PicApp Had Photos of Reeve Carney. I chose to ignore them.
Producers of the Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark musical have cast the title role of Peter Parker / Spider-Man. The lucky guy is Reeve Carney, who is the lead singer in a rock band named “Carney.” Not sure what the inspiration for the band’s name [...]
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At least the “ever” part. Shrek the Musical is closing. The final performance at the Broadway Theatre will be January 3rd, 2010. The show will have run for 441 performances by the time it closes. Based on the same children’s book by William Steig as the successful [...]
In a follow-up to a previous post, because it’s something to post, the touring production of 101 Dalmatians: The Musical opened in Minnesota at Minneapolis’ Orpheum theatre last Wednesday night. One unique aspect of the production, namely that the human characters would be “larger than life” was revealed to be… stilts. Yes, the performers in [...]
Sci-Fi fans are notorious for reacting poorly to news of a sequel or remake of some highly cherished film or TV show, secure in the knowledge that the mere existence of such thing totally and completely invalidates / ruins the original. I have some pride in the fact that I don’t subscribe to this theory. [...]
A play called Hamlet starring noted Hollywood actor Jude Law opens on Broadway today at the Broadhurst Theatre. I checked and this one seems to be based on a movie that’s been remade almost 60 times since 1907. Talk about remake fever… People complain when they do a new version of Star Trek, why doesn’t [...]
News broke that Avenue Q, a popular mainstay on Broadway for the last 6 years or so, and winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, is moving “Off Broadway,” a direction most productions don’t take. Generally speaking, the move is in the opposite direction, as Off Broadway productions “make the big time” [...]
Adorable Dalmatian puppies take note: Broadway and Hollywood actress Rachel York has been cast as Cruella de Vil in the upcoming touring production of 101 Dalmatians – The Musical. Based on the same book by Dodie Smith as the Disney animated movie from 1961, and subsequent live action version from 1996, the musical will [...]
Variety reports some big Hollywood names are interested in a new play set to premier on the Great White Way next March. The play, “A Behanding in Spokane”, written by Martin McDonagh, is about a man searching for his missing hand, encountering a couple con artists and a curious hotel clerk along the way. Presumably, [...]
While the synergies between Broadway and comic book properties seemed like a surefire win (has the HTML5 spec gotten to the /sarcasm tag yet?), news arrives that the production of Spider-Man, Turn off the Dark has been suspended due to financial issues. The issue being that the finances seem to have run out, though the [...]
The Longacre Theatre will play host to the Broadway production of “Burn the Floor,” staring Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff. It has been explained to me, slowly, that these individuals are notable because they are on a popular reality television program called Dancing With the Stars. They will appear in shows through August 16th in [...]
