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Smash: The Broadway Musical World Comes to Network Television
22 May 2012 2:47 PM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
I probably speak for most theater fans in saying I was excited when I read about Smash before its premiere on NBC in February. The idea of a weekly network series depicting the development of a new Broadway musical was irresistible. The fact that so many theater people -- both on and off camera -- were involved in the show added to the anticipation. Executive producers included Craig Zadan and Neil Meron who, among other things, have produced film versions of Broadway hits Chicago and Hairspray, along with television movie adaptations of The Music Man, Annie, and Gypsy. Original songs were written by the team of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who won the Tony award for their Hairspray score, and also wrote the fine score for last year's Catch Me If You Can. Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening and American Idiot) directed the pilot. And, while not a theater name, »
- James Miller
Latest Broadway Casualty: Priscilla Queen of the Desert
16 May 2012 10:06 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Following the news that Leap of Faith and the Nick Jonas–led How to Succeed in Business would lose their Broadway marquees, the drag spectacular Priscilla Queen of the Desert is also bidding the Great White Way farewell. The play will close after just one year and 526 performances — not even long enough to recoup its production costs. It looks like theatergoers are less interested in shows teeming with glitter and anal sex puns than previously thought. »
- Andre Tartar
'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' to close on Broadway on June 24
16 May 2012 2:50 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Priscilla has finally run out of gas. After 549 performances, the Broadway production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert — about two drag queens and a transsexual’s pop music-filled road trip through the Australian outback — will close at the Palace Theatre on Sunday, June 24, producers announced today.
The Tony Award-winning production opened in New York in March 2011 after an acclaimed run in Sydney in 2006 and subsequent openings in Melbourne, New Zealand, London and Toronto. The (no doubt sparkly) silver lining to the close of the Broadway outing is that the first U.S. national tour of Priscilla will launch in Minneapolis’ Orpheum Theatre on January 8, 2013. Yes, »
- Marc Snetiker
'Bring It On: The Musical' heads to Broadway -- How do you feel about another movie turned musical?
16 May 2012 9:10 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Finally, the greatest opening scene in cinema history comes to Broadway! Producers announced today that Bring It On: The Musical, a stage adaptation inspired by the 2000 Kirsten Dunst film about class struggles in competitive cheerleading, will play a limited engagement from July through October at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.
The stunt-filled show — which began a North American tour in October 2011 in Los Angeles and is currently playing in Toronto through June — features an all-star creative team, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights), Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) and Amanda Green (High Fidelity), a book »
- Marc Snetiker
Tonys 2012: Six-time nominee John Lithgow on original plays and a modern-day ‘Columnist’
15 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
John Lithgow is already a legend, but he keeps getting more legendary — racking up a sixth Tony nomination for his titular turn in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of David Auburn’s The Columnist. Throughout a lengthy career in film and television, Lithgow has remained a native to the stage, earning his first Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1973’s The Changing Room and his second for Best Actor in a Musical for 2002’s Sweet Smell of Success. EW sat down with the decorated theater veteran to talk Tony nominations, what it means to win and »
- Marc Snetiker
This Week on Stage: Topher Grace and Jonathan Pryce open in Off Broadway shows
12 May 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
More casualties on Broadway this week as the musicals Leap of Faith and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying both posted closing notices; the former is a reported $14 million flop, while the latter is a giant hit that simply ran out of steam after the departure of its original star, Daniel Radcliffe. (While Radcliffe’s replacement Nick Jonas initially drew smaller but steady crowds after arriving in January, the show has struggled at the box office in recent weeks.)
Looking forward, Tony-nominated musical hits Once and Nice Work If You Can Get It both set national tours — and »
- Thom Geier
Anatomy of a Flop
11 May 2012 11:12 AM, PDT | Scott Feinberg | See recent Scott Feinberg news »
By Samuel Negin
Leap of Faith caused quite a stir recently when it announced that it would close before the Tony Awards. It is the first musical in almost 50 years to be nominated for Best Musical and still manage to close before the Tony Awards (the last one was Skyscraper in 1965). It is also the first musical since 1996′s Swinging on a Star to be nominated for the Best Musical Tony without receiving Any other nominations. Given this unique combination of Tony trivia, maybe it makes sense that it is closing so soon, but the New York Times wanted to give this a closer look. Check out Patrick Healy‘s article about the anatomy of a flop below.
