeare into a sociological or political point," Leveaux says, "We know there are families from...
Though the casting choices find the star-crossed lovers to be an interracial couple, director David Leveaux says that wasn't his intention. "They could have been any number of different ethnicities," he says, "The two actors I wanted to be together producing sparks just happened to be those two." The casting decision led to the Capulets, Juliet's family, being an all-black clan, while Romeo's family, the Montagues, are all-white.
He says the decision was more about being realistic, rather than making social a commentary. "I'm not about to turn a contemporary version of Shakespeare into a sociological or political point," Leveaux says, "We know there are families from...
- 4/2/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Helen Hayes was the second person after Richard Rodgers to complete the Egot, winning all four top showbiz awards. Fittingly, the "First Lady of the American Theater" won the first of her two Tony Awards for Best Actress at the inaugural ceremony of these kudos in 1947. She picked up the prize for her performance in Anita Loos' "Happy Birthday" tying with Ingrid Bergman ("Joan of Lorraine"). For the first two years of these awards -- which were a tribute to Antoinette Perry, the founder of the American Theater Wing who died in 1946 -- winners were given a scroll with the men also getting a money clip and cigarette lighter and the women a compact. And that is what Nate D. Sanders Auction house has on the block Tuesday -- a Tiffany sterling silver compact with the initials "Hh" engraved on it while inside is the inscription: "The American Theatre...
- 4/1/2013
- Gold Derby
He’s never had issues with playing the romantic lead, and Orlando Bloom has scored the role of Romeo in the forthcoming Broadway revival of “Romeo and Juliet.”
Under the direction of David Leveaux, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” hunk will work with Condola Rashad as Juliet to be the first interracial couple to do the play.
“Romeo and Juliet” will begin previews on August 24th and will officially open on September 19th at the Richard Rodgers Theater.
Leveaux told press, “They could have been any number of different ethnicities. The two actors I wanted to be together producing sparks just happened to be those two and I followed my nose in casting the families.”
“There was nothing simple about that choice but I’m not about to turn a contemporary version of Shakespeare into a sociological or political point. We know there are families from one background or another...
Under the direction of David Leveaux, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” hunk will work with Condola Rashad as Juliet to be the first interracial couple to do the play.
“Romeo and Juliet” will begin previews on August 24th and will officially open on September 19th at the Richard Rodgers Theater.
Leveaux told press, “They could have been any number of different ethnicities. The two actors I wanted to be together producing sparks just happened to be those two and I followed my nose in casting the families.”
“There was nothing simple about that choice but I’m not about to turn a contemporary version of Shakespeare into a sociological or political point. We know there are families from one background or another...
- 4/1/2013
- GossipCenter
Romeo and Juliet is returning to Broadway for the first time in 36 years, and it’s bringing some star power with it.
Featuring the Broadway debut of Orlando Bloom as Romeo, the newest production of Shakespeare’s most famous love story also stars Tony-Award nominees Condola Rashad (Stick Fly) as Juliet, Jayne Houdyshell (Follies) as the nurse, and Joe Morton (Raisin) as Lord Capulet.
Directed by Tony-nominee David Leveaux (Nine), this adaptation takes the classic story and adds a new twist by placing its characters in modern times and introducing a new element to the story: ethnicity. “Shakespeare did not...
Featuring the Broadway debut of Orlando Bloom as Romeo, the newest production of Shakespeare’s most famous love story also stars Tony-Award nominees Condola Rashad (Stick Fly) as Juliet, Jayne Houdyshell (Follies) as the nurse, and Joe Morton (Raisin) as Lord Capulet.
Directed by Tony-nominee David Leveaux (Nine), this adaptation takes the classic story and adds a new twist by placing its characters in modern times and introducing a new element to the story: ethnicity. “Shakespeare did not...
- 4/1/2013
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
At 88, the consummate Broadway broad is giving up her apartment and moving home to Michigan. Here, a brief history of her life and career, along with some of our favorite quotes and anecdotes. 1942: Stritch, age 17, arrives in New York from Detroit to study acting at the New School. “My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan—to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.” Hung on to her virginity until age 30—but started drinking whiskey sours with Dad at 12. October 1946: Makes her first Broadway appearance in a flop called Loco.October 1950:Understudies Ethel Merman, another leggy honker, in Call Me Madam. “I love Richard Rodgers, but he was a nervous man … He once said, ‘Every time I see you do a number, I never believe you’ll be able to do it again.’” March 1955:Her breakout: Grace Hoylard, a sassy diner proprietress, in William Inge’s Bus Stop.
- 4/1/2013
- by Rebecca Milzoff
- Vulture
Today in 2002, Oklahoma opened at the Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 388 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. The 2002 revival featured Josefina Gabrielle as Laurey, Shuler Hensley as Jud, Patrick Wilson as Curly and Andrea Martin as Aunt Eller.
- 3/21/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1965, Do I hear a Waltz opened at the 46th St. Thetare Now the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 220 performances. Do I Hear a Waltz is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Richard Rodgers, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was adapted from Laurents' 1952 play The Time of the Cuckoo, which was the basis for the 1955 film Summertime starring Katharine Hepburn. The Broadway cast included Elizabeth Allen, Sergio Franchi, Carol Bruce, Madeleine Sherwood, Julienne Marie, Stuart Damon, Fleury D'Antonakis, and Jack Manning. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design, but lost in all three categories.
