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- 10/18/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Making for quite the glamorous evening in the Big Apple, the stars gathered together at Radio City Music Hall for the 2010 Tony Awards on Sunday night (June 13).
With Sean Hayes acting as the evening's host, big names such as Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Beyonce and Jay-z, and Lea Michele all turned up for the annual Broadway event.
During the course of the evening, big winners included the lovely Scarlett Johansson as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her work in "A View From a Bridge," as well as Denzel Washington as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his stage duties in "Fences".
Also taking home trophies were Catherine Zeta Jones as Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for "A Little Night Music," along with "Red," which received the best play prize and five other trophies.
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With Sean Hayes acting as the evening's host, big names such as Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Beyonce and Jay-z, and Lea Michele all turned up for the annual Broadway event.
During the course of the evening, big winners included the lovely Scarlett Johansson as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her work in "A View From a Bridge," as well as Denzel Washington as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his stage duties in "Fences".
Also taking home trophies were Catherine Zeta Jones as Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for "A Little Night Music," along with "Red," which received the best play prize and five other trophies.
The complete list of...
- 6/14/2010
- GossipCenter
One has to hand it to the Tony nominators: They didn't follow conventional wisdom nor did they particularly pay heed to commercial considerations.
Indeed, some of the biggest noms went to shows that are either long gone ("Ragtime," "Finian's Rainbow," "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," "Time Stands Still") or lagging at the boxoffice ("Fela!" "Memphis," "Next Fall," "Million Dollar Quartet").
The biggest surprises Tuesday were the omissions.
"The Addams Family," the most successful new musical of the season, was thoroughly dissed, failing to get noms for best musical, for its stars Nathan Lane or Bebe Neuwirth, or even for its production design. And though it did get one for original score, that's not exactly a coup in a season in which only one other musical, "Memphis," even had one. The category had to be embarrassingly filled out with the forgettable music from "Enron" and Branford Marsalis' incidental music for "Fences.
Indeed, some of the biggest noms went to shows that are either long gone ("Ragtime," "Finian's Rainbow," "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," "Time Stands Still") or lagging at the boxoffice ("Fela!" "Memphis," "Next Fall," "Million Dollar Quartet").
The biggest surprises Tuesday were the omissions.
"The Addams Family," the most successful new musical of the season, was thoroughly dissed, failing to get noms for best musical, for its stars Nathan Lane or Bebe Neuwirth, or even for its production design. And though it did get one for original score, that's not exactly a coup in a season in which only one other musical, "Memphis," even had one. The category had to be embarrassingly filled out with the forgettable music from "Enron" and Branford Marsalis' incidental music for "Fences.
- 5/4/2010
- by By Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York – Star wattage will burn bright at the 2010 Tony Awards with Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammer among those receiving nominations Tuesday.Washington and Law were each cited for best actor performances in "Fences" and "Hamlet," respectively. Zeta-Jones was nominated for best performance by a leading actress in a musical, "A Little Night Music," and Grammer was nominated for lead actor in a musical, "La Cage aux Folles.""Fela!" — nominated for best musical — and "La Cage aux Folles," nominated for the best musical revival, each received 11 nominations, followed by "Fences" with 10 nods.Nominated for best play were "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)" by Sarah Ruhl; "Next Fall," by Geoffrey Nauffts; "Red," by John Logan, and "Time Stands Still," by Donald Margulies.Best musical nominations went to Green Day's "American Idiot"; "Memphis"; "Million Dollar Quartet," and "Fela!"The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford,...
- 5/4/2010
- backstage.com
A Broadway revival of "The Miracle Worker" that starred teenage actress Abigail Breslin as a young Helen Keller will close on Broadway after disappointing ticket sales, producers said on Monday.Breslin, 13, an Academy Award nominee for the movie, "Little Miss Sunshine," had received praise from critics for her Broadway debut playing the blind and deaf Keller, but it wasn't enough to save the revival that will close next Sunday after 21 previews and 38 regular performances. It made a loss of $2.5 million.Producer David Richenthal said he was "saddened" the revival of the William Gibson play must close. The play, which also starred actress Alison Pill as Keller's teacher Annie Sullivan, first appeared on Broadway more than 50 years ago starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Patricia Reaney)Copyright: (c) Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means,...
- 3/29/2010
- backstage.com
In many ways, 2009 was a yearlong echo of 2008. The recession that began last year may have ended, but unless you work for Goldman Sachs, you probably didn't notice. Meanwhile, so-called "new media"—a moniker that as time passes sounds more and more like it was invented by somebody's grandpa—continued to imitate a fast-moving glacier carving a canyon across the old-media landscape. Nearly every major story of 2009 sprang from these two reservoirs, already well tapped in 2008. But at the very least, this year was no less interesting than the one it followed. Here are 10 reasons why.10. Equity's swinging doorMaybe former Actors' Equity Association executive director John P. Connolly, who resigned Nov. 30, and former Equity president Mark S. Zimmerman, who resigned Dec. 12, really did decide within two weeks of each other to leave their union posts to focus on their respective acting careers and personal lives. Maybe not. But for Equity,...
