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Villains and monsters slated for Broadway next season

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Villains and monsters slated for Broadway next season

A look at some of the shows headed to the Great White Way.

1. A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder[UTSanDiego.com]
March 8, 2013

The new musical comedy, starring Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays, begins previews at the Walter Kerr Theater on October 22. Mays stars as eight different heirs to an Edwardian-era dukedom, all of whom stand in the way of ninth heir vying for the royal title.

Read a review of the Old Globe production »

2. Bullets Over Broadway [ArtsBeat.NYTimes.com]
June 14, 2012

Egos and bullets run amok when a mob boss offers to produce a struggling writer's new play — but only if the mobster's girlfriend gets a part. Susan Stroman directs the new musical based on Woody Allen's 1994 film.

Revving up for RADAR L.A., theatre on the ‘Fringe’ and more theatre news

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Revving up for RADAR L.A., theatre on the ‘Fringe’ and more theatre news

The stories theatre lovers have been talking about this week.

1. RADAR 2013 coming in September, featuring Britain's Complicite by David Ng [LATimes.com]
June 12, 2013

The second edition of RADAR L.A. — the Los Angeles festival dedicated to contemporary theater from around the world — is scheduled to begin Sept. 24 and will feature a number of prestigious companies, including the critically acclaimed British group Complicite. ...

2. 3 Small Shows With Big Dreams in the Hollywood Fringe Fest by Lyle Zimskind [LAist.com]
June 19, 2013

The annual Hollywood Fringe Festival is back in its fourth edition with around 200 shows running day and night in over 20 theater venues, all in one neighborhood, through the end of the month. The quality and content of the productions vary wildly, but tickets are cheap ...

3. Summer's Top 40 by Richard Guzman, Jon Regardie and Ryan Vaillancourt [LADowntownNews.com]
June 18, 2013

The 40 Concerts, Shows, Exhibits, Events and More That Will Dominate the Downtown [Los Angeles] Cultural Scene ...

4. Review: 'revolver' nails bull's-eye at Celebration Theatre by David C. Nichols [LATimes.com]
June 18, 2013

A potent charge of relevant provocation propels "revolver" at the Celebration Theatre. In the final production at its longtime venue, L.A.'s flagship gay theater scores a profoundly affecting bull's-eye with Chris Phillips' incisive study of violence and forgiveness, as expressed in societal, personal and even eternal terms. ...

5. California's new state budget reduces arts funding 7.6% by Mike Boehm [LATimes.com]
June 15, 2013

Arts advocates who tried to throw a touchdown bomb in Sacramento this spring were sacked for a los instead Friday as the California Legislature passed a $234-billion budgget that cuts funding for the state's arts grant-making agency 7.6%. ...

A Tony Awards roundup, and other theatre news

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

A Tony Awards roundup, and other theatre news

The stories theatre lovers have been talking about this week.

1. Takei talks 'Allegiance' in NYC by James Hebert [UTSanDiego.com]
June 11, 2013

The Tony Awards dominated the cultural news in New York this week, but it turned out they weren't the only red-carpet game in town.

On Monday night, Manhattan's landmark Stella Adler Studio of Acting hosted its annual Stella By Starlight Gala ...

2. 'War Horse' trots out a spectacle at Orpheum by Rohan Preston [StarTribune.com]
June 14, 2013

If theater is a conspiracy of imagination between actors and audience, one of this season's deepest collusions happens with "War Horse," the Tony Award winner that opened Wednesday at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre.

We can clearly see the actors as they ...

3. Of Shakespeare And Superheroes: 'Venice,' by Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, Teems With Action by Ben Brantley [Theater.NYTimes.com]
June 13, 2013

There's enough plot in Eric Rosen and Matt Sax's "Venice," the action-flooded new musical at the Public Theater, to fill a whole year in a Marvel comics series. Though it borrows some of its story from Shakespeare's "Othello" and much of its tone from apocalyptic movie blockbusters like "The Dark Knight Rises," this tale ...

4. Sackler Center First Award Recipient Julie Taymor Talks About Women in Theatre and Staying True to Her Vision by Carey Purcell [Playbill.com]
June 14, 2013

"I did play Cinderella," Julie Taymor said of her childhood performing in the Boston Children's Theatre program. "But I turned down Snow White."

This decision, made by Taymor when she realized she was always cast as the princess but really wanted to play "one of the juicy bad guys" ...

TONY AWARD ROUNDUP

Want to relive the magic of last Sunday's ceremony? Check out these links for a mixed bag of commentaries, recaps and videos from theatre's biggest night!

Tony Awards 2013, 'Kinky Boots' takes best musical title by David Ng [LATimes.com]
Neil Patrick Harris and Best Moments of the 2013 Tony Awards (VIDEO) by Kevin Fallon [TheDailyBeast.com]
Tony Awards 2013: The Complete List of Winners by TIME Staff [Entertainment.Time.com]
African-American Actors Win Big at Tonys by Barbara Chai [Blogs.WSJ.com]
Check out video from onstage, backstage and the red carpet here! [TonyAwards.com]