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Confirmed hottie boombalottie Hunter Parrish is headed to Broadway. The Weeds actor will be taking over the lead in the sexy pex Duncan Sheik musical Spring Awakening later this summer.
Confirmed hottie boombalottie Hunter Parrish is headed to Broadway. The Weeds actor will be taking over the lead in the sexy pex Duncan Sheik musical Spring Awakening later this summer.
The Dive From Dawson's Pier
Shockingly, Katie Holmes seems unable to sell theatre tickets. The advance for All My Sons, the Arthur Miller play the actress and wife of Tom Cruise will be starring in on Broadway this fall, is less than one million dollars.
Shockingly, Katie Holmes seems unable to sell theatre tickets. The advance for All My Sons, the Arthur Miller play the actress and wife of Tom Cruise will be starring in on Broadway this fall, is less than one million dollars.
Definitely Harrod's
Halloween: H20 actor Josh Hartnett will be making his professional theatre debut in London this summer, in a stage version of the film Rain Man. No, not as the fun part.
Halloween: H20 actor Josh Hartnett will be making his professional theatre debut in London this summer, in a stage version of the film Rain Man. No, not as the fun part.
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Dave Letterman on Theatre: 'I Wish I Knew More About What You're Saying'
Like Danny Kaye in White Christmas, David Letterman doesn't quite get choreography. Or maybe theatre altogether. And he's not afraid to tell that to the delightful Jane Krakowski, in amusing fashion. Clip is above. More »
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New Yorker Critic On The Lion King: 'I Don't Do Black Folklore'
Oooh, snap. The Tony Awards, given out to the "best" Broadway ballyhoo of the year, are often accepted by Theatahhh people as a silly but necessary (for business) annoyance. People shrug them off, maybe even have a little fun with them. But not The New Yorker, mercy no. In a little Q&A on the magazine's website about Sunday night's awards show, chief NYer theatre critics Hilton Als and John Lahr are gratuitously bitchy and snobbish as they pick apart the Tonys and the past Broadway season. "I have not seen 'The Lion King.' I don't do black folklore. And I'm black," says Als for no particular reason. The two, with Als being the wickedest, then bitch on for eight more questions. Some more highlights are after the jump. More »
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Theatre's Top Honors Go to Guy From Oklahoma, Latino Dude From Uptown
Yes, theatre still exists. And, more importantly, there are still theatre awards shows. Last night's Tony Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway, offered few surprises, but did bestow top honors upon two relative newcomers to the New York theatre scene. Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights, a musical love letter to upper Manhattan, won for best score and best musical, heralding the arrival of a distinct new voice, and reassuring the old white people clapping in the audience that they're not fusty and scared of the ethnics. August: Osage County, a brilliant and brutal three and a half hour epic of a play, won lots of awards, including best play for Tracy Letts and best actress for Chicago theatre grand dame Deanna Dunagan. More »
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Mario Lopez, right, was a big star on TV's Saved By The Bell and doesn't like sharing the stage with his younger Chorus Line co-star Nick Adams, left. And what Lopez especially doesn't like is when Adams' biceps take the attention away from his bicepts. So Lopez refused to wear a long-sleeved sweater, as called for in the script, preferring instead a tight t-shirt to show off his "guns." And he had Adams outfitted with a baggy hoodie and relegated to the back in the opening dance routine. But now Lopez is finally getting his comeuppance, just as any decent dramatic plotline would dictate. It seems a men's underwear company, once smitten with Lopez, has switched its attention to Nick. Writes Page Six:
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Shirtless Actors Wrestle Over Underwear
Mario Lopez, right, was a big star on TV's Saved By The Bell and doesn't like sharing the stage with his younger Chorus Line co-star Nick Adams, left. And what Lopez especially doesn't like is when Adams' biceps take the attention away from his bicepts. So Lopez refused to wear a long-sleeved sweater, as called for in the script, preferring instead a tight t-shirt to show off his "guns." And he had Adams outfitted with a baggy hoodie and relegated to the back in the opening dance routine. But now Lopez is finally getting his comeuppance, just as any decent dramatic plotline would dictate. It seems a men's underwear company, once smitten with Lopez, has switched its attention to Nick. Writes Page Six:
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Virgin Mary To Be Immortalized In the Style of Rent
Because Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and hippie fag fest Godspell weren't religiousy enough, a new (kid-tested) Pope-approved musical called Mary of Nazareth will belt its way around Europe, Latin America, and (gasp!) some Middle Eastern countries starting on June 17th, in the Vatican. "'We have sponsored this work with pleasure because Mary of Nazareth is the woman who has communicated and still communicates to mankind today the word of God made man," said a Vatican official of the work. "Plus, she no have-a da sex," he added. It's always nice when the Church approves singing and dancing. We're looking forward the novelization of this fascinating story. Oh and then the movie of the novelization with John Travolta, Jennifer Hudson, and Harvey Fierstein. Also, this must mean that Muhammad: The Musical is forthcoming, right? No? No, not at all? OK. I see. More »
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Hastened By New Legally Blonde Reality Show, Theatre Continues to Die
Honestly, I enjoyed the Legally Blonde musical. While it strays a bit from the popular Reese Witherspoon movie (which was based on a book) about a, um, blonde Californian sorority girl who ends up making it big at Harvard Law School, it's still fun and peppy (and Pepto-y! So pink!) and makes no major offenses. The show's star, Laura Bell Bundy, is appropriately brassy and shrill and belty. It's a fun, silly time at the theatre. That being said, the new MTV reality series Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods (which premiered last night), in which a gaggle of dopes with limited talent compete to take over the lead role, is a dreadful pile of muck that takes the already-weak and defenseless Theatre and beats it senseless with a pink cellphone. More »
How We Gonna Pay?
