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How remarkably tragic it is that the triumphant opening night of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, perhaps the greatest comedy ever penned in the English language, was also the event that led to the author's personal downfall and eventual public and financial ruin.
I'll resist the temptation to call director Paul Alexander's Off-Broadway mounting of Dracula anemic or toothless, but will note his remarkable achievement of assembling a production that manages to be aggressively bad in so many ways and yet never achieves the 'you gotta see how bad this is' status. Though plagued by inept acting, questionable character choices, cheap-looking (and sounding) effects and a glacial pace, the evening is too dull to be enjoyed on any level.
Few comics today can say they have worked with the likes of George Burns, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Bobby Darin.
The Broadway League and NYC & Company, New York City's official tourism, marketing and partnership organization, today announced winter marketing programs - including the first ever Broadway Week featuring 2-for-1 tickets to participating shows from January 24 - February 10, 2011 - to encourage residents and visitors to experience the best New York City has to offer this winter.
Today, in a rare moment of Broadway synchronicity between several theater owners and producers, deals were struck to move two Broadway shows to alternate theatres for mutual benefit. The five-time Tony Award nominated musical ROCK OF AGES will move from The Brooks Atkinson Theatre to the Helen Hayes Theatre in March 2011 and the acclaimed Beatles concert RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles on Broadway at The Neil Simon Theatre will move to The Brooks Atkinson Theatre and begin performances on February 8, 2011. In their current homes, ROCK OF AGES will play its final performance on Sunday, January 9, 2011 and RAIN, which has now been extended twice, will play its final performance on Saturday, January 15, 2011.
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Former 'Saturday Night Live' and Comedy Central star Colin Quinn's one-man show, Colin Quinn Long Story Short, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, will extend its run for the second time at the Helen Hayes Theatre through Saturday, March 5th. Preview performances began on Friday, October 22nd and the show officially opened on Tuesday, November 9th. The show was initially scheduled to end its 11-week limited engagement on Saturday, January 8th and was previously extended through February 5th.
Last Tuesday night I went out for some pre-holiday coffee with my good friend, BroadwayWorld Senior Editor Jessica Lewis (Actually we were so engrossed in conversation that we forgot to order coffee. Sorry, Starbucks.), and naturally the topic of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark came up. Jessica had seen the show already and I mentioned how comical it was becoming that, with what right now stands as an eight-week preview period, the reviewing press will be attending long after the Internet has helped establish a firm word-of-mouth opinion.
2010 was quite a year for Broadway with some spectacular opening nights. We'll be sharing highlights from the year in photos, videos, interviews and more throughout this final week of the year. First off is a look at some of the star and excitement filled opening night curtain calls of 2010. Photos by Walter McBride / WM Photos / Corbis
This February, COMEDY CENTRAL is celebrating Black History Month with specials such as Patrice O'Neal's first COMEDY CENTRAL Original World Premiere Stand-Up Special, 'Patrice O'Neal: Elephant In The Room,' the Network Television Premiere of 'Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me,' programming from Eddie Griffin, Katt Williams, Kevin Hart and Sinbad and stack of favorite movies. Also debuting in February is the one hour World Premiere Special from 'Mike and Molly's' breakout star, 'Billy Gardell: Half Time.' Spend this Valentine's Day with TV's most loving bar owners with a stack of episodes of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' and tune in for all new episodes of the 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' 'The Colbert Report,' 'Tosh.0,' 'Onion SportsDome' and 'COMEDY CENTRAL Presents' all February long.
Jerry Seinfeld and comedian Tom Papa (host of "The Marriage Ref") will be joined by some of the biggest names in stand-up for a comedy show to benefit the family of the late Greg Giraldo.
THEATER TALK invites viewers to celebrate the holidays with two of New York theater's current leading lights - Colin Quinn, now starring in "Long Story Short" on Broadway at the Booth, and Todd Robbins, star of "Play Dead" off-Broadway at the Players.
Jerry Seinfeld and comedian Tom Papa (host of "The Marriage Ref") will be joined by some of the biggest names in stand-up for a comedy show to benefit the family of the late Greg Giraldo.
Jerry Seinfeld and comedian Tom Papa (host of 'The Marriage Ref') will be joined by some of the biggest names in stand-up for a comedy show to benefit the family of the late Greg Giraldo.
Broadway's Colin Quinn recently sat down with Theatre Talk and gave his opinion on SPIDER-MAN. Hear what he had to say by clicking below!
THEATER TALK invites viewers to celebrate the holidays with two of New York theater's current leading lights - Colin Quinn, now starring in "Long Story Short" on Broadway at the Booth, and Todd Robbins, star of "Play Dead" off-Broadway at the Players.
Talk Show Listings for Monday, December 13, 2010.
Talk Show Listings for Monday, December 13, 2010.
Talk Show Listings for Friday, December 10, 2010.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the first time this season to decide the eligibility of 12 Broadway productions for the 2011 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The Tony Awards Administration Committee will meet a total of four times throughout the 2010-2011 season to decide the eligibility for the 2011 Tony Awards.
The following guests are set to appear on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON from December 7- 17:
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