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Acclaimed, Controversial Play ‘Downstate’ Gets Broadway Marquee; Scott Rudin Reportedly Producing With Joe Mantello Directing
The marquee at Broadway’s Booth Theatre appears to confirm the rumors: Bruce Norris’ acclaimed and controversial play Downstate will take up residence at the venue in an upcoming production directed by Joe Mantello.
The news was first reported by the Chicago Tribune – the play premiered in 2018…
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Liza Minnelli Pays Tribute To Friend Dolly Parton: “When I Was In Trouble? Dolly Knew It.”
Liza Minnelli has added herself to the fans and friends paying tribute to the late Dolly Parton, posting an emotional message on Instagram saying this week’s news was “devastating.”
Beginning the message with her signature “Hey Kids,” Minnelli notes that she and the country music icon once…
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‘Paranormal Activity’ Broadway Review: Stage Adaptation Of Film Franchise Is A Frightfully Good Time
There are plenty of laughs in Paranormal Activity, a play that just might be Broadway’s scariest horror story ever, but they’re not the lighthearted jolly chuckles of, say, Titanique or the gut-bucket guffaws of Oh, Mary! No, the laughs in Levi Holloway’s chiller are more along the lines of those…
Alex Winter Bringing Arthur Miller’s ‘Incident At Vichy’ Revival To Off Broadway Next Year
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Winter, who costarred with his old Bill & Ted partner Keanu Reeves last year in the Broadway revival of Waiting For Godot, will return to the New York stage next year in a Small Boat Productions Off Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s 1964 play Incident at Vichy.
Winter will…
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Amid Growing Galliano Backlash, Met Gala Mulls Date Change – Report
Amid growing backlash over the Met Gala’s choice to honor designer John Galliano at the big event next May, Met trustees and board members are “mulling” whether to reschedule the fundraiser away from the previously announced May 3 date to avoid coinciding with the Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance…
James Walsh Dies: Tony-Winning Broadway Producer Of ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ & ‘I’m Not Rappaport’ Was 89
James Walsh, whose many Broadway producing credits in the 1980s and ’90s included the Tony Award-winning productions of 1986’s I'm Not Rappaport starring Judd Hirsch and 1989's Pulitzer-winning The Heidi Chronicles, died of sepsis Thursday, August 27, in New York City. He was 89.
His death was…
Gladys Knight Taking Break From Stage Amid Health Concerns And Worrying Performance Videos
The great Gladys Knight will take a step back from the relentless touring that’s marked her 75 years in show business.
In a new Instagram post – see it below – the 82-year-old “Midnight Train to Georgia" singer writes, "After much soul searching I've decided that I will be easing into fewer…
Tim Curry Remembered By ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Playwright Richard O’Brien & The Broadway Revival
UPDATE, with tribute from playwright Richard O’Brien: Richard O’Brien, who wrote The Rocky Horror Show and cast his friend Tim Curry in the central role of Frank-N-Furter back in the ’70s, joined the current Broadway revival in offering up a heartfelt tribute to the late actor who died Tuesday at the…
Anna Louizos Dies: Broadway Scenic Designer Of ‘In The Heights’ & ‘Avenue Q’ Was 69
Anna Louizos, a prolific, three-time Tony nominated Broadway scenic designer whose work brought vivid life to such productions as Avenue Q, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, School of Rock, Steel Magnolias and the 2012 revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, died August 25, in New York City of…
Samuel Monroe Jr. Dies: ‘Menace II Society’ Actor Was 52
Samuel Monroe Jr., who made his acting debut in 1993’s Menace II Society and went on to appear in Tales from the Hood, The Players Club and various TV roles, died Wednesday, August 26, months after first battling a severe case of meningitis and MRSA pneumonia. He was 52.
His mother Joyce…
Rosie O’Donnell Joins Producing Team Of London-Bound Musical ‘Indigo’ About Autistic Teenager
EXCLUSIVE: Rosie O’Donnell, a longtime autism advocate, has joined the producing team of Indigo, a new original musical about an unconventional family as seen through the eyes of a non-speaking autistic teenager.
O’Donnell, who spoke candidly in her recent Off Broadway show Common Knowledge…
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Emma Thompson’s ‘Nanny McPhee’ Musical Sets Summer 2027 London Debut
The Nanny McPhee stage musical with a book by Emma Thompson, first revealed by Deadline back in 2024, will open in London in summer 2027.
Based on the Universal Pictures/Working Title Nanny McPhee films, and the Nurse Matilda character by Christianna Brand and Edward Ardizzone that inspired…
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