“Perhaps by way of competing for attention during a historic presidential campaign, Broadway is also shining a bright spotlight on the male psyche this autumn. A handful of productions, probably converging by coincidence, will provide a season-long seminar on the subject of the male animal under pressure.”
Category: theatre
Rent‘s Gone, But Will It Endure Like Its Inspiration?
The smash-hit Broadway production of Rent officially plays its last performance this weekend, but the show, which was based on Puccini’s La Boheme, has a chance to live on just as the opera has. “Just as Puccini’s opera would fall flat were the music not so impassioned and savvy, Rent would not be so powerful if Mr. Larson’s score were not so rich and emotionally honest.”
Sony To Broadcast Final Performance Of Rent To Movie Theatres
“This is the first time that a Broadway show has been available in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada, and I can’t think of a better occasion than the closing of ‘Rent.'”
Rogers And Hammerstein Music Up For Sale?
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Org is keeping mum on rumors and reports that its catalog of classic showtunes is up for grabs.
Theatre That Makes Great Movies
In varying degrees of planning stages are screen versions of this year’s Tony award-winning August: Osage County, a three-act, three-hour-20-minute epic that may make for quite a lengthy celluloid sit. It’s natural for acclaimed shows to beget films, or so you might think.
Famous Berlin Music Hall On Verge Of Bankruptcy
The Friedrichstadtpalast, the music hall at the heart of the Roaring Twenties, has appealed to Klaus Wowereit, the Mayor of Berlin, to provide €3.5 million (£2.8 million) to fend off imminent financial collapse.
As Rent Closes On Broadway, A Critic Wonders If It Wioll Stand The Test Of Time
“When it closes after 5,140 performances, it will be the seventh- longest-running show in Broadway history. It will have grossed more than $625 million here, on tour and in over 200 productions around the world.”
Prince On Broadway: What Happened To The Art?
Legendary Broadway producer Hal Prince isn’t the biggest fan of today’s Broadway. “Broadway should be a money-earning, artistic enterprise… There has been a lot of money around. But isn’t it time to put the ‘art’ back in?”
Royal Shakespeare Company Launches Rebuilding Campaign
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has launched an appeal to raise £1m in public donations to help rebuild its main theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Theatre On The Web – Threat Or Opportunity?
Videos of more and more theatre is landing on the web. “Should actors be paid for such usage? Should penalties be imposed when such footage mysteriously migrates from official Web sites to less-governed areas of cyberspace?”