Broadway

Cheering Alone

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Democracy, Baseball, Bowling-Alone, Athenian Agora, Civics, Mets, La Scala, Broadway, Citi Field, New York Mets, Entertainment News

A decent seat at a ballgame will go for five, six, or seven times the price of a center orchestra seat on Broadway. This has never been true in my lifetime. For the game, this is a disaster.

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Q & A: Versatile Actor Craig Bierko Bets On A Revived Guys And Dolls

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Damon Runyon, Ron Howard, Jersey Boys, Actor, Musical Theater, Broadway, Marlon Brando, Q & A, Revival, Craig Bierko, Lauren Graham, Guys and Dolls, Oliver Platt, Boston Legal, Entertainment News

In this exclusive Q & A, Craig Bierko talks about the state of Broadway and the world.

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Broadway Theaters To Dim Lights For Ron Silver

AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ron Silver Dies, Theater, Broadway, Ron Silver, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Broadway theaters will dim their lights Wednesday in honor of actor Ron Silver who died Sunday after a two-year battle with esophagea...

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Will HBO Beam "George W. Bush's Penis" Live From Broadway?

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 04.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: 23/6: Comedy News, Will Ferrell Broadway, Male Full-Frontal Nudity, Will Ferrell, Reviews, Satire, Hbo, George W. Bush, Broadway, Nudity, Political Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

Will anyone complain if they see the reputed prick live on their TVs this Saturday night? And will HBO dare to go full-frontal during the live broadcast?

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Will Ferrell Playing George W. Bush Interviews Will Ferrell Playing George W. Bush (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 04.13.2009 | Comedy

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Will Ferrell's final night playing George W. Bush on Broadway is this Sunday, and while many of us didn't get the chance to see him in person, we can ...

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Jane Fonda (And Her Dog) Conquer Broadway

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 04.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jane Fonda, Theater, Broadway, 33 Variations, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — To meet Jane Fonda these days means first getting past her 8-pound fluffy gatekeeper. Tulea, a white Bichon-like dog, is never very ...

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Robin Williams Coming To Broadway

AP | Posted 03.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Robin Williams, Broadway, Theater, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — First Will Ferrell. Now Robin Williams is coming to Broadway this season. The comedian says he will perform his one-man show, "Weapo...

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Brad, Angelina And The Oldest Four See "The Little Mermaid"

Bauer Griffin | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Brad Pitt, Celebrity Kids, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Pax Jolie-Pitt, Theater, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Broadway, The Little Mermaid, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Entertainment News

Color us jealous. Big time. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie just took kids Zahara, Pax, Maddox, and Shiloh to see Disney's Broadway musical The Little ...

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No Agreement From Jeremy Piven Poisoning Hearing

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jeremy Piven, Mercury Poisoning, Speed the Plow, Broadway, Theater, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — No agreement has been reached in the Jeremy Piven grievance hearing. Piven appeared Thursday at the session requested by the produce...

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Jeremy Piven To Defend His Mercury Case At Hearing

NY Post | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Speed the Plow, Jeremy Piven, Mercury Poisoning, Actors' Equity Union, Entertainment News

JEREMY PIVEN is on the hook. He goes before the grievance committee of Actors' Equity tomorrow to defend his much-snickered-at claim that high levels...

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U2-Scored "Spider-Man" Gets Broadway Start Date

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Spider-Man, Spiderman, Theater, U2, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Spider-Man has conquered the movies. Now, with a little help from Julie Taymor and U2, it's Broadway's turn. "Spider-Man, Turn Off t...

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Jane Fonda's Broadway Play Picketed By Vietnam Vets

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jane Fonda, Hanoi Jane, Broadway, Theater, 33 Variations, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — It's been decades, but Jane Fonda still can't shake her "Hanoi Jane" image from the Vietnam War. About a dozen Vietnam veterans and ...

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Will Ferrell's Play Recoups Investment, Breaks Records

New York Times | Posted 03.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Will Ferrell, You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, Entertainment News

Will Ferrell's "You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W Bush" has recouped its original investment of $2.09 million, one of the show's pro...

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James Gandolfini Preps For Broadway Debut

NY Daily News | Posted 03.24.2009 | Home

Read More: God of Carnage, James Gandolfini, Theater, Broadway, The Sopranos, Home News

James Gandolfini had people praying for their lives on a regular basis as mobster Tony Soprano. But to land a role in Broadway's "God of Carnage," wh...

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How George Bush's Penis Made It to Broadway

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Broadway, Penis, Will Ferrell, Will Ferrell Broadway Penis Photo, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell Penis, Entertainment News, You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, Politics News

Now, you may have just heard, Bush's penis has made it to Broadway -- and it opened "huge" this week. Now the question is, will it be "extended"? And how did it get there?

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Penis Photo Causes Walkouts At Will Ferrell's Bush Broadway Show

New York Times | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Penis, Broadway, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell Penis, Will Ferrell, You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, Will Ferrell Broadway Penis Photo, Entertainment News

So far six audience members have stormed out midperformance of the Broadway show "You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush," the comed...

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Will Ferrell's Broadway Debut: The Reviews Are In!

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy

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USA Today's critic stands out among early reviews as one of the few who didn't enjoy this instant nostalgia ride into political absurdity, calling it a "witless, pointless spectacle." Ouch.

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Will Ferrell Opens On Broadway

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Will Ferrell, Broadway, You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Already feeling masochistically nostalgic for the misadventures of the previous presidential administration? You can relive those ei...

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Condi Lap Dance Steals Will Ferrell's Bush Show

Daily News | By JOANNA MOLLOY and MEREDITH KOLODNER | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Pia Glenn, Will Ferrell, Condoleezza Rice, You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, Entertainment News

Will Ferrell's spoof of former President George Bush may be the hottest ticket in town, but it's a lap-dancing Condoleezza Rice - and her red panties ...

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Third Screen: David Henry Hwang on Defining Yourself in a Shifting World

Vickie Karp | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Interviews, Playwriting, Americans, Chinese Culture, Theatre, Broadway, Elton John, French, Theater, Plays, Madame Butterfly, Playwright, David Henry Hwang, Timothy Rice, Happiness, Obama Celebration, Entertainment News

DHH: Theater is uniquely positioned to address issues of community simply because it's not mass media. I do some work in theater. I do some work in film and television.

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A Piven-less 'Speed-the-Plow' Gets Raves

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, William H. Macy, Broadway, Jeremy Piven, Speed-the-Plow, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Well, there's an upside to Jeremy Piven's highly publicized departure last month from the Broadway revival of "Speed-the-Plow." David...

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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Heading To The Stage

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Theater, Thriller, Broadway, James Nederlander, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — "Thriller" a Broadway musical? Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson'...

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New York Times Slams Mary Louise Parker's 'Hedda Gabler'

New York Times | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hedda Gabler, Mary-Louise Parker, Broadway, Entertainment News

Leave it to that perversely insightful Hedda Gabler to put her finger on what ails the new production of the play that bears her name. In the second a...

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