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Revival of ‘Death of a Salesman’ Coming to Broadway with Andrew Garfield
August 16, 2011
Recent casting news surrounding the upcoming revival of ‘Death of a Salesman’ has just revealed that Andrew Garfield will play Biff, the wayward son of Willy Loman. The English actor played Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in ‘The Social Network’, and recently completed filming the title role in ‘The Amazing Spiderman’. Though this is Garfield’s Broadway
Stephen Sondheim Not Happy About ‘Porgy and Bess’ Revival
August 14, 2011
So if a theatre icon is trashing your reinterpretation of a classic stage opera is that a good or bad thing? On the one hand, you get oodles of free press where you’d otherwise be twiddling your thumbs (case in point), but you also invite a certain negativity into the theatre before the curtains have
‘Weeds’ Hunter Parrish Becomes Heavenly Deity in ‘Godspell’
August 12, 2011
I bet you didn’t know Jesus smoked weed. Well not the guy who walked on water or who specialized in rising from the dead. Rather Broadway’s latest addition to ‘Godspell’ certainly has had a checkered past with the ganja. Let it never be said that Hunter Parrish doesn’t have range. Its been announced by producer
Lea Michele Craves the Broadway Stage in Latest Harper’s Bazaar
August 10, 2011
Harper’s Bazaar pinned down busy girl Lea Michele for a little Q&A for their September issue (on newsstands Tuesday, August 16). After dolling her up in top-notch couture for the cover shoot, they looked to get the low down on the newness of celebrity and what direction her career aims to take after Rachel Berry
‘Catch Me If You Can’ Comes to Disappointing End September 4
August 9, 2011
This seems to be the time of year for closings on Broadway. In the past two weeks, we’ve gotten word that ‘Rain’ and ‘Baby It’s You’ will be playing their final performances. Now you can add ‘Catch Me If You Can’ to the musical graveyard. It is set to close its run at the Neil
Nicole Ari Parker to be Blanche Du Bois in ‘Streetcar Named Desire’
August 8, 2011
The cast for the upcoming production of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ is starting to fill out. Blair Underwood signed on a few months ago to play the role of Stanley Kowalski and now we have our Blanche DuBois — Nicole Ari Parker. No word yet on who will play the pivotal role of Stella in
Emmanuelle Chriqui Joins Cast of ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’
August 4, 2011
On Sunday’s installment of Entourage, Sloan (Emmanuelle Chriqui) drops the bombshell on E (Kevin Connolly) that she’s moving to New York which seemingly puts the nail in the coffin of their on-again, off-again relationship. What she didn’t bother to mention is she’s jumping a plane to the east coast to star in ‘Love, Loss and
Six Feet Under’s Lauren Ambrose to Star in ‘Funny Girl’
August 3, 2011
So if you are resurrecting ‘Funny Girl’ for the stage wouldn’t it just make sense to cast Barbra Streisand’s modern day equivalent — Lea Michelle — for the role? While the stage actress might be beside herself at the thought of taking on the legendary role, alas her ‘Glee’ filming schedule has put the kibosh
Idina Menzel Rearranges Tour Schedule for ‘Glee’ Return
August 1, 2011
It looks like more mommy drama is afoot for Ms. Rachel Berry. Idina Menzel has confirmed that she’s committed to season 3 of ‘Glee’ in a big way. She is slated to appear in up to 12 episodes as Rachel’s biological mother Shelby Corcoran. Deadline has reported that she will be the newest teacher at
Justin Bartha Unites with Jesse Eisenberg in ‘Asuncion’
July 29, 2011
Is there a more overlooked actor in the ‘Hangover’ series than Justin Bartha? Poor Doug gets completely left out of all of the misadventure and twisted fun that befalls the wolfpack. It seems Justin Bartha isn’t going to let Broadway overlooked him. He starring in the latest Zach Braff Off-Broadway play ‘All New People’ at