Figures from the week of the New Year's holiday show that Broadway is off to a good start in 2011.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMKevin Spacey and Daniel Day-Lewis were among the friends and family who paid tribute to Pete Postlethwaite at a memorial service Wednesday in London, reports the AP.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris announced Wednesday that Julie Taymor will step down as director to make way for a new creative team.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMAn open casting call is being held March 26 to fill the role of Drew Boley, who falls for Julianne Hough's character, Sherrie, in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMBrooke Shields will replace Bebe Neuwirth in Broadway's "The Addams Family" this summer. Shields' performances will begin June 28; Neuwirth's last performance is June 26.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:42PMDancing drama: The ballerina who worked as Natalie Portman's double in "Black Swan" says the actress' actual dancing in the movie has been highly exaggerated.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMTheater marquees will go dark at 8 p.m. Friday for one minute in memory of the actress, who succumbed to congestive heart failure at age 79 Wednesday.
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