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 Katie Leaves 
 NYC as 
 Sons Ends 

Actress jets back to LA to meet Cruise post-Golden Globes

Jan 12, 09 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Katie Holmes’ dressing room is empty and the actress took her final bow last night as All My Sons ended its Broadway run yesterday, the New York Post reports. Holmes and daughter Suri were helicoptered to a waiting cross-country flight after the final curtain, the Daily Mail adds, and she... More »

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Tom Cruise • Broadway • Katie Holmes • celebrity • Golden Globes • Suri Cruise • All My Sons

Piven Wasn't Sick, He Was Fired: Source

Mercury poisoning
just easy excuse for bored diva

Jan 6, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - It may have been a pink slip, not a doctor's note, that prompted Jeremy Piven's premature exit from Speed-the-Plow. Diva behavior befitting that of his Entourage persona got him booted, Broadway insiders tell E! Piven—who cites mercury poisoning—wanted out, they claim, because he couldn't handle the nightly... More »

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Broadway • celebrity • mercury poisoning • termination • Jeremy Piven • Speed the Plow

ANALYSIS

 Katie Drops $14M in NYC 

Star racks up impressive bill in 6 months during Broadway stint, Post estimates

Jan 5, 09 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Katie Holmes is “Manhattan’s Most Valued Shopper” after spending more than $14 million during her 6 months in New York, the Post estimates. Dining at hot spots like Nobu accounts for more than $7,000, while dressing herself and Suri racked up at least $17,000. But the... More »

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New York real estate • Tom Cruise • New York City • New York • Manhattan • Broadway • money • Katie Holmes • celebrity • All My Sons

Batman's Commissioner Gordon Dies

Pat Hingle, veteran tough-guy actor, mentored young

Jan 5, 09 2:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Pat Hingle—whose characters included Commissioner Gordon in the '90s Batman movies and Norma Rae's father in the 1979 film—has died of blood cancer at his Carolina Beach home at the age of 84, the Wilmington Star-News reports. The Tony Award nominee and Broadway star had said he... More »

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Hollywood • independent film • obituary • Broadway • cinema • actor • Pat Hingle


 Get Ready 
 for Mariah: 
 the Musical 

Pop diva's life to be Broadway musical

Dec 31, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Mariah Carey: The Musical may be hitting Broadway in 2009. The singer is in talks to bring her life story to the stage, confirmed a spokesman. The pop diva has certainly led a dramatic life, reports the Mirror, from her marriage to Tommy Mottola to her 2001 breakdown. The biggest... More »

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Broadway • Eva Longoria • celebrity • Vanessa Hudgens • musical • Mariah Carey • Leona Lewis

 Radcliffe Sick of Being Naked 

'Harry Potter' star ready for new role

Dec 31, 08 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The idea of Harry Potter getting naked brought a lot of attention to Broadway’s Equus—but star Daniel Radcliffe is getting tired of stripping down with a fake horse every night, reports the New York Post. What’s next for the actor? Possibly a musical, he told his producer.... More »

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theater • nudity • Broadway • celebrity • play • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus • nude

No Revival in Sight for Battered Broadway

Economic downturn makes investors nervous and theatergoers thrifty

Dec 28, 08 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The economic crisis has produced plenty of drama, but it means a bust for Broadway, the Los Angeles Times reports. Investors are jittery about backing just about anything, theaters are cutting costs, and some shows are shutting down early or canceling their openings. "What we had was a small... More »

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theater • Broadway • economy • New York economy • financial crisis

APPRECIATION

 Broadway Bigwig's 
 Secret Struggle 


Dec 24, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Just before he died last month, Broadway mogul Gerald Schoenfeld finished a memoir revealing a secret but devastating battle with depression, Jeremy Gerard writes on Bloomberg. “This will surprise many of the people who thought they knew the Shubert Organization chairman well. It did me.” The Great White... More »

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theater • New York City • depression • Broadway • Shubert Organization • Gerald Schoenfeld


 Tom Sweetens 
 Katie's 30th 
 With Surprise 

Hubby couldn't be on Broadway, so he sent a mountain of sugar in his place

Dec 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Aw, isn't this sweet: Katie Holmes turned 30 yesterday, and Tom Cruise—who was attending his Valkyrie premiere in LA—sent a towering birthday cake to a Broadway theater in his place, People reports. Holmes, who’s starring in All My Sons, was surprised when the five-tiered pastry was rolled... More »

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Tom Cruise • Broadway • Katie Holmes • birthday • birthday party • John Lithgow • Suri Cruise • All My Sons • celebrity marriage

