The 2008 revival of “South Pacific” swept the Tonys and has been hailed as a definitive rendition of one of the great American musicals. Its magnificent run at Lincoln Center ends on Sunday but not before PBS airs a performance on Wednesday night. It’s not the same as being there, but it’s pretty close if [...]

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Judith Ivey and Ben McKenzie have been cast in the Center Theatre Group’s “fresh interpretation” of the Tennessee Williams classic, “The Glass Menagerie.”
The show opens September 12 with performances continuing through October 17, 2010.
Sounds good to us!

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Spider-Man is finally ready for Broadway — just in time for Christmas. Producer Michael Cohl announced Tuesday that the much-anticipated “Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark” musical  will begin preview performances on Nov. 14, with opening night set for Dec. 21. Its home will be the former Hilton Theatre, now renamed the Foxwoods Theatre. The production, which has [...]

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Playbill has put together its list of the top five rock musicals, and there’s not much to debate. Playbill stresses that it’s not a list of the best rock musicals. By “top,” Playbill means “important, historically significant, influential—or, in the corporate-speak, sport-oriented parlance of the day: game-changers. After each of these five shows came along, all that [...]

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I didn’t know if I was watching the Tonys or the Oscars. Movie stars were winning all the awards. Scarlett Johansson. Denzel Washington. Catherine Zeta-Jones. Did they deserve the prizes? I don’t know. Like the great majority of viewers, I didn’t see the performances. And that’s what’s wrong with theater. Why isn’t there a pay-per-view [...]

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The 2010 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday, have plenty of star power: Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer. Washington and Law were each cited for best actor performances in “Fences” and “Hamlet,” respectively. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical, “A Little Night Music,” and Grammer was nominated for [...]

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Daniel Radcliffe has found something to do after he wraps up the Harry Potter saga. The 20-year-old actor will be coming to Broadway, making his Broadway musical debut as J. Pierrepont Finch in a revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” planned for a spring 2011 opening. Radcliffe isn’t afraid to make bold moves. [...]

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