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The Challenging Battle to Bring War Horse Puppets to Life
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“It’s been a huge challenge and a huge privilege,” War Horse’s playwright, Nick Stafford, recently told me after winning a Tony Award. “In the beginning, it seemed like an impossible task to write this play. To have the main character not be able to speak was a challenge.”
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A Real Life Happy Ending For Two Shrek Touring Stars
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The happy couple’s entire relationship has been built around the world of Shrek, as the two first met while doing an early workshop of the then Broadway-bound musical, they fell in love while performing in the out-of-town Seattle production.
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The Globe Shakespeare Coming to a Movie Theater Near You
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As the warm months of summer arrive, across the country, local communities are carrying on a long-running tradition of performing Shakespeare’s classic works in parks and outdoors venues. New Yorkers have the Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park series, currently playing in Central Park, while nearly every major city across the country has some form…
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Brooke Shields Gets Ready to Lead Addams Family on Broadway
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For the past two weeks, the show’s creative team has been working with Shields as she prepares to replace Bebe Neuwirth as the matriarch of the ghoulish family.
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2011 Tony Awards Predictions
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It’s that time of year again. The Tony Awards are nearly upon the Broadway community, although this time they moved a bit uptown, to the Beacon Theatre. While the ceremony won’t be in the grand Radio City Music Hall, the statuettes hold the same value. I’ve decided to weigh in with my picks for a…
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‘No Child…’ is a Dream Deferred Off-Broadway
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I first published this review on BroadwayWorld.com on March 13, 2008 following a performance of ‘No Child…’ at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. This production is now running at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City.
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Creating the Sound of Catch Me If You Can
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During a recent performance of Broadway’s new musical Catch Me If You Can, audiences were treated to a special guest appearance, although it’s likely that nobody watching the show had any idea who was stepping into a role for a one-night stint.
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Nick Adams Lands Priscilla
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As Nick Adams left the stage following a matinee performance of Broadway’s La Cage aux Folles last year, he headed to his dressing room and discovered a voicemail message from his agent. He looked at one of his co-stars and said that he knew exactly what the message said.
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West Side Story Brings New Flavor On The Road
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It started with a Colombian production of a Broadway classic. West Side Story, a beloved musical of both stage and screen, being sung entirely in Spanish. For the location, it was an obvious choice, but for New York City, not as much.
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Peter Pan Crows Again With Disney Magic, Off-Broadway
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Red hair. Green tights. Cap and feather. It’s a getup every child could recognize and quickly pick out as belonging to Peter Pan, that mischievous youth that never seems to grow up. He might be an English character, penned by a Scottish writer, but Peter Pan embodies a timeless personality, one that has remained the…