Wishful Drinking

Photo Flash: Huntington's A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL...

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American Stories - with A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration, a new uplifting holiday event by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, The Mineola Twins, The Baltimore Waltz). Steppenwolf Associate Artist Jessica Thebus (Intimate Apparel, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sonia Flew) directs. Andrew Resnick (A Civil War Christmas at Long Wharf Theatre) provides musical direction of beloved holiday music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated by Daryl Waters (Tony and Grammy Award nominee for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk). The Huntington's production will be enhanced by local choirs caroling from the stage before each performance. (more...)

Review - Idiot Savant and After Miss Julie

Ladies and gentlemen. In the course of this evening's performance, the following physical objects will appear onstage: a boxing bag, four golf clubs, a newspaper, two small targets, an oversized golf ball plus snake, a bloody towel, a duck mask, a white spider with spots, a watering can, three boulders wrapped in twine, a yellow suit, two imitation row boats, one tray of fruit, one rolling table, six highball glasses, two white pillows, one large roll of plastic tape, a jeweled wristwatch, one package, gift-wrapped, one jeweled container, plus one blank container, three mirrors with numbers painted on the reverse side, two bows and arrows, one duck in a small cage, one stuffed small mouth plug. (more...)

WORLD MasterCard Presents: Broadway Beat's Priceless Spotlight - Carrie Fisher

Welcome to BroadwayWorld TV's weekly video series, BroadwayBeat's Priceless Spotlight. Sponsored by WORLD MasterCard, the program presents special moments by some of theatre's past, present, and future greats! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Carrie Fisher Guests on LATE NIGHT with Jimmy Fallon

Wishful Drinking is created and performed by Carrie Fisher and directed by Tony Taccone at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th St). Fisher visited NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on Thursday, October 29th, and you can watch the segment right here on BWW TV's STAGE TUBE! (more...)

The Huntington Theatre Co Presents A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: An American Musical Celebration Opens 11/13

The gladness of your heart is the greatest gift of all. The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 28th season - a season of American Stories - with A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration, a new uplifting holiday event by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, The Mineola Twins, The Baltimore Waltz). (more...)

BWW TV: Broadway Beat - RAGTIME in Rehearsal, OLEANNA Opens and Carrie Fisher in 'WISHFUL'

The all new 20th Anniversary Season of Broadway Beat has begun! This week catch up with OLEANNA, WISHFUL DRINKING and RAGTIME. (more...)

Review - Superior Donuts & Wishful Drinking

The old cliché says that New York audiences will always bow in awe and rampage box offices whenever a play from Great Britain washes upon its shores. But in recent seasons it seems that type of grandiose reception has been reserved for productions that land on our stages by way of Chicago. I have no idea what the new black may be but I have a strong hunch Steppenwolf is the new Old Vic. (more...)

BWW TV: Broadway Beat - WISHFUL DRINKING, AFTER MISS JULIE & NYMF 2009!

The all new 20th Anniversary Season of Broadway Beat has begun! This week catch highlights from "Wishful Drinking," "After Miss Julie," and a very special NYMF 2009 preview! (more...)

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Sneak Peek of WISHFUL DRINKING's Opening Night on Bdwy

Wishful Drinking at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street) celebrated its official opening on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com and Broadway Beat were on hand and bring you these highlights and an interview with author and star, Carrie Fisher. (more...)

Harris, Ashmanskas, Poe & More Join Garber in Roundabout's PRESENT LAUGHTER

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce the full company for the new Broadway production of Noël Coward's comedy Present Laughter, starring Victor Garber as "Garry Essendine", directed by Nicholas Martin. (more...)

Photo Coverage: WISHFUL DRINKING

Wishful Drinking at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street) celebrated its official opening last night, Sunday, October 4th, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras captured the celebrated crowd as they arrived to cheer Carrie Fisher on! (more...)

Photo Flash: BEN FRANKLIN: UNPLUGGED Opened At The Portland Center Stage On 10/2

Portland Center Stage invites you meet one of America’s unlikeliest Ben Franklin scholars, monologist and fringe theater performer Josh Kornbluth, as he loses some hair and gains a fresh perspective on the costs of independence, the meaning of revolution and the vagaries of Founding Fatherhood in Ben Franklin: Unplugged. Ben Franklin: Unplugged previews on Tuesday September 29th, opens on Friday, October 2nd and runs through November 22, 2009. Tickets start at $24, with student and under 30 discounts available. Rush tickets for Ben Franklin: Unplugged are $20. Show times are 7:30 pm Tuesday through Saturday, with a 2:00 pm Sunday matinee and alternating Saturday 2:00 pm and Sunday 7:30 pm performances. See the show calendar http://tickets.pcs.org/buytickets/calendar.asp for the complete performance schedule. (more...)

Cook, Williams, Kritzer and Arden Will Sing SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM for Roundabout Broadway Premiere

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to have Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine return to Studio 54 with Sondheim on Sondheim, a new original Broadway musical starring Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Michael Arden & Leslie Kritzer. Music & lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim, conceived & directed by James Lapine. Sondheim on Sondheim will begin previews on March 19th, 2010 and open officially April 22nd, 2010 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street). This will be a limited engagement through Sunday, June 13th, 2010. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Carrie Fisher Invites You For 'WISHFUL DRINKING'

Wishful Drinking is now in previews at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). The official opening will be held on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. (more...)

BWW TV: HGTV Designer John Gidding's 'WISHFUL' Carrie Fisher Dressing Room Redo

HGTV designer John Gidding created a special interior design for Carrie Fisher's Broadway dressing room at Studio 54. In celebration of Carrie's arrival on Broadway and John's fantastic design work BroadwayWorld.com was invited along for the ride as the room was transformed! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'WISHFUL DRINKING' Star Carrie Fisher Visits TODAY

Wishful Drinking is now in previews at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). The official opening will be held on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. (more...)

Photo Flash: Carrie Fisher's WISHFUL DRINKING At Studio 54

Wishful Drinking is now in previews at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). Official opening to be held on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. (more...)