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New York Theater: Annette Bening Isn’t Only Member of Her Family on Stage This Spring As Son Stephen Ira Makes Debut Downtown
Everyone's very excited about Annette Bening on Broadway this spring in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." She opens next Monday. The should-have-an Oscar actress...
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Broadway: If Laurie Metcalf Doesn’t Win Another Tony Award This Season She’s Already Signed Up to Try Again Next Spring with “Virginia Woolf”
Last year, Laurie Metcalf won her second Tony Award in a row for "Three Tall Women." OK, it was for a supporting role. But...
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Musical Revivals: Joel Grey’s Yiddish “Fiddler” Should Be on Broadway, Stripped Down “Oklahoma” Should Not
If I could reverse things, Joel Grey's Yiddish "Fiddler on the Roof," off Broadway at Theater 42 next to Playwrights Horizons, would be on...
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Broadway: Can Glenda Jackson Repeat as Best Actress in a Play for “King Lear”? Donald Sutherland Came to See Her Last Night
On the night before Glenda Jackson opened in "King Lear" on Broadway, no less an eminence than Donald Sutherland came to see her daring...
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Tony Awards Race Tightens Up as Musical “Beetlejuice” Plays First Crazy Good Preview, Sells Out the Winter Garden
The Tony Awards race is upon us. On Thursday night we got to see a major contender for Best Musical as "Beetlejuice," based on...
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Broadway Blockbuster Coming in 18 Months as Tony Winner Sutton Foster Tapped to Star with Hugh Jackman in “The Music Man” Revival
Doesn't September 2020 seem a long time from now? By then, we'll have a presidential race. But that's another story.
To alleviate the stress, Broadway...
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Review: Temptations Musical “Ain’t Too Proud” Sizzles with Infectious Motown Hits Even if the Facts are Sometimes “Alternative”
I told you about the Broadway show "Ain't Too Proud" a month ago after its first performance. The story of the Motown group The...
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Sting Wraps a Seven Week Sold Out Run of “The Last Ship” in Toronto This Week, A Gorgeous Labor of Love
I got a chance to see Sting on Tuesday night in Toronto, where he's wrapping up a sold out 7 week run of his...