As we’re now about halfway through the Broadway season, there are currently eight productions of plays set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, we recap the plot of each play as well as the awards history of its author, cast, creative types, the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.
“Choir Boy” (opens January 8; closes March 10)
In this new play by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, the story centers on the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, which for a half a century has been dedicated to the education of strong, ethical black men. One talented student has been waiting for years to take his rightful place as the leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. But can he make his way through the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key?...
“Choir Boy” (opens January 8; closes March 10)
In this new play by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, the story centers on the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, which for a half a century has been dedicated to the education of strong, ethical black men. One talented student has been waiting for years to take his rightful place as the leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. But can he make his way through the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key?...
- 1/29/2019
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Doctor Who fans will know that former Tenth Doctor David Tennant has a dislike for social media, though Whovians are usually able to keep up with his life through the accounts of his wife – and fellow Who star – Georgia Tennant. It seems the beloved actor has now put aside his aversion to the internet though in order to share some fascinating conversations with his famous friends and colleagues via a new podcast.
Ingeniously titled David Tennant Does A Podcast With…, Tennant introduces this complicated concept in the video below, in which he reveals his impressive line-up of varied guests. These include Whoopi Goldberg, Samantha Bee, Ian McKellen and even former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
See for yourself:
Tennant fans will also be pleased to see that the podcast will reunite him with many of his co-stars from such hit shows as Broadchurch and Jessica Jones. Among others, he’s...
Ingeniously titled David Tennant Does A Podcast With…, Tennant introduces this complicated concept in the video below, in which he reveals his impressive line-up of varied guests. These include Whoopi Goldberg, Samantha Bee, Ian McKellen and even former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
See for yourself:
Tennant fans will also be pleased to see that the podcast will reunite him with many of his co-stars from such hit shows as Broadchurch and Jessica Jones. Among others, he’s...
- 1/24/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
At the core of “Ripcord,” which opened Tuesday at Mtc’s Off Broadway Stage 1 Theatre, is a Lifetime movie struggling to escape the quirky trappings of David Lindsay-Abaire‘s comedy. Rest assured: The show makes the escape with barely a bruise to anyone’s heartstrings. After plays like “Fuddy Meers” and “Kimberly Akimbo,” oddball is what you expect from Lindsay-Abaire, as well as from actress Marylouise Burke, who holds the patent on garrulous, pixilated old women. In “Ripcord,” Burke’s Marilyn takes another old woman, Abby (Holland Taylor), skydiving. Marilyn also takes Abby to a Halloween spook house, wherein a clown wielding a chainsaw.
- 10/21/2015
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
It has not been a good fall for elders onstage. A few weeks ago, the meddlesome 70ish character played by Marlo Thomas in Clever Little Lies nearly torpedoed her marriage while trying to save her son’s. Then came the 80-somethings James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson as residents of a home for the aged, savaging one another in a blobby revival of The Gin Game. Both plays portray the Golden Years as a time when the forgotten or rationalized sins of earlier life — unfaithful spousing, neglectful parenting — return with a vengeance, making everyone behave badly if cutely. Though Ripcord, now at the Manhattan Theatre Club, treads similar terrain, you expect more from the playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, and you get it. The author of comedy-dramas (like Fuddy Meers and Good People) that toy with sitcom expectations but then veer elsewhere, he is obviously riffing, in Ripcord, on television templates...
- 10/21/2015
- by Jesse Green
- Vulture
Playing ex-lovers and semi-siblings in the emotional shootout of a lifetime, Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda will reprise their summer vacation performances in Sam Shepard’s intense, intimate 1983 play on Broadway beginning next September. The show was widely viewed as a likely New York transfer, and the move signifies not only the draw of star-power (and a great work) but of good old-fashioned connections.
This revival was mounted last July at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where it earned considerable praise (though not from everyone). In New York, it will run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, the Broadway flagship of the nonprofit Manhattan Theatre Club. Williamstown’s new artistic director, Mandy Greenfield, recently took over the esteemed Berkshires venue after a 10-year run at Mtc, most recently as artistic producer, i.e. number two to a.d Lynne Meadow. Greenfield is one of the most admired and well-liked producers in the nonprofit world.
This revival was mounted last July at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where it earned considerable praise (though not from everyone). In New York, it will run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, the Broadway flagship of the nonprofit Manhattan Theatre Club. Williamstown’s new artistic director, Mandy Greenfield, recently took over the esteemed Berkshires venue after a 10-year run at Mtc, most recently as artistic producer, i.e. number two to a.d Lynne Meadow. Greenfield is one of the most admired and well-liked producers in the nonprofit world.
- 12/3/2014
- by Jeremy Gerard
- Deadline
David Lindsay-Abaire made his name with absurdist comedies like "Fuddy Meers" and "Kimberly Akimbo," before penning "Rabbit Hole," which went on to win the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The story of a couple struggling to put their life back together after the sudden death of their son, the play also won a Tony award for Cynthia Nixon and the 2010 film adaptation earned Nicole Kidman an Oscar nomination. Lindsay-Abaire continued his streak of providing women with fantastic roles with last year's "Good People," for which star Frances McDormand won a Tony Award."Good People" is now set to make its West Coast premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in a production running April 11 through May 13 starring Jane Kaczmarek in the lead role of Margaret, a Boston native who goes in search of her successful ex-boyfriend after losing her job. It's a reunion of sorts for the playwright and theater,...
- 4/9/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Jenelle Riley)
- backstage.com
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