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Good morning theater fans! This is Caryn Robbins with The Broadway Scoop for Wednesday, March 11. As concerns about coronavirus continue to rise nationwide, producer Scott Rudin has announced that beginning tomorrow, all remaining tickets through March 29th to THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, WEST SIDE STORY and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? will be available for $50. In a statement, the Tony Award-winning producer explained, “As long as New York City is open for business, its beating heart remains the Broadway stage."Concord Theatricals has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to the hit musical ANASTASIA, making it available for school productions throughout North America. The musical officially opened at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre in April 2017, where it ran for two years, before embarking on its current national tour. Based on the 1997 animated film, ANASTASIA features a book by Terrence McNally, and score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, And THE PROM star Isabelle McCalla has joined Broadway veterans Norm Lewis and Faith Prince for Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of 42ND STREET. Directed and choreographed by Stephen Mear and based on the 1933 Busby Berkeley movie, the musical is set to run from May 29 through June 21 at the Lyric Opera House. And that's The Broadway Scoop for Wednesday, March 11th.
Good morning theater fans! This is Caryn Robbins with The Broadway Scoop for Tuesday, March 3rd. Broadway grosses are in for the week ending March 1, and Tony winner Ivo van Hove’s reimagined version of the classic American musical WEST SIDE STORY enjoyed strong returns at the box office. The production, which officially opened on February 20, played to 100 percent capacity and took in nearly $1.6 million. Four Broadway productions played to S.R.O. seating capacity this week, including COME FROM AWAY, HADESTOWN, MOULIN ROUGE! and HAMILTON, which once again led the pack by earning over $2.6 million. The full creative team has been announced for MJ, the Broadway-bound musical inspired by the life and work of Michael Jackson. Directed and choreographed by Tony winner Christopher Wheeldon, the production will feature sets by Tony winner Derek McLane, lighting by Tony winner Natasha Katz, costumes by Tony winner Paul Tazewell and sound design by Tony nominee Gareth Owen. Preview performances are set to begin on July 6 at the Neil Simon Theatre, ahead of an official opening on August 13.And preview performances for the Broadway revival of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? get underway tonight at the Booth Theatre, ahead of an official opening on April 9th. Two-time Tony Award winner Laurie Metcalf stars in the production alongside Rupert Everett, Russel Tovey and 2019 Olivier Award winner Patsy Ferran. Tony winner Joe Mantello directs the strictly limited engagement. And that's The Broadway Scoop for Tuesday, March 3rd.
Support the show and get access to our Patreon exclusive weekly show, Classic Movie Musts: Double Feature at patreon.com/classicmoviemusts In this episode we discuss the theatrical and filmic qualities of Mike Nichols's, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? is currently #67 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. Timestamps: Opening Credits: 1:07 Feature Presentation: 7:31 Buzz from the Backlot: 25:15 Ending Credits: 30:37
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This week, Braden and Graham discuss films 61-70 on the AFI Top 100 list, and they disagree on a few selections. Listen to the guys delve into the provocative A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Humphrey Bogart's beard, why UNFORGIVEN is one of Clint Eastwood's best films, Mike Nichols' incredible directorial debut, and much more! This week's films: 70. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) 69. TOOTSIE (1982) 68. UNFORGIVEN (1992) 67. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) 66. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) 65. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) 64. NETWORK (1976) 63. CABARET (1972) 62. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) 61. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (1941)
We watched 1966's Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? and now all we want to do is play the drinking game Who Can Keep Up With Virginia Woolf?
Paul & Amy go to war over 1939's blockbuster Southern epic Gone With The Wind! They praise the chemistry of Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, watch a trailer for the misbegotten sequel, and ask whether a film this messy deserves to be in the AFI's Top 10. Plus: Kevin J. Goff, the great grand-nephew of Hattie McDaniel, talks to Amy about her legacy. Suggest a cocktail for us to drink on next week's episode, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, by calling the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824! Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall This episode is brought to you by Present Company with Krista Smith from Netflix and Sonos (www.sonos.com).
Paul and Erin review two films co-starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor: the searing 1966 Edward Albee adaptation WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, and the campy 1968 Tennessee Williams adaptation BOOM! Plus: our quick takes on LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY, DOMINO, and HER SMELL.
