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Friday, October 18, 2013

Masters of Sex Star Annaleigh Ashford Dishes About Her First On-Screen Sex Scene: ‘There Were a Lot of Tequila Shots’ by Lindsay Champion

What’s more gutsy than filming an on-screen sex scene? Documenting every moment of it in Elle magazine! Kinky Boots fave (and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner) Annaleigh …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PM

Kristin Chenoweth Is Still Wicked Popular, Alan Cumming Will Drink to That & More Lessons of the Week by Lindsay Champion

It’s time to say bon voyage to another week on the Great White Way! But before we head out to see three shows before sundown on Sunday, let’s revisit the most important lessons w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PM

The Mortal Instruments Star Lily Collins Gets a Kick Out of Broadway’s Kinky Boots by Lindsay Champion

As the daughter of Grammy winner Phil Collins, Lily Collins knows a thing or two about great music, and on October 17, the screen star was in the mood for some Cyndi Lauper. Collins, who is …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM

Pass the Popcorn! West End's Private Lives, Starring Anna Chancellor & Toby Stephens, to Be Screened in Cinemas by Lindsay Champion

The West End production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives is coming to a theater near you! The hit London production, starring Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor and directed by Jonathan K…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AM

F-Bombs, Bubble Fears and Feuds, Oh My! Original Wicked Stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth Tell All by Lindsay Champion

The beloved musical Wicked is celebrating a big birthday on October 30! In honor of the Broadway blockbuster’s 10th anniversary, Entertainment Weekly unveiled a special Wicked reunion …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Exclusive Photo! Ed Harris, Bill Pullman & the Cast of The Jacksonian Assemble For a Starry Company Portrait by Lindsay Champion

Rehearsals are officially underway for the New Group production of The Jacksonian, the new drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley, and we’ve got an exclusive sneak…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM

Creator Ryan Murphy Confirms Glee Will End With Season Six; Final Episodes to Honor Cory Monteith by Lindsay Champion

We’re still wiping our eyes after Glee’s emotional tribute to their late star Cory Monteith on October 10, and now series creator Ryan Murphy has announced more sad news. Get tho…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Matthew James Thomas & the Soaring Stars of Pippin Celebrate 200 Performances Under the Big Top by Lindsay Champion

Matthew James Thomas, Tony winner Patina Miller and the somersaulting, flipping and trapezing company of Pippin had a party fit for a prince on October 16, when the Tony-winning revival cele…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PM

Witchy Reunion! See Wicked's Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth 10 Years Later in Entertainment Weekly by Lindsay Champion

Wow, it's hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since Tony winners Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel officially became Wicked’s first Broadway witches! It seems like just…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:51PM

Tickets Now Available for Martha Clarke’s New Dance Adaptation of Colette’s Cheri by Lindsay Champion

Director and choreographer Martha Clarke will breathe new life into Colette’s 1920 novella Cheri at the Signature Theatre Center! Tickets are now available for the new production, whic…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PM

Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Marisa Tomei & Tracy Letts to Star in Will Eno’s Realistic Joneses on Broadway by Lindsay Champion

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Toni Collette, Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall, Tony winner Tracy Letts and Oscar winner Marisa Tomei are moving to the suburbs! The stage and scre…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:08PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

In Comes Company...With a Gay Twist! Stephen Sondheim & John Tiffany Team Up For New Reading by Lindsay Champion

You’ve never seen Company like this before! Composer Stephen Sondheim and Tony winning director John Tiffany are collaborating on a revised production of Sondheim’s beloved 1970 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PM

NPH Goes Glam! Get a Glittery First Look at Hedwig and the Angry Inch Star Neil Patrick Harris in Drag by Lindsay Champion

Ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not… Hedwig! Neil Patrick Harris is gearing up to play musical theater's favorite transgender rocker from East Berlin, and we’ve…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM

Chart the History of John Grisham’s A Time to Kill, From Bestselling Novel to Broadway Thriller by Lindsay Champion

A new stage adaptation of John Grisham's bestselling novel A Time to Kill has come to order on Broadway, starring Sebastian Arcelus as ambitious young lawyer Jake Brigance and John …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PM

Broadway Grosses: Matilda Is a Miracle at the Box Office, Betrayal's Star Power Packs a Punch by Lindsay Champion

Broadway is positively booming this fall, with eight shows, including Matilda, Kinky Boots and Motown the Musical hitting the million dollar mark in box office receipts this week. The Book o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PM

The Theater Center, a New Midtown Off-Broadway Theater Complex, Slated to Open in 2014 by Lindsay Champion

Theater fanatics, you're about to have three new theaters to get your off-Broadway fix. The new off-Broadway theater complex the Theater Center will be open for business in early 2014, T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PM

