Off Broadway News

 
Theater: Cynthia Nixon Brings "Wit" To Broadway And Garners Raves
Huffington Post (blog)
I saw Wit on Broadway recently and found this production more satisfying than the original Off Broadway version starring Kathleen Chalfant. The supporting cast is stronger here, letting the work feel more like a full play rather like a one-woman show ...

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New York Daily News
Plea deal in lock-in-sock beatdown of songbird
New York Daily News
By Oren Yaniv / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Bullying victim Shacara McLaurin, 18, prior to a rehearsal for an off-Broadway show last year. A Brooklyn bully admitted Friday to using a padlock stuffed inside a sock to pummel her talent show rival and was given a ...

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New York Post
'Brothers & Sisters' star Matthew Rhys stars in Off-Broadway revival
New York Daily News
Any revival worth its salt — and an audience's time — will illuminate a play in fresh ways. Director Sam Gold's Off-Broadway production of John Osborne's “Look Back in Anger” does that even before a word is spoken. The 1956 drama of hard realities ...
Behind the Poster: 'Look Back in Anger'New York Times (blog)
A look at good 'Anger' managementNew York Post

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Off Broadway Alliance to Present Producing from the Ground Up 2/12
Broadway World
The Alliance also founded and sponsors 20at20, the biannual event (currently offering 38 shows running from January 18 through February 6) that lets theatergoers purchase $20 tickets to dozens of Off Broadway shows twenty minutes before curtain.

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National Post
NBC's 'Smash' shows on- and off-stage sentiment
The Independent Florida Alligator
The separate worlds of the on- and off-Broadway stages collide in the form of "Smash," NBC's new musical TV show that mixes elements of shows such as "Glee" and "The Voice." The show centers on Karen Cartwright ("American Idol" alumna Katharine McPhee) ...
Smash May Not Have LegsSlate Magazine
First Nighter: NBC's Smash Is No Such Thing, Leading-Lady Katharine McPhee IsHuffington Post
NBC Spends Big to Lure Smash ViewersHollywood Reporter
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Lake Wylie Pilot
Protestors rally against controversial uptown play
WCNC
by GREG ARGOS / NewsChannel 36 Staff CHARLOTTE, NC-- A group of about 80 Catholics gathered at Spirit Square in uptown Charlotte Thursday night to protest an off-Broadway show. "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told" opened February 2, and runs through ...
Local Catholics protest playCharlotte Observer
Playful Twist To Creation Story Brings Wrath Of Charlotte CatholicsFOX Charlotte

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Broadway.me (blog)
Broadway producer Jordan Roth in the spotlight -- twice
New York Daily News (blog)
Such drama for this very good play that ran Off-Broadway in 2010, prior to a London production and the current run in Los Angeles. Through a publicist, Roth today released this statement: “It is a true privilege for all of us at Jujamcyn to bring such ...
Feud clouds fate of 'Clybourne Park'Los Angeles Times
Broadway Plans for 'Clybourne Park' Move Forward Despite Scott Rudin's DepartureHollywood Reporter
'Clybourne Park' to Open as Planned on BroadwayNew York Times (blog)
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