While Palmer and Tim were walking along the beach kicking THE SAND PEBBLES singing WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, they spied in the distance A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS yelling "THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!" This man's name was ALFIE, and he was a loser, so we shoved him out of the way, and found guest host, Scott, from THE SUICIDE SQUADCAST to discussion the 1967 Best Picture Nominations. Special Guest: Scott Wayne.
Our discussion of "old marrieds" past and present reveals that Andrew Haigh's new 45 YEARS covers a lot of the same ground as Mike Nichols' WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF — it just does it a lot more quietly. We talk over how the two films relate and diverge when it comes to their depictions of a long marriage, how the past informs those marriages, and what emotional inflections each film brings to the party. Plus, Your Next Picture show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, 45 YEARS, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The release of Andrew Haigh's beautiful 45 YEARS got us thinking about another film about the toxic dynamic between a long-married couple: Mike Nichols' 1966 film debut WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? In this half, we discuss how Nichols brought Edward Albee’s play to the screen, how Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton brought the tension of their own famously fraught marriage to their performances, and what the film says about the institution of marriage, our capacity for illusion, and American society itself. Plus, lots and lots of feedback from our STAR WARS episodes. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, 45 YEARS, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Haskell received Oscar nominations for his work on the documentary The Living City; the short film T Is For Tumbleweed and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and won Oscars for his work on Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and Bound For Glory. Haskell has worked on several films with John Sayles including Matewan, The Secret of Roan Inish, Limbo, and Silver City. Haskell has dierected and filmed a number of important documentary films to his credit, including The Bus, Interviews With Mee Lie Veterans, and Introduction to the Enemy, co-directed with Jane Fonda. Haskell created the groundbreaking neo-documentary style film, Medium Cool about a TV news camera find himself becoming personally involved in the violence which erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Haskell more recently directed the documentary Who Needs Sleep? about sleep deprivation in the film industry and shot Bringing King to China about a young American teacher in Beijing, whose failed protests against the Iraq war drive her to produce a play in China about Martin Luther King, Jr. Haskell continued to document more recent political and peace movements like the Occupy Movement in Chicago on Four Days in Chicago.
Welcome to Subject:CINEMA MICRO Focus! Each week, hosts TC Kirkham and Kim Brown will take on a single film and analyze it front to back, side to side, and everything in-between! THIS WEEK: It was a classic film of the 1960s, a film which changed the way films were presented forever, the film that caused the collapse of the Production Code in favor of the current ratings system, and a film which featured four of the finest performances in cinema history. Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis in "WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?". SCMF is part of the Popcorn N Roses family of shows, which includes our parent show, Subject:CINEMA, available every weekend at http://subjectcinema.com and http://popcornnroses.com (and don’t worry, they go to the same site….) We hope you’ll be back every week – don’t forget to subscribe to SC MICRO Focus and listen every week, a new show will be up every Wednesday evening!
Haskell received Oscar nominations for his work on the documentary The Living City; the short film T Is For Tumbleweed and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and won Oscars for his work on Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and Bound For Glory. Haskell has worked on several films with John Sayles including Matewan, The Secret of Roan Inish, Limbo, and Silver City. Haskell has dierected and filmed a number of important documentary films to his credit, including The Bus, Interviews With Mee Lie Veterans, and Introduction to the Enemy, co-directed with Jane Fonda. Haskell created the groundbreaking neo-documentary style film, Medium Cool about a TV news camera find himself becoming personally involved in the violence which erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Haskell more recently directed the documentary Who Needs Sleep? about sleep deprivation in the film industry and shot Bringing King to China about a young American teacher in Beijing, whose failed protests against the Iraq war drive her to produce a play in China about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Two-time Tony Award-winner James Naughton explains why he's at home in the Irish Repertory Theatre's "The Master Builder" and why it's his three Broadway musical appearances which are really the anomalies in his long stage career. He also shares how a casual college audition launched him into acting; discusses his artistic homes at both Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Westport Country Playhouse; marvels at the good fortune of his early connection to composer Cy Coleman, first with "I Love My Wife" and later on "City of Angels"; recalls the excitement of being on stage with Elaine May as she improvised her way through Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; relates a funny incident involving President Clinton and the chorus girls of "Chicago"; and confides why his next Broadway musical role should turn up very soon. Original air date - October 24, 2008.
