Sunday, February 25, 2024

Deadly Stages by Darryl Reilly

An uproarious 1950’s show business spoof with plentiful “All About Eve” references that is performed by a dynamic cast; a Broadway diva is a man in drag. The post Deadly Stages appea…

SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 12:00PM
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Hear a Track From All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard-Inspired Diva: Live From Hell! London Studio Album by Logan Culwell-Block

Luke Bayer stars in the solo musical from Alexander Sage Oyen and Nora Brigid Monahan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM
Friday, August 4, 2023

Poll: Best Broadway Show From a Movie? by New York Theater

Hollywood may be on strike, but movies are ever-present on New York stages. True, it wasn’t until 1970 that a Broadway show based on a movie won the Tony for best musical — fittingly, th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:44PM
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James Will Lead World Premiere of LYONESSE at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Kristin Scott Thomas (Electra, Darkest Hour) and Lily James (All About Eve, Pam & Tommy) will star in the world premiere of Lyonesse, a searingly funny and passionate new play by …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32AM
Thursday, June 22, 2023

REVIEW: Once Upon a One More Time by JK

Review of the evening preview performance on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Marquis Theatre in New York City. Starring Briga Heelan, Justin Guarini, Jennifer Simard, Adam Godley, Brook Dillma…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:04PM
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Hollywood Movies Adapted for Broadway: Which Was Better? by New York Theater

The first Broadway musical made out of a movie was probably the 1942 film “My Sister Eileen” with Rosalind Russell, which became the 1953 Broadway musical ‘Wonderful Town.” Other vin…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56AM
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

#27 – Steve Silverman: “Go Home and Write, Steve” by Automatic Episode Import

Critically acclaimed, award-winning writer/director/producer Steve Silverman’s work has been called ‘Sly’ by the Los Angeles Times, which is his all-time favorite single-word review. T…

SOURCE: broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 04:00PM
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The real mystery in See How They Run is its mishandling of The Mousetrap by Michael Billington

The whodunnit starring Saoirse Ronan is a fun spoof but tinkers with history and never captures the unique way Agatha Christie’s play fascinated audiences in the 50s The smell of greasepai…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:49PM
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Diva: Live from Hell! review – killer humour and murderous teen rivalry by Arifa Akbar

Turbine theatre, LondonLuke Bayer single-handedly plays a classroom of feuding high school drama students in this unmissable take on All About Eve A musical with a classroom full of feuding …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM
Saturday, July 16, 2022

T is for Tallulah Bankhead by New York Theater

Everybody seemed to have a colorful anecdote  about Tallulah Bankhead. She was said to have inspired the characters of Margo Channing in the film “All About Eve,” Blanche DuBois in Ten…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:49PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

LOT OF LIVIN’ TO DO by Ron Fassler

Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ “The Telephone Hour” from “Bye, Bye Birdie” (1960).Composer Charles Strouse was born on this date ninety-four years ago. His more than thirty stage …

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:26AM
Friday, March 11, 2022

THE 1944 TONY AWARDS by Ron Fassler

Vintage Tony Award, prior to its eventual pedestal.Okay, there was never any such thing as a 1944 Tonys. But the awards junkie in me had this thought and decided, for the fun of it, to attem…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:19AM
Saturday, March 5, 2022

Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth and Laura Benanti  ‘All About Eve’ by Sandi Durell

FREE ADMISSION with online ticket Sunday March 6 at noon (Doors Open 11 a.m.)  – Fasten your seatbelts! MOVIES AT THE UNITED PALACE returns in grand fashion with the Oscar-winning 1950 c…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:47AM
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Opening Night: John Cassavetes' unromantic ode to theatre is stunning by Chris Wiegand

Gena Rowlands plays an actor frustrated with her character in a backstage drama that kicks off our series on the ways cinema depicts theatre One of many tantalising theatre shows cancelled l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Call Answered: Jessica Sherr: "Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies" streams at OnTheStage.com by Adam Rothenberg

I have always been fascinated by legendary Bette Davis. Ever since I saw F/X’s Feud: Bette and Joan, I became even more captivated by her. Everything about Jessica Sherr’s Bette Davis Ai…

SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:24AM
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Five great films about theater (to help you survive staying home) by Sophia Howes

Karen Richards (Celeste Holm) the playwright’s wife: A part in a play. You’d do all that for a part in a play? Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) conniving actress: I’d do much more for a pa…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ by Ben Brantley

The magical kingdom of Broadway is shuttered, but our critic returned to it — or rather a version of it that opened his eyes, Bette Davis wide, to New York theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AM
Thursday, January 2, 2020

MUSICAL OF THE MONTH: Applause by JK

New year, new feature! Starting this month, we will feature a Broadway Show of the Month, with weekly installments covering such things as the plot, its origins, the show's stats, cast, crea…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AM
Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Stageworthy: The Best of Stage 2019

Saw a little less shows than last year, and added a few concerts that I've included in the final tally. So 2019 I saw 153 different shows but 173 times (basically I did 20 repeats this year …

SOURCE: tapeworthy.blogspot.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, May 19, 2019

All About ALL ABOUT EVE in London by Broadway Select

Emory would not be pleased. As Michael tells us in THE BOYS IN THE BAND, his friend Emory can “recite...Continue Reading The post All About ALL ABOUT EVE in London appeared first on Broadw…

SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM
Sunday, May 12, 2019

This Week on Broadway for May 12, 2019: Lear and Gary by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review King Lear, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, The Ferryman, 42nd Street on BroadwayHD, Cirque du Soliel, and Florida State Unive…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:07PM
Friday, May 10, 2019

‘Network’ Director Ivo Van Hove On Old Movies, New Dances, David Bowie And What ‘All About Eve’ & ‘West Side Story’ Say Today – Tony by Greg Evans

Network, All About Eve, West Side Story – a really good day’s Netflix queue as well as the latest entries on the resume of Belgian-born theater director Ivo van Hove. Tony-nominated for …

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:30PM
Friday, May 3, 2019

“All About Eve”: Review by Howard Fishman by Blouin Artinfo

Gillian Anderson’s haunted, drawn face is the mesmerizing center of Ivo van Hove’s staging of “All About Eve,” a production currently blazing in London’s West End (at the Noel Cowa…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:42PM
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

ALL ABOUT EVE Album to Be Released April 12 by BroadwayWorld

On April 12 Invada Records in conjunction with Lakeshore Records will release All About Eve-Original Soundtrack, composed by double Mercury Music Prize-winner PJ Harvey. The 12-track album c…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33AM
Monday, April 8, 2019

Who won at the Olivier Awards 2019? Winners in Full

The winners of this year's Laurence Oliver Awards were announced at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday evening in a ceremony hosted by Jason Manford. Big-name celebrities in attendance included…

SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:30AM
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019

ALL ABOUT EVE Will Be Broadcast Live in Cinemas in One Week by BroadwayWorld

One week before the NT Live broadcast of All About Eve, Sonia Friedman Productions and Fox Stage Productions have today announced that the Olivier Award-nominated production has broken box o…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55AM
Sunday, March 10, 2019

Monica Dolan: ‘I stopped reading reviews when one said I was kittenish’ by Arifa Akbar

The award-winning actor and writer on All About Eve, celebrity culture and the perils of not actually being Welsh Monica Dolan is a Bafta-winning actor and writer. Born in Middlesbrough, her…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM
Friday, March 8, 2019

GILLIAN ANDERSON ELEVATES FEROCIOUS ‘ALL ABOUT EVE’: REVIEW by James Feinberg

LONDON — Following Network,  Ivo van Hove’s disappointing star vehicle now packing them in on Broadway, the writer/director is back in peak form with his adaptation of All About Eve  …

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 07:39AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

‘Trademark van Hove is a good & bad thing’: ALL ABOUT EVE – West End ★★★★ by Rev Stan

Ivo van Hove's production and stage adaptation of the film All About Eve is trademark van Hove and that is a good and bad thing.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Olivier Awards: Gillian Anderson Scores 3rd Nomination With ‘All About Eve’ – List by Nancy Tartaglione

Nominations for the 2019 Olivier Awards were unveiled this afternoon in London with Marianne Elliott's gender-switched production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company tying Broadway transfer Come…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:24AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards