Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Steve Traxler just announced that Al PACINOwill return to Broadway in the world premiere of China Doll, a new play by David Mamet. It will begin previews on October 20, 2015, with an official opening on November 19, 2015, at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. The play will also feature Fran Kranz You Can't Take It With You, Death of a Salesman, Dollhouse. Tony Award-winner Pam MacKinnon The Heidi Chronicles, Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf will direct. The creative team will include scenic design by Tony Award-winner Derek McLane Gigi, Beautiful The Carole King Musical, 33 Variations, lighting design by Russell H. Champa In the Next Room or the vibrator play, and costume design by Tony Award-winner Jess Goldstein Jersey Boys, Proof, The Rivals.Joining Pacino in the play will be Fran Kranz, who most recently starred on Broadway...
- 4/2/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Award-winning costume designer, Jess Goldstein currently represented on Broadway with Jersey Boys and On the Town, and scenic designer Douglas W. Schmidt are among the 2015 TDFIrene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, May 1, at 630pm, at the Hudson Theatre 145 West 44th Street. Mr. Goldstein was selected to receive the 2015 TDFIrene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design and Mr. Schmidt will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design.
- 3/3/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A very special edition of Backstage with Richard Ridge comes to you today, presented by Bergdorf Goodman. The panel features 6 of the theatre world'ss most celebrated and influential costume designers. In this special discussion, they explore current trends in costume design, as well as the impact design has on consumer fashions, and how contemporary fashion influences costume design.Bww TV Exclusive Backstage Special - 6 of Theatre's Hottest Costume Designers Talk Trends, Fashion amp More - Presented By Bergdorf GOODMANClick and drag to moveA New York landmark since 1901, Bergdorf Goodman represents the pinnacle of style, service and modern luxury. Located at 5th Avenue and 58th Street, it is the leading fashion authority and a singular destination for the most discerning customers from around the world.This special panel was filmed at Eric Winterling Costumes Inc., who have been making costumes for shows on Broadway and beyond for more than 20 years. Featured...
- 9/25/2014
- by Backstage With Richard Ridge
- BroadwayWorld.com
Disney The ensemble of “Newsies.”
The Disney musical, “Newsies,” just opened on Broadway and as expected, it’s feel-good and family-friendly. At the performance we attended, the audience cheered like crazy after nearly every number, holding applause longer than usual to the actors’ visible delight.
The 1992 film, “Newsies,” starring Christian Bale and Bill Pullman, was seen as a box-office bomb at the time, but it gained a loyal following after going to VHS (remember tapes?) and television. That would account...
The Disney musical, “Newsies,” just opened on Broadway and as expected, it’s feel-good and family-friendly. At the performance we attended, the audience cheered like crazy after nearly every number, holding applause longer than usual to the actors’ visible delight.
The 1992 film, “Newsies,” starring Christian Bale and Bill Pullman, was seen as a box-office bomb at the time, but it gained a loyal following after going to VHS (remember tapes?) and television. That would account...
- 4/9/2012
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Surprising exactly no one, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s The Book of Mormon took home Best Musical tonight at the Beacon Theatre, as well as eight other Tony Awards. Other multiple winners included The Normal Heart and War Horse, which galloped its way to snagging Best Play and a slew of technical awards. See what other productions will be able to augment their marquees tomorrow morning with the full list of winners below.
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me if You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Winner: The Book of Mormon
Best Play
Good People
Jerusalem...
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me if You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Winner: The Book of Mormon
Best Play
Good People
Jerusalem...
- 6/13/2011
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW.com - PopWatch
Here’s the easiest prediction we can make about this year’s Tony Awards, which will be presented June 12 at NYC’s Beacon Theatre: Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will be a recurring punchline for returning host Neil Patrick Harris. The CBS broadcast will also manage to include a number from this still-to-officially-open show, featuring composers Bono and the Edge as well as on-stage Spidey Reeve Carney. Predicting the actual awards isn’t nearly as easy. But in a lot of the major categories, there seem to be some very strong front-runners. Expect The Book of Mormon (pictured left, top...
