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16 items from 2012
Tony Award nominations react: Big surprises, shocking snubs
1 May 2012 6:49 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Please cry for Ricky Martin and Elena Roger in the Broadway revival of Evita. The truth is, the Tony nominators didn’t love you. Those stars were two of the biggest snubs at this morning’s announcement of the 66th annual Tony Awards.
One of the biggest shockers? It seems that Angela Lansbury will have to wait for her chance to win a record-breaking sixth Tony Award. Despite critical acclaim for her role as a Southern political doyenne in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Lansbury was passed over for Featured Actress in a Play. The surprise nominee in that »
- Thom Geier
This Week on Stage: Broadway season wraps up with 'Ghost,' 'Leap of Faith,' and Matthew Broderick singing Gershwin
28 April 2012 4:45 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There was a mad crush of premieres this week on Broadway — seven in all, vying to open just under the eligibility wire for this June’s Tony Awards. (Nominations will be announced Tuesday, May 1.) It’s been a surprisingly deep year in each of the four major categories (play, play revival, musical, musical revival).
• A Streetcar Named Desire Despite the occasional jarring moments in director Emily Mann’s revival of Tennessee Williams’ drama — which features TV stars Blair Underwood (The Event) as Stanley and Nicole Ari Parker (Soul Food) as Blanche DuBois — EW critic Lisa Schwarzbaum found the production “still »
- Thom Geier
Ricky Martin, set your alarm for Tuesday! We predict this year's Tony nominees
27 April 2012 1:36 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The Tony Awards season is heating up. The Tony administration committee met today to decide eligibility for various categories: One Man, Two Guvnors will compete for best (new) play despite a push from its producers to be considered in the less-competitive revival category (the comedy is loosely based on Carlo Goldoni’s 1743 play Servant of Two Masters). James Earl Jones will be up for Lead Actor in a Play for Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. Ricky Martin will contend as Featured Actor in a Musical even though his name is above the title of Evita. And in a real head-scratcher, »
- Thom Geier
'Streetcar Named Desire': Blair Underwood is a brutally wonderful Stanley on Broadway
26 April 2012 12:54 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Marlon Brando is so seared in our minds as Stanley Kowalski from "Streetcar Named Desire" that it takes an actor with true presence, a raw intensity and not a little bit of swagger to play him without comparisons to Brando popping up constantly.
Blair Underwood has all of that, and so very much more in the superior production of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece at the Broadhurst Theatre. The play does not have the happier Hollywood ending the 1951 movie has, and that wasn't exactly a day brightener.
Emily Mann's direction reveals Williams' rougher, grittier and far grimmer play. And it is glorious.You will feel as if you need to sit in a dark room and decompress for a while after. Twelve hours after leaving the nearly two-and-a-half hour production, I still feel this way. But if you are very lucky, you will see this limited run.
