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Mar 18 2013 09:00 AM ET

Listen to a song from new 'Big Fish' musical -- EXCLUSIVE

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Broadway fans, here’s a Monday morning treat. Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can) and Kate Baldwin (Giant, Finian’s Rainbow) are set to star in a musical version of Big Fish, and you can listen to a new song from the show, “Time Stops,” exclusively on EW.

The new musical, which will premiere in Chicago on April 2 and officially opens on Broadway in October, is based on the 2003 award-winning movie. The book for the musical was written by John August, who was also the screenwriter for the film. Big Fish will be directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys), with music and lyrics by Grammy- and Tony-Award nominee Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party, The Addams Family).

Listen to “Time Stops” below: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 15 2013 04:56 PM ET

Emilia Clarke breaks out the guitar on stage as Holly Golightly -- EXCLUSIVE IMAGES

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We have good news and bad news for the Breakfast at Tiffany’s fans out there (and who isn’t?). The good news: EW is exclusively premiering the first production shots of the stage adaptation of the classic 1961 Audrey Hepburn film, starring Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke as Holly Golightly. The images include a look at Holly’s signature style, Cory Michael Smith as Fred, and Clarke on a fire escape with a guitar. Which can only mean one thing.

(The bad news? Tiffany’s is a limited-engagement run on Broadway.)

Take a look after the jump.

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Mar 14 2013 12:02 PM ET

Requiem for a musical: How 'Smash' went wrong

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Smash should have been a singular sensation. When the show launched last February, it seemed to have everything going for it — an innovative concept, a killer cast of established screen stars (Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston) and beloved Broadway actors (Christian Borle, Megan Hilty), fabulous original songs from Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, high production values, and the stewardship of producer Steven Spielberg. And early on, ratings indicated that this potent mixture had indeed resulted in a hit — the show’s heavily-hyped premiere drew 11.44 million pairs of eyeballs and healthy demographic numbers.

Then, of course, came Smash‘s crash. As the series’s onscreen antics got increasingly absurd — Ivy’s hooked on pills! Terrible Ellis has poisoned Uma Thurman’s smoothie! Julia’s mumbly son Leo is a “straight-A student”! — viewers began tuning out in droves. By the end of season 1, Smash had been demoted from promising newcomer to a singing, dancing mascot of the hate-watching movement.

Even then, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. It came in the form of Josh Safran — a new showrunner who promised to reinvigorate Smash by ditching unpopular characters, broadening the show’s scope, and severely cutting down on its number of scarves per capita. Those who saw a diamond in the rough that was Smash’s first season were hopeful — maybe, just maybe, the show could become the hit it was always meant to be in season 2.

Or… maybe not.  READ FULL STORY »

Mar 13 2013 11:57 AM ET

Cyndi Lauper's 'Kinky Boots' are coming for Broadway -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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It’s time to put on your dancing shoes — Kinky Boots is coming to Broadway.

Based on the 2005 movie of the same name, the new musical, with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, tells the based-on-a-true-story tale of Charlie (Tony-nominee Stark Sands), who inherits his father’s failing shoe store. When Charlie meets Lola (Billy Porter) an entertainer in need of some stilettos, he discovers that the unlikely pair may just be able to help each other out — and revitalize the business.

Tony-winner Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde) directs and choreographs the show, which debuted in Chicago last fall. Check out more exclusive photos from the production — featuring Sands and Porter, as well as co-star Annaleigh Ashford (Hair, Legally Blonde), below. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 11 2013 04:50 PM ET

Broadway box office: Tom Hanks boosts one very 'Lucky Guy'

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There are a small handful of proven box office draws on Broadway: Hugh Jackman, Al Pacino, green-faced witches. Now we can add a new name: Tom Hanks. The two-time Oscar winner’s Broadway debut, Lucky Guy, raked in an astonishing $1.1 million for its first full week of previews ending March 10, according to figures from the Broadway League. It’s rare for a nonmusical to top $1 million in weekly grosses, but the late Nora Ephron’s play (starring Hanks as another departed New York legend, tabloid columnist Mike McAlary) managed to earn 112 percent of the potential gross for the Broadhurst Theatre. Thanks to demand-driven premium pricing, the average ticket climbed to $134.41 — second only to Broadway’s priciest get, The Book of Mormon (average price: $188.57). Lucky Guy, which may become an even hotter ticket after its official opening April 1, is currently selling tickets for performances through June 16. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 7 2013 01:10 PM ET

Jeremy Jordan and Jonathan Groff sing gender-bending cover of 'Let Me Be Your Star' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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It’s Smash as you’ve never seen it before.

