Oh, what a tangled web they wove….

Monday, 29 November 2010

First previews are usually a bit messy, especially if the show features a lot of tech.Since SPIDER-MAN features – without doubt – more tech than all its predecessor Broadway shows combined, its first preview was perhaps the messiest in history.

Though my schadenfreudian self finds that fun to report, the messiness has absolutely nothing to do with the future of the show.In time, they’ll iron out last night’s many bugs (Ouch!), undoubtedly modifying or eliminating some of the trickier tricks, and punters who go to the later previews will see a smoothly-running show.

Phedre, A Disappearing Number, Hamlet, FELA!, King Lear, Frankenstein and The Cherry Orchard

Monday, 20 September 2010

Last July I wrote a blog post about the National Theatre’s NT Live program, which usesvideo cameras to simultaneously broadcast performances of National Theatre’s productions in movie theaters around the world.

I’d just seen a performance of LONDON ASSURANCE at NYU’s Skirball Center, and was amazed at how well the stage production played in a videotaped version — something I’d never known to work before.

NT Live’s second season will kick off on September 23, 2010, with an encore of last season’s PHEDRE, starring Helen Mirren.

MOVIE STARS FALLING ON BROADWAY…..

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Hunter Foster, an actor of considerable talent, who’s currently in the Broadway production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, has started a Facebook group, “Give the Tonys Back to Broadway!!”, to protest the number of movie stars who appeared on the Tony Award telecast.

This morning in the New York Post, a writer named Chip Deffaa weighed in with a Post column: “How Celebrity Ate the Tonys”.