- 3/18/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of classic movie passes up for grabs to see 1958’s “South Pacific” with Mitzi Gaynor in person! For one night only, Mitzi Gaynor will be joined by film historian and author Leonard Maltin.
“South Pacific” comes to Chicago for one night only as part of Turner Classic Movies’ “Road to Hollywood” tour. The film also stars Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita Hall, France Nuyen, Russ Brown, Jack Mullaney, Ken Clark, Floyd Simmons, Candace Lee and Warren Hsieh from director Joshua Logan and writers Paul Osborn and Richard Rodgers.
To win your free “South Pacific” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This special showing is on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago. The more social actions you complete,...
“South Pacific” comes to Chicago for one night only as part of Turner Classic Movies’ “Road to Hollywood” tour. The film also stars Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita Hall, France Nuyen, Russ Brown, Jack Mullaney, Ken Clark, Floyd Simmons, Candace Lee and Warren Hsieh from director Joshua Logan and writers Paul Osborn and Richard Rodgers.
To win your free “South Pacific” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This special showing is on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago. The more social actions you complete,...
- 3/16/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Today in 1969, 1776 opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1217 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical was made into a film of the same name in 1972 and was revived on Broadway in 1997.
- 3/16/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2008, In the Heights opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1184 performances. In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights. The Broadway production was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, winning four Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, and Best Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman. It was also a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- 3/9/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Adele is halfway to an Egot (winning an Emmy, Oscar, Grammy and a Tony) and she's got plans to complete the title.
The "Rolling In The Deep" singer took home an Oscar for "Skyfall" at the 2013 ceremony and already has multiple Grammys to her name. What will she do for the Emmy and Tony?
"Maybe I'll do an HBO special like Beyonce did," she said backstage at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, Feb. 24. "And a Tony, I'm not so sure. Maybe someday I'll do a musical."
The current list of Egot honorees is a short one. Actors John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno and Whoopi Goldberg have received all four awards, as have composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers and Jonathan Tunick. Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols and producer Scott Rudin have also gotten all four. James Earl Jones, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand are considered Egot winners, but...
The "Rolling In The Deep" singer took home an Oscar for "Skyfall" at the 2013 ceremony and already has multiple Grammys to her name. What will she do for the Emmy and Tony?
"Maybe I'll do an HBO special like Beyonce did," she said backstage at the Dolby Theater on Sunday, Feb. 24. "And a Tony, I'm not so sure. Maybe someday I'll do a musical."
The current list of Egot honorees is a short one. Actors John Gielgud, Helen Hayes, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno and Whoopi Goldberg have received all four awards, as have composers Marvin Hamlisch, Richard Rodgers and Jonathan Tunick. Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols and producer Scott Rudin have also gotten all four. James Earl Jones, Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand are considered Egot winners, but...
- 2/25/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Lorna Luft at Birdland, NYC
Attending Lorna Luft's performance at Birdland last Monday night, a foreign tourist couple were seated next to my table. They happened upon the show when looking for a "jazz" club, and knew nothing of Ms. Luft previous to seeing this show. After the performance, they shared that they truly enjoyed the entire evening. I mention this because Ms. Luft, who cannot help but reside to some degree or another in the shadow of her mother, Judy Garland, and sister, Liza Minnelli, is very much a fine and talented entertainer, quite independent of those associations.
The theme of the evening was the men in Ms. Luft's life: the composers with whom she has worked (Burt Bacharach and Jerry Herman), and one who she honors a great deal (Larry Hart). Also the men who she adores working with, two of whom, David Elder and Tony Yazbeck,...
Attending Lorna Luft's performance at Birdland last Monday night, a foreign tourist couple were seated next to my table. They happened upon the show when looking for a "jazz" club, and knew nothing of Ms. Luft previous to seeing this show. After the performance, they shared that they truly enjoyed the entire evening. I mention this because Ms. Luft, who cannot help but reside to some degree or another in the shadow of her mother, Judy Garland, and sister, Liza Minnelli, is very much a fine and talented entertainer, quite independent of those associations.
The theme of the evening was the men in Ms. Luft's life: the composers with whom she has worked (Burt Bacharach and Jerry Herman), and one who she honors a great deal (Larry Hart). Also the men who she adores working with, two of whom, David Elder and Tony Yazbeck,...
- 2/15/2013
- by Jay Reisberg
- www.culturecatch.com
Today in 1975, Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noel Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risque. Coward wrote one of his most popular songs, 'Some Day I'll Find You', for the play.
- 2/6/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Scarlett Johansson had a big night in NYC yesterday when she hit the red carpet to celebrate the opening of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Richard Rodgers Theater. She wore a black Dolce & Gabbana outfit after taking the stage in character for her second ever Broadway run following her 2010 appearance in A View From the Bridge. Scarlett's turn as Maggie is getting great reviews. Scarlett had plenty of support in the audience with White Collar's Matt Bomer, Nick Jonas, as well as Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz all stepping out for the performance. Daniel and Rachel are back on the East Coast after they made a glamorous stop at the Golden Globes on Sunday. View Slideshow ›...
