Archive for November, 2010

Big Holiday Weekend On Broadway

Holiday weekends are always a big time on Broadway, and Thanksgiving 2010 was no exception. Three shows set new box office records at their respective theatres last week. Perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King were both in the $2,000,000 range at the Gershwin and Minksoff theatres. And holiday newcomer Elf set a record at [...]
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Sixties Icon Darlene Love Coming To Broadway

Folks of a certain age will remember Darlene Love for 1960s pop hits like “He’s A Rebel” and “Da Doo Ron Ron.” But on December 9th, she joins the cast of Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet for a musical one night stand that promises to be unforgettable! Love, who teamed up with legendary producer Phil Spector, [...]
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Robin Williams & Tiger Find A Broadway Home

It’s official. Robin Williams has found a home for his Broadway acting debut in Rajiv Joseph’s play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Previews will begin March 11th at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, with opening night set for March 31st. Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo is a darkly comic tale narrated by a tiger [...]
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La Bête With David Hyde Pierce Closing

Barely a month after its official opening on October 14th, producers of La Bête, starring David Hyde Pierce, have announced that the show will close on January 9th. That is 5 weeks ahead of it’s originally planned closing date of February 12th. Producers released this statement about the early finish: “La Bête was always planned [...]
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Next To Normal Sets Closing Date

After more than 700 performances, three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, the Broadway production of Next To Normal will close on January 16th, 2011. Next To Normal is the story of a a mother who struggles with her deepening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The musical also [...]
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A Life In The Theatre Closing Early

The Broadway production of David Mamet’s A Life In The Theatre has announced that it will close five weeks earlier than originally scheduled, on November 28th. The limited engagement play, which began previews on September 21st, was to have run through January 2nd. The show, starring Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight, has struggled at the [...]
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Kiefer Sutherland Set For Broadway Debut

You probably know him as Jack Bauer from Fox TV’s 24. But now Kiefer Sutherland is set to make his Broadway debut in the revival of That Championship Season, which is scheduled to open in March of 2011. That Championship Season follows a group of high school basketball champions who come together after 20 years [...]
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Wonderland: A New Alice, A New Musical

It’s a new Alice and an all-new musical as Wonderland heads for The Great White Way in the Spring of next year. That’s the word from Broadway’s Marquis Theatre where this innovative new production will begin previews on March 21, 2011. An exciting new spin on the classic story of Alice and her Looking-Glass world, [...]
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