shannon2wcn4 | 11/07/2009
... didn't increase as much as its producers hoped. The biggest name in "Brighton Beach" was Laurie Metcalf, who was to have had the showiest role in "Broadway Bound," the final chapter in Simon's lightly fictionalized stage autobiography. Stars help, but they don't guarantee success. Last season, Jane Fonda, Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon and John Leguizamo all appeared
casilda0v383 | 11/06/2009
... didn't increase as much as its producers hoped. The biggest name in "Brighton Beach" was Laurie Metcalf, who was to have had the showiest role in "Broadway Bound," the final chapter in Simon's lightly fictionalized stage autobiography. Stars help, but they don't guarantee success. Last season, Jane Fonda, Geoffrey Rush, Susan Sarandon and John Leguizamo all appeared
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... contemplate for producers and their investors. The best-known cast member in the Simon plays was Laurie Metcalf, a respected actress best known for her role in the long-defunct Roseanne TV show.Metcalf, however, is not a Daniel Craig, or a Hugh Jackman, whose star wattage is helping the producers of A Steady Rain attract more than $1m (£600,000) in receipts every week at the...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... over foreign royalties ; winners are announced in the First Annual Art Awards . -- David Ng Photo: Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris in "Brighton Beach Memoirs." Credit: Joan Marcus / Via Bloomberg
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
This week saw the opening of two new Broadway productions, both revivals: The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs, a comedy-drama starring former Roseanne star Laurie Metcalf (left), which I described as “a fine revival, easily the best show of a young Broadway season,” and the musical Finian’s Rainbow, which Tanner Stransky called “an odd,
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... acclaim or an all-star cast (And by all-star we mean Hollywood. Steppenwolf ensemble member Laurie Metcalf, who stars in Memoirs and would have starred in Broadway Bound , is as good as they come.) We hope other producers aren’t discouraged from taking chances with theater. This wasn’t even a new play or an unknown cast. It’s Neil Simon! He has a theater named after...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... , Cromer "rediscovers the actual, vulnerable Americans underneath." As Kate Jerome, Laurie Metcalf isn't a stereotypical Jewish mother one generation removed from Eastern Europe - but that's the enormous strength of her performance. When Eugene asks his mother why she doesn't buy a half-pound of butter instead of a quarter-pound at the store, she responds: "And suppose...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... play, set in 1937 Brooklyn, is both comedy and drama under the direction of David Cromer. Laurie Metcalf, Dennis Boutsikaris and Noah Robbins star. “Brighton Beach Memoirs” plays the Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St., map . Regular tickets are priced from $63.50 to $98.50. Premium seats are $148.50. Student rush tickets are $30. Image source: The official website for...
The Theater Loop (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Noah Robbins, Laurie Metcalf, Alexandra Socha, Jessica Hecht, Santino Fontana, Dennis Boutsikaris and Gracie Bea Lawrence in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" at the Nederlander Theatre in New York. This just in: Theater shows change from night to night. I was reminded...
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... Cast includes Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Laurie Metcalf, and R. Lee Ermey. (80 minutes, 1995)
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... Noah Robbins is hilarious and sweet as Simon's teenage alter ego, Eugene Morris Jerome. And Laurie Metcalf exudes so much strength in a memorable performance as his mother, Kate. Last week, Brighton Beach Memoirs could fill just 61 percent of the 1,200 seats at the Nederlander Theatre, with an average paid admission of only $21. 32. With lackluster ticket sales, the producers simply...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... and parents Jack and Kate, share their home with Kate's widowed sister Blanche and her daughters, Laurie and Nora. Just as director David Cromer did with Our Town off-Broadway, he brilliantly strips this play down to its essence: a warm, humorous portrait of a family scraping to get by during the Great Depression. They're absolutely Jewish but you don't have to be to appreciate their struggles,...
Modern Fabulousity (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... was impeccably put together. It boasted an Emmy-winning star with solid theatre credentials (Laurie Metcalf), a veteran, near-legendary producer (Manny Azenberg), a rising star director with two New York hits under his belt (David Cromer), and some of the best reviews of the season.This is the very heart of the puzzle, though. The formula I just detailed above? That's the formula...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Harvey Fierstein won a Tony for Torch Song Triology in 1983, the same year in which a young actor named Matthew Broderick won one for originating the role of Eugene Jerome, the fictional stand-in for playwright Neil Simon, in Brighton Beach Memoirs . by Ken Because I really love the plays in question, and because I wouldn't at all mind seeing "3 Time Emmy Award Winner Laurie Metcalfe"...
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The revival of Neil Simon’s “ Brighton Beach Memoirs ” opened on Broadway on Sunday night, drumming up several rave reviews from the critics. Set in 1937 Brooklyn, the semi-autobiographical play is staged as much for drama as the laughs in this production directed by David Cromer. It stars Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris as the parents of the Simon character,...
