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Kim Cattrall Play Leads List of Surprise Broadway Flops

TheImproperDecember 17, 2011

"Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall latest run in a revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives has become the latest flop on the Great White Way that has seen some surprise shows stumble this season.... Read More...

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Eric Stang’s on Fire as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet

Iris WienerDecember 2, 2011

Eric Stang has recreated some of the best acts in entertainment. In his latest incarnation, he's on fire as Jerry Lee Lewis, one of four legendary musicians, in Million Dollar Quartet. ... Read More...

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Janeane Garofalo Finds Inner Jewish Mother in Russian Transport

TheImproperNovember 27, 2011

Janeane Garofalo is headlining the world premiere of the New Group's production of Erika Sheffer's Russian Transport, set to open Off-Broadway in January.... Read More...

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Katy Perry Eyed for Marilyn Monroe Broadway Musical (video)

TheImproperNovember 26, 2011

Marilyn Monroe is a hot property again, and the Hollywood producer who made her so thinks Broadway is the next stop for the late-film star. Would you believe Katy Perry might play her?... Read More...

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Jesse Eisenberg’s Witty ‘Asuncion’ Hurt by Split Personality

Iris WienerNovember 14, 2011

"The Social Network’s" Jesse Eisenberg has written and is starring in Asuncion, a new comedy Off-Broadway, and it's exactly what this season’s plays have not been--intelligent, smartly written, and brilliantly funny.... Read More...

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Christie Brinkley Lights Up Venus in Fur Opening

TheImproperNovember 9, 2011

Supermodel Christie Brinkley showed off her age-defying beauty at the Broadway opening of Venus in Fur in New York yesterday (Nov. 8), upstaging almost everyone on the red carpet.... Read More...

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Relatively Speaking: It Misses More Than It Hits on Broadway

Iris WienerNovember 6, 2011

Elaine May, Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and John Turturro have written and directed Relatively Speaking, a trio of short plays that begs a question: Why this mishmash of stories with little or no themes?... Read More...

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South Park Reveals Dirty Little Broadway Secret (video)

TheImproperOctober 27, 2011

Trey Parker and Matt Stone know a thing or two about Broadway and they have let South Park viewers in on a dirty little secret that should have guys flocking to theaters with their gals.... Read More...

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John O’Hurley Back for Chicago’s 15th Broadway Anniversary

TheImproperOctober 19, 2011

John O'Hurley, best known as J. Peterman on the hit NBC sit-com "Seinfeld," is returning to Broadway in the musical Chicago for the show's 15th anniversary run.... Read More...

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Cary Hoffman Takes 'My Sinatra' Off-Broadway

Cary Hoffman Brings Frank Sinatra to Off-Broadway

Iris WienerOctober 11, 2011

Cary Hoffman has made audiences laugh and swoon for eight years in concerts and on his PBS Special "My Sinatra." Now Off-Broadway My Sinatra has a brand new book and even more relatable, humorous stories.... Read More...

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Alicia Keys Adds Her Music to Broadway’s ‘Stick Fly’ (video)

TheImproperOctober 7, 2011

Alicia Keys is following in the footsteps of rap artist Jay-Z and actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, backing her own Broadway production featuring a unique slice of the African-American experience.... Read More...

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Hannibal Lecter Back Off-Broadway in Pared Silence!’

TheImproperSeptember 28, 2011

The popular Off-Broadway hit, Silence! is moving downtown in version that will be up to 15 minutes shorter, answering critics’ complaints about its length, hopefully without curbing its blood-curdling, hilarious appeal.... Read More...

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