Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Jul. 1

1) Flashback: Farewell JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR; Takes Final Broadway Bow July 1

Following celebrated runs at the Toronto Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR takes its final Broadway bow tonight, July 1. Upon closing, the show will have played 116 regular performances and 24 preview performances. One of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most famous shows, the Stratford production undeniably had a great run and introduced some exciting new stars to the Great White Way, including Tony nominee Josh Young, Jesus himself Paul Nolan, and Chilina Kennedy. Below, BroadwayWorld revisits the journey of SUPERSTAR! (more...)

2) Photo Flash: #SIP, Part 2 - Christian Borle's Last STARCATCHER, EVITA's 100th Performance and More!

Yesterday was the first installment of this week's "Saturday Intermission Pics" round-up on BroadwayWorld - scroll down to check out part 2! (more...)

3) Alice Ripley, Levi Kreis and More Set for SING ALONG Film

In the upcoming short film SING ALONG, the lead character is a 14-year-old boy living in New York City, with Broadway theaters as his backyard. Deeply introverted and mildly agoraphobic, his love of musicals translate to an overactive imagination, stemmed from his natural creativity. But it leads to trouble in school and more at home, where his naysayer mother crushes his artistic nature and his dream of being on Broadway himself. (more...)

4) FLASH SPECIAL: A Nora Ephron Remembrance

In light of this week’s news of the passing of noted author, playwright, producer and director Nora Ephron, today we are highlighting some of the most memorable moments from her accomplished and versatile career onscreen and onstage. Ephron’s artistic output consisted of collections of essays, memoirs, novels, screenplays, feature films, plays and producing duties on projects close to her heart, as well as a considerable amount of awareness raising for women’s causes and general charitable work for the arts. While perhaps best known for her much-loved trio of romantic comedies WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE and YOU’VE GOT MAIL, Ephron also penned the screenplay for the Mike Nichols biopic SILKWOOD about whistleblower Karen Silkwood, as well as wrote and directed the recent hit comedy JULIE & JULIA, re-teaming with her friend and consistent collaborator, three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep. Incidentally, Streep actually played Ephron - or at least a thinly-veiled version of her - in the 1986 Mike Nichols film HEARTBURN, based on her novel of the same name. While BEWITCHED, LUCKY NUMBERS and HANGING UP may have failed to ignite, Ephron created fine films with the angelically-themed John Travolta starrer MICHAEL and the Julie Kavner vehicle THIS IS YOUR LIFE, as well as crafted indelible characters in screenplays such as COOKIE, MIXED NUTS and MY BLUE HEAVEN. Closing out her career, Ephron showcased Streep once again and rising star Amy Adams shone brightly in the fun and frothy JULIE & JULIA, ending Ephron’s film output with a hit to go along with her successful early beginnings as an essayist, humorist and cultural commentator - having penned essay collections in the 1970s such as WALLFLOWER AT THE ORGY, CRAZY SALAD: SOME THINGS ABOUT WOMEN, SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE: NOTES ON THE MEDIA, and, more recently, I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON BEING A WOMAN and I REMEMBER NOTHING: AND OTHER REFLECTIONS - who famously parlayed those skills into TV writing, and, then, her Oscar-nominated work on SILKWOOD - arguably her finest dramatic work of all in film. As far as Ephron’s stage ventures are concerned, besides the forthcoming musical adaptation of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE currently being developed under director Lonny Price and her writing of next season’s purportedly Tom Hanks-headlining Broadway bow in LUCKY GUY, Ephron penned the 2002 Jack O’Brien play with music (by no less than Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia) IMAGINARY FRIENDS, starring Cherry Jones and Swoozie Kurtz, as well as the recently-closed Off Broadway smash, LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, co-written with her sister, Delia Ephron. JFK White House intern to New York Post columnist to celebrated essayist to Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director and producer, Ephron left a significant mark on society and also crafted some heartwarming - or, should that be: heartburning - stories along the way. (more...)

5) STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/1- Terrence Mann

Happy Birthday Terrence Mann! Mann's Broadway credits include the Beast in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast, Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, Inspector Javert in Les Miserables and Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel. He also has starred in additional Broadway productions including Lennon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Getting Away With Murder, A Christmas Carol, Rags, Barnum, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway and Jekyll & Hyde. He has earned multiple Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations. (more...)

6) THE LYONS Closes on Broadway

The Broadway production of Nicky Silver's comedy THE LYONS will end its run at the Cort Theatre (138 W. 48 St.) following today's performance, after having played 80 performances and 21 previews. Directed by Mark Brokaw, THE LYONS began previews April 5 and had its official opening night April 23 with a cast starring Tony winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa. (more...)

7) Jesse Eisenberg's THE REVISIONIST and More Set for Rattlestick Playwrights Season

Jesse Eisenberg, the actor and playwright who's best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in THE SOCIAL NETWORK and whose play ASUNCION played the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater last year, will bring a new play to the 2012-13 Rattlestick season. (more...)

8) Art Auction Raises Over $180,000 for AIDS Project Los Angeles

Celebrities and art lovers gathered tonight for Art Project Los Angeles – the third annual red-carpet art auction and gala event benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). The event raised over $180,000 for APLA, which provides direct care services and HIV prevention programs to more than 11,000 Angelenos. (more...)

9) Upcoming CD Releases for July 2012

Check out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for July, 2012. (more...)

10) BWW's On This Day - July 1, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

11) Want to Be a Published Author? Editors in South Carolina Wanted!

Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in South Carolina. (more...)

12) Photo Blast from The Past: Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach

Welcome to BroadwayWorld.com's 'Photo Blast From the Past' series. Featuring some of the collected theatre gem's of BroadwayWorld's own senior photographer Walter McBride, the series will feature images from his archives of theatre and Hollywood related gems. (more...)

13) Want to Be a Published Author? Editors in Vermont Wanted!

Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Vermont. (more...)

14) Want to Be a Published Author? Editors in Jackson Wanted!

Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Jackson. (more...)

15) Photo Flash: Musical Theatre West's SPAMALOT Opening Night

Musical Theatre West closes its 59th consecutive season with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT. MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT opened yesterday and will run an additional 12 performances through July 15, 2012. Get a look at opening night below! (more...)

16) Want to Be a Published Author? Editors in France Wanted!

Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in France. (more...)

17) Kim Huber, Dennis Kyle and More Set for Sterling’s at The Federal, 7/1

Steling's Upstairs at the Federal will feature Chelsea Emma Franko (Winner, LA’s Next Great Stage Star 2012); Gordon Goodman (Parade; The Grand Tour; Das Barbecue; Charlie, Shenandoah); Kim Huber (Broadway: Belle, Beauty & The Beast; Betty Schaeffer, Sunset Boulevard); Dennis Kyle (Reprise’s They’re Playing Our Song; Rooster in Annie, Theater Aspen); Jane Noseworthy (Reprise: Carrie, Carousel; Rosanna, Cyrano; Hope, Urinetown) with Music Director: Shelly Markham and Special Guest: Andrea Marcovicci on July 1. (more...)

18) Atwater Crossing Presents HAVA World Premiere, 7/1-29

The World Premiere of HAVA, a one-woman show by April Hava Shenkman will play Atwater Crossing (3191 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, Calif.) from July 1-29 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www.atwatercrossing.com or by calling (323) 284-8265. (more...)

19) Identity Productions’ TAPE Adds Two Final Performances

Identity Productions has announced that it will extend its production of Stephen Belber’s TAPE for two final performances as part of the Best of the Hollywood Fringe at the Theatre Asylum mainstage. These last two shows will run on Thursday, July 19th and Thursday, July 26th at 8pm. (more...)

20) Want to Be a Published Author? Editors in Rockland/Westchester Wanted!

Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Rockland and Westchester counties. (more...)