- 6/6/2011
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
Here’s the easiest prediction we can make about this year’s Tony Awards, which will be presented June 12 at NYC’s Beacon Theatre: Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will be a recurring punchline for returning host Neil Patrick Harris. The CBS broadcast will also manage to include a number from this still-to-officially-open show, featuring composers Bono and the Edge as well as on-stage Spidey Reeve Carney. Predicting the actual awards isn’t nearly as easy. But in a lot of the major categories, there seem to be some very strong front-runners. Expect The Book of Mormon (pictured left, top...
- 6/6/2011
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
New York, New York (X17online) - This year's Tony Award nominations are out, and Daniel Radcliffe, Robin Williams, James Earl Jones and Ben Stiller are absent from them. Musical The Book of Mormon swept the nominations with 14. Actors including Al Pacino, Vannessa Redgrave, Edie Falco and Frances McDormand all scored nominations, while Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Stiller and Robin Williams did not. Radcliffe won rave reviews for his performance in the revival of the Tony-winning play How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The production itself was nominated eight times this year. The Book of Mormon, written by the creators of South Park, won at the box office despite its lack of big-name actors in the cast. Williams, had he won a Tony, would have been the eleventh actor ever to win a Grammy, Tony, Emmy and Oscar. Alas, he was not nominated. Stiller was starring in The House of Blue Leaves.
- 5/3/2011
- x17online.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Tony Award winners Anika Noni Rose and Matthew Broderick announced the 2011 Tony Awards nominees live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City Tuesday morning.
“The Book of Mormon,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s well-received musical, leads all nominees with 14, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction, Best Choreography, and four acting nominations.
The Tonys will air on CBS on Sunday, June 12, at 8 p.m. Et.
The full list of nominees, from BroadwayWorld.com, are:
Best Play
Good People
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Jerusalem
Author: Jez Butterworth
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
War Horse
Author: Nick Stafford
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Alex Timbers
The Book of Mormon
Trey Parker,...
Hollywoodnews.com: Tony Award winners Anika Noni Rose and Matthew Broderick announced the 2011 Tony Awards nominees live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City Tuesday morning.
“The Book of Mormon,” Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s well-received musical, leads all nominees with 14, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction, Best Choreography, and four acting nominations.
The Tonys will air on CBS on Sunday, June 12, at 8 p.m. Et.
The full list of nominees, from BroadwayWorld.com, are:
Best Play
Good People
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Jerusalem
Author: Jez Butterworth
The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
War Horse
Author: Nick Stafford
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
The Scottsboro Boys
Sister Act
Best Book of a Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Alex Timbers
The Book of Mormon
Trey Parker,...
- 5/3/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Broadway veterans Matthew Broderick and Anika Noni Rose were on hand live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Tuesday morning (May 3) to announced the 2011 Tony Awards nominees.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the men behind "South Park," saw their original musical "The Book of Mormon" get nominated for just about every award it could have been up for, for a total of 14 nominations. Close behind was musical "The Scottsboro Boys" with 12 nominations and coming in third was the revival of "Anything Goes" with nine noms.
Other notable nominees include Broadway legend Joey Grey getting a Directing nomination for "The Normal Heart," John Larroquette being nominated for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," which is Larroquette's Broadway debut, and a nomination for Al Pacino for his work in "Merchant of Venice,...
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the men behind "South Park," saw their original musical "The Book of Mormon" get nominated for just about every award it could have been up for, for a total of 14 nominations. Close behind was musical "The Scottsboro Boys" with 12 nominations and coming in third was the revival of "Anything Goes" with nine noms.
Other notable nominees include Broadway legend Joey Grey getting a Directing nomination for "The Normal Heart," John Larroquette being nominated for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," which is Larroquette's Broadway debut, and a nomination for Al Pacino for his work in "Merchant of Venice,...
