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Christian Borle

Kinky Boots: High Kicks for Everyone

Regina Weinreich | Posted 06.07.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Kinky Boots, Billy Porter, Glenn Close, Christine Baranski, Joan Rivers, Annaleigh Ashford, Jerry Mitchell, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Carson Kressley, Liz Smith, Harvey Fierstein, Maria Bartilroma, Stark Sands, Mario Cantone, Cyndi Lauper, Fern Mallis, Iris Love, Christian Borle, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Here is a musical on Broadway with a philosophy a girl can love: Kinky Boots starts with a rousing tribute "The Most Beautiful Thing," to shoes.

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TV's Smash Seems Doomed, But The Show Deserves a Third Season

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 06.02.2013 | TV
Read More: Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Slings & Arrows, Smash, Jack Davenport, Christian Borle, NBC Shows, Broadway Musicals, TV News
Susan Dormady Eisenberg

I'm sorry Smash didn't morph into a "smash hit," but the showrunner has announced that all of season two will be shown and the finale will be satisfying to the show's fans. To be honest, I'm still hoping for a third season which this program deserves.

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Cast And Producers Talk 'Smash' Season 2

The Huffington Post | Laura Prudom | Posted 01.06.2013 | TV
Read More: Jeremy Jordan, Christian Borle, TV Canada, Katherine Mcphee, Andy Mientus, Anjelica Huston, Jennifer Hudson, Tca 2013, Jack Davenport, Josh Safran, Smash Season 2, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, Smash Nbc, Smash, Nbc, TV News

"Smash" hit the stage at NBC's Television Critics Association winter press tour presentation Sunday, and the cast and creative team (including new sho...

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See Ya Never, 'Peter'

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 08.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Christian Borle, Broadway, Theater, Christian Borle Smash, Smash, Peter and the Starcatcher, Christian Borle Peter and the Starcatcher, Home News

NEW YORK — The time is ticking on catching Christian Borle in his Tony Award-winning pirate ways. The actor will be leaving "Peter and the Star...

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The Tonys and Other Theater Awards

Regina Weinreich | Posted 08.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Hugh Dancy, Venus in Fur, Laura Benanti, Other Desert Cities, Adam Driver, Audra McDonald, Jessica Chastain, Peter and the Starcatcher. Mario Cantone, Clybourne Park, Christopher Plummer, Drama Desk Awards, Nina Arianda, Tonys, Judy Kaye, Anna Chlumsky, Kim Tracie Bennett. James Corden, Lucille Lortel Awards, The Drama League, Richard Frankel, Tribes, Kim Martin-Cotton, Once, Michael McGrath, Christian Borle, Tony Awards 2012, Home News
Regina Weinreich

When they get their statues and say how much they love being part of the theater community, believe them. The love is real, the people genuinely grounded by the work.

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Tony Awards: The (Next) Movie?

Mark Juddery | Posted 07.29.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: The Producers, Chicago, Wicked, Glen Hansard, Rock of Ages, Leap of Faith, The Book of Mormon, Tony Awards, Theater, Broadway, Musicals, Hollywood, Peter and the Starcatcher, New York, Newsies, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Oscars, Once, Slidepollajax, Christian Borle, George Gershwin, Matthew Broderick, Entertainment News
Mark Juddery

Though Hollywood doesn't make musicals as much as they used to, they still look to Broadway for possible hits. So what will be the next hit movie musical?

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Chris Harnick

'Smash' Stars Talk Season 1 Cliffhanger, Season 2 Changes

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Harnick | Posted 05.15.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Christian Borle, Video, Bombshell, Smash Season 1 Finale, Upfronts 2012-2013, Smash Finale, Smash Season 2, Reality Free, Megan Hilty, Marilyn Monroe Musical, TV Spoilers, Smash, Nbc, TV News

On the "Smash" finale, Megan Hilty's character Ivy Lynn was [SPOILER ALERT] last seen with a handful of pills in her hand as Katharine McPhee's Karen ...

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The Many Scarves Of 'Smash'

The Huffington Post | Chris Harnick | Posted 05.08.2012 | TV
Read More: Christian Borle, TV Canada, Video, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, Uma Thurman, Smash Scarves, Slideexpand, Katharne Mcphee, Smash Nbc, Reality-Free, Smash, Nbc, TV News

"Smash" has given us so much: Wonderful songs, terribly uneven storylines and scarves. So many scarves. As noted almost weekly in Christopher Rosen...

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Couch Potato: NBC's 'Smash' Closes in on So-Bad-Its-Good

David Finkle | Posted 06.23.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Uma Thurman, Jack Davenport, Nbc, Katharine McPhee, Broadway, Theresa Rebeck, Marc Shaiman, Marilyn Monroe, Anjelica Huston, Actors Studio, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, Smash, Scott Wittman, Lee Strasberg, Christian Borle, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Now that 11 episodes have run, I'd say the so-bad-it's-good prediction has just about materialized.

