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‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Jim Parsons Takes Broadway Stage With ‘The Normal Heart’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 7, 2011 @ 12:47pm PSTTags: Broadway, Jim Parsons, Lee Pace
Mike Fleming

New York, NY – Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Emmy Award nominee Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”) and Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”) have joined the cast of Larry Kramer’s ground-breaking play, The Normal Heart. In their Broadway debuts, Pace will play Bruce Niles and Parsons will play Tommy Boatwright, joining the previously announced Joe Mantello as Ned Weeks, Ellen Barkin as Dr. Emma Brookner and John Benjamin Hickey as Felix Turner. Joel Grey will direct the production, which begins its limited 12-week engagement on Tuesday, April 19 at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), with an official opening night set for Wednesday, April 27.

The story of a city in denial, The Normal Heart unfolds like a real-life political thriller — as a tight-knit group of friends refuses to let doctors, politicians and the press bury the truth of an unspoken epidemic behind a wall of silence. First produced by Joseph Papp at New York’s Public Theater, the play was a critical sensation and a seminal moment in theater history. So ahead of its time was this play that many of the core issues it addresses – including gay marriage, the healthcare system and, of course, AIDS – are just as relevant today as they were when it first premiered.

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Feds Fine ‘Spider-Man – Broadway’ Production Company For Cast Injuries

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday March 4, 2011 @ 6:09pm PSTTags: Broadway, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 8 Legged Productions LLC, the production company for the Broadway stage production of “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark,” three serious violations of workplace safety

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Hot ‘SNL’ Parody: ‘Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 9:43am PSTTags: Broadway, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Video, SNL, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man Musical Safety, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theater, Video
Mike Fleming

Early this morning, Deadline ran a clip of Saturday Night Live’s fun commercial parody dealing with injury lawsuits suffered by cast an audience of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. In case you missed it, it’s worth a watch:

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Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ Gets New Baddie

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 3, 2011 @ 9:17pm PSTTags: Broadway, Natalie Mendoza, Spider-Man Accident, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, T.V. Carpio
Mike Fleming

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has a replacement for Natalie Mendoza, who left the role of Arachne after suffering a concussion. The role went to T.V. Carpio, an actress who has worked for director Julie Taymor in the film Across the Universe and who made her Broadway debut in Rent. … Read More »

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Spider-Man: Spinning Web Of Drama, Or Spinning Out Of Control?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 29, 2010 @ 3:33am PSTTags: Broadway, Natalie Mendoza, Spider-Man Musical Safety, Spider-Man Musical Stunts, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Mike Fleming

The saga of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark continues to spin a web of intrigue that has little to do with building positive momentum toward its February opening. The saddest development is that Natalie Mendoza, poised to make her … Read More »

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‘Spider-Man’ Takes Another Night Off

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 22, 2010 @ 4:29pm PSTTags: Broadway, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Accident, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical Safety, Spider-Man Musical Stunts, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theater
Mike Fleming

It’s another dark night at Broadway’s Foxwood Theatre for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. After a cancelled performance Tuesday, previews were supposed to resume tonight but the stage crew and performers took an extra day to incorporate the extra safety procedures designed to eliminated the variables that led to an … Read More »

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‘Driving Miss Daisy’ Takes Express Lane To Recoupment

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 11:44am PSTTags: Broadway, Theater
Mike Fleming

While all the focus today is on the woes of the mega-budget Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, here’s a little positive stage news: the Broadway production of Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Driving Miss Daisy has recouped its $2.6 million … Read More »

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‘Spider-Man’s’ Broadway Bow Delayed Until February 7

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 17, 2010 @ 8:36am PSTTags: Bono, Broadway, Julie Taymor, Spider-Man Broadway, Spider-Man Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theater
Mike Fleming

As expected, the much-troubled Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark has delayed its opening night from January 11, 2011 to Monday, February 7. The $65 million musical, which has found itself more under a microscope than just about any Broadway-bound musical … Read More »

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On Broadway: Jennifer Jason Leigh in ‘House Of Blue Leaves,’ Lee Daniels Ponders ‘Scottsboro Boys’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 3, 2010 @ 8:46am PSTTags: Ben Stiller, Broadway, David Cromer, Edie Falco, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lee Daniels, Scott Rudin, The House of Blue Leaves, Theater
Mike Fleming

leigh-tt1Jennifer Jason Leigh has been set to join Ben Stiller and Edie Falco in the Broadway revival of The House Of Blue Leaves, the John Guare play that will be directed by David Cromer. Scott Rudin is producing, with previews … Read More »

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News From Broadway…

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 10, 2010 @ 7:10am PSTTags: Broadway, Kelsey Grammer, Theater
Mike Fleming

Harvey Fierstein, who won the 1984 Tony Award for writing the book for the musical La Cage Aux Folles, is taking a lead in the show for the very first … Read More »

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Kiefer Sutherland In Broadway Stage Turn

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 2, 2010 @ 6:15am PDTTags: Brian Cox, Broadway, Chris Noth, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Movies, Theater
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: The Shubert Organization has announced cast on this. Joining Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Cox will be Jim Gaffigan (playing George Sikowski), Chris Noth (playing Phil Romano), and Jason Patric (playing Tom Daley). They haven’t yet set a theater.

