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Jan 28 2013 03:23 PM ET

Broadway box office: Scarlett Johansson sells tickets -- but Jessica Chastain has star power, too, post-Globes

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January is typically a slow period on Broadway, given the seasonal dip in post-holiday tourism, but shows headlined by Hollywood starlets are bucking the trend this year. In its first full week since its Jan. 17 opening, the Scarlett Johansson-led revival Cat on a Hot Tin Roof clawed in $886,531 for the week ending Jan. 27, according to the Broadway League. That’s a modest 5 percent dip from the show’s premiere week and represents a strong 67 percent of the potential gross for the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Since reviews for Rob Ashford’s production were generally mixed, the popularity of the 28-year-old Avengers star (and improbable doppelganger for a young Christopher Walken) will be a big factor in the revival’s fortunes during its limited run through March 30.

Meanwhile, the recent Golden Globe win for Zero Dark Thirty star Jessica Chastain has proven to be a sudden box office bonanza for the actress’ Broadway debut, The Heiress. The drama revival, which opened last November and will end its limited run Feb. 9, grossed $604,765 last week, a nearly 36 percent jump from its total two weeks ago and two-thirds of the potential haul for the venue. (Of course, it probably doesn’t hurt that her costar Dan Stevens is back in the public eye with the return of Downton Abbey on PBS.) READ FULL STORY »

Jan 6 2013 01:44 PM ET

How to watch 'Downton' when you know what's going down?

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Unless you’ve been in jail with Bates for the past couple of months, you know by now Dan Stevens is not returning to Downton Abbey for a fourth season. If you have been in jail with Bates, well, first of all, good on you, and second all, stop reading because you won’t want to know any more. Those of us with access to any news from any corner of the world have probably read the reasons (“From a personal point of view, I wanted a chance to do other things,” Stevens announced in a statement. “It is a very monopolising job. So there is a strange sense of liberation at the same time as great sadness because I am very, very fond of the show and always will be.”) And heard from Downton creator Julian Fellowes on the fact as well. (“We have always tried to persuade him to stay,” Fellowes told the Daily Telegraph, while also sharing more you shouldn’t read if you don’t like spoilers.  ”He had done fantastically well for the series and his creation of Matthew was terrific. But this is life. Dan felt that this was right thing for him, and the right moment to move on to different areas.”)

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Jan 2 2013 05:47 PM ET

'Downton Abbey' star Dan Stevens crowned Britain's best-dressed man by GQ

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British GQ has released its annual list of Best Dressed Men in Britain 2013 and the most dapper man of this new year is (drumroll please)… Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens. Yes, he of the aquamarine eyes and swoon-worthy sideburns has beat out favorites like David Beckham and Prince William to land at the top of the list.

While we certainly have no qualms with Matthew Crawley being named top dog (he sure looks good in uniform, doesn’t he?), the list — comprising 50 people in all — did contain a number of surprises and, well, outright misfires. Take a look at GQ’s full gallery here, then see if you agree with our objections (and additions) below!
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Dec 27 2012 04:56 PM ET

Should 'Downton Abbey' air in the U.S. at the same time as the U.K. broadcast? -- POLL

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News of Dan Stevens’ departure from Downton Abbey hit the States 12 days before season 3 of the series hits our airwaves. And while many American news outlets, EW included, stayed away from saying exactly how Stevens exits the show, simply knowing that Matthew won’t return for the fourth season is a enough of a spoiler.

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Nov 26 2012 12:27 PM ET

Would you watch 'Downton Abbey' without Matthew Crawley? POLL

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Fans on both sides of the pond were overjoyed this weekend with the news that Downton Abbey was renewed for a fourth season on U.K. channel ITV (the third season, save for a Christmas special, just finished airing there, and will air in the U.S. on PBS starting Jan. 6.)

This should be news that makes us jump for joy – or at least show a properly restrained smile during a formal dinner — but I can’t help but be concerned. Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley, has yet to sign on to return. A report in The U.K.’s Daily Mail says that he’ll exit after the first episode next season to focus on other projects.

