Theater
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NBC’s ‘Smash’ Musical ‘Bombshell’ Poised for Full Stage Adaptation
Musical within musical on short-lived Steven Spielberg-produced drama traced the rise and fall of Marilyn Monroe
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Steve Martin, Edie Brickell Head to D.C. With Their Musical ‘Bright Star’
The Walter Bobbie-directed production will get a limited run at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater before heading to Broadway next spring
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Tony Award Predictions: Brit Stars Like Helen Mirren on One Side, Bradley Cooper and Fellow Yanks on the Other
Among the movie stars, Helen Mirren looks good to win for her performance in “The Audience,” but Bradley Cooper, nominated for “The Elephant Man,” finds himself in a much more competitive race
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‘Full House’ Musical Heads to Off-Broadway
Parody about the Tanner family will begin weekend performances on September 7
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Harvey Weinstein Responds to ‘Finding Neverland’ Tonys Snub
“I could not be more proud of the magic created on our stage by Diane Paulus and the entire ‘Neverland’ team,” says Weinstein, the show’s lead producer
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Tony Nominations Biggest Snubs and Surprises – From Matthew Morrison to Hugh Jackman and Tyne Daly
But will Morrison and Vanessa Hudgens get to perform on the telecast?
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Tony Award Predictions: Glut of Nominations Means Snubs Ahead
With only 37 shows opening on Broadway this season, overload in some categories shifts focus from who is to who isn’t recognized
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‘Grounded’ Theater Review: Anne Hathaway Makes Tough Transition From Fighter Pilot to Drone Operator
Hathaway may be trying to bring her persona down a notch, but why is she speaking with her “Interstellar” co-star’s country twang?
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‘Airline Highway’ Theater Review: Spirit of New Orleans Brought to Life By Whores, Hustlers and Philosophers
What’s theatrically indulgent, and appreciated, about Lisa D’Amour’s play is how she could have eliminated a few actors, especially those guys in the crack den
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‘The Visit’ Theater Review: Chita Rivera and Roger Rees Perform a Gripping Dance of Death
This brilliant musical is a James Ensor painting drained of most colors, and the mix of John Kander’s riffs and plaintive ballads suit that dark vision to perfection
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‘Something Rotten!’ Theater Review: Or How a Musical Called ‘Omelette’ Begat a Play Called ‘Hamlet’
Christian Borle pulls off the rare feat of appearing simultaneously sexy and ridiculous as a Renaissance rock star named Shakespeare
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‘Doctor Zhivago’ Theater Review: Broadway Musical Targets Old Russia’s Top 1 Percent
“Somewhere My Love” stands out as the relative quiet in a storm of gun shots and bomb detonations
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‘Living on Love’ Theater Review: Picking Up Opera Where the Marx Brothers Left It Off
With all due respect to Renee Fleming, the real revelation is Douglas Sills, whose divo enters the pantheon of great and completely over-the-top comic creations
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‘Fun Home’ Theater Review: When Life With Father Is Anything but Easy
The play is to fathers what “Gypsy” is to mothers, and Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori have created a daddy who’s every bit as controlling as Mama Rose
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‘The King and I’ Theater Review: Ken Watanabe and Kelli O’Hara Make a Royal Pairing
Right from the opening song “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” we know we’re in the same confident hands that gave us Lincoln Center’s “South Pacific” seven years ago