Smash Fans, Rejoice! Hit List to Debut at 54 Below, Starring Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez & Andy Mientus by Lindsay Champion

If you’re like us, you had a lot of feelings when Smash was canceled, but one burning question stood out among the rest: Will we ever find out what the heck Hit List is actually about?…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AM

Rufus Norris to Succeed Nicholas Hytner as Artistic Director of London’s National Theatre by Lindsay Champion

Rufus Norris is the National Theatre’s newest commander in chief! The British theater director will succeed Nicholas Hytner as artistic director of the National Theatre in April 2015. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:41AM

Jump In! Little Miss Sunshine, Starring Will Swenson & Stephanie J. Block, Begins Performances by Lindsay Champion

Little Miss Sunshine is taking an off-Broadway road trip! The new musical comedy begins performances October 15, starring Will Swenson, Stephanie J. Block and Rory O’Malley, with nine-…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, October 11, 2013

Robert Cuccioli & Christina DeCicco to Host Benefit For Injured Spider-Man Performer Daniel Curry by Lindsay Champion

Broadway is teaming up to pay tribute to Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark performer Daniel Curry, who was injured in an August performance of the hit musical. Spider-Man stars Robert Cuccio…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:29PM

Hello, Boys! Jeremy Jordan & Norm Lewis to Join Bernadette Peters in Sondheim's A Bed and a Chair by Lindsay Champion

Bernadette Peters will have two Broadway hunks to keep her Company this November! Tony nominees Jeremy Jordan and Norm Lewis have joined the cast of A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love A…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:43PM

Helen Mirren & More Join the National Theatre’s Starry 50th Anniversary Celebration by Lindsay Champion

The celeb-packed lineup for the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebration keeps getting ever more exciting! Oscar, Emmy and Olivier winner Helen Mirren, stage and screen star Ben…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:20PM

Mary Bridget Davies & the Cast of A Night with Janis Joplin Party Like Rock Stars on Opening Night by Lindsay Champion

Mary Bridget Davies gave the audience “another little piece of her heart” on October 10, when the new musical A Night with Janis Joplin officially opened on Broadway. Featuring s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PM

Aaron Tveit Needs a Shoulder to Cry On, Elphaba Has Sympathy for the Devil & More Lessons of the Week by Lindsay Champion

Never fear, the lessons are here! It’s Friday, our favorite day of the week, which means it’s time to revisit the 10 most important things we’ve learned in the past seven d…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PM

Kelly Carlin’s Tribute A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George Begins Performances by Lindsay Champion

Step inside George Carlin’s living room! The late comedian’s daughter Kelly Carlin takes a trip down memory lane in the new off-Broadway engagement of her one-woman show, A Carli…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Tony Winner Sutton Foster Set to Be Astonishing at NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals by Lindsay Champion

Super Sutton is swooping in to New York City! Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Kevin Smith Kirkwood will join a slew of stars in the previously announced superhero musical comedy …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM

Get a Searing First Look at Lincoln Center Theater's World Premiere Parenting Drama Luce by Lindsay Champion

Class is in session! The world premiere of JC Lee’s gripping drama Luce is officially underway, and we’ve got a scholarly first look at the brand new production. Directed by May …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:16PM

A Time to Kill’s Ashley Williams on Her Sweet Stint in How I Met Your Mother & Her Double Life as a Doula by Lindsay Champion

Age & Hometown: 34; Westchester, NY Current Role: A bright Broadway debut as law student Ellen Roark, a quick-witted overachiever who talks her way into the biggest court case in town…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM

Willemijn Verkaik, Jenna Russell & Carrie Hope Fletcher to Star in Andrew Lippa’s London Concert Debut by Lindsay Champion

Big Fish composer Andrew Lippa is heading to London, and he’s bringing three very special guests with him! Wicked favorite Willemijn Verkaik, Tony nominee Jenna Russell and Les Miserab…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AM
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

They’re in The Money! Billy Magnussen, Rosemary Harris & More to Join Nathan Lane in New HBO Pilot by Lindsay Champion

Two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane and screen star Brendan Gleeson will be in good company on the set of the new HBO pilot The Money. Tony nominee Billy Magnussen (Vanya and Sonia and Mas…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

The Doctor Is Out! Shlomo Carlebach Bio Musical Soul Doctor Sets Broadway Closing Date by Lindsay Champion

Gevalt! The Broadway journey for Shlomo Carlebach is coming to an end. Soul Doctor: Journey of a Rock Star Rabbi will play its final performance on October 13 at Circle in the Square Theatre…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:00PM

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