Goodbye “Seminar,” Hello “Fools”: Theresa Rebeck Moves On
Failing to snag a Tony nomination for “Best Play,” the producers of Theresa Rebeck’s “Seminar” announced that the show would be closing on Sunday, May 6th, after 191 performances and 26 previews. The...
View ArticleHolmes Away From Home: Katie Makes a Savvy Move to Broadway
How do you step out of Tom Cruise’s shadow? Appear on Broadway. It worked in 1998 for Nicole Kidman, then married to Cruise, when she appeared in David Hare’s “The Blue Room.” Katie Holmes, Cruise’s...
View ArticleWill Katie Holmes Prove Bankable after Poor Reviews Greet “Dead Accounts”?
On Friday, November 30th, Broadway critics were mixed to negative in their assessment of Theresa Rebeck’s “Dead Accounts,” which was ballyhooed for marking the return to the stage of Katie Holmes...
View ArticleHigh Hopes Dim for “Smash”
Last season, on the heels of a $25 million promotional campaign and a lead-in from “The Voice,” the NBC-TV premiere of “Smash” drew around 11.4 million viewers. On Tuesday, February 4, its return...
View ArticleCurtain Comes Down on “Smash” and With It a Lost Opportunity
Finally bowing to the public’s thumbs-down verdict, NBC-TV yielded to the inevitable and recently announced that its multi-million dollar gamble on “Smash” had come up snake eyes. After two seasons of...
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