PLAYBILL THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 23-29: Richard Griffiths, Gigi, The Flick Flack and More
29 Mar 2013 Gigi, the Oscar-winning film musical that was later adapted for the Broadway stage, will be adapted anew for a Broadway run, possibly as soon as 2013-14, producer Jenna Segal announced this week. Eric D. Schaeffer will direct the classic, inspired by characters of French writer Colette, with a score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
PLAYBILL THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 16-22: Critics Respond to Hands on a Hardbody and Breakfast at Tiffany's
22 Mar 2013
You hear that? That rumbling in the distance? Feel that vibration under your feet? That's the Tony train coming! There's no stopping it, so don't try. Just brace yourself for its arrival. The cut-off date for Tony consideration is April 25, and until then, producers will be attaching as many cars to that locomotive as the traffic will allow. Two Broadway openings a week? Three? Four? You'll see it. Get ready.
PLAYBILL THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 9-15: Critics Respond to the New Plays by Christopher Durang, Annie Baker, Craig Lucas
15 Mar 2013 --
Christopher Durang enjoyed his first Broadway production in 17 years this week. (In the spirit of charity, we won't count the text he contributed to the 2010 Dame Edna outing All About Me.) It was Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which had a critically embraced Off-Broadway run earlier this season. His previous Broadway bout was the famous flop Sex and Longing in 1996. The two shows have a thing or two in common. They were both produced by Lincoln Center Theater and both starred Durang's old college pal Sigourney Weaver.