- 5/3/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The Book of Mormon, the musical comedy from the creators of South Park, was the big winner this morning when the 2011 Tony Award nominations were announced, earning 14 nominations, including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, and Best Direction. The Scottsboro Boys also cleaned up, with 12 nods. Tony winners Anika Noni Rose and Matthew Broderick made the announcements, and the ceremony will air Sunday, June 12 on CBS. The entire list of nominations is after the jump.
Best Play
Good People
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove
Jerusalem
Author: Jez Butterworth Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson,...
Best Play
Good People
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove
Jerusalem
Author: Jez Butterworth Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson,...
- 5/3/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
PARK CITY, Utah -- Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play, "Love! Valour! Compassion!," depicting the gay middle-class, has opened on the screen. Unfortunately, it has not been opened up for the screen but seems framed solidly beneath the proscenium arch. Nevertheless, this Fine Line release boasts a talented cast and will perhaps reach new fans who have not caught its big-city runs.
As New York audiences know, and Los Angeles audiences are currently learning, the story focuses on a circle of eight gay male friends and their weekend in the country. Actually, it's three weekends in the country here as the scenario runs the summer-holiday weekend season of Memorial Day/Fourth of July/Labor Day. In McNally's brainy and witty story line, the friends congregate at Gregory's (Stephen Bogardus) lakefront home, an inviting Victorian that, although fussily outfitted, is a warm cocoon for the guys. For those not familiar with the play, the menfolk are a diverse lot, temperamentally as well as professionally.
As in any gathering, it's usually the most flamboyant members who, as we get to learn more about them, are the most vulnerable. In this case, the eye-catchers are Buzz (Jason Alexander), a Broadway musical buff whose constant witticisms and pronouncements lead us to suspect that his happy hysterics mask far less happier truths. On the dispositional opposite end from Buzz, way down the grouch meter, is John (John Glover), a haughty and pompous composer whose sour asides and judgmental glower dampen everyone's spirit.
Without further delineating the plot, suffice it to say that what the plot does not necessarily thicken, it spreads, genuflects, saddens, alights, pouts, reconciles and curls around.
Perhaps the most striking addition that this filmic visualization makes to the stage play is the stunningly sunny lakeside setting. The natural beauty of the setting is a fitting corollary for the men's friendship and, alas, also a sobering counterpoint for the unspoken thoughts on everyone's mind -- AIDS. Director Joe Mantello sensitively swathes the storyline with images of the pristine beauty of nature, and this truly does "open" it from the play. However, discussions are statically shot and visualizations are medium-shot -- boring.
Mantello never fully uses the power of the camera to add perspective or provide insight, nor does he utilize the rhythm of the cut to propel the production beyond a standard, dramatic two-step.
The highlights of "Love! Valour! Compassion!" are the layered, revealing performances. As the bawdy but brittle Buzz, Alexander is a treat. He's the life of the party and, ultimately, the character who most touches our hearts. Glover is marvelously formidable as the towering composer and does double duty by limning the musician's dying brother from England. John Benjamin Hickey and Stephen Spinella are aptly solid as the dull, gray suits of the group.
Technically, the film is at its best in its design. Praise to production designer Francois Seguin for the neo-Victorian look and to costume designer Jess Goldstein for the array of personal colors that catch one's eye in the characters' outfittings.
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!
