The brouhaha over a California production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that ended with the actor playing Big Daddy, John Lacy, being fired for confronting an audience member who shouted gay slurs during the performance has continued over the past week. While the debate over where Lacy did […]
Last seen The Bronx Bombers as Derek Jeter and In The Heights (Benny) before that, he’s an incredibly talented guy who’s got some great advice and stories to tell. In the interview, we talk about how he got the role of Vertus and getting into a show from the ground floor, pre-show rituals, auditioning and more!
The Hollywood Reporter got Tony Award nominees Sutton Foster (Violet), Idina Menzel (If/Then), Jessie Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Story) and Kelli O’Hara (The Bridges of Madison County) and best actress in a play nominees Tyne Daly (Mothers and Sons) and LaTanya Richardson Jackson (A Raisin in the Sun) to
Is it just me, or are we hearing an increasing amount of stories about bad audience behavior in theaters recently? Earlier this week we heard about the actor who rushed into the audience to deal with an audience member shouting gay slurs at the actor playing Brick in a production
Because Michael C. Hall isn’t planning on doing another television series so soon after Dexter ended, he seems to be doing just about everything he can do in acting other than appear on the small screen. His fans can currently see him on Broadway starring in The Realistic Joneses through
Though she made a short move away from Broadway to star in the ABC Family series Bunheads (which, frankly, always sounded to me like an insult that came out of Biff Tannen’s mouth rather than the name of a show about dancers), Sutton Foster is a Broadway star. She has
Tony Shalhoub, nominated for a Tony Award as Moss Hart from the play Act One, performs a scene from the show.
We’ve chronicled several instances here at Daily Actor when unruly audience members in a theater get put in their places by the actors on stage. In his current role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Neil Patrick Harris has cursed out audience members who rudely shout out things to him
After shooting 24 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles a season, most actors would take a break once production has wrapped. A few might do a small movie role or a commercial, but nothing that would take up too much into their off-time. Not many would do what Barrett Foa is
UPDATE: And the higher ticket prices are indeed the reason. According to the Los Angeles Times, the average price paid for a ticket (musical, play, or special) rose $5.46 to $103.88, the first time it has topped $100. Average price has increased over 33% since the 2008-09 season, which had
The Tony Awards have announced the line-up of actors who will take the stage at the 68th Annual Tony Awards. Hosted by Tony Award winner, Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor Hugh Jackman, Broadway’s biggest night will feature appearances by Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Carole King, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Will Ferrell,
In one month, Clint Eastwood’s big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys will open in movie theaters. With the original Broadway production having logged over 3500 performances, the production has been a strong performer in New York for almost a decade. However, should the producers and cast of
Nick Cordero is an unusual figure in the Broadway musical theatre community. Standing at a striking 6 feet, 5 inches tall, the actor is currently playing a mafioso named Cheech in Woody Allen‘s Bullets Over Broadway. Even though he’s had successful runs in Rock of Ages and The Toxic Avenger,
The producers of Will Eno’s new play The Realistic Joneses have announced that the production will play its final performance on Sunday, July 6th. The show will have played 27 previews and 105 performances for a total of 132 paid performances. It began previews Thursday, March 13, 2014, with an
Kristin Chenoweth, I mean Tony & Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, will star in Roundabout Theatre Company’s On The Twentieth Century. The musical, directed by Scott Ellis, will also star Peter Gallagher. Here’s the story: It’s nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury coach travelling from Chicago to New York
Hugh Jackman is coming back to Broadway in a new play by Jez Butterworth. The River will star Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo and will be directed by Ian Rickson. The show will open on Sunday, November 16th on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre (West 50th Street between Broadway and
Christopher Sieber has quite a reputation in the Broadway community. It’s a good one, but an unusual one. He’s become the go-to guy when a show needs a replacement quickly. Recently, he replaced Tony-nominated Terrence Mann as King Charles in Pippin without having seen the production or even auditioning. He said,
Most young girls have their favorite Disney princess character, but few of them have the opportunity to play that princess on the Broadway stage. Courtney Reed, who plays Jasmine in the Broadway version of Aladdin, is one of those exceptions. Reed managed to find a moment in between playing sold
The New York Times talked with recent Tony nominees and asked them one question: What they would be doing for a living if they didn’t work in the theater? Nominees Nick Cordero (Bullets Over Broadway), Jefferson Mays (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Jessie Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King
Kevin Spacey might be best known for his TV and film work, but he’s well-versed in the theater world as well. In a recent interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, he explained how much the medium meant to him. He said, “I’m a theater rat. I started in the theater
