Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend
Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles that you might have missed from this weekend Sunday, January 30, 2011 - Sunday, January 30, 2011. Catch up below!
1)  Photo Coverage: Matthew Morrison in Concert at the Grove
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Broadway favorite and GLEE star Matthew Morrison performed his first solo concert this Saturday, January 29th at The Grove from noon to 3pm. The free concert featured many new songs from Morrison's upcoming album. For photo coverage of the concert, click below. (more...)
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2)  SUNDANCE: 2011 Festival Award Winners
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Drake Doremus' Like Crazy, starring Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence, was awarded the prize for U.S. dramatic film Saturday night at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony. (more...)
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4)  STAGE TUBE: Watch Matthew Morrison in Concert Here!
by BroadwayWorld TV - January 30, 2011
Broadway favorite and GLEE star Matthew Morrison performed his first solo concert this Saturday, January 29th at The Grove from noon to 3pm. The free concert featured many new songs from Morrison's upcoming album. For video of the concert, look below. (more...)
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7)  A Farewell to TIME STANDS STILL - Closing Today
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
TIME STANDS STILL, will end its acclaimed run when stars Laura Linney, Brian D'Arcy James,Eric Bogosian, and Christina Ricci depart the production, as scheduled, on Sunday, January 30 at the Cort Theatre (137 West 48th Street). The play, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, will have played 16 preview performances and 126 regular performances. (more...)
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8) .jpg) Claire Danes Wins SAG Award for TEMPLE GRANDIN
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Broadway veteran Claire Danes has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a TV Movie or Mini-Series' for her portrayal of the title character in HBO's TEMPLE GRANDIN. (more...)
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9)  Rialto Chatter: Tommy Tune at Work on Studio 54 Musical
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
According to the Miami Herald, nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune has spent two weeks working with playwright Mark Saltzman and University of Miami theater students on "Project 54." The untitled musical is about New York's Studio 54 and its co-creator Steve Rubell. (more...)
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10)  Colin Firth Wins SAG Award for THE KING'S SPEECH
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Stage and screen star Colin Forth has taken home a Screen Actors Guild Award for 'Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture' for his performance in THE KING'S SPEECH! (more...)
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13)  Houston Grand Opera Announces its 2011-12 Season
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Houston Grand Opera General Director and CEO Anthony Freud announced the company's 2011-2012 season today. Opening on October 21, 2011, the season offers thirty-two performances of six operas. "We've chosen an exciting array of operas that will thrill, stimulate and entertain," says Freud. "From celebrated masterpieces to rarely-performed operatic gems, our 2011-12 season features world-renowned directors, beloved productions and acclaimed singers. (more...)
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14)  Tony Awards Director Glenn Weiss Wins DGA Award
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Glenn Weiss and the directing team of the 64th Annual Tony Awards, were honored with a Director's Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Musical Variety category on Sunday evening in Los Angeles. (more...)
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15)  Natalie Portman Wins SAG Award for BLACK SWAN
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Stage and screen star Natalie Portman has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture' for her performance in BLACK SWAN! (more...)
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17)  BWW Reviews: DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG from Balagan at ACT
by Jay Irwin - January 30, 2011
What happens when you take an already wonderful show and, due to popular demand, remount it in a larger venue? Well, sometimes the results can be disastrous. But Balagan Theatre’s remount of their production of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”, which sold out back in August, manages to take what worked before, improve upon it, and then add in the resources of ACT to create a show to rival the first. If the Six Million Dollar Man taught us anything it’s that, “We have the technology. We can make him bigger, stronger, “and even more Horrible! (more...)
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20)  Alec Baldwin Wins SAG Award for 30 ROCK
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2011
Alec Baldwin haas taken home a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in 30 ROCK. (more...)
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Posted on: Monday, January 31, 2011 @ 08:36 AM Posted by: Robert Diamond
Crain's New York on Musicals Fighting for the Spotlight
Crain's New York on Sunday went inside the business end of some of Broadway's upcoming musicals like CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, SISTER ACT, HOW TO SUCCEED..., WONDERLAND and PRISCILLA, along with the return of ROCK OF AGES and RAIN.
The article opens with the now prerequisite SPIDER-MAN joke, here provided by CATCH ME IF YOU CAN producer Hal Luftig suggesting putting the show's lead actor in a harness and swinging him against a wall as a way to help raise publicity for the show. Instead of that, they instead have sent out 600,000 sample CDs instead.
There's more new productions coming to Broadway this Spring than in recent memory, due to both the slow economic improvements, and a 'perfect storm' of theatres opening up for one reason or another so all will be fighting for interest, press and ticket sales.
Bring on the Spring Season!
Posted on: Monday, January 31, 2011 @ 05:58 PM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
Too Much Theatre or Too Little?
 There's a debate going on in theatre land as Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts spoke on Thursday at Arena Stage during their conference about new play development (Make sure to also check out their very cool 'New Play Map' which launched as well).
At the conference, Landesman talked about the challenges that are facing some struggling theatres around the country and said that "You can either increase demand or decrease supply. Demand is not going to increase, so it's time to think about decreasing the supply."
He later defended his comments to the NY Times on Friday, noting that NEA research shows that theatre attendance has been decreasing, while the number of theatre organizations have been increasing.
Many regional theatres are now up in arms, some calling for a leadership change at the NEA, others questioning the methodology, funding, etc.
