In the last few weeks we have caught up with Sarah Paulson several times, at The Miracle Worker opening, A Behanding In Spokane opening, and lastnight at the 2010 Glaad Awards.
Paulson talked about her new Broadway show Collected Stories and her co-star Linda Lavin, and how much she loved Time Stands Still on Broadway, and why she is obsessed with the Real Housewives of New York City star Jill Zarin.
Edward Norton has starred in movies like Fight Club, American History X, and The Incredible Hulk, but did you know at heart he is a theater guy who just wants to do amazing work.
Norton spoke with us at the 2010 Signature Theatre Company’s Annual Gala.
We were quite surprised when we learned Norton’s love of theater and keeping the arts alive, it really was a breathe of fresh air to have a great actor who has been in some really amazing movies talk candidly to us about his love for theater and the work he is doing in Times Square in getting a new theater center opened.
If you haven’t watched White Collar on USA Networks you most certainly need to!
Matt Bomer stars as Neal Caffrey, a sexy con-man who is using his bad skills to do good.
Lastnight we spoke with Bomer(who is an amazingly nice guy) at the 2010 USA Network and Vanity Fair Character Approved Honorees Gala, he told us about a new Broadway workshop he is getting ready for…watch to find out more.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- On February 28, 1991, the Cameron Mackintosh-produced Les Miserables began previews at the Broadway Theatre with Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean and Terrance Mann as Javert.
The show was already a hit in London and Paris, and the Broadway run followed suit, lasting for sixteen years and winning eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Plus, the show was given an honorary loaf of bread from the now defunct Broadway Bakers Association Of The Performing Arts And Sciences.
Celebrate by making plans to catch famous Les Miserables star Lea Salonga at The Carlyle this March in New York City. We will.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Happy 78th birthday, Elizabeth Taylor! The icon was born on February 27, 1932 in London, England. Ms. Taylor first appeared on Broadway in Mr. Wonderful with Sammy Davis Junior. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in The Little Foxes, and famously appeared on Broadway with sometime husband Richard Burton in Noel Coward’s Private Lives.
Of course, Elizabeth Taylor did her part to bring great playwrights to the big screen too. She won an Oscar for her role as Martha in the film adaptation of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, as well as a nomination for playing Maggie in the film version of Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- Schuyler Velasco, Broadway Magazine
Celebrate the Birthday of Broadway’s Elizabeth Taylor with us on Twitter. No cake, but some singing.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE - On February 26, 1891, Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler premiered in Oslo, Norway. Iben’s work ushered in the era of modern drama, and his ill-fated heroine has been played by scores of famous actresses, including Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Annette Bening, Cate Blanchett, and Mary-Louise Parker in the most recent Broadway production. For more on Hedda click here.
An avid snowboarder, Henrik Ibsen would’ve loved the winter Olympics. Our guess is Hedda would’ve fared well in the Cross-Country Skeet shooting or Manuscript Burning competitions.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Ah, a weekend in the country…On February 25, 1973, Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre, starring Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, and Patricia Elliot. Critics embraced the quiet, complex little show, which won six Tony Awards including Best Musical.
A revival of A Little Night Music, starring Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones, opened in December 2009 and is currently running on Broadway, and was featured in the January issue of Broadway Magazine. Earning rave reviews and performing well at the box office, it is another jewel in the crown of Stephen Sondheim.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- On February 24, 1999, Julie Taymor’s musical adaptation of The Lion King received a Grammy award for Best Musical Show Album. The show also nabbed five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Director of a Musical for Taymor, the first woman in history to win the award. The Lion King is still running at the Minskoff Theatre, and remains the ninth longest-running Broadway show of all time. Read more about the show here.
Taymor’s new musical Spiderman Turn Off the Dark, with music and lyrics by U2’s Bono and The Edge, is scheduled to open this season eventually.
–Schuyler Velasco, Broadway Magazine
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BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Put all your Martin McDonough behanding plays end to end, and he still couldn’t hold a candle to the rich theatrical flair and violence of the Jacobean playwrights (no pun intended). Tonight, The Red Bull Theater starts its limited run of bad boy Johnny Webster’s The Duchess Of Malfi, a Jacobean gem. No other company has the capacity or successful track record of mining the rich theatrical drama and macabre humor of the Jacobean plays. The Red Bull finds the pulse and spills the blood.
With a cast that includes Broadway regulars and director Jesse Berger at the helm, this Duchess Of Malfi is sure to shock, awe and delight. If you’ve never seen the Red Bull magic, be sure to check out this limited run.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.redbulltheater.comor by phone at 212/352-3101.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Star Carrie Fisher, turned author, turned Broadway star in Wishful Drinking, has now turned debt collector as she chases down $60,000 she alleges are owed her by Broadway producer Jonathan Reinis. The whole story unfolds in the gleeful column of Michael Reidel of The New York Post.
With a few million at stake for a potential tour, it looks like some agreement will be worked out before it goes to court.
However, The One Trial Of Carrie Fisher could be a very funny show.
Ms. Fisher has other plans, according to the Post article. When asked if she’d ever work with Jonathan Reinis again, she is quoted as saying “If he wants to cast me in the title role for the nude musical ‘Apocalypse Now: On ICE,’ I’m in.”
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Happy 78th birthday, Elizabeth Taylor! The icon was born on February 27, 1932 in London, England. Ms. Taylor first appeared on Broadway in Mr. Wonderful with Sammy Davis Junior. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in The Little Foxes, and famously appeared on Broadway with sometime husband Richard Burton in Noel Coward’s Private Lives.
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- On February 24, 1999, Julie Taymor’s musical adaptation of 
BROADWAY MAGAZINE- Star Carrie Fisher, turned author, turned Broadway star in Wishful Drinking, has now turned debt collector as she chases down $60,000 she alleges are owed her by Broadway producer Jonathan Reinis. The whole story unfolds in the gleeful column of 