Though it has »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Theater Review: A Lot of Admiration for an Unorthodox Streetcar Named Desire
23 April 2012 3:30 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
There’s the Kindness of Strangers, and then there’s the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: There was little of the former and plenty of the latter in the run-up to Emily Mann’s production of Streetcar, which features a mostly African-American cast led by Blair Underwood as Stanley and Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche. Critics and theater pooh-bahs have taken pretty strong stands for and against racially constituted revivals of “white” classics, but I’m not sure I see what all the fuss is about: Do we insist on the essential Scottishness of Macbeth?Okay, so that’s the theater geek’s equivalent of a cheap barroom analogy, but come, come: Streetcar is, by now, mythic, is it not? And its mythos is productively congruent with the black experience — in New Orleans, in the old Confederacy, and in the Greater Chromatocracy that was (and is) America. Tennessee Williams’s cultural, »
- Scott Brown
A Streetcar Named Desire: Theater Review
22 April 2012 5:30 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
New York -- The advertising for the multiracial Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker bears little relation to the play. The poster proclaims: “The American classic never looked this good.” That seems to imply a more picturesque view of the seedy midcentury setting in the French Quarter of New Orleans, and hotter versions of Blanche and Stanley, the adversaries on either side of Tennessee Williams’ bruising clash between sensitivity and unvarnished reality. Even more perplexing is the tagline adorning the theater marquee: “Give in to it.” What, exactly? In a drama
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- David Rooney
'Streetcar Named Desire' lures Blair Underwood to Broadway [Video]
11 April 2012 3:31 PM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Blair Underwood makes his Broadway debut this month playing one of the most legendary yet challenging characters in theater history - the brooding, emotionally abusive, working class Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire." The Tennessee Williams play has been updated with a multi-cultural cast but maintains its original setting of New Orleans. In a video chat with Gold Derby, Underwood explained, "One of the many things we wanted to do was make this production very specific and unique to New Orleans, Louisiana ... more specifically the French Quarter where the play is set." While on location to shoot the film "Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the Seventh Day," he wanted to "soak up the flavor and the texture of the culture and really the melody of the language" to prepare for this role. The play opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 22 with Nicole Ari Parker (Blanche), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Stella »
'A Streetcar Named Desire': 25 Things You Didn't Know About The Marlon Brando Movie
10 April 2012 9:42 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Hey, Stellaaaaa! Fire up the Blu-ray player! 1951's "A Streetcar Named Desire" marked the 60th anniversary of its release last September. Now, seven months later, fans will have the opportunity to relive the classic flick with a special-edition Blu-ray release. That's as good an excuse as any to revisit this landmark film, which opened up Hollywood to movies with strictly adult content and -- thanks to Marlon Brando's legendary performance -- Method acting. The film forced the medium into a new, raw, emotional, mature kind of expression, and, six decades later, it has lost none of its power to shock and astonish. Of course, what went on behind the scenes of the steamy Southern story was nearly as dramatic as the on-screen tale. Read on for more about the film's casting (can you imagine Bette Davis as Blanche?), Vivien Leigh's witty takedown of director Elia Kazan, and the »
- Gary Susman
First Look: The hot new cast of Broadway's 'A Streetcar Named Desire' -- Exclusive
5 April 2012 6:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There’s going to be a whole lotta crazy and a whole lotta steam on Broadway this spring thanks to the upcoming revival of Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans-set A Streetcar Named Desire. Daphne Rubin-Vega (above, in the peach nighty) will be suffering like hell as former rich girl Stella. Nicole Ari Parker (in the red kimono) will be vamping it up as her faded Southern belle sister, Blanche. Wood Harris will be sexually frustrated as Blanche’s patient paramour, Mitch. The French Quarter, where they live, will be swinging to original music by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. And, of course, »
- Aubry D'Arminio
Blair Underwood Gears Up For 'Streetcar' Previews
3 April 2012 2:23 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
New York -- Blair Underwood's weird ride to becoming Stanley Kowalski onstage in "A Streetcar Named Desire" started four years ago with a dashed hope.
The actor had wanted to play Brick in an all-black Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," but had lost the part to Terrence Howard, fresh off his Oscar-nominated turn in "Hustle & Flow."
"What are you going to do?" Underwood says, shrugging his shoulders.
Losing the role didn't sour him on the production, which he went to see one night at the Broadhurst Theatre. He was in the lobby during intermission when Stephen C. Byrd, one of the show's producers, spotted him and introduced himself.
