[ad_1] NEW YORK – The new Broadway musical “Water for elephants” It looks patched. In a good way. After all, the Benzini Brothers’ Depression-era traveling circus, where the show takes place, is not a top-shelf big top. The animals are malnourished and some may have a little mange. The artists are a very close-knit and … Read more
[ad_1] Matthew Murphy Water for elephantsmusical, opening tonight at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, is perhaps best seen as a redemptive attempt to adapt Sara Gruen’s popular 2006 historical romance novel into something, anything, to block the middling, bleak film from memory from 2011 starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. It’s weak praise, to be sure, but … Read more
[ad_1] EmilioMadrid If the climate activists who disrupted a Broadway review preview An enemy of the people Last week they persuasively made their “Water is coming for us all” message, it’s not for me to say, but I will point out that the interruption spoke highly of this production. First, there is Amy Herzog’s smart, … Read more
[ad_1] Three protesters from the climate justice group Extinction Rebellion disrupted the Broadway play “An Enemy of the People” on Thursday. The first interruption occurred during a scene at city hall with actor Jeremy Strong’s character, according to a video from the group. published in X. “There is no Broadway on a dead planet,” the … Read more
[ad_1] Nicholas Sparks’ crybabies are so reliably designed to produce puddles that “The Notebook,” which opened at Broadway’s Schoenfeld Theater on Thursday night, sells tissues at the merchandise counter. Sentiment is the lodestar of this page-to-stage adaptation, and for those looking for an excuse to shed tears, who couldn’t use one nowadays? – you will … Read more
[ad_1] Is Broadway facing a bonanza or a bloodbath? The next two months will be packed with new productions (18 are scheduled to premiere in March and April), as the industry still struggles to adapt to the new, more challenging realities of a post-pandemic theater era. For potential ticket buyers, there will be a dizzying … Read more
[ad_1] Mark Major My son is a queer (but what can you do?)Playwright and performer Rob Madge’s acclaimed West End play has canceled its imminent Broadway run. Producers say the production will open on Broadway next season instead of this (very busy) spring as previously announced. Theater and dates will be announced later. No reason … Read more
[ad_1] Broadway News Tyne Daly leaves Broadway revival of Doubt; Amy Ryan taking over Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of John Patrick Shanley’s play began previews on February 3. Tyne Daly and Amy Ryan Tyne Daly leaves Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt, which began previews on February 3 at the Todd Haimes Theatre. … Read more
[ad_1] Tony and Emmy-winning actress Tyne Daly is pulling out of a starring role in the first Broadway revival of “Doubt: a parable”, citing health problems. Daly was to star in John Patrick Shanley’s production. Pulitzer Prize winner 2004 work about an accusation of sexual assault against a Catholic priest. She will be replaced by … Read more
[ad_1] Hinton Battle, a dancer, singer, actor and choreographer who urged audiences to “Ease on Down the Road” as the Scarecrow in Broadway’s “The Wiz,” and who later won three Tony Awards while performing acrobatic jumps, percussive taps and 190 degree turns. He kicks the stage and screen, he died on January 30 in a … Read more