- 12/30/2009
- backstage.com
Broadway bosses have appeased campaigners for disabled actors by casting a visually impaired girl as Abigail Breslin's understudy in The Miracle Worker, after the star's appointment as a deaf and blind girl was met with criticism.
The Oscar nominee, 13, will make her Broadway debut next year as Helen Keller in the revival of William Gibson's play, about a youngster who is taught how to communicate by her instructor.
Campaigners for impaired actors at the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts hit out at Breslin's casting, insisting a disabled actress should have been considered for the starring role.
The Miracle Worker's producer, David Richenthal, took note of the advocacy group's comments and invited the Alliance's executive director, Sharon Jensen, to hold auditions for a suitable understudy.
Ten-year-old Kyra Ynez Siegel, who suffered an injury to her right eye at the age of nine which left her with only partial sight, will now stand in for Breslin if the star is forced to miss a performance - but the producer insists she won the role based on her talents alone.
Richenthal tells the New York Times, "Kyra gave the best audition, showing real acting talent and physical skill and physical stamina. We were aware she had significant vision loss, but I can't say that influenced us one way or another. I'm pleased we found a brilliant young actress as a result of this outreach."
The Miracle Worker is set to open on 3 March, marking the 50th anniversary of the show's Broadway debut.
The Oscar nominee, 13, will make her Broadway debut next year as Helen Keller in the revival of William Gibson's play, about a youngster who is taught how to communicate by her instructor.
Campaigners for impaired actors at the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts hit out at Breslin's casting, insisting a disabled actress should have been considered for the starring role.
The Miracle Worker's producer, David Richenthal, took note of the advocacy group's comments and invited the Alliance's executive director, Sharon Jensen, to hold auditions for a suitable understudy.
Ten-year-old Kyra Ynez Siegel, who suffered an injury to her right eye at the age of nine which left her with only partial sight, will now stand in for Breslin if the star is forced to miss a performance - but the producer insists she won the role based on her talents alone.
Richenthal tells the New York Times, "Kyra gave the best audition, showing real acting talent and physical skill and physical stamina. We were aware she had significant vision loss, but I can't say that influenced us one way or another. I'm pleased we found a brilliant young actress as a result of this outreach."
The Miracle Worker is set to open on 3 March, marking the 50th anniversary of the show's Broadway debut.
- 12/9/2009
- WENN
New York – The abrupt closing Sunday of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" after only nine performances has cast a brief, uneasy shadow over Broadway's fall season, ironically one of the busiest in years.And the revival's collapse has had a ripple effect, forcing the cancellation of a second Simon production, "Broadway Bound," which was to have opened at the same theater (the Nederlander) in December and then run in repertory with "Brighton Beach.""A lot of nice people on stage and off will be out of work and a lot of good partners and investors will have lost a great deal of money," producers Emanuel Azenberg and Ira Pittelman said in a statement. "They all deserve better. It makes us sad."Yet its failure — the shortest run ever for a Simon play on Broadway — stands in contrast to the healthy box-office activity of several star-driven productions such as "A Steady Rain,...
- 11/2/2009
- backstage.com
The casting of child star Abigail Breslin as a deaf and blind girl in a Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker has been met with disapproval by an advocacy group for impaired actors.
The Oscar-nominated Little Miss Sunshine star, 13, is set to make her Broadway debut as Helen Keller in the William Gibson play, about a youngster who is taught how to communicate by her instructor.
But campaigners for impaired actors have hit out at Breslin's appointment, insisting one of their own should have been considered for the starring role.
Sharon Jensen, executive director of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, insists a genuinely deaf and blind actress would have been able to bring her own experience to the part and make it more believable.
The show's producer, David Richenthal, has responded to the claims, stating the production's $3 million (£1.88 million) investment hinged on landing a big star for the key role.
He tells the New York Times, "It's simply naive to think that in this day and age you'll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of a production to be a great show."
However, Richenthal admits he would be open to casting a deaf or blind actress as Breslin's understudy.
The Miracle Worker is set to open on 3 March, marking the 50th anniversary of the show's Broadway debut.
The Oscar-nominated Little Miss Sunshine star, 13, is set to make her Broadway debut as Helen Keller in the William Gibson play, about a youngster who is taught how to communicate by her instructor.
But campaigners for impaired actors have hit out at Breslin's appointment, insisting one of their own should have been considered for the starring role.
Sharon Jensen, executive director of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, insists a genuinely deaf and blind actress would have been able to bring her own experience to the part and make it more believable.
The show's producer, David Richenthal, has responded to the claims, stating the production's $3 million (£1.88 million) investment hinged on landing a big star for the key role.
He tells the New York Times, "It's simply naive to think that in this day and age you'll be able to sell tickets to a play revival solely on the potential of a production to be a great show."
However, Richenthal admits he would be open to casting a deaf or blind actress as Breslin's understudy.
The Miracle Worker is set to open on 3 March, marking the 50th anniversary of the show's Broadway debut.
- 10/30/2009
- WENN
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