The final performance, in September, of the Broadway musical/emotional and sexual touchstone for many young people, Rent, will be broadcast to various movie theaters.
The final performance, in September, of the Broadway musical/emotional and sexual touchstone for many young people, Rent, will be broadcast to various movie theaters.
Things We Like
Jim "Prez" True-Frost, from the greatest show ever on television ever, The Wire, will be taking over the part of Little Charles in the greatest show on Broadway right now, August: Osage County. Good casting.
Jim "Prez" True-Frost, from the greatest show ever on television ever, The Wire, will be taking over the part of Little Charles in the greatest show on Broadway right now, August: Osage County. Good casting.
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Tony nominees react to the news on Playbill today. Most interesting quote, from Patrick Stewart (nominated for playing the lead in the Scottish play): "I was told that, if I were nominated, I would be the first actor in the history of the Tony Awards to be nominated for this role."
Tony nominees react to the news on Playbill today. Most interesting quote, from Patrick Stewart (nominated for playing the lead in the Scottish play): "I was told that, if I were nominated, I would be the first actor in the history of the Tony Awards to be nominated for this role."
Broadway Maybes
It's officially the most exciting part of the year: Tony season! OK, exciting only for me and a few weary theatre publicists, but in case you are curious, here is the full list of nominees. Glad to see great shows like August: Osage County and Passing Strange up there. From the Disappointments Department: Mel Brooks' extravaganza/dirge Young Frankenstein and Disney's gay fantasia on nautical themes Little Mermaid only got five nods combined. Yeesh.
It's officially the most exciting part of the year: Tony season! OK, exciting only for me and a few weary theatre publicists, but in case you are curious, here is the full list of nominees. Glad to see great shows like August: Osage County and Passing Strange up there. From the Disappointments Department: Mel Brooks' extravaganza/dirge Young Frankenstein and Disney's gay fantasia on nautical themes Little Mermaid only got five nods combined. Yeesh.
Disappointment
Wouldn't it be exciting to be on Broadway? Even if only for a day? Well, if you were in the cast of Glory Days you now know what that feels like! Following miserable reviews and terrible box office during previews, the musical about young folks has closed after one day.
Wouldn't it be exciting to be on Broadway? Even if only for a day? Well, if you were in the cast of Glory Days you now know what that feels like! Following miserable reviews and terrible box office during previews, the musical about young folks has closed after one day.
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Broadway Hopes to Attract Audience Members With Buff Men
There's a beefcake explosion on old Broadway. Dimple-cheeked, well-muscled actor Mario Lopez (Saved By the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas) danced his way into America's hearts while on that show about shiny lights and things moving around for an hour, Dancing With the Stars. Now he's nancing—uh, I mean dancing— up a storm again in A Chorus Line on Broadway as, um, the director who's barely ever on stage. But those muscles! They're the best marketing tool a dying art form has got! Plus, as a friendly tipster points out, Mario's got competition. (And Mario's not happy about it.) A young fellow named Nick Adams (after the Hemingway character?), who plays Larry the Dance Captain in the show, has a body to rival Lopez's and, blessedly, the online photo album to prove it. Couple this with Cry-Baby chorus member Spencer Liff getting cited on New York's "Approval Matrix" this week for having "the hottest abs on Broadway," and I think we have a Broadway Beefcake Boom. Now that's theatre. Suck it, Pinter! After the jump find photo evidence of the beefiness. More »
To Catch a Theatergoer
Are you a Creepy Creeperson who wants to see three little boys who will soon be dancing around in tutus? Well here you go. (It is also OK to look if you are curious about the soon-to-open Elton John musical Billy Elliot, which is supposed to be great.)
Are you a Creepy Creeperson who wants to see three little boys who will soon be dancing around in tutus? Well here you go. (It is also OK to look if you are curious about the soon-to-open Elton John musical Billy Elliot, which is supposed to be great.)
