The great Liza Minelli, continues to razzle dazzle them…and put on a great show as well. Bob Grossweiner & Jane Cohen from Ticket News report that Ms Minnelli short Broadway run has been so popular it has had to be extended til mid December. Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy award winner Liza Minnelli has extended [...]
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Broadway in for some troubling times
Broadway shows are filling up slower than ever before, as the immediate impact of the financial crisis starts to hit home. Sales are down, revenue is down, and some shows are shaky ground. There are reports of shows planning an early end to the season, and the deferment of some shows. Spamalot, Hairspray, Legally Blonde [...]
The most expensive musical ever?
Is this the most expensive musical ever? And it is only in the design stage. NME reports that the new Spiderman Musical, which is being scored by none other than U2 front man, and all-round good guy (maybe he should take the lead role) Bono. $40million is the operating budget, with a weekly budget of [...]
If Only the Cool Kids Could See Him Now (at Least Hear His Songs)
Adolescent anxiety is the subject of “13,” Jason Robert Brown’s new Broadway musical.
Theater Review | ‘Fifty Words’: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Bruises and Battle Scars
Norbert Leo Butz and Elizabeth Marvel bring authentic and unsparing life to “Fifty Words,” Michael Weller’s bruising domestic drama.
Enter Singing: Giant Bedbugs, Fancy Boys, Bank Robbers, Potato Farmers
There are two big messages in this year’s New York Musical Theater Festival: Nobody wants to be in 2008 New York. Everybody is gay.
Theater Review | ‘Wig Out!’: Families Come in All Shapes and Hairstyles
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “Wig Out!” is a gutsy, pulsing portrait of uptown drag queens and the men who love them.
Arts, Briefly: ‘Shrek’ Loses One Donkey, Gains Another
“Shrek the Musical” has recast one major role and is reconceiving a second, the show’s producers announced.
Arts, Briefly: ‘Lion King’ in Las Vegas
The Walt Disney Company said that a permanent production of “The Lion King” would open in May at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Combining Words and Physicality to Explore Religion and Homosexuality
A new piece by the British company DV8 Physical Theater looks at religion and sexuality through the words of more than 85 people.
Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
Christine Ebersole will return to Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit.”
A Festival Not to Be Taken Seriously, Unless It Is
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, which runs through Sunday at the Bell House and at Union Hall in Park Slope, “is sort of half ironic and half sincere.”