What if Broadway vets Jeremy Jordan (Newsies) and Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening) had been vying to play Marilyn Monroe on the first season of the Broadway-set NBC drama instead of Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty? Well, alternate-universe shippers can rejoice! On Monday, Jordan and Groff belted out a gender-bent version of the show’s signature ballad, “Let Me Be Your Star,” at a benefit for the Off Broadway’s MCC Theater (whose current production, Really Really, stars Girls‘ Zosia Mamet and Parenthood‘s Matt Lauria).

This year’s “Miscast” fund-raiser featured a bunch of theater-friendly celebs performing tunes originally written for performers of decidedly different ages, genders, or ethnicities. Tony-winner Jane Krakowski tackled the title song from the Latino-centric musical In the Heights, while her former 30 Rock castmate Cheyenne Jackson paired with Jordan to play Side Show‘s conjoined twins Daisy and Violet on “Who Will Love Me As I Am.” But nothing can top Jordan and Groff’s wiggy take on “Let Me Be Your Star.”

Check out the clip below. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 5 2013 12:18 PM ET

Alec Baldwin on Shia LaBeouf: Theater's just not his thing

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Though “creative differences” with co-star Alec Baldwin drove Shia LaBeouf’s departure from the Broadway play Orphans, there seemed to be no lasting bad blood between the two actors. In a personal email that LaBeouf published on Twitter, Baldwin assured the younger man that he’s “been through this before” — boy, has he ever — and promised that he had no “unkind word[s] to say” about the Transformers star, adding, “You have my word.”

Nearly two weeks later, Baldwin seems to be singing a different tune. Last night, Vulture asked the actor to respond to a tweet LaBeouf sent shortly after exiting Orphans: “the theater belongs not to the great but to the brash. acting is not for gentlemen, or bureaucratic-academics. what they do is anti-art.” Here’s the Emmy winner’s response in full:

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Feb 28 2013 06:08 PM ET

Happy Birthday, Bernadette Peters!

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Today is Bernadette Peters’ birthday. Peters has taught theater geeks everywhere  to embrace both their comic and dramatic sides, to sing their hearts out, and to wear their curly hair as big as they want to. Even if you only know her as Sophie in Anastasia, you know she’s got a voice.  Here are five reasons we’ll always love the Broadway darling: READ FULL STORY »

Feb 28 2013 03:04 PM ET

Idina Menzel will return to Broadway in new musical from 'Next to Normal' team

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It’s been eight long years since Idina Menzel hung up her broomstick and left the original New York production of Wicked, the musical that helped her win her first Tony — but next spring, one of Broadway’s most beloved belters is coming home.

Menzel is set to star as Elizabeth in If/Then, a new musical by composer Tom Kitt, lyricist/book writer Brian Yorkey, and director Michael Greif — the team behind the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal. (Greif also directed the original off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Rent, which featured Menzel as performance artist Maureen.) Here’s a vague synopsis of the new show:

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Feb 21 2013 02:18 PM ET

Ben Foster to replace Shia LaBeouf in Broadway's 'Orphans'

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That was quick. Just one day after Shia LaBeouf exited the Broadway play Orphans over “creative differences,” the show has found a replacement: Ben Foster, a 32-year-old actor known primarily for his work in films like 3:10 to Yuma and The Messenger, as well as three seasons on HBO’s Six Feet Under. Foster will make his Broadway debut in the play, which is still on schedule to begin previews on March 19 and open April 7. He will start rehearsals tomorrow.

While the producers of Orphans haven’t elaborated on why LaBeouf left the play, the actor has posted a series of personal emails on Twitter that imply he made his exit after clashing with his co-star Alec Baldwin. When contacted by EW today, Baldwin declined to comment on the emails — though he did tell the New York Times, “You realize in the process, theater is not for everyone.”

Though LaBeouf hasn’t responded to a request for comment, he seems happy with Orphans‘s choice of replacement: “BEN FOSTER IS A BEAST. HE WILL KILL IT,” the Transformers star wrote on Twitter shortly after Foster’s casting was announced.

Read more:
Shia LaBeouf reveals ‘creative differences’ with Alec Baldwin on Twitter after exiting Broadway show
Shia LaBeouf exits Broadway show due to ‘creative differences’
Alec Baldwin and ‘New York Post’ photographer exchange harassment claims after altercation

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