Rachel York Gets Starring Gig on ‘Anything Goes’ Tour
March 27, 2012
Rachel York has been tapped to play Reno Sweeney in the upcoming national tour version of “Anything Goes.” The tour will be presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company and will begin in Cleveland this fall. The tour is expected to visit more than 25
Deborah Cox Stars Opposite Constantine Maroulis in ‘Jekyll & Hyde’
March 27, 2012
R&B singer Deborah Cox will join Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis on a trek around the country when the musical version of “Jekyll & Hide” goes on a national tour later this year before heading back to Broadway. The 25-week tour is scheduled to begin
‘Batman Live’ Tour Hits North America in September
March 24, 2012
The touring stage show “Batman Live” first premiered last Summer in the U.K., and now producers have announced a North American tour for later this year. Billed a “crime-fighting arena spectacular,” the first show’s will be held September 5-9 in Anaheim, Calif. and the
Jerry Lewis Gears Up ‘The Nutty Professor’ for Broadway Run
March 19, 2012
At his 86th birthday celebration in New York on Friday, comedian Jerry Lewis announced plans to bring his classic film “The Nutty Professor” to Broadway later this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lewis co-wrote, directed and starred in the original 1963 film version,
Mike Tyson Sets Sights on Broadway with One-Man Show
March 19, 2012
Though Mike Tyson’s one-man Las Vegas show has yet to debut, already the former Heavyweight boxing champion is thinking about taking the performance to Broadway. The autobiographical show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth—Live on Stage,” will run April 13-18 at the MGM Grand, and Tyson
‘Steve Jobs’ Off-Broadway Comes Under Fire for False Claims
March 19, 2012
Playwright Mike Daisey, the man behind the Off-Broadway one-man show “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” has come under widespread and well-publicized scrutiny recently because of claims that parts of his monologue are fabricated. And he went so far as to cut questionable
Review: Billy Elliot at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta
March 14, 2012
Billy Elliot opened at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Tuesday night to a warm reception that only Southern’s could give. Billy Elliot opened at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Tuesday night to a warm reception that only Southern’s could give. The musical adapted from
Tuck Everlasting Gets Pre-Broadway Run in Boston 2013
March 6, 2012
“Tuck Everlasting,” the musical adaptation of Natalie Babbitt’s 1975 children’s book of the same name, is set to make its pre-Broadway world premiere in June of next year at Boston’s Colonial Theatre. Casey Nicholaw, the Tony Award winning director and choreography of “The Book
Animal House Coming to Broadway with Barenaked Ladies
March 6, 2012
Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the death of legendary comedic actor John Belushi, and it also was the day chosen to reveal details about an upcoming musical based on one of his best known movies, “National Lampoon’s Animal House.” It was also announced
Drunk Bono? Spiderman Producer Fraud? Spiderman Lawsuit Airs Dirty Laundry
March 5, 2012
Lawyers for former “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” director Julia Taymor have filed papers in federal court responding to a countersuit by the show’s current producers. The new papers allege that producers were “secretly conspiring to oust Taymor and use and change her work