PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Good! Maybe Sutton Foster can go back to doing legitimate theater! (Quit selling out on us, Sutton! We expect that of movie actors, but not thespians like yourself!) Having run just about a year was all it took to run Shrek The Musical back from whence it came. The $24 million show never really sat too [...]
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Broadway will get a little less green after the holidays, as “ Shrek: The Musical ” will stage its final performance January 3, producers announced Wednesday. By the time it closes, “Shrek” will have played 441 performances plus 37 previews. At this year’s Tony awards , “Shrek” was nominated in eight categories, but only snagged best costume design of a musical,...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
I'm sure Megan Mullally is a very nice person and she's quite the trouper, appearing in The Receptionist in Los Angeles with a cast on her wrist after being in a car accident. In this Los Angeles Times story, Mullally talks about the pressure she felt being on Broadway in Young Frankenstein : “Since I was the most recognizable name in the show, I always felt like, oh, God. I can never get sick...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The preview event for "Shrek The Musical" later this month has some interesting names on the expected list. Sutton Foster. Brian D'Arcy James. Christopher Sieber.Those are the original Broadway stars of "Shrek The Musical." And while no casting has yet been announced for the first national tour, which originates in Chicago next summer, I've never known original Broadway cast members...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Legit News: Foster to star in 'Anyone' revival -- Sutton Foster will star as Nurse Fay Apple in the Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' little-seen 1964 cult musical, "Anyone Can Whistle."
The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The preview event for "Shrek The Musical" later this month has some interesting names on the expected list. Sutton Foster. Brian D'Arcy James. Christopher Sieber. Those are the original Broadway stars of "Shrek The Musical." And while no casting has...
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Before he took the London stage in the Donmar company production of Hamlet — which opened this week on Broadway — Jude Law told a reporter, "Hamlet is 'a bit like a great song that's been covered by a load of different singers.'" So what do the critics on this side of the pond think of his take? Well, he's not exactly Cat Power, but he's not Michael Bolton either. The general...
Jim Hill Media (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Jim Hill discusses the many things that DreamWorks Theatricals & Neal Productions have done recently in order to make their musical seem different from all the other shows on Broadway ...( read more )
South Florida Blade (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Broadway musical cast drops the act for DC March Actors donate money for shuttle buses from NYC to DC By STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Thursday, October 01, 2009 ...
Show and Stay (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Joanna Riding has returned to Billy Elliot after her maternity leave, slotting back in as Mrs Wilkinson and picking up where she left off. Across town, Linzi Hateley’s using her sabbatical from Mamma Mia! wisely, reprising her Roxie Hart in Chicago, alongside Pia Douwes, who’s playing Velma Kelly again 10 years after she first took [...]
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Thanks to donations from its major stars, Broadway Impact is now offering free roundtrip bus transportation to the National Equality March. Thanks to their generous sponsors including Sutton Foster, Gavin Creel, Audra McDonald, David Stone, Broadway.com, and many others, all the costs have been covered. Buses will depart NYC at 6:00am Sunday, October 11, and then you can request a departure time from...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Today's free annual Broadway On Broadway concert in Times Square concluded with the usual snowstorm of confetti and streamers as the casts of every show lead the audience in New York, New York . Along the way we got performances from the casts of 21 musicals, including a few previews of shows yet to open such as Fela! , Memphis , and the revivals of Finian's Rainbow (Cheyenne!), and Ragtime . The always-a-riot...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
NEW YORK, July 28 (UPI) -- Two winners of a Nick.com contest will get to sing in a performance of Broadway's Shrek the Musical, show representatives said. A pair of contenders in the Not Your Ordinary Princess competition will be chosen to play Young Fiona and Teen Fiona, alongside Sutton Foster, who portrays the adult Fiona. Beginning Tuesday, girls ages 6 to 14 can go to the www.Nick.com/princess...
Magic of the Musicals (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
FEATURED MUSICAL.....MY FAIR LADY. OVERTURE. I'M AN ORDINARY MAN.....REX HARRISON. JUST YOU WAIT........JULIE ANDREWS. GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME....STANLEY HOLLAWAY. ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE....JOHN MICHEAL KING.# THE RAIN IN SPAIN...REX HARRISON,JULIE ANDREWS,ROBERT COOTE. OTHER TARCKS PLAYED..... If momma was married....Sandra Church, Lane Bradbury..GYPSY. Heaven help my heart...Elaine Paige...CHESS....
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Mara Davi, left, is Millie and Ruth Williamson is Mrs. Meers in the Music Circus' season opener, "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Opening night of the 2009 Music Circus season was all about connections. "Thoroughly Modern Millie," the season's first production, stars former Sacramentan Mara Davi in the title role. The formidable Davi has created a burgeoning musical theater career,...
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