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- Kailyn Corrigan
Shoshana Greenberg: A Body in a Seat
10 May 2012 5:44 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
It's that time of year. Closing time. The Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith announced it will be closing this Sunday, May 13, Theresa Rebeck's play Seminar closed last Sunday May 6 and the play Magic/Bird will close May 12. Even last season's hit revival How To Succeed... is going out on the 20th. Shows garner nominations and wins to push past the Tony season or they are taken off life support.
And it's also that time of year for television shows. With the network upfronts, many bubble shows could be canceled, paving the way for the new. The fates are holding the thin threads of these shows dangerously close to their large, gleaming scissors as networks assess the ratings.
With the outcome of television shows, I often feel helpless. How can I prove to the networks that I, a lowly TV-watcher off the Neilsen radar, watch and care about these shows »
- Shoshana Greenberg
9 Broadway Shows That Didn't Make It This Season
9 May 2012 11:18 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Broadway continues to eject its young early from the next. "How To Succeed In Business Without Even Trying" will close prematurely on May 20, a leisurely exit compared to the Alan Menken-scored Gospel adaptation, "Leap Of Faith," which will end its run this Sunday due to low box office numbers (though it could still win Best Musical at the Tony Awards). Below, we've compiled a look at all the shows that couldn't quite make it this season, some good, some bad, and some doomed from the start.
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- The Huffington Post
Nick Jonas-led 'How to Succeed…' will go out of business on Broadway on May 20
9 May 2012 8:20 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Want to know how to succeed in musical theater? Look no further than the walloping success of the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which will end its fruitful run on Sunday, May 20 after 30 previews, 473 regular performances and — count ‘em — three headlining young sensations.
Although closing is a bittersweet announcement for any production, the well-received revival of H2$ recouped its initial $9 million investment in December, meaning that everything else — including the $4 million Darren Criss brought in during his three-week run in January, as well as the moderate success of current star Nick Jonas — is just gravy (after production costs, »
- Marc Snetiker
How to Succeed and Leap of Faith Closing on Broadway
8 May 2012 5:45 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
The carnage continues on Broadway: Leap of Faith will close this Sunday, despite earning a Tony nomination for Best Musical just last week. Also setting an end date is the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which recouped its investment in December with original star Daniel Radcliffe still toplining, but has since faltered with replacement Nick Jonas. Somehow, we think Ellis is to blame. Don't try to talk sense into us, we just do. »
- Kyle Buchanan
'Nice Work If You Can Get It' will get national tour in 2013
8 May 2012 1:13 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Nice work, Nice Work! (I’ve been holding on to that gem for a while.) Following an announcement yesterday that Once will hit the road, producers of fellow Best Musical nominee Nice Work If You Can Get It have announced their own plans to launch a national tour in the fall of 2013.
The Kelli O’Hara/Matthew Broderick-led homage to musicals past received a whopping 10 Tony Award nominations this year, which no doubt contributed to its sizable box office bump in the week succeeding the nomination announcement.
For those keeping score of this year’s crop of Best Musical nominees, »
- Marc Snetiker
Broadway's 'Leap of Faith' announces May 13 closing
8 May 2012 11:57 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Just a week after being snubbed for nominations in every major Tony Award category — except, ironically, Best Musical — the stage production of Leap of Faith will close on Broadway on Sunday, May 13, after 24 previews and 20 regular performances. Really, it didn’t have a prayer.
