Reviewing the Drama: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Ballet, Movies and TV Reviews

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PAGE TO SCREEN Academy Award winner LEONARDO DICAPRIO (The Revenant ) is set to star in a film adaptation of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI, a David G...

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The nominations for the 69th Emmy Awards have been announced. The main event is scheduled for Sunday, September 17, on CBS. Herein, nominees in some categories. For the full list of nominees, h...

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(Scroll down for news about Oscar Isaac and his Hamlet co-star, Keegan-Michael Key.) JOSH GROBAN ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE This week, Josh Groban teased a coffee table book, STAGE TO STAGE:...

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CASTING NEWS JAKE GYLLENHAAL (Sunday in the Park with George ) is set to re-team with his Nightcrawler collaborators, actress RENE RUSSO and writer/director DAN GILROY, for an untitled film ...

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NEW FOO FIGHTERS ALBUM Foo Fighters are releasing a new album, CONCRETE AND GOLD, this fall!!! Set for release on September 15, the album, the band's ninth, will be supported by a national to...

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BRUCE ON BROADWAY This is not a drill. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is coming to Broadway. I repeat: Bruce Springsteen is coming to Broadway!!! The Boss will bring a scaled down version of his (amazing...

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The Wild West is an iconic American place and time, and the tall tale is a uniquely American storytelling device so, naturally, playwright KIRSTEN CHILDS uses both to tell an American story t...

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The winners for the 71st annual Tony Awards have been announced and feted! The full list of winners is below, beginning with the big four categories. Thereafter are the winners in the play ca...

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CASTING NEWS Following last week's announcement of the ART production of JAGGED LITTLE PILL, inspired by the Alanis Morissette album, this week we learned Tony winner IDINA MENZEL (Rent, Wic...

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No matter who you are, you're somebody's daughter and, for better or for worse, that means someone has expectations of you and you have either an example to follow or expectations to rebel ag...

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COMING TO THE BOARDS REGIONAL—There's a stage adaptation of ALANIS MORISSETTE's JAGGED LITTLE PILL in the works, and it's premiering at American Repertory Theater (in Massachusetts) next yea...

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CASTING NEWS NYCB principal dancer SARA MEARNS will appear as a guest artist in the Matthew Bourne ballet adaptation of THE RED SHOES, which will play at New York's City Center this fall. Mea...

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IT'S AN HONOR LILLY AWARDS—Tony nominee DENEE BENTON (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 ) and others are among this year's Lilly Award honorees. These awards recognize women's co...

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MARK RYLANCE SETS BROADWAY RETURN The three-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner will return to Broadway this winter. Rylance (Twelfth Night , Bridge of Spies) leads the cast of ...

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The New York City Ballet Here/Now Festival continues, and on Saturday, May 6, I got to see program five, which includes the newest from Alexei Ratmansky, Odessa. Herein, some notes about all ...

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Scroll down for some exciting news about these grand dames. COMING UP ATLANTIC THEATER 2017-2018 SEASON—The Atlantic Theater Company has announced its 2017-2018 season. In addition to...

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The nominees for the 71st annual Tony Awards have been announced. The full list of nominees is below, beginning with the big four categories. Thereafter are the nominees in the play categorie...

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Helping to kick off New York City Ballet's Here and Now Festival, which celebrates modern choreographers' works, was an all-Wheeldon program. During the evening, fans got to watch four ballet...

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History was made at New York City Ballet on Thursday (April 27) night as the venerable dance company presented its first–ever all–Peck program, an evening dedicated to ballet's golden boy...

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TONY AWARDS Lots of Tony Awards news. In a long-overdue decision, the Tony Awards Administration Committee  has decided to REINSTATE THE BEST SOUND DESIGN CATEGORIES, which had been elimina...

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In 1879, Nora slammed the door on Torvald, and it shocked Victorian readers and, soon thereafter, audiences world-wide. A Doll's House catapulted HENRIK IBSEN into the international spotligh...

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Carousel REVIVAL TO HIT BROADWAY IN 2018 A revival of the RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN musical Carousel will bow on Broadway in spring 2018, officially opening at a theatre to be announced on Ma...

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NEW YORK CITY BALLET 2017-2018 SEASON NYCB teased the 2017-2018 season, which will be headlined by a centennial tribute to JEROME ROBBINS, one of the company's founding choreographers. 19 Rob...

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There has been unrest in the Middle East since Isaac and Ishmael , and various diplomatic efforts have tried to curb the carnage. In September 1993, the Oslo Accords represented the first-eve...

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