Fine Line Features
Producers Doug Chapin, Barry Krost
Director Joe Mantello
Executive producers Ruth Vitale,
Jonathan Weisgal, Amy Labowitz
Line producer Diane Conn
Screenwriter-playwright Terrence McNally
Director of photography Alik Sakharov
Editor Colleen Sharp
Production designer Francois Seguin
Music supervisor Jackie Krost
Music Harold Wheeler
Costume designer Jess Goldstein
Choreographer John Carrafa
Color/stereo
Cast:
Buzz Hauser Jason Alexander
Ramon Fornos Randy Becker
Gregory Mitchell Stephen Bogardus
John & James Jeckyll John Glover
Arthur Paper John Benjamin Hickey
Bobby Brahams Justin Kirk
Perry Sellars Stephen Spinella
Running time -- 115 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
As New York audiences know, and Los Angeles audiences are currently learning, the story focuses on a circle of eight gay male friends and their weekend in the country. Actually, it's three weekends in the country here as the scenario runs the summer-holiday weekend season of Memorial Day/Fourth of July/Labor Day. In McNally's brainy and witty story line, the friends congregate at Gregory's (Stephen Bogardus) lakefront home, an inviting Victorian that, although fussily outfitted, is a warm cocoon for the guys. For those not familiar with the play, the menfolk are a diverse lot, temperamentally as well as professionally.
As in any gathering, it's usually the most flamboyant members who, as we get to learn more about them, are the most vulnerable. In this case, the eye-catchers are Buzz (Jason Alexander), a Broadway musical buff whose constant witticisms and pronouncements lead us to suspect that his happy hysterics mask far less happier truths. On the dispositional opposite end from Buzz, way down the grouch meter, is John (John Glover), a haughty and pompous composer whose sour asides and judgmental glower dampen everyone's spirit.
Without further delineating the plot, suffice it to say that what the plot does not necessarily thicken, it spreads, genuflects, saddens, alights, pouts, reconciles and curls around.
Perhaps the most striking addition that this filmic visualization makes to the stage play is the stunningly sunny lakeside setting. The natural beauty of the setting is a fitting corollary for the men's friendship and, alas, also a sobering counterpoint for the unspoken thoughts on everyone's mind -- AIDS. Director Joe Mantello sensitively swathes the storyline with images of the pristine beauty of nature, and this truly does "open" it from the play. However, discussions are statically shot and visualizations are medium-shot -- boring.
Mantello never fully uses the power of the camera to add perspective or provide insight, nor does he utilize the rhythm of the cut to propel the production beyond a standard, dramatic two-step.
The highlights of "Love! Valour! Compassion!" are the layered, revealing performances. As the bawdy but brittle Buzz, Alexander is a treat. He's the life of the party and, ultimately, the character who most touches our hearts. Glover is marvelously formidable as the towering composer and does double duty by limning the musician's dying brother from England. John Benjamin Hickey and Stephen Spinella are aptly solid as the dull, gray suits of the group.
Technically, the film is at its best in its design. Praise to production designer Francois Seguin for the neo-Victorian look and to costume designer Jess Goldstein for the array of personal colors that catch one's eye in the characters' outfittings.
LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!
Fine Line Features
Producers Doug Chapin, Barry Krost
Director Joe Mantello
Executive producers Ruth Vitale,
Jonathan Weisgal, Amy Labowitz
Line producer Diane Conn
Screenwriter-playwright Terrence McNally
Director of photography Alik Sakharov
Editor Colleen Sharp
Production designer Francois Seguin
Music supervisor Jackie Krost
Music Harold Wheeler
Costume designer Jess Goldstein
Choreographer John Carrafa
Color/stereo
Cast:
Buzz Hauser Jason Alexander
Ramon Fornos Randy Becker
Gregory Mitchell Stephen Bogardus
John & James Jeckyll John Glover
Arthur Paper John Benjamin Hickey
Bobby Brahams Justin Kirk
Perry Sellars Stephen Spinella
Running time -- 115 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 1/27/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stage director Daniel Sullivan's feature debut is a competent adaptation of Jon Robin Baitz's 1989 play about a Holocaust survivor grown into a hard-headed publisher and hard-hearted father. "The Substance of Fire", an upcoming Miramax release, premiered locally Saturday at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival.
Lauded for his performances in the theatrical version, Ron Rifkin reprises the role of Isaac Geldhart, seen in a new opening as a child observing a book-burning during the war. The scene quickly shifts to current times, with Isaac in New York and a heap of problems about to ignite.
