Posts Tagged ‘Broadway’

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Another film production of a Broadway musical is in the works and the cast has been finalized with the last two stars joining the all-star lineup. After auditions, Taylor Swift has been offered the coveted part of Eponine and Amy Seyfried recently accepted the role of Cosette. Joining them will be: Hugh Jackman as Jean [...]

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Nicholas Sparks revealed to CBS that his book turned movie, “The Notebook,” is soon to become a book turned movie turned Broadway musical. The highly successful romantic novel turned to life on the silver screen with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in the lead roles. The movie which had a production budget of $29 million [...]

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Today marks the anniversary of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the super hero musical on Broadway. Despite the shows rocky start, the production set a box office record for the theater at $2 million in tickets sales this Thanksgiving weekend. Celebrating its two year anniversary, ‘Spider-Man’ and his Broadway crew has come a long way [...]

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It was announced November 22nd that casting is finally complete for the much anticipated Manhattan Theatre Club production of Wit. Wit was written by playwright Margaret Edson and first produced in New York in 1999.  It was in this same year that the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Despite the play’s numerous awards it [...]

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Even if you’ve been living under a rock for the past four months, you’ve still probably heard of The Book of Mormon, the satirical musical by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. That’s just how big it has gotten. And the numbers are there to back it up. According to ticketnews.com, The Book [...]