July 17th, 2008
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Once again, Broadway is going to Hollywood! This time, it’s the incredibly awesome adaptation of the book Wicked, which is based on the “real story” of what happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in. The film will be made by Marc Platt Productions, […]
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July 15th, 2008
Maybe this Kate will have better luck selling tickets than the last one. Kate Hudson has joined the cast of the movie adaptation of the musical Nine (whose most recent revival starred Antonio Bandaras and Jane Krakowski on Broadway). As far as the movie’s cast, Hudson joins already big names such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole […]
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June 23rd, 2008
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Looks like Katie Holmes is already causing trouble in the Broadway universe. Because Mrs. Tom Cruise refused to sign a long-term agreement to appear in “All My Sons,” the show was forced to give her a limited run. […]
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June 16th, 2008
The Tony Awards were last night and the brilliant, brilliant Patti LuPone performed “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from the most recent revival of Gypsy. Here’s the performance; maybe I’m bias or maybe it’s the theatre geek coming out, but if you’re a Broadway fan, you can’t deny that Patti is simply awesome!
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May 30th, 2008
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From Broadway to diaper duties. Clay Aiken has artificially inseminated music producer Jaymes Foster, sister producer David Foster. Thus far, the male Foster has been the only one to comment on the pregnancy, saying, “It’s true Clay is the father. [Jaymes] was artificially […]
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May 19th, 2008
It’s official - Katie Holmes is coming to Broadway! Tom Cruise’s wife will be making her Broadway debut this fall in the revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. Holmes will play the part of a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot. Her co-stars will include […]
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May 13th, 2008
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The night when the theatre geeks get to shine is almost upon us: The Tony Awards! Nominated for Best Play is August: Osage County, Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Seafarer, and The 39 Steps. Nominated for Best Musical is Cry-Baby, In the Heights, […]
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May 9th, 2008
Producers of this year’s Tony Awards don’t want to take their chances and have a similar incident to the 2005 Super Bowl. The song “We Just Had Sex” from the new Broadway musical “Passing Strange” has been cut from the CBS pre-awards show on June 7 because it’s “too racy.” The show’s producer Oskar Eustis […]
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April 24th, 2008
Will Blazing Saddles be the next Mel Brooks movie to be turned into a Broadway show? Reports are coming out that Brooks is bouncing back from the less-than-critics-favorite “Young Frankenstein” and developing a stage version of his funniest, most politically incorrect movie. Can you imagine Matthew Brodderick riding out to the chorus, “He roooode a […]
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April 15th, 2008
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Much thanks to Wendy from one of our sister-blogs, Snarky Gossip, for bringing this story to our attention! Mario Lopez, currently enjoying the end of his second 15-minutes of fame, is currently rockin’ out as a cast member in the […]
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April 11th, 2008
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Once a musical lover, always a musical lover. John Travolta was spotted in the front row of “The Little Mermaid” at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Saturday with his 8-year-old daughter, Ella. Naturally, he was singing along to “Under the Sea” (and who […]
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March 30th, 2008
Since it’s been somewhat of a Broadway themed week here at StarkedNY, here’s one final piece of news: Katie Holmes is said to be “in final negotiations” to make her Broadway debut in the revival of Arthur Miller’s post-World War II family drama, All My Sons. Mrs. Tom Cruise would play a woman […]
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March 28th, 2008
Andrew Lloyd Webber is writing a sequel to the popular West End/Broadway musical The Phantom of the Opera. The show’s plot has been described as follows: “The Phantom has slipped away to New York and has set up a fairground world on Coney Island, along with Madame Giry and her daughter, Meg. He organizes a […]
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March 27th, 2008
“Rent” is getting a little reprieve for at least another 139,680 minutes (yeah, that math is probably way off, so just play along) . The immensely popular Broadway show, which opened on April 29, 1996, was set to close on June 1 but a flurry of interest and ticket sales from Rentheads (and probably future […]
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March 11th, 2008
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are about to become NYC residents. The couple purchased a two-bedroom, two-bath downtown condo on Bowery for $999,999. Madden’s reps confirmed that they will consider it a primary residence. The new apartment is 1,000 square-foot and on the 11th floor. It’s described by the building’s senior agent Shelley O’Keefe of […]
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