John Crowley News

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, October 11, 2009.

If you take a whiff of air somewhere in the vicinity of the Schoenfeld Theatre these days and sense a slight essence of Mickey Spillane, it's undoubtedly due to the presence of Keith Huff's hardboiled police melodrama, A Steady Rain. A crackling good story told with potent language and a couple of terrific performances, this is a hearty plateful of good old fashioned meat and potatoes theatre.

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and celebrated Opening Night on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

Jackman recently sat down with CBS's Katie Couric for her webshow '@katiecouric' and you can watch the segment right here on STAGE TUBE.

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and opens tonight Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and runs through Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

A STEADY RAIN stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig opened on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, December 6, 2009. Broadway Beat and BroadwayWorld were on hand for the Opening Night celebration to capture the post-performance press conference!

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and celebrated Opening Night on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and celebrated Opening Night on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and runs through Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there as the two stars took their well deserved bows.

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and celebrated Opening Night on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and runs through Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there as the two stars took their well deserved bows.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

The producers of A STEADY RAIN announced today that the show has shattered the record for highest weekly gross for any non-musical production ever on Broadway. For the week ending 9/20/09 the production posted an impressive weekly gross of $1,167,954, also a house record at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The highest gross for a non-musical was previously Billy Crystal's 700 SUNDAYS with $1,061,688 for the week ending 5/22/05.

The critically-acclaimed new American two-character play by Keith Huff is directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, and began previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009, and opens tonight Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and runs through Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Producers Frederick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Rose and Robert Cole announced today that Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will star together on Broadway in A STEADY RAIN, a critically acclaimed two-character play by Keith Huff. Directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, A STEADY RAIN begins previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009 and opens Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, December 6, 2009.

As previously reported, Hugh Jackman will star as P.T. Barnum in the upcoming musical film 'The Greatest Showman on Earth' written by Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City) and produced by Twentieth Century Fox. The studio has been in talks with music sensation Mika to compose the soundtrack. Yesterday, the singer spoke with New York Magazine to discuss his creative process and, though tight-lipped, confirmed a possible contribution to the film.

The 2009 Emmy Award for Original Music and Lyrics went to William Ross, John Kjmbrough, Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, and Ben Schwartz for their 81st Annual Academy Awards, Song: 'Hugh Jackman Opening Number.' You can watch the number right here on STAGE TUBE!

A STEADY RAIN stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig dropped by to welcome her back to Manhattan! You can watch them surprise her right here on STAGE TUBE!

Magic Theatre, San Francisco's premiere home for new plays, kicks off its 2009-2010 Season with Goldfish and the world premiere of Mrs. Whitney - two plays by John Kolvenbach playing in rep this fall.

This past Sunday's matinee performance of A STEADY RAIN 'treated' the audience to a lesson of how to deal with a noisy ticket holder who forgot what respect and decorum means when attending a theatrical production. RIALTO CHATTER received a slew of messages about the incident, but we thought this fantastic recap by Roland Teco on his Extra Criticum blog summed it all up with style and wit. We bring you an excerpt of his essay right here on BWW

A STEADY RAIN stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig chatted with The New York Times about their new Broadway play.

Beginning Thursday, September 10, 2009, Student rush tickets for the strictly limited 12 week Broadway engagement of Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman in A STEADY RAIN will be available at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre box office with a valid student ID. Student rush tickets are only sold the day of the performance, when the box office opens, (10am Monday ? Saturday, 12pm Sunday) on a first come first served basis, and are $31.50 with a limit of two tickets per student/ID.