Two-time Tony Award-winner James Naughton (for City of Angels in 1990 and Chicago in 1997) explains why he's at home in the Irish Repertory Theatre's The Master Builder and why it's his three Broadway musical appearances which are really the anomalies in his long stage career. He also shares how a casual college audition launched him into acting; discusses his artistic homes at both Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Westport Country Playhouse; marvels at the good fortune of his early connection to composer Cy Coleman, first with I Love My Wife and later on City of Angels; recalls the excitement of being on stage with Elaine May as she improvised her way through Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; relates a funny incident involving President Clinton and the chorus girls of Chicago; and confides why his next Broadway musical role should turn up very soon.
Two-time Tony Award-winner James Naughton explains why he's at home in the Irish Repertory Theatre's "The Master Builder" and why it's his three Broadway musical appearances which are really the anomalies in his long stage career. He also shares how a casual college audition launched him into acting; discusses his artistic homes at both Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Westport Country Playhouse; marvels at the good fortune of his early connection to composer Cy Coleman, first with "I Love My Wife" and later on "City of Angels"; recalls the excitement of being on stage with Elaine May as she improvised her way through Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; relates a funny incident involving President Clinton and the chorus girls of "Chicago"; and confides why his next Broadway musical role should turn up very soon. Original air date - October 24, 2008.
Multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee talks about the "inadvertent festival" of his works in the New York area, explaining why he declined to allow any synopsis of "Me, Myself and I" for its production at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, whether "The American Dream" and "The Sandbox" at New York's Cherry Lane Theater will look any different than in their original productions, and why we won't see productions of "The Zoo Story" without its new first act, "Home Life". In a wide ranging conversation, he touches upon his approach to playwriting, what he looks for in students seeking to study playwriting with him, the effect of the fame that he achieved from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", the experience of being critically out of favor during the 80s and early 90s, the two-decade disparity in ages between the actors who played the leads in the original "Seascape" and those who took on those roles in the Broadway revival, why we have seen so few films based upon his plays, how he chooses when to direct one of his plays himself, and the unique quality that his two long-time producers share. Original air date - February 8, 2008.
Multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee talks about the "inadvertent festival" of his works in the New York area, explaining why he declined to allow any synopsis of Me, Myself and I for its production at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, whether The American Dream and The Sandbox at New York's Cherry Lane Theater will look any different than in their original productions, and why we won't see productions of The Zoo Story without its new first act, Home Life. In a wide ranging conversation, he touches upon his approach to playwriting, what he looks for in students seeking to study playwriting with him, the effect of the fame that he achieved from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the experience of being critically out of favor during the 80s and early 90s, the two-decade disparity in ages between the actors who played the leads in the original Seascape and those who took on those roles in the Broadway revival, why we have seen so few films based upon his plays, how he chooses when to direct one of his plays himself, and the unique quality that his two long-time producers share.
Multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee talks about the "inadvertent festival" of his works in the New York area, explaining why he declined to allow any synopsis of "Me, Myself and I" for its production at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, whether "The American Dream" and "The Sandbox" at New York's Cherry Lane Theater will look any different than in their original productions, and why we won't see productions of "The Zoo Story" without its new first act, "Home Life". In a wide ranging conversation, he touches upon his approach to playwriting, what he looks for in students seeking to study playwriting with him, the effect of the fame that he achieved from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", the experience of being critically out of favor during the 80s and early 90s, the two-decade disparity in ages between the actors who played the leads in the original "Seascape" and those who took on those roles in the Broadway revival, why we have seen so few films based upon his plays, how he chooses when to direct one of his plays himself, and the unique quality that his two long-time producers share. Original air date - February 8, 2008.
Bill Irwin, details his journey from being a clown in a San Francisco troupe to winning a Tony Award for starring opposite Kathleen Turner in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Original airdate - July 1, 2005
Bill Irwin, details his journey from being a clown in a San Francisco troupe to winning a Tony Award for starring opposite Kathleen Turner in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Original airdate - July 1, 2005
Bill Irwin, details his journey from being a clown in a San Francisco troupe to winning a Tony Award for starring opposite Kathleen Turner in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Original airdate - July 1, 2005