Friday, April 30, 2010

Ailey Company Names New Director Draft

New York Times (blog) - Daniel J. Wakin - ‎Apr 28, 2010‎
Andrea Mohin/The New York Times Robert Battle, the new artistic director designate of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, ...

Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Cairo Time

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
Canadian writer/director Ruba Nadda was holding her breath when her film Cairo Time had its US premiere during the Tribeca Film Festival. ...

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 24-30: A Five-Show Finish to the ...

Playbill.com - Robert Simonson - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Next week, the Tony Award nominations will be announced. That means that this week there was the usual mad rush to open Broadway shows ...

Don't sit on the fence, Denzel - bring this great show to London

Daily Mail - Baz Bamigboye - ‎15 hours ago‎
Denzel Washington is in the early stages of discussions about bringing the Broadway production of Fences, in which he and leading lady ...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Behind the scenes with a Broadway witch

Yale Daily News - Esther Zuckerman - ‎18 hours ago‎
Q. What is your ultimately goal in terms of acting and singing and doing Broadway shows? A. You kind of get wrapped up in “Wicked” and it's sort of strange ...

Apollo Theater exhibit in DC shows stars' legacy

The Associated Press - Brett Zongker - ‎4 hours ago‎
The not-yet-built National Museum of African American History and Culture is bringing New York's Harlem to the nation's capital with the first-ever exhibit ...

Camilla Belle: Metropolitan Opera Magnificent

Just Jared (blog) - ‎Apr 12, 2010‎
Camilla Belle goes strapless at the Metropolitan Opera gala premiere of Armida at NYC's Metropolitan Opera House on Monday (April 12). ...

The stars go to the Opera in New York

Elle UK - Emma Sells - ‎Apr 13, 2010‎
Last night The Metropolitan Opera in New York held a premiere of 'Armida', and Chloe Sevigny, Maggie Gyllenhaal and ...

The Metropolitan Opera Presents 'Der Fliegende Holländer', 4/23-5/14

Broadway World - ‎7 hours ago‎
The opera is considered to be the first of Wagner's fully formed and mature works, drawing on some of his favored themes; the suffering romantic outsider ...

Monday, April 19, 2010

LA CAGE BACK OPEN APRIL 18

Open Up Your Closet: La Cage aux Folles Revival Opens on Broadway April 18

Playbill.com - Andrew Gans - ‎Apr 17, 2010‎
Stage and screen star Kelsey Grammer is Georges opposite the Albin of Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge in the new Broadway mounting of the ...

Met's Tosca gets good reviews

A tweaked 'Tosca' really sings

New York Post - ‎Apr 16, 2010‎
Oh, what a difference the details make -- and the right cast and conductor. This season's biggest bomb, Luc Bondy's production of "Tosca," has blossom