Casting News Obi Abili, Anthony Head and Lesley Manville are set to star in John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation at London’s Old Vic Theatre. The revival, directed by David Grindley, is set to begin performances on January 7, 2010 and open on January 19, 2010. David Suchet ( Poirot !) and Zoe Wanamaker will star in the West End revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons , according ...
Any dedicated New York theatregoer knows that actor Jim Norton has been on a roll for some time. The Irish-born performer, who now lives in New York, won praise on both sides of the Atlantic for his performance as an Irish barfly and storyteller in Conor McPherson's The Weir a decade ago. Since then he's scored an Obie Award for his work in A Dublin Carol and a Tony in 2008 for The Seafarer...
PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Bobby Steggert Bobby Steggert, who plays Younger Brother in Broadway's current musical Ragtime, fills out Playbill.com's off-beat pop culture questionnair e. Full given name: Robert Dietrich Steggert Hometown: Frederick, Maryland Zodiac sign: Pisces Audition song: First ever, and sort of appropriate now - Ahrens and Flaherty's "Larger ...
A Day in the Life of Bye Bye Birdie' s Matt Doyle , includes puppies, private school uniforms, Amy's Bread with Blake Daniel, and getting into the character of Hugo Peabody. Photos can be found here . Broadway-Bound Rap Icons Run-DMC Hit The Heights. Bill Irwin by Bill Irwin . Bill Irwin Gets Serious About Musical Comedy in Bye Bye Birdie . Photo Coverage: COURAGE IN ...
Kelli O’Hara will return to Cafe Carlyle for a two-week run of cabaret performances. The show will play September 15 through 26, acting as a warmup for her return to South Pacific on October 13. The Broadway Inspirational Voices will hold a benefit concert on October 12 at Rootstein Display Mannequins on West 19th Street. The fundraising event will be hosted by Brian Stokes Mitchell . ...
riot_cabaret and I were discussing this today, so I thought I'd post the info Playbill.com has on upcoming Broadway shows. It's going to be an exciting season! A STEADY RAIN * Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre * First Preview: Sept. 10 * Opening: Sept. 29 * Director: John Crowley * Cast: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman * A new two-character play by Keith Huff about two friends who ...
PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Lucy The Slut Lucy The Slut — star of Broadway's long-running musical Avenue Q — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits. Full given name: Lucy The Slut Hometown: None of your f#@%ing business Zodiac sign: What's the one with the crabs? That one. Audition song: Oh, sugar, I don'...
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Karina Smirnoff If Broadway hoofers think they've had to deal with a wide array of partners in their time, they should take a gander at Karina Smirnoff's resume. The "Dancing With the Stars" regular has been paired off with actor Mario López, country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, five-division world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., celebrity chef ...
No one can accuse actor Anthony Mackie of not stretching his acting muscles. In the past decade, the film actor ("The Hurt Locker," "Half Nelson," "Million Dollar Baby," "8 Mile") has taken on roles in plays by living playwrights such as Stephen Belber ( McReele ) and Tracey Scott Wilson ( The Good Negro ); contemporary takes on classic plays, such as Regina Taylor's Chekhov adaptation ...
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jennifer Westfeldt It's hard to picture the apple-cheeked, sweet-tempered Jennifer Westfeldt as a bi-polar schemer. But that's what the "Kissing Jessica Stein" star plays in Cusi Cram's A Lifetime Burnin g , Off-Broadway at Primary Stages. The ripped-from-the-headlines plot deals with Emma, the product of a privileged background, who constructs a racy ...