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A show about Chicago's famous Playboy Club debuted last night and it was... not good. Also today: A movie heads to Broadway, Disney gets a whole new land, and Charlie Sheen is a hit. More »
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The jokers in La La Land are going after yet another childhood favorite. Also today: good news for two TV shows, great news for two actors, and sexy news for theatergoers. More »
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Droopy renaissance man Zach Braff wrote a new play called All New People that's currently running off-Broadway, and New York Magazine's theater critic Scott Brown really did not like it. His review was scathing, but hilariously so! Everyone loved it! Well, almost everyone. Braff's friend, Scrubs and Cougar Town guru Bill Lawrence, is not happy about it at all. More »
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Phat actress Kirstie Alley has a new TV show in the works, so she is a working actress again! Also today: Saturday Night Live lands some funny hosts, Lauren Ambrose takes a big musical role, and Ashton Kutcher is sad and rich. More »
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For the second time, a movie adaptation of the classic book serial has fallen apart. Also today: Law & Order rips from a new headline, Helen Mirren pinch hits, and some exciting Game of Thrones news. More »
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The Broadway shitsplosion Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark finally, finally, officially opened last night, meaning this morning the (new) reviews came in. So where'd all that tweaking and Julie Taymor firing get them? Nowhere good, it seems. More »
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If the cancellation of Skins is any indication, America just isn't ready to see boffing kids. Also today: Julie Taymor wants her money dammit, good/bad news about your favorite future sitcom, William Shatner's got a new gig, and so does Damon Lindelof. More »
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After a nearly month-long hiatus for retooling, the beleaguered Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Broadway musicale resumed performances last night, and they didn't fuck up once! Well, that's not true. There were a few oopses, but mostly it sounds as though things went smoothly. More »
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With her chat show ending on May 25th, world's most powerful woman Oprah Winfrey has her eyes set on the Great White Way. It's long been a dream of hers to perform on Broadway, and soon it will become a terrifying reality. More »
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This morning all the theater people scampered downstairs into Times Square in their pajamas to open up their presents. Yes, it's gay Christmas: Tony Awards season! The supposed best of Broadway was honored this morning with nominations for theater's biggest prize. Who was counted? Let's take a look. More »
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Though he once said he'd "quit acting," that was all a hoax, and Joaquin Phoenix really hasn't quit acting at all. Also today: the return of the return of musicals, Jessica Lange makes a TV project even more exciting, and Bradley Cooper is seriously miscast. More »
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The last time we saw Harry Potter on the White Way, he was stark naked (talk about white!), running around and jumping up and down. Yup. This time, in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, he's wearing suits and... running around and jumping up and down! In dance form. If you're curious about what this curious sight looks like, but can't shell out the approximately $3,000,000 that a ticket costs these days, here is some b-roll video of the Boy Who Lived in action. He's cute! Not great, but cute. [via Popeater] More »
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Move over Tina Fey, there's a new Sarah in town. And she just might take her clothes off. Or not. Probably not. Also today: more pilot news including a Who's the Boss update of sorts, more Survivor is coming your way, as is more Zach Braff. More »
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Not only is director Julie Taymor supposedly leaving Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but the whole production plans to shut down for a few weeks. Yikes! An unmitigated, unprecedented (no show in Broadway history has ever run this many preview performances) disaster. Well, only creatively for now, but one would think the finances will eventually suffer. That said, is there any knowledge to be gained from this whole mess? Yes, a few things! More »
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In what could be viewed as a vote of no confidence in director/creator Julie Taymor's ability to fix Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the producers of the creatively flailing Broadway musical (which is certainly not financially flailing) are bringing in a co-director to gently tap Taymor on the shoulder and send her back to the dugout for a bit. More »
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The Spider-Man crew can breathe a sigh of relief. It seems they're not the only Broadway folks putting people's lives and limbs at risk every time they raise the curtain. Two Kansas City natives are suing the producers of the Broadway musical Billy Elliot, claiming that, while watching the show from the front row, they were both hit by an errant prop and were subsequently hospitalized. They are each suing for $2 million, or roughly two Broadway tickets' worth. (Broadway shows are expensive!) The producers have not yet issued a statement about the lawsuit. More »
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Unable to fix their show's many, many flaws on their own, the Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark production team is turning to focus groups of strangers to help point out weaknesses in their troubled Broadway musical. From Entertainment Weekly: More »
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He's gonna do it. Maybe quickly, maybe slowly. Depends how he feels. But watch out, he's coming. Also today: lots of news about television, casting and pilots and stuff, as well as an update on that Will Smith Annie thing. More »
