‘Jungle Book’ Disney’s Next Big Broadway Hit?
Broadway observers can be forgiven for being skeptical when Disney Theatrical Prods. says it’s taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the latest Mouse House-affiliated stage outing, “The Jungle Book.”
View ArticleBut I Really Want to Direct: Broadway Producers Try Creative Role
But I really want to direct, goes the common refrain in Hollywood. And these days on Broadway too. Jeffrey Seller, one of the producers behind “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “In the Heights,” stirred up a bit...
View ArticleOff Broadway Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’
Isn’t “Love’s Labour’s Lost” about Berowne and Rosaline, those intelligent, articulate lovers who carry on a fierce flirtation via a battle of wit and words? Not in the version that Alex Timbers...
View ArticleSafety Issues Retake Center Stage at Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’
After a long stretch without any high-profile actor injuries, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is grappling once again with issues of actor safety in a high-tech stage production: A performance of the...
View Article‘Dames at Sea’ Musical Targets Broadway Bow
Add one more production to the list of shows vying for a Broadway theater in 2014: Producers of a new staging of “Dames at Sea,” the 1968 Off Broadway tuner that launched the career of Bernadette...
View ArticleBroadway Tries Out a Cinema Series
Broadway is making an exploratory attempt at a digital cinema series, with stage-to-screen production company Broadway Worldwide pacting with distributor SpectiCast for a fall series of theatrical...
View ArticleBroadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ Ready to Sling Web Around Theater World
Freed at last from the show’s long-running legal dramas, producers can finally get moving on potential incarnations across the country and around the globe.
View ArticleOff Broadway Review: ‘stop.reset’
Waylon and Willie gave wise advice to mamas when they sang, “Don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.” Someone should write another verse for playwrights: “Don’t direct your own plays.” Regina...
View ArticleFrom ‘Breaking Bad’ to Broadway: After TV, Stars Step to Stage
With Bryan Cranston following up “Breaking Bad” with a Broadway bow and Matt Smith moving from “Doctor Who” to the “American Psycho” musical in London, the stage is becoming an increasingly common stop...
View ArticleBroadway on Demand? New Streaming Service Aims to Bring Stage to Screens
Two stage producers hope to usher Broadway fare into the digital streaming era with BroadwayHD, a new subscription and on-demand service that launches today. The service kicks off with a library of...
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