Would Underwood be interested in playing Stanley in a multiracial production of Williams' other masterpiece on Broadway? Of course, came the answer. And, fittingly, years later, after shaking off a challenge from Denzel Washington, »
- AP
Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo in talks for Lee Daniels' The Butler
6 March 2012 8:45 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
The Butler may cast Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo as his son. Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo are both currently in negotiations for the Lee Daniels (Precious) film based on Wil Haygood's Washington Post story, reports Variety. They would join Oprah Winfrey who is in early discussions to join as the wife in the drama scripted by Daniels and Danny Strong. Wil Haygood's story focuses on White House servant Eugene Allen, following a butler who served at the White House under eight presidents, starting in 1952 until 1986. Producing is Hilary Shor, along with Laura Ziskin Productions Pamela Williams. Denzel Washington was originally attached to star in The Butler with Sony distributing, but this didn't materialize. Whitaker's in post-production on several projects, including Jessy Terrero's Freelancers with Robert De Niro and Dana Delany, Philippe Caland's horror/thriller Vipaka with Anthony Mackie, Nicole Ari Parker, Sanaa Nathan and Mike Epps on board, »
Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo in talks for Lee Daniels' The Butler
6 March 2012 8:45 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
The Butler may cast Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo as his son. Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo are both currently in negotiations for the Lee Daniels (Precious) film based on Wil Haygood's Washington Post story, reports Variety. They would join Oprah Winfrey who is in early discussions to join as the wife in the drama scripted by Daniels and Danny Strong. Wil Haygood's story focuses on White House servant Eugene Allen, following a butler who served at the White House under eight presidents, starting in 1952 until 1986. Producing is Hilary Shor, along with Laura Ziskin Productions Pamela Williams. Denzel Washington was originally attached to star in The Butler with Sony distributing, but this didn't materialize. Whitaker's in post-production on several projects, including Jessy Terrero's Freelancers with Robert De Niro and Dana Delany, Philippe Caland's horror/thriller Vipaka with Anthony Mackie, Nicole Ari Parker, Sanaa Nathan and Mike Epps on board, »
Blair Underwood Talks 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
27 February 2012 1:30 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Over 26 years since making his big-screen debut in the iconic hip-hop film "Krush Groove," Blair Underwood has evolved into one today's most sought-after African-American actors. Though he has managed to land a recurring role on "Sex and the City," in addition to starring on NBC's "L.A. Law" and "The Event," his latest television foray is of a much more personal nature, as he follows his genealogical paper trail on NBC's celebrity series, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
During a recent interview with The Huffington Post, the Washington state native opened up on what it was like to explore his family lineage, his new role in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," as well as his new signature suit collection.
What attracted you to "Who Do You Think You Are?"
I had seen the show [and I've been a fan of it], and then I was at a NBC party last year and I ran into »
- Brennan Williams
Blair Underwood Talks 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
27 February 2012 12:11 PM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Over 26 years since making his big-screen debut in the iconic hip-hop film "Krush Groove," Blair Underwood has evolved into one of today's most sought-after African-American actors. Though he has managed to land a recurring role on "Sex and the City," in addition to starring on NBC's "L.A. Law" and "The Event," his latest television foray is of a much more personal nature, as he follows his genealogical paper trail on NBC's celebrity series, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
During a recent interview with The Huffington Post, the Washington state native opened up on what it was like to explore his family lineage, his new role in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," as well as his new signature suit collection.
What attracted you to "Who Do You Think You Are?"
I saw the show [and I've been a fan of it], and then I was at a NBC party last year and I ran into »
- Brennan Williams
A Chance to Win an Image Awards Gift Bag
21 February 2012 1:00 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Even if you weren't invited to hobnob with the stars at the NAACP Image Awards over the weekend you can still take home a piece of the magic. TheInsider.com is offering the chance to obtain a gift bag similar to the ones scooped up by Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Vanessa Williams and more!
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Broadway Death Watch: Can Harry Connick Jr.'s musical survive?
2 January 2012 3:46 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
For some Broadway producers (particularly those whose star doesn’t moonlight as Wolverine), it’s the winter of their discontent. January is traditionally when Broadway attendance dips dramatically as tourists retreat from New York City. The final curtain came down last weekend on many shows, both long-running veterans (The Addams Family) and relative newcomers (Private Lives, Bonnie and Clyde). But the vultures are circling other box office weaklings that have struggled to find an audience even during the tourist-flush holiday season.
Last week, for instance, the new musical Lysistrata Jones filled less than half its seats and grossed an anemic »
- Thom Geier
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