Having lost his family and wife and grown stony in the face of criticism for printing only narrow-interest works on the war, Isaac rebuffs his more practical son, Aaron (Tony Goldwyn). The latter is having no luck attracting investors and seeks to publish a potential best seller.
Isaac believes in high standards of craftsmanship and Old World integrity. A struggle ensues for control of the company, with Isaac losing his grip over Aaron's weak older brother (Timothy Hutton) and insurgent sister, Sarah Sarah Jessica Parker). All have equal shares, and Isaac is conspired against.
Meanwhile, Ronny Graham as a cranky author and loyal friend of Isaac lends support as Rifkin, with assured moves, takes us through the lead's mounting crises. Elizabeth Franz is another welcome presence as Isaac's won't-go-down-with-the-ship secretary.
Goldwyn, Hutton and Parker, however, are anything but inspiring. One develops little interest in their characters' problems when the spotlight shines so harshly on Isaac. Rifkin is commanding, but one grows weary waiting for his armor to crack.
One does learn a few things about paper stock and binding in Sullivan's latching onto cinematic possibilities, but the drama is still stagy while lacking the energy and urgency of a live performance.
THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE
Miramax Films
Goldheart Films
Director Daniel Sullivan
Writer Jon Robin Baitz
Producers Jon Robin Baitz, Randy Finch,
Ron Kastner
Co-producer Lemore Syvan
Director of photography Robert Yeoman
Production designer John Lee Beatty
Editor Pamela Martin
Costume designer Jess Goldstein
Casting Meg Simon
Cast:
Isaac Geldhart Ron Rifkin
Aaron Geldhart Tony Goldwyn
Martin Geldhart Timothy Hutton
Sarah Geldhart Sarah Jessica Parker
Miss Barzakian Elizabeth Franz
Val Chenard Gil Bellows
Louis Foukold Ronny Graham
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Lauded for his performances in the theatrical version, Ron Rifkin reprises the role of Isaac Geldhart, seen in a new opening as a child observing a book-burning during the war. The scene quickly shifts to current times, with Isaac in New York and a heap of problems about to ignite.
Having lost his family and wife and grown stony in the face of criticism for printing only narrow-interest works on the war, Isaac rebuffs his more practical son, Aaron (Tony Goldwyn). The latter is having no luck attracting investors and seeks to publish a potential best seller.
Isaac believes in high standards of craftsmanship and Old World integrity. A struggle ensues for control of the company, with Isaac losing his grip over Aaron's weak older brother (Timothy Hutton) and insurgent sister, Sarah Sarah Jessica Parker). All have equal shares, and Isaac is conspired against.
Meanwhile, Ronny Graham as a cranky author and loyal friend of Isaac lends support as Rifkin, with assured moves, takes us through the lead's mounting crises. Elizabeth Franz is another welcome presence as Isaac's won't-go-down-with-the-ship secretary.
Goldwyn, Hutton and Parker, however, are anything but inspiring. One develops little interest in their characters' problems when the spotlight shines so harshly on Isaac. Rifkin is commanding, but one grows weary waiting for his armor to crack.
One does learn a few things about paper stock and binding in Sullivan's latching onto cinematic possibilities, but the drama is still stagy while lacking the energy and urgency of a live performance.
THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE
Miramax Films
Goldheart Films
Director Daniel Sullivan
Writer Jon Robin Baitz
Producers Jon Robin Baitz, Randy Finch,
Ron Kastner
Co-producer Lemore Syvan
Director of photography Robert Yeoman
Production designer John Lee Beatty
Editor Pamela Martin
Costume designer Jess Goldstein
Casting Meg Simon
Cast:
Isaac Geldhart Ron Rifkin
Aaron Geldhart Tony Goldwyn
Martin Geldhart Timothy Hutton
Sarah Geldhart Sarah Jessica Parker
Miss Barzakian Elizabeth Franz
Val Chenard Gil Bellows
Louis Foukold Ronny Graham
Running time -- 101 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 10/28/1996
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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