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The 'Preposterous' Prequel To Peter Pan

Regina Weinreich | Posted 06.16.2012 | Home
Read More: Christian Borle, Rick Elice, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Ridley Pearson, Adam Chanler-Berat, Donayle Werle, Jeff Croiter, Alex Timbers, Paloma Young, Dave Barry, Roger Rees, Peter and the Starcatcher, Wayne Roger Rees, Home News
Regina Weinreich

Perhaps the most inventively preposterous play ever to hit Broadway is the prequel to the Peter Pan story, Peter and the Starcatcher, at the Brooks Atkinson Theater.

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Maggie Furlong

Do The Stars Of 'Smash' Think The Right Actress Got The Part?

HuffingtonPost.com | Maggie Furlong | Posted 02.13.2012 | TV
Read More: Marilyn Monroe, TV Canada, Christian Borle, Video, Raza Jaffrey, Jack Davenport, Drama, Broadway, Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Uma Thurman, Smash Nbc, Jaime Cepero, Smash, Nbc, Maggie Furlong, TV News

Did you watch Episode 2 of "Smash"? Are you freaking out just a little bit, or do you think the right actress got the part? [Note: If you haven't w...

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Maggie Furlong

'Smash' Scoop: Cast Talks Guest Stars, Marilyn & More!

HuffingtonPost.com | Maggie Furlong | Posted 04.02.2012 | TV
Read More: Christian Borle, Canada Tv, Raza Jaffrey, Katharine McPhee, Marc Shaiman, Smash Nbc, TV Spoilers, Jaime Cepero, Interview, Smash, TV Canada, Video, Anjelica Huston, Jack Davenport, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty, Slidepollajax, Scott Wittman, Nbc, Maggie Furlong, TV News

"Smash" is poised to be just that: A hit for NBC, all about the making of a Marilyn Monroe Broadway musical. With two very different, very talented ac...

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Since Disney Has Yet to Make Her a Princess, Megan Hilty Settles for Being a Fairy

Jim Hill | Posted 01.16.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Wicked, Disney Channel, Pixie Hollow Games, Dorothy of Oz, Disney Princess, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Nbc, Broadway, Glinda, Oz, Bernadette Peters, Animation, Neverland, Brian D'Arcy James, Marilyn Monroe, Nick Jonas, Disney Fairies, Shrek the Third, Kristen Chenoweth, Tv Special, 9 to 5, China Princess, Disney, Msuical, Megan Hilty, Bob Greenblatt, Smash, Christian Borle, Snow White, Angelica Huston, Entertainment News
Jim Hill

Some people complain about the commute that they have for work. But not Megan Hilty. Of course, if your work took you from Oz to Broadway to Neverlan...

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First Nighter: Tony Kushner's Angels in America Flies on Gossamer Wings

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Billy Porter, Clint Ramos, St. Vincent's Hospital, Robin Weigert, Milllennium Approaches, Frank Wood, Wendall K. Harrington, Signature Theatre Company, Joe Jr., Angels in America, Zoe Kazan, Robin Bartlett, Michael Greif, Ken Travis, Mark Wendland, Zachary Quinto, Ben Stanton, Perestroika, Contemporary Theater, Roy Cohn, Tony Kushner, Paul Rubin, Bill Heck, Twin Towers, Aids, Christian Borle, Ethel Rosenberg, Arts News
David Finkle

Angels in America remains superlative theater-going and a spectacular achievement.

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A Hedge Fund Show Tune: Ditty Lampoons Magnetar's 'Betting Against The American Dream' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Christian Borle, Planet Money, Cdos, Magnetar Trade, Credit Default Swaps, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Propublica, Robert Lopez, John Treacy Eagan, Magnetar, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, This American Life, Housing Bubble, Video, Business News

As part of their segment this week on the hedge fund Magnetar, This American Life and Planet Money asked Broadway composer Robert Lopez to write a sho...

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Do Business Schools See Why CDOs Are Compared to "Springtime for Hitler"?

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Cdos, Subprime Mortgages, Harvard Business School, This American Life, Propublica, Wall Street Journal, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Housing Bubble, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Magnetar Trade, John Treacy Eagan, Housing Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Business News, Planet Money, Robert Lopez, Christian Borle, Magnetar, Financial Crisis, Business News
David Fiderer

New reporting offers hard evidence that Magnetar, a hedge fund group based in Chicago, had designed a series of subprime mezzanine CDOs that were all but guaranteed to fail.

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