Playbill.com reports that the extended production of Broadway’s The Important of Being Earnest is welcoming three new cast members. Brian Murray, Jayne Houdyshell and Jessie Austrian will replace Paxton Whitehead, Dana Ivey and Sara Topham, respectively, in the roles of Rev. Chasuble, Miss Prism and Gwendolen Fairfax. Ivey, Whitehead and Topham will play their final [...]
Theater patrons have found something important within the lines of the Oscar Wilde comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, as it has just been granted a 17-week extension at the American Airlines Theater on Broadway in New York City. According to Playbill.com, the limited engagement has been extended through July 13. The production stars a [...]
Audible are only soft blues and scratches. A single subject is attempted by seventeen artists arranged in a circle, using pencils, pastels, and paint. There is a small bench in the middle of them, where a subject, a dance instructor in workout clothes, sits looking toward the ceiling. Some artists are captivated by her graceful [...]
Finding the most imposing tattoo designs is not an easy task. You can go from website to website in a fruitless search. You would find mostly the same designs on most of these sites. And you can actually make a bad mistake by settling for one of them. “Close enough” is never good enough. Think [...]
Finding the most imposing tattoo designs is not an easy task. You can go from website to website in a fruitless search. You would find mostly the same designs on most of these sites. And you can actually make a bad mistake by settling for one of them. “Close enough” is never good enough. Think [...]
Theater fans in Washington, D.C. are to be treated to one of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpieces in May and June, provided those fans act fast to reserve Follies tickets. Follies first debuted on Broadway in the early 1970s. The original show drew multiple awards and nominations, and many revivals have followed. Now, the show is set [...]
Even audiences who aren’t normally fans of theater will find familiar faces in the upcoming Broadway production of Fat Pig. Fat Pig is a play from Neil LaBute, a Tony Award nominee who is no stranger to having his shows on Broadway. The Broadway production of Fat Pig is set to begin on April 12 [...]
Finding the most imposing tattoo designs is not an easy task. You can go from website to website in a fruitless search. You would find mostly the same designs on most of these sites. And you can actually make a bad mistake by settling for one of them. “Close enough” is never good enough. Think [...]
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has evolved into quite the production, becoming one of Broadway’s must-see shows. In an interview with Playbill.com, one of the show’s creators, U2 frontman Bono, emphasized the excitement over his and The Edge’s Broadway debut, and how they feel that they are still small potatoes when it comes to the [...]
Magic tricks are among the best activities that can help you entertain guests, amaze friends and surprise family members. Of course, having some skills in doing magic can also help you attract women if you are a guy. Of course, women love to be with guys who can make them laugh and who can amuse [...]
Mind control is one of the most intriguing concepts that has baffled many people over time. Most often, this display of mind control power is shown in entertainment and magic shows and some may even claim that they have been swindled through mind control. Of course, this practice is something that you may define as [...]
Mind control is often a subject that draws a mix of reactions but of course, it is also one of the things that can help you do some amazing things like the ones you probably see performed by magicians and those who claimed to have mind control that they are able to do things that [...]
Mamma Mia! The Musical has become a smash hit on Broadway and around the world thanks to its engaging story and impressive musical score, which features the works of ABBA. Recently Playbill.com interviewed actress Lisa Brescia, who currently has the role of Donna Sheridan in the Broadway production. Brescia has a long list of credentials [...]
Green Day frontman Billie Joel Armstrong is leaving the Broadway production of the band’s hit musical American Idiot for a week, but don’t worry, the show is in good hands. Broadway.com reports that Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge will fill in for Armstrong, who is also the show’s composer, as American Idiot’s menacing drug dealer St. [...]
Spider-Man the Musical is welcoming a new villainous lady to the cast as Natalie Mendoza makes her exit from her role as Arachne. Mendoza suffered a concussion during an onstage performance in December. T.V. Carpio has been tapped to fill the shoes of Arachne and she already has plenty of experience in the part as [...]
Wicked tickets have remained among the best-selling theater tickets since the show’s debut back in 2003, and now it seems as if ABC is looking to cash in on the Broadway favorite. Broadway World reports that ABC President Paul Lee recently gushed about a forthcoming Wicked miniseries, saying, “It’s epic, it’s romantic, and it’s very [...]
Broadway is easily the most prestigious place for theater in North America. The shows on Broadway are a mix of long-running classics, up-and-coming new shows and proven revivals. The upcoming staging of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying fits into the latter category. The Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without [...]
Angels in America, Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play in two parts, has been extended at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre Company’s Peter Norton Space, and Playbill.com reveals that Keira Keely and Sofia Jean Gomez have joined the cast. The production was originally scheduled to run through Dec. 1, 2010, but theatergoers can now get Angels in America [...]
When the musical South Pacific first debuted in the late 1940s, it was far ahead of its time. During that time in American history, racial segregation was still a part of the culture and racism was rampant. Many anti-interracial marriage laws were on the books and would remain for nearly two more decades. In the [...]
Broadway is the testing ground for theater shows trying to make a name for themselves in the world. A saying about New York City goes, “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” and that saying proves perhaps the truest when applied to Broadway. Many shows have crashed and burned on their [...]