- 1/18/2013
- by Lauren Turner
- Popsugar.com
The 17th annual Ascap Foundation Awards Event took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center last week. Among the musical theater-related awards presented was the Mary Rodgers-Lorenz Hart Award to lyricist Marcy Heisler and the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award to the composer-lyricist team of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. Check out photos of highlights from the award events inside...
- 12/18/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Acting Companys 40th Anniversary Ruby Ball was held on December 3, 2012 at Capitale, and James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of the Signature Theatre and the Richard Rodgers Director of Juilliards Drama Division, accepted the John Houseman Award recognizing his profound commitment to the development of American actors and an audience for the theater. Earl Weiner, Board Chairman of both The Acting Company and the Theater Development Fund Tdf received the Warburg Humanitarian Award for his outstanding philanthropic endeavor and leadership. Check out photos from the event below...
- 12/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will star Scarlett Johansson as Maggie, Ciarn Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Debra Monk as Big Mama, directed by Rob Ashford. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will open at the Richard Rodgers Theatre 226 West 46th Street on Thursday, January 17, 2013. Previews will begin Tuesday, December 18. This limited engagement runs 15 weeks only, through March 30, 2013. The marquee just went up at the Richard Rogers Theatre and you can check it out below...
- 11/6/2012
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1980, the second Broadway revival of Oklahoma closed at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 293 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.
- 8/24/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
One of the most revered and recognizable Broadway and Hollywood composers of the last fifty years passed away suddenly at the age of 68 yesterday - Marvin Hamlisch. Today we will celebrate his life with a collection of some of the most memorable and history-making clips culled from his many endeavors over his rich forty-year career. Carly Simon once comically recounted that when she first met Marvin Hamlisch on the day he played her what would become one of her biggest hits, the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, Nobody Does It Better, she had also arranged a meeting with a new lawyer and when she answered the door at her home it was a toss-up which would arrive first - it turned out to be Hamlisch, yet she didnt realize it until the unassuming figure sat down at the piano and began to play.
- 8/8/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
This fall the Juilliard School will welcome the inaugural class of its Master of Fine Arts in Drama program. Eight graduate acting students have been selected as the first class of the highly selective four-year conservatory training program under the guidance of James Houghton, the Richard Rodgers director of the drama division. Classes begin September 2012."An Mfa is really a terminal degree in the acting profession," Houghton said, "so I think it's critical that the school represent that degree and provide as many opportunities for our students in the profession as possible."The new Mfa complements the four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree already offered by the drama division, which was founded in 1968. In addition to participating in separate advanced courses, graduate actors will regularly work side by side with the school's undergraduate students in acting, voice, movement, and more throughout their four years. Both groups focus on performance and.
- 8/8/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
Marvin Hamlisch, a composer who moved effortlessly from movies to musical theatre to television, winning Grammys, Emmys, Oscars and a Tony award, died unexpectedly on Monday, August 6, at the age of 68 after a brief illness. Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers are the only two composers who have won all of those awards as well as a Pulitzer Prize. As the composer of “A Chorus Line,” Hamlisch shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976. Hamlisch’s award-winning work spans decades. He won his first two Oscars for the score and title song for “The Way We Were” (1973) and collected the third music Oscar offered that year for his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s ragtime music for “The Sting.” He wrote the score or songs for more than 40 movies. Among his Oscar nominations were the score for “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) and the score for “The Spy Who Loves Me.” (1977.) “Nobody...
- 8/7/2012
- by Aljean Harmetz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Marvin Hamlisch, a world-famous composer responsible for scores and songs from movies like "The Sting" to "The Way We Were" and Tony-award winning musical "A Chorus Line," has passed away at the age of 68, reports the AP.
Family spokesman Jason Lee says Hamlisch died Monday (Aug. 6) after a brief illness. No other details have been released at this time.
Hamlisch is a 12-time Oscar nominee, with wins coming in 1973 for "The Sting" and "The Way We Were." He also earned seven Emmy nominations (with four wins), eight Golden Globe noms (with two wins), four Grammy nominations (with one win) and a Tony. This makes him one of only 11 people who have won an "Egot" (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) and he is one of only two people who have won an Egot and a Pulitzer Prize (composer Richard Rodgers is the other one).
Hamlisch is survived by wife of 25 years,...
Family spokesman Jason Lee says Hamlisch died Monday (Aug. 6) after a brief illness. No other details have been released at this time.
Hamlisch is a 12-time Oscar nominee, with wins coming in 1973 for "The Sting" and "The Way We Were." He also earned seven Emmy nominations (with four wins), eight Golden Globe noms (with two wins), four Grammy nominations (with one win) and a Tony. This makes him one of only 11 people who have won an "Egot" (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) and he is one of only two people who have won an Egot and a Pulitzer Prize (composer Richard Rodgers is the other one).
Hamlisch is survived by wife of 25 years,...
- 8/7/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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