Datebook: Popular Play ‘Baap Ka Baap’ Returns to Mumbai
"Baap Ka Baap" returns to the stage on August 21 at the Rangsharda Auditorium in Mumbai. The play has been written and directed by film and television actor Naveen Bawa, who also stars in it alongside...
View ArticleThe Broadway Con: An Agent Joins a Roster of Shady Characters
When a one-time theater agent was recently arrested for fraud — he allegedly bilked gullible investors of $165,000 for a non-existent play — the parallels to Mel Brooks’s “The Producers” were...
View Article‘War Horse’ Puppets to Aid Charity in Bonhams Auction
The puppets that were central to the success of the West End hit play “War Horse” are now being pressed back into service at Bonhams – to help charity.Anyone who saw the larger-than-life figures will...
View ArticleDatebook: LA Noir to Light Up Screens at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
From August 26-28, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will screen two modern classics defining California's film noir genre. "LA Noir" will feature a digitally restored 1960s black and white film,...
View ArticleQ&A With Drew Hodges: In the Room From 'Rent' to 'Hamilton'
In 1998, Nicole Kidman’s stage debut in David Hare’s “The Blue Room” was, as Newsweek put it, “one of the hottest tickets for a play in Broadway history.” In preparing a poster for the show, art...
View ArticleFree Outdoor Event Freespace Happening Returns to HK in September
Freespace Happening, Hong Kong's free outdoor event, will return on September 11 to the Central Lawn of the Nursery Park. Organized by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA), the festival...
View ArticleTop 8 Movies Coming Up in Fall 2016: Dr. Strange to Star Wars and Harry Potter
The year 2016 has been a productive one for impressive movies, from Steven Spielberg’s “The BFG” to Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” - not to mention critically-acclaimed works such as “A Bigger...
View ArticleBroadway and the West End Declare War on Scalpers
To paraphrase Howard Beale in the movie “Network,” the producers of “Hamilton” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it any more. The subject of their...
View ArticleFall Preview: Off-Broadway’s Bountiful Harvest
Off-Broadway’s status as stepchild to Broadway is diminishing fast, given how often its fare transfers uptown. Who wouldn’t have wanted to get the jump on “Hamilton” when it was off-Broadway at the...
View ArticleJennifer Holliday to Add Green to 'The Color Purple'
Jennifer Holliday, who won a Tony Award for creating the role of Effie White in the original 1982 production of “Dreamgirls,” is going into the current Broadway revival of “The Color Purple,” beginning...
View Article‘Just Like That!’: V&A Acquires Comedian Tommy Cooper’s Collection
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired the archive of Tommy Cooper – the British comedian known for catchphrases such as “just like that!”The V&A now has more than 116 boxes of Cooper’s...
View ArticleDatebook: ’No Man’s Land’ at Wyndham's Theatre, London
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart reunite to star in Harold Pinter’s critically acclaimed absurdist play “No Man’s Land” at Wyndham's Theatre, London, from September 8 for a 14-week engagement. Sean...
View ArticleDatebook: 'Unfaithfully Yours' at Mumbai's Nehru Centre
Actors Mona Singh and Ronit Roy are ready to come together for Raell Padamsee's play titled "Unfaithfully Yours," which will be staged at Mumbai's Nehru Centre on August 28 at 7.30 pm.The play follows...
View ArticleDatebook: Shabana Azmi's 'Broken Images' at Jamshed Bhabha Theatre
Shabana Azmi will take centrestage as the lead in 'Broken Images' scheduled to be staged on August 28 2016 at Jamshed Bhabha theatre in downtown Mumbai. Written by Girish Karnad, the play casts Azmi as...
View ArticleWilly Wonka, Waco Kid Actor Gene Wilder Dies at Age 83
Gene Wilder, the Hollywood actor who starred as Willy Wonka, Dr. Frankenstein and the Waco Kid among dozens of roles, had died at the age of 83. The star finally succumbed to complications of...
View ArticleReview: ‘Much Ado’ Turned Into Showy Catwalk at Selfridges
“Much Ado About Nothing” hasn’t been done quite like this before. Attackers blast out with Tasers; news bulletins interrupt the action with breathless headlines (“BENDICK SAFE”); and the final...
View ArticleHow Jerome Silberman Became Gene Wilder
Years before Gene Wilder became a beloved comic actor through such films as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Stir Crazy,” he was an eager student and devotee of the stage....
View ArticleDatebook: Gustav Mahler’s 'Resurrection' Manuscript for Auction at Sotheby's HK
When: Complete manuscript of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection") at Sotheby's Hong Kong on November 29, 2016.What: Sotheby's will offer this manuscript, consisting of around 232 pages,...
View ArticleDatebook: Walker Art Center hosts ‘Robert Redford: Independent/Visionary’
The Walker Art Center will hold a retrospective and dialogue series “Robert Redford/ Independent/Visionary” from September 30 through November 12, 2016, as part of Sundance Film Festival at the Walker...
View ArticleDatebook: NCPA Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Symphony Orchestra of India
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) from September 12-30, 2016 at its Jamshed Bhabha Theatre.SOI is...
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