Leap of Faith, which stars Raul Esparza as a duplicitous faith healer in rural Kansas, has been steadily declining in its box office take since its opening on April 26. The joyous tuner managed to snag only one Tony nom, which despite its heft wasn’t enough to give a pecuniary bump to the struggling production (unlike »
- Marc Snetiker
Broadway box office: 'Nice Work' and 'Once' get biggest post-Tony bumps
7 May 2012 2:47 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
In its first full week since its April 24 opening, Nice Work If You Can Get It joined Broadway’s million-dollar club with a gross of $1,022,115, up a whopping 23 percent from the previous week. For the week ending May 6, the “new” Gershwin brothers’ musical starring Matthew Broderick (pictured above) and Kelli O’Hara also had the largest gain of any production on the Great White Way and was the biggest beneficiary of its 10 Tony nominations. It joined five other shows that earned at least $1 million last week: The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Evita, and Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. »
- Thom Geier
This Week on Stage: Tony nomination fallout, plus Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci romp with the Bard
5 May 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The theater world was fixated this week on Tuesday’s announcement of the Tony nominations, which should prove a box office boon for much-nominated shows like Once, Newsies, and Peter and the Starcatcher. Of course, the noms also prompted the same-day closing notice of two shows completely overlooked for awards consideration: Magic/Bird and the Teresa Rebeck comedy Seminar. (And vultures are circling other shows, like the new musical Leap of Faith, that received only a smattering of Tony love.)
Looking ahead to next season (and who isn’t?), producers announced a Nov. 18 premiere of Rebecca, a new musical based »
- Thom Geier
'Leap of Faith' joins Broadway's unanswered prayers
3 May 2012 11:42 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
If there were a prayer for Broadway shows it would be for all of them to be hits.
Despite good intentions, though, Leap of Faith" at the St. James Theatre is an unanswered prayer.
The idea is there -- a fake preacher swindles people, and eventually he must face his conscience.
Conning people of faith -- or into faith -- is so evil, there should be plenty of material to mine. And mounting it as a musical is a natural, paving the way for rich gospel voices (it isn't as if New York theatergoers are unreceptive to musicals with choirs; witness "Sister Act"). Composer Alan Menken, who also created the music for "Sister Act" and "Newsies," definitely knows his way around Broadway songs.
Yet as great as Raul Esparza can be -- and he was magnificent in "Company" -- this does not seem to be the right role for him. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Tony awards 2012: what we learned from the nominations
2 May 2012 3:57 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
James Corden's comedy versus Philip Seymour Hoffman's tragedy, Seminar and Alan Rickman left out, but Spider-Man and James Earl Jones left in. Has Tony got it right?
Predictably (for a somewhat predictable season) the Tony nominations announced yesterday invite tea-leaf reading and pseudo-scientific analysis: X was nominated because Y opened too early in the season; Z really deserved the nod a decade ago, so the nomination is a consolation prize, and so forth. Perhaps a little mind-reading is justified, but the truth is probably more banal: extremely close calls and pure laziness or ignorance, not to mention snobbish backlash (see Rebeck, Theresa, below). Nonetheless, here are some things we learned from the nominations …
Maybe Leap of Faith doesn't suck so hard
The final show of Broadway's 2011-12 season seemed to bring out the ogre in critics, inspiring a contest to see how much invective one could pour on »
- David Cote
The Tony Awards recognize Once, Newsies, some other plays that were not based on movies
1 May 2012 12:15 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Today's considered accolades from esteemed voting bodies were not limited merely to the MTV Movie Awards. The Tony Award nominations have also been announced to recognize the best in theater (or as its patrons pronounce it, "thee-ah-tre," where the "I am better than you" is silent), which is that stuff where people act out movies live and with more songs. Leading the pack is the Broadway adaptation of Once with 11 nominations that include Best Musical, where it faces off against stage versions of Newsies and the Steve Martin comedy Leap Of Faith, plus the Matthew Broderick-starring Nice Work »
Stage Door: Tony Award Nominations
1 May 2012 9:22 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
They're here. The 2012 Tony Award nominations. For your perusal and discussion the nominee list. Unfortunately this year I saw relatively few shows: Follies (genius), Porgy & Bess (strong), Bonnie & Clyde (errrr). The stage adaptation of the film musical Once (2007) led the nominations with 11. I still haven't seen it (sniffle) but I love the film. Porgy & Bess is close behind with 10 nominations including a possible record-tying fifth win from the one and only Audra McDonald.
