Des McAnuff

Billy Crystal to bring '700 Sundays' back to Broadway

2013-05-14 12:38:00

Billy Crystal announced Tuesday he will bring his Tony-winning play “700 Sundays” back to Broadway one last time. The production will have a nine-week run this fall at the Imperial Theatre, with previews starting Nov. 5 and an opening date...

Chun-soo Shin hopes to translate success to Broadway

2013-03-13 06:30:00

His offices in Seoul are nearly 7,000 miles from New York — a 14-hour flight made several times a year — but that hasn't deterred Chun-soo Shin from his bid to become a major Broadway player. One of Korea's top theater producers, Shin has...

'Backbeat' creators go beyond the standard musical theater fare

2013-01-26 10:11:00

Searching for his way into the new musical "Backbeat," which examines the Beatles' early days (and nights) in Hamburg, Germany, David Leveaux asked himself what he called "the Jerome Robbins question." It's a tactic he picked up in 2004 while overseeing...

'Sideways' stage adaptation heading to La Jolla Playhouse

2012-12-13 08:00:00

The recent stage adaptation of the bestselling novel "Sideways" that debuted in May in Santa Monica is moving up in the world. The La Jolla Playhouse said it will produce the play starting in July, with former artistic director�Des McAnuff at the helm....

Christopher Plummer still has 'A Word or Two' to say

2012-08-24 12:20:00

"First you're young. Then you're old. Then you're wonderful." — Alice Roosevelt Longworth STRATFORD, Canada — Christopher Plummer is in the wonderful phase of his career — and at 82 he's seizing the opportunity. In February, the six-...

'Jersey Boys' musical could get Jon Favreau as director

2012-06-06 07:15:00

Jon Favreau has emerged as the lead candidate to direct the planned movie version of the Tony Award-winning jukebox musical "Jersey Boys," according to a report this week in Variety. Favreau may seem like a strange choice for the job judging from his...

'Jesus Christ Superstar' recasts Pontius Pilate — again

2011-12-08 16:32:57

2011 year in review: Best in theater

2011-12-13 16:33:00

What's next for Oscar nominees? Theater for some

2012-02-23 16:33:39

Stratford Shakespeare Festival names new artistic director

2012-03-12 16:33:48

Flaming Lips musical to debut in late 2012, minus Aaron Sorkin

2012-03-14 16:32:43

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ on Broadway: What did critics think?

2012-03-23 16:33:52

You may feel like they never went away, but the blue-collar gentlemen of the Garden State, ever working their way back to you, have returned to Chicago's Bank of America Theatre.

2012-04-19 13:56:00