If true, this is, to quote the Dowager Countess, a ridiculous idea. I love Downton Abbey, but I mostly love Mary and Matthew. Would Friends be Friends without Ross and Rachel? Can you imagine The Office without Steve Carell? (Well, that actually happened — and that’s the problem.) A show that doesn’t continue to give me moments like when Matthew proposed to Mary in the falling snow is not one I’m interested in watching, despite my love for everyone else in the house. I think the Mary/Matthew dynamic is too big a part of the show to overcome if one of them were to leave. No offense to Laura Carmichael, but I have no desire to watch a show all about Edith. READ FULL STORY »

Nov 12 2012 06:41 PM ET

Broadway box office: Jessica Chastain and 'Downton' star Dan Stevens lure fans to 'The Heiress'

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Judging by the crowds snapping photos of themselves with giant cast posters outside the Walter Kerr Theatre, the biggest draw to the acclaimed new Broadway revival of The Heiress isn’t Oscar-nominated movie star Jessica Chastain but her British costar Dan Stevens, a.k.a. Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey. The high-powered duo (pictured above with costar David Strathairn, center) certainly seem to be luring fans to the Great White Way. In its first full week of performances since its Nov. 1 opening, their period drama earned an impressive $583,852 for the week ending Nov. 11, according to figures from The Broadway League. That’s 68 percent of the venue’s potential gross, a particularly strong figure for a straight play.
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Nov 10 2012 09:00 AM ET

This Week on Stage: 'Annie' returns to Broadway

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Two Sandys dominated the New York theater scene this week. One was the canine star of the beloved musical Annie, which opened Thursday night to generally mixed reviews (despite a near rave from EW’s Jessica Shaw). The other was the hurricane that disrupted numerous productions last week. The storm even became the unlikely scapegoat for the producers of the Al Pacino-led revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which pushed back its opening date from Nov. 11 to Dec. 8 despite being in previews since Oct. 9 and canceling only a handful of performances due to Sandy. Here’s our take on recent openings:

Annie The rags-to-riches 1977 musical makes a welcome return to Broadway in a new production starring 11-year-old Lilla Crawford (pictured above, with rescue dog Sunny as Sandy). According to EW’s Jessica Shaw, “This Annie is a love letter to both the city and a musical that’s endured for 35 years.” EW grade: A–

Sorry Like his last two plays, Richard Nelson’s deliberately timely new Off Broadway drama opened on the day on which it’s set: In this case, Election Day 2012. As Melissa Rose Bernardo writes, “The lightning-in-a-bottle nature of the works — particularly Sorry, with its references to Hurricane Sandy and even the approaching nor’easter — imbues them with a thrilling immediacy.” EW grade: A–

Bad Jews Off Broadway regular Tracee Chimoo is “terrific,” Lisa Schwarzbaum writes, in up-and-coming playwright Joshua Harmon’s “lively little comedy of hostility and intrafamily kvetching.” EW grade: B

The Heiress I had nothing but praise for “s crisp, first-rate production,” starring about a wealthy 19th-century physician (David Strathairn) whose plain-Jane daughter (Jessica Chastain) is suddenly wooed by a penniless charmer played by Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens. EW grade: A

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Oct 2 2012 09:00 AM ET

Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens talk new Broadway play 'The Heiress' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Changing loyalties, an inheritance and a mysterious man who may be up to no good? This kind of drama would feel right at home on a nighttime soap, but instead of being the latest twist on Revenge, it’s the plot of new play revival The Heiress, starring Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens in their Broadway debuts.

The Heiress has an impressive history:  It was originally an 1880 Henry James novel called Washington Square, before debuting as a play in 1947 and a movie in 1949. Another film version was released in 1997. But despite its long past, the show — about  a woman (Chastain) caught between a controlling father (David Strathairn) and a young suitor (Stevens) who may only be after money, not love — is incredibly modern, according to Chastain. “It’s very relevant, a woman believing she is what the men in her life tells her she is,” Chastain said. “And it goes from her father to her suitor to finally at the end of the play, she’s on her own.”

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