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Up until now, a curtain dropped abruptly and that was it. Now the trouble-plagued Turn Off the Dark is getting a real ending: more flying! That's smart, having one last chance to get an accident in before everyone goes home. More »
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No, you won't be having another of your Anderson Cooper-as-God fantasies when you go see How to Succeed in Business... on Broadway this spring and hear the silver fox's voice. The CNN anchor is providing the show's prerecorded narration. More »
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The opening night for the disastrous Spider-Man musical, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, has been delayed for a third time, to March 15th. The show was supposed to open last month. So, realistically, it will open June 3rd, 2014. More »
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Crazy old theater queen Glenn Beck was on his little radio program this morning talking about the creatively challenged but financially blessed Broadway Spider-Man musical and apparently he LOVED it. Like "this is history of Broadway being made" loved it. More »
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Clearly a dark agent of Julie Taymor and company, Chris Tierney — the performer who plummeted thirty feet during a performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, sparking an outcry against the show — says it's allll good. Game on! More »
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Natalie Mendoza, who suffered a concussion while playing the villain Arachne in the first preview of the disastrous new Broadway musical Turn Off the Dark, is apparently leaving the production, according to inside sources. Good. Safety first, after all. More »
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Well, it seems like we're not the only ones who think the new Spider-Man musical needs to be put down before it hurts anyone else. Two Broadway stars have weighed in, in dramatic fashion, against the show. As have investors. More »
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The Cherry Lane Theater, once the stomping grounds of writers like O'Neill, Odets, and Beckett, is shutting down. The owner bemoans the current theater need to "hav[e] a film star in...productions... I don't want to do theater like that." More »
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In light of the most recent accident at the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, we just cannot stay silent any longer! This is a terrible and, evidently, dangerous show that they need to pull the plug on. More »
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American Beauty actress (and Now and Then, mustn't forget that) Thora Birch has been fired from the off-Broadway revival of Dracula, reportedly because her father/manager, former adult movie star Jack Birch, was threatening other actors. More »
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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the downtown musical about American history that transferred to Broadway this season, will close January 2nd. Ironically, its biggest song is called "Populism, Yea, Yea!" Hey Benjamin Walker, if you need a shoulder to cry on... More »
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Last night was the first preview performance of the new Julie Taymor/U2 Broadway jam Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the much-plagued musical about Peter Parker and his super-villain enemies. So how'd it go? Well, please stand by for technical difficulties. More »
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Sure she did that Temple Grandin thing, but that was a TV movie. This is a TV series. Also today: Leonardo DiCaprio goes back in time again, Kelsey Grammer returns to the cable waves, and Dane Cook breaks our heart. More »
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Two actors in Turn Off the Dark, the Julie Taymor-directed, U2-scored Spider-Man musical, have suffered injuries while rehearsing flying stunts. A dancer broke both wrists, another actor broke both feet. And you thought Mamma Mia! was dangerous(ly bad)! More »
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"Broadway Hottie of the Month" Marty Thomas is suing to have the identity of an anonymous Tweeter revealed, claiming the Tweeter defamed him. The Twitterer, "bwayanonymous", implied that Thomas had contracted crabs from some old Avenue Q queen. Oh, drama! More »
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In a recent interview, the Harry Potter star confessed that while performing in the upcoming How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, he will probably sleep with a chorus girl or two. Without really trying, probably. More »
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They're doing it. Family values will forever be destroyed. Also today: Daniel Craig will be Dragon Tattooing, the Avengers movie might have its Wasp (it's not Joan Allen), and Julie Taymor will go big or go home in Venice. More »
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Yes indeed. The singer-songwriter and his writing partner Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) are teaming up to create a musical based on George Orwell's classic novel. It's a dark allegory about Stalin! One hopes, naturally, that puppets will be involved. [NYT] More »
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Julie Taymor and Bono's Spider-Man Broadway musical is finally underway! According to a Tweet from this young lady (who is playing Peter Parker) rehearsals have begun and they are cray-zay. It's all very exciting. Still sucks Alan Cumming quit, though. More »
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The New York Post's resident theater crone Michael Riedel writes today about "the Denzel effect," suggesting that since Mr. Washington won a Tony back in June, many Hollywood actors, especially black ones, have become interested in working on stage. More »
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Somehow Simon Rich does the impossible. Truly remarkable. Also today: a new role for Cynthia Nixon, a new theater role for Hugh Jackman, Daniel Radcliffe is a German, Apes finds its Fay Wray, and the Oscars might be changing forever. More »
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