'Mercury Count' Speeds Piven's Broadway Exit

Writer David Mamet
is a little skeptical
of star's ailment

Dec 18, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Jeremy Piven is bailing on Broadway because of a high mercury count, and it doesn’t sound like David Mamet is buying the excuse, Variety reports. “My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer,” said Mamet, who wrote Speed-the-Plow. The... More »

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Broadway • mercury • David Mamet • Jeremy Piven • Speed-the-Plow

 Ailing Piven May Bail 
 on Broadway 

Sick actor has missed three Broadway performances

Dec 17, 08 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Jeremy Piven has been knocked out by an illness so severe his docs suggest abandoning his new Broadway role, TMZ reports. Piven—best known as Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage—has missed three performances of Speed-the-Plow. Doctors advise he end his run with the show pronto, his rep says. The... More »

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Broadway • illness • Entourage • Jeremy Piven • Speed the Plow

theater review

 Stage Shrek Is 
 Lumbering but Lovable 

Show lacking in 'inspiration'

Dec 15, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Shrek the Musical has its moments, but in the end, it contradicts its own message that substance trumps what’s on the surface, writes Ben Brantley in the New York Times. The “leaden” show presents a “cavalcade of storybook effigies” that “feels like 40 blocks’ worth of... More »

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theater • Broadway • musical theater • reviews • Shrek

 Cruise: I'd Do a Musical  

Actor does a mean Elvis impersonation

Dec 12, 08 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise in a musical? After prodding from Jay Leno last night, the star says he wouldn't mind following wife Katie onto the stage, Broadway World reports. "Yes, I do movies and everything, but I wouldn't say no to Broadway," said Cruise. Turns out, he got his start... More »

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Tom Cruise • Broadway • celebrity • Jay Leno • musical • actor

opinion

All My Sons Is Money,
and Katie's Why


Dec 8, 08 5:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The Broadway show All My Sons became profitable today, mostly thanks to Katie Holmes, Ted Casablanca writes on E! Online. John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest co-star, but "as talented and praiseworthy as those two veteran stars may be, worth drooling over on stage, they are not," writes... More »

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Broadway • Katie Holmes • John Lithgow • Dianne Wiest • All My Sons

 Fonda Heads Back to Broadway 

Starring role marks return after 46 years

Dec 5, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Jane Fonda will have another chance to add a Tony to her collection when she returns to Broadway after a 46-year absence, Playbill reports. Fonda, who made her Broadway debut in 1960, will star in Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations as Katherine Brandt, a musicologist working... More »

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music • theater • Broadway • Jane Fonda • celebrity • play • Beethoven

OBITUARY

Broadway Giant Gerald Schoenfeld Dies at 84

Powerful owner reshaped Broadway, New York and nationwide

Nov 25, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Gerald Schoenfeld, American’s most influential theater owner, died today at 84. The New York native ran the powerful Shubert Organization for 36 years, heading 17 Broadway theaters, doling out millions, and co-producing Cats, Amadeus, and Les Miserables. Though his cherubic face put observers in mind of a teddy bear,... More »

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theater • New York • obituary • Broadway • Shubert Organization • Gerald Schoenfeld

South Park Duo to Skewer Mormons—on Broadway

Trey Parker and Matt Stone set their comedic sights on Utah religion

Nov 18, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Canadians can rest easy. The creators of South Park are ready to offend an entirely new population—Mormons, reports the New York Post. This time, though, they will do so not on the big screen or the small screen but on Broadway. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are bringing the... More »

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religion • Broadway • comedy • cartoon • Mormon • South Park • Trey Parker • Matt Stone • musical

THEATER REVIEW

 Billy Elliot Dazzles in Debut 

Musical includes exciting choreography, Elton John music

Nov 14, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The Broadway opening of Billy Elliot has critics dancing in the aisles—or at least wishing they could. The "smashingly realized" show "traffics in a particularly British brand of bitter treacle, wallowing in the glory of the bravely defeated and the pathos of small, trapped lives," writes... More »

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Elton John • Broadway • dance • musical • Billy Elliot

theater review

 Holmes Holds Own on Stage 

Supporting performer is center of attention in Broadway production of All My Sons

Oct 17, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a perfect world, stars John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest would be the center of attention in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. “In this world, however, Mrs. Tom Cruise is playing a supporting role,” writes Natalie Finn of E!. So with tabloid-lovers... More »

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theater • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Broadway • Katie Holmes • reviews • Anonymous • Arthur Miller • John Lithgow • Dianne Wiest

 Broderick to 
 Return to 
 Broadway 

"The Philanthropist" opens next April

Oct 7, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next spring in a revival of "The Philanthropist," a comedy by English playwright Christopher Hampton. Broderick, in his first Broadway appearance since the 2005 revival of "The Odd Couple," portrays Philip, an insular college professor. Directed by David Grindley, the... More »

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theater • Broadway • celebrity • Matthew Broderick

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