The future of tap dancing in America may rest on the small shoulders of a four-foot-tall, 52-pound, 10-year-old boy from Ashburn, Virginia. Luke Spring is a YouTube darling who is even more astonishing in person
The clickety-clack of little feet
Tag Archives: broadway
Into the wild blue yonder
Blue Man Group is one of the most popular and oddest left-field theatre experiences to come out of the United States. Every so often the call goes out for new Blue Men.
McKellen ‘looking for a husband’
The entire cast of X-Men thrilled fans at Comic-Con by uniting on stage
Lucy to star in jailhouse rocker
Kiwi screen queen Lucy Lawless is set to tread the boards of one of America’s most famous stages, in a star-studded performance of hit musical Chicago. Lawless, 45, has signed on to play “Mama” Morton in a three-night production at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles
Would you pay $65 for to see a movie?
So this was the deal: For US$50 (NZ$65), you got to see Brad Pitt’s hotly anticipated zombie thriller World War Z before all your friends.
Griffiths ‘an actor of rare power’
Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon.
Bushnell bites back in Carrie dispute
The author Candace Bushnell has sprung to the defence of The Carrie Diaries following Sarah Jessica Parker’s comment that she finds the new TV show odd. Based on Bushnell’s novels, the show stars young actor AnnaSophia Robb as a teenaged Carrie Bradshaw who is just starting to develop her passion for fashion and publishing while coming to terms with her mother’s death
Here Comes the Show Boat! Broadway musical? Or opera in disguise?
Q: When is an opera not an opera?
Who’s Keeping an Eye on Strauss-Kahn?
A week after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn posted a $1 million cash bail and a $5 million bond, he was moved from temporary lodgings on lower Broadway to a large townhouse in Tribeca. Unlike a large apartment building, a townhouse has no doorman, but for DSK, there is no need.
Theatre: Revelry by Night
May 1 there were 28 shows on Broadway. June 1 there were 16