Audra McDonald & Norm Lewis (sensational) in Porgy & Bess
Best Play
Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur
Best Musical
Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once
Yes, three movie adaptations out of four. 75% which is about right given what gets produced these days.
Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Master Class Wit
Best Revival of »
- NATHANIEL R
Once Leads Tony Awards With 11 Nominations
1 May 2012 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Hit musical Once is leading the way at this year's Tony Awards after scooping 11 nominations.
The popular show has garnered nods across the board including the coveted Best Musical category at the 66th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
Once will go up against Leap of Faith, Newsies and Nice Work If You Can Get It for the top prize.
Meanwhile Clybourne Park, Other Desert Cities, Peter and the Starcatcher and Venus in Fur will all compete for the Best Play accolade.
Hollywood star Phillip Seymour Hoffman is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for his part in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and he'll go head-to-head with John Lithgow (The Columnist), Frank Langella (Man and Boy), James Earl Jones (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) and James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors) for the honour.
Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon is up for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play title for her turn in Wit but she'll face stiff competition from Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur), Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow), Stockard Channing (Other Desert Cities) and Linda Lavin (The Lyons).
Also landing mentions were new Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield for his feature role in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and David Alan Grier for his part in The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
The winners will be unveiled at the prizegiving ceremony, hosted by funnyman Neil Patrick Harris, on 10 June at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.
The main list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play:
Clybourne Park
Other Desert Cities
Peter and the Starcatcher
Venus in Fur
Best Musical:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once
Best Book of a Musical:
Lysistrata Jones - Douglas Carter Beane
Nice Work if You Can Get It - Joe Dipietro
Once - Enda Walsh
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
Bonnie & Clyde - Frank Wildhorn and Don Black
Newsies - Alan Menken and Jack Feldman
One Man, Two Guvnors - Grant Olding
Peter and the Starcatcher - Wayne Barker and Rick Elice
Best Revival of a Play:
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Master Class
Best Revival of a Musical:
Evita
Follies
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
James Earl Jones - Gore Vidal's The Best Man
John Lithgow - The Columnist
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:
Nina Arianda - Venus in Fur
Tracie Bennett - End of the Rainbow
Stockard Channing - Other Desert Cities
Linda Lavin - The Lyons
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Danny Burstein - Follies
Steve Kazee - Once
Norm Lewis - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Ron Raines - Follies
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:
Jan Maxwell - Follies
Audra McDonald - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Cristin Milioti - Once
Kelli O'Hara - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Laura Osnes - Bonnie & Clyde
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:
Christian Borle - Peter and the Starcatcher
Michael Cumpsty - End of the Rainbow
Tom Edden - One Man, Two Guvnors
Andrew Garfield - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Jeremy Shamos - Clybourne Park
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:
Linda Emond - Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Spencer Kayden - Don't Dress for Dinner
Celia Keenan-Bolger - Peter and the Starcatcher
Judith Light - Other Desert Cities
Condola Rashad - Stick Fly
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Phillip Boykin - The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael Cerveris - Evita
David Alan Grier -The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Michael McGrath - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Josh Young - Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:
Elizabeth A. Davis - Once
Jayne Houdyshell - Follies
Judy Kaye - Nice Work if You Can Get It
Jessie Mueller - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Da'Vine Joy Randolph - Ghost the Musical
Best Direction of a Play:
One Man, Two Guvnors - Nicholas Hytner
Clybourne Park - Pam MacKinnon
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman - Mike Nichols
Peter and the Starcatcher - Roger Rees and Alex Timbers
Best Direction of a Musical:
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Kathleen Marshall
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Diane Paulus
Once - John Tiffany
Best Choreography:
Evita - Rob Ashford
Newsies - Christopher Gattelli
Once - Steven Hoggett
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Kathleen Marshall
Best Orchestrations:
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Bill Elliott
Once - Martin Lowe
Newsies - Danny Troob. »
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