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NYTIMES: Underneath Pajamas, Naked Depression
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD | March 14, 2013 Did you hear there’s been an outbreak of mugging in a certain bucolic neighborhood of Bucks County, Pa., where many a moneyed Manhattanite has a summer retreat? I guess you’re not safe anywhere these days. Kidding! The mugging I refer to is not in the actual Bucks County, […]
Mar 14 2013
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Gear Up for Broadway
Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce and Kristine Nielsen play a trio of siblings so tragic, they’re hilarious in the Broadway premiere of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. The cast of Lincoln Center Theater’s off-Broadway smash are reuniting for a limited Broadway run beginning March 5 at the Golden Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Martin and co-starring Billy […]
Mar 2 2013
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Will Transfer to Broadway
By Adam Hetrick 29 Jan 2013 Christopher Durang’s frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which played an extended Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater earlier this season, will transfer to Broadway’s Golden Theatre this spring with its original cast. The limited 17-week engagement will begin previews March 5 towards a March 14 opening night at the […]
Jan 29 2013
PETER Wins 5 Tony Awards!
Tonight Peter and the Starcatcher won 5 Tony Awards. We snagged the Tonys for Best Featured Actor (Christian Borle), Best Scenic Design for a Play (Donyale Werle), Best Lighting Design for a Play (Jeff Croiter), Best Costume Design for a Play (Paloma Young) and Best Sound Design for a Play (Darron L West). Peter and […]
Jun 11 2012
PETER Receives 9 Tony Nominations (including Best Play)
The nominations for the 66th annual Tony Awards were announced at 8:30 a.m. Peter and the Starcatcher received 9 Tony Award Nominations, the most for any play this season. -Best Play: Peter and the Starcatcher -Best Direction of a Play: Roger Rees and Alex Timbers -Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Christian Borle -Best […]
May 1 2012
NYTIMES REVIEW: Effortless Flights of Fancy – PETER
BEN BRANTLEY | April 15, 2012 They’re surfing the clouds at the Brooks Atkinson Theater, where “Peter and the Starcatcher” opened on Sunday night. And even inveterate fearers of flying are likely to find themselves following the folks onstage into altitudes where eagles get nosebleeds. “So what’s new about that?” you may ask. These days, […]
Apr 15 2012
REVIEW: Play about a famous lost boy – PETER
By Joe Dziemianowicz | April 15, 2012 Beaming with dizzy humor and delightful stage magic, Broadway’s “Peter and the Starcatcher” is a big dipperful of fun. The “Peter Pan” precursor seen downtown a year ago is based on the 2004 book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Set in the Victorian era, the adventure yarn […]
Apr 15 2012
NYTimes: On Fictional Broadway, and Then the Real One
By DAVE ITZKOFF | Published: April 12, 2012 CHRISTIAN Borle knows what people think about “Smash,” his popular if picked-apart NBC drama about the making of a Broadway musical. Not because he goes online to see what they are saying about his performance — he learned to stop doing that long ago — but because, […]
Apr 12 2012
Get to Know the PETER Cast as They Set Sail!
The acclaimed new American play PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, by Tony Award nominee Rick Elice, directed by Tony Award-winner Roger Rees and Drama Desk Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), began preview performances on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street) on March 28th and is set […]
Mar 30 2012
Variety: Disney Theatrical Mixes It Up
Not all roads lead to Broadway By Gordon Cox March 17, 2012 NEW YORK — Neither of the two shows from Disney Theatrical Prods. hitting Broadway this season — “Peter and the Starcatcher,” beginning previews March 28, nor “Newsies,” opening a day later — was initially intended for the Main Stem. That’s also true of […]