Personally, I'd love to see creative discussions about what can be done nationwide to increase demand and to get more people back up off their couches and away from their home entertainment centers to see and appreciate quality, live theatre.
Thoughts?
Posted on: Sunday, January 30, 2011 @ 03:08 PM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Replies: 1 - Click Here
LITTLE SHOP of Oscars?
Sources are telling the BWW News Desk that:
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony is several weeks away, but the buzz and rumors have begun. The latest, Tangled stars Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore will be accompanied by Alan Menken in one of the night's live performances. As confirmed on Zachary Levi's official website: "Zachary Levi & Mandy Moore WILL be performing at the Oscars on Sunday, February 27, 2011 @ 8 ET/5 PT on ABC - this has been confirmed, its not just a rumor."
Sources also tell us that co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco will be performing a spoof of Little Shop of Horrors with their rendition of "Suddenly Seymour."
Sounds good to me!
Posted on: Friday, January 28, 2011 @ 11:15 AM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
Stiller & Meara on the Kardashians
Thankfully both Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara have long and illustrious theatrical careers, which therefore make it only mostly off-topic (instead of completely) for me to post this amazing video of the pair of legends discussing the Kardashian family. Watch below and click here for their archives.
Posted on: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 05:05 PM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
New BWW E-Mail Alerts Galore....
Want to be notified the second a new story is posted about your favorite show or BroadwayWorld.com hot topic? Can't live without being the first to know about PHANTOM, WICKED or SPIDER-MAN?
Well, now you can be! On stories about Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End shows and tours, on our listings page and on 'Hot Topics' pages, you'll see these new magic subscribe boxes (screenshots below) which will let you subscribe to be alerted the second that new stories go up!
Posted on: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 12:27 PM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
Marc Shaiman: All Around Nice Guy
 There's a wonderful article up on the ScotchPlains-FanwoodPatch (try reading that aloud 3 times quickly) about BroadwayWorld fave Marc Shaiman returning to visit his high school alma mater, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School where the students are putting on his Tony-winning show - HAIRSPRAY.
Talk about things coming full circle, Shaiman spent a good deal of time with the cast, playing piano, watching a rehearsal, giving notes and, no doubt, inspiring the students as well.
Click here for a great read, and it's true -- You Can't Stop the Beat!
Posted on: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 @ 11:48 AM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Replies: 2 - Click Here
Cleaning Out Hirschfeld's Studio
Al Hirschfeld's famed drawing table and barber's chair are being donated to the New York Public Library, wherea permanent exhibit is being set up in the Lobby of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center and unveiled tonight. The Times took a look at his studio before it was packed up.
Posted on: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 @ 10:00 AM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
UK, LA, Philly, Nashville, Seattle, San Fran, Toronto on Facebook Too!
Well, after we announced over the weekend that BroadwayWorld.com Chicago was now on Facebook, we heard from people in many other markets asking for the same -- so, we obliged!
BWW UK
BWW Los Angeles
BWW Philadelphia
BWW Seattle
BWW San Francisco and
BWW Toronto
have now joined Facebook as well, with more to come. All news articles, reviews, columns, press releases and other articles appearing on those sites, will now be automatically fed onto the new pages. It's one more way for fans and professionals alike to access and keep track of the latest in what's going on in theater!
So, go to the new Facebook pages, "Like" them, and get connected!
Posted on: Monday, January 24, 2011 @ 11:32 AM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
BWW Chicago is on Facebook!
Friday, January 21, 2011, BroadwayWorld Chicago, one of the oldest and busiest regional service sites on the international BroadwayWorld.com system got its own Facebook page, making it the 2nd of our regional markets to have one. (The other is BWW Spain).
Click below to access the new Facebook Page:
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All news articles, reviews, columns, press releases and other articles appearing on Chicago.BroadwayWorld.com will now be automatically fed onto the BroadwayWorld Chicago Facebook Page. It's one more way for fans and professionals alike to access and keep track of the latest in what's going on in Chicago theater!
More features may be added later, too. And of course, local BroadwayWorld Chicago Contributors Paul W. Thompson and M. William Panek will among those engaging in Facebook conversation about all the local theater happenings.
So, go to the new Facebook page, "Like" it, and get connected!
Posted on: Saturday, January 22, 2011 @ 05:09 PM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
Ars Nova and The Social Network
 If you're more observant than I am (and most people are about this sort of thing), you might have noticed that Jesse Eisenberg is wearing an Ars Nova t-shirt on the DVD cover of THE SOCIAL NETWORK, the fantastic film in which he plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
While Zuckerberg (to the best of everyone's knowledge) has never been to the hip Off-Broadway venue, Jesse Eisenberg has and Adam Feldman of Time Out found an interview with him in which he discusses just how the shirt made it into the film and ultimately onto the DVD cover.
HN: Have you seen the DVD cover yet?
JE: Yes, I have. And actually, the costume designer on this movie - and you can watch this on the DVD - found every picture of every character in the movie and dressed us in our real counterpart's clothing with one exception, which is a shirt that I actually own that made it onto the cover of the DVD.
HN: Oh really? That's interesting.
JE: Yeah, it was very funny. She did it because it says ARS Nova, which is a theater company I actually work with in New York City. So she did me kind of a favor, not knowing that it would become the cover of the DVD.
Posted on: Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 11:05 AM Posted by: Robert Diamond | Leave Feedback
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