EARLIER: Last time Kiefer Sutherland was hanging around New York, he was here saving the world as Jack Bauer in the final season of the Fox series 24. Sutherland is coming back to town, this time to star in a revival of the Jason Miller play That Championship Season. He’ll star alongside Brian Cox, with Gregory Mosher directing. Rehearsals start in January for a February 10, 2011 opening. The play is about four guys who come for a reunion with their high school hoops coach 20 years after they won the state championship. The players have all stayed in touch the coach (Cox) but never really achieved their career goals in life. The reunion might be their last, and secrets spill. Sutherland will play the role of James Daley, a local junior high school principal. The original play debuted in 1972 and won both the Tony Award and Pulitizer Prize the following year. Read More »

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‘Carrie’ Back Again On Broadway: But Why?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday October 6, 2010 @ 5:12am PDTTags: Broadway, Carrie, Stephen King, Theater
Mike Fleming

The revamp is set for the Lucille Lortel Theatre for 2011-2012, and director Stafford Arima (Ragtime and Altar Boyz) is promising new songs and material. But this MCC Theater announcement that it plans to retool and relaunch the musical Carrie … Read More »

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Broadway Bound: Ben Stiller & Edie Falco

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 29, 2010 @ 2:44pm PDTTags: Ben Stiller, Broadway, Edie Falco, Movie Stars on Broadway, Scott Rudin, The House of Blue Leaves, Theater, Theater Deals
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The latest in a parade of major stars being drawn to the Broadway stage: Ben Stiller and Edie Falco are making deals to star on Broadway next spring in The House of Blue Leaves, a revival of John Guare’s seminal stage play. Mark your calendar for an opening date of next spring, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, with Scott Rudin producing. For Stiller in particular, the stage turn is a homecoming. He made his Broadway debut in the 1986 revival of The House of Blue Leaves, a play that originated off-Broadway in 1971. This time, he’ll play the male lead role of Artie Shaughnessy, a frustrated zookeeper who dreams of making it big as a songwriter. The play takes place in 1965 on a day that Pope Paul VI is visiting New York. Falco will play his wife, Bananas, a schizophrenic who is headed for a mental institution. The play takes place in their Queens home. It is a 60s-centric storyline, with political bombings and the Vietnam War among the plot developments, but the 1986 production won the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival. Read More »

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And In NYC Stage And Publishing Deals…

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 17, 2010 @ 9:45am PDTTags: Broadway, Jonathan Franzen, Jonathan Franzen Freedom, New York Theater, Nicole Kidman, Sweet Bird of Youth
Mike Fleming

I have been so consumed with the deal flow at the Toronto Film Festival that I’ve let stage and publishing languish. Worth noting:

– Ace theater columnist Michael Riedel has a scoop that Nicole Kidman will return to Broadway for the first time since The Blue Room in a revival of Tennessee … Read More »

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White House To Celebrate Broadway

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday July 14, 2010 @ 7:11pm PDTTags: Audra McDonald, Brian D'Arcy James, Broadway, Idina Menzel, Karen Olivo, Nathan Lane

white_houseThe White House has just announced that next Monday WETA is taping for broadcast on PBS on October 20th “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” featuring performances by major Broadway artists and new talent presenting selections from American … Read More »

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‘Wicked’ To Cast Movie Spell For Universal: Creators Meeting With Hollywood Directors

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 9, 2010 @ 3:59pm PDTTags: Alice in Wonderland, Broadway, Directors, Fairy Tales, James Mangold, JJ Abrams, Mamma Mia!, Marc Platt, Oz, Rob Marshall, Ryan Murphy, The Wizard of Oz, Universal Pictures
Mike Fleming

100.0EXCLUSIVE: The smash hit stage musical Wicked is taking its first formative steps toward the movie screen. I’m told the musical’s producer Marc Platt, book writer Winnie Holzman, and songwriter Stephen Schwartz have begun meeting with filmmakers. Insiders confirm that JJ … Read More »

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Broadway Continues To Tap Hollywood

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 23, 2010 @ 7:40am PDTTags: Broadway, Hugh Jackman, Journalism, Movie Stars on Broadway, Theater, Tony
Mike Fleming

asm_mikemcalaryHollywood stars dominated the Tony Awards, and walked away with many of the prizes, so it’s small wonder that the infiltration of movie stars into next Broadway season continues. New York papers report today that Hugh Jackman read the title role in … Read More »

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2010 Tony Award Winners Tonight: Denzel And Catherine And Scarlett, ‘Memphis’ And ‘Fences’, ‘Red’ And ‘La Cage aux Folles’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday June 13, 2010 @ 6:51pm PDTTags: Actors, Awards, Broadway, Theater, Tony

tonyaward1BREAKING NEWS!…Here are the results for Broadway’s highest industry honor given out tonight at Radio City Music Hall:

BEST MUSICAL
Memphis
Producers: Junkyard Dog Productions, Barbara and Buddy Freitag, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, Latitude Link, Jim and Susan Blair, Demos Bizar Entertainment, … Read More »

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‘Fences’ Reaches Profit In 8th Week

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 8, 2010 @ 1:12pm PDTTags: Actors, Box Office, Broadway, Theater
Nellie Andreeva

I’m posting for my colleague Mike Fleming who just filed this from his vacation:

In a rare occurrence for a star-driven straight play, the August Wilson revival Fences recouped it investment in eight weeks. The play broke the Cort Theatre house record again last week with $1.025   million. Fences heads … Read More »

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