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Article | By Playbill Staff | March 30, 2020
Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: March 30
Tony winner Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in If/Then, opening on Broadway on this date in 2014.
Article | By Adam Hetrick | June 27, 2013
"A Little Night Music" Film Soundtrack Will Be Released on Disc for First Time
The film soundtrack for the 1978 film adaptation of "A Little Night Music," featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Len Cariou and Diana Rigg, will be released on CD for the first time by Masterworks Broadway.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | December 31, 2003
In Memoriam 2003: Playbill On-Line Recalls Theatre Folk Who Passed On
In 2003, those we said goodbye to included a groundbreaking stage and screen actress known for living and working by her own rules; an illustrator who captured the vivaciousness of live theatre with strokes of his pen; a British actor who was among a new generation of players when Osborne and Pinter were coming into their own; a Tony Award winning playwright who loved the underdog; a librettist whose work on the page was so confident it seemed to sing without music; and a tap-dance wizard who acted, sang and danced into Broadway, film and TV.
Article | By Robert Simonson | September 30, 2003
Rex Robbins, Herbie to Lansbury's Mama Rose, Is Dead at 68
Rex Robbins, the actor who played opposite Angela Lansbury in Gypsy and with Al Pacino in Richard III, died Sept. 23 at the age of 68, his agent Richard Astor confirmed. The cause was an aneurysm.
Article | By Kenneth Jones, Andrew Gans | December 21, 2002
No Boy Scout: John Dossett Is Rose's Herbie in Gypsy
John Dossett, the actor respected for roles in Hello, Again, Ragtime and Prelude to a Kiss, will be in the thrall of Bernadette Peters' Mama Rose in Broadway's new Gypsy, a spokesman for the revival confirmed.
Article | By Andrew Gans | December 5, 2002
John Dossett Offered Role of Herbie in Bernadette Peters Gypsy
John Dossett, who is currently starring as Dr. J. W. Talbot in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Dinner at Eight, has been offered the role of Herbie in the upcoming production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters.
Article | September 23, 2001
Porter's Let's Face It Gets NYC Concerts by UK's "Lost Musicals" Sept. 23-24
Is there room in New York for yet another concert version of another old musical from another concert-series company?
Article | August 22, 2001
London's Lost Musicals Stages Porter's Let's Face It in NYC Sept. 16, 23-24
Is there room in New York for yet another concert version of another old musical from another concert-series company?
Article | By Robert Simonson | May 7, 2001
Judgment Day Comes for Nuremberg; Bway Show to Close May 13
Despite receiving two Tony Award nominations for acting, the Broadway play Judgment at Nuremberg will close on May 13, after 45 previews and 56 performances. The National Actors Theatre production of the Abby Mann drama was cited for the work of featured actor Michael Hayden and featured actress Marthe Keller but not recognized for the performances of veterans Maximilian Schell and George Grizzard, and passed over for a best play nom.
Article | By David Lefkowitz, Murdoch McBride | April 30, 2001
Bway's Nuremberg Stays the Course; Jones in for James
In a unique action, the Equity cast of Judgment at Nuremberg voted unanimously on April 11 to “postpone their pay increase until June 17” according to an Equity spokesperson. The unusual move was decided by the cast following the Wednesday matinee of the show. That decision, coupled with a bump in box office grosses, stayed the hangman's noose for Abby Mann's drama, which looked like a goner in early April.
Article | By David Lefkowitz, Murdoch McBride | April 19, 2001
Actors' LORT Support and Greener Grosses Help Bway's Nuremberg Stay the Course
In a unique action, the Equity cast of Judgment at Nuremberg voted unanimously on April 11 to “postpone their pay increase until June 17” according to an Equity spokesperson. The unusual move was decided by the cast following the Wednesday matinee of the show. That decision, coupled with a bump in box office grosses, have stayed the hangman's noose for Abby Mann's drama, which looked like a goner earlier this month.
Article | By David Lefkowitz, Murdoch McBride | April 12, 2001
Equity Actors Vote to Keep LORT Contract to Support Bway's Nuremberg
In a unique action, the Equity cast of Judgment at Nuremberg voted unanimously on April 11 to “postpone their pay increase until June 17” according to an Equity spokesperson. The unusual move was decided by the cast following the Wednesday matinee of the show. Further discussions are underway pending a final anouncement, Equity said.
Article | By David Lefkowitz | April 10, 2001
Contract Switch May Mean Curtains for Broadway's Nuremberg
On April 22, the League of Repertory Theatres (LORT) contract governing Broadway's Judgment at Nuremberg will end. At that point, the producers will have two choices: to close the show or keep it going under a standard (and more expensive) Actor's Equity contract. Cast members recently received a letter informing them of the situation, which could be dire for Nuremberg's chances of continuing on Broadway.
Article | By David Lefkowitz | March 26, 2001
Judgment at Nuremberg Opens at Bway's Longacre, March 26
Judgment at Nuremberg, an adaptation of Abby Mann's teleplay and screenplay about war guilt and responsibility, opens at Broadway's Longacre Theatre March 26. Previews began Feb. 15 for the drama, which is currently scheduled to run through early June, with the possibility of an extension if reviews and audience interest so warrant.
Article | By David Lefkowitz, Robert Simonson | March 16, 2001
Schell Due Back in Nuremberg March 16
Actor Maximilian Schell underwent an emergency appendectomy over the past weekend, forcing him to miss nearly a week's worth of performances of Broadway's Judgment at Nuremberg. According to a production spokesperson at the Springer/Chicoine office, the actor is expected due back in the production tonight, March 16. However, it's not yet known whether he'll be able to do both performances on March 17.
Article | By David Lefkowitz, Robert Simonson | March 15, 2001
Schell to Stay Out of Nuremberg One More Day
Actor Maximilian Schell underwent an emergency appendectomy over the past weekend, forcing him to miss nearly a week's worth of performances of Broadway's Judgment at Nuremberg. He'd been expected to return March 15, but doctors suggested he take another day to recuperate, so, according to production spokesperson Gary Springer, the actor is now due back in the production Friday, March 16. Until then, understudy Peter Maloney continues in Schell's stead.
Article | By David Lefkowitz, Robert Simonson | March 14, 2001
Schell Due Back in Nuremberg March 15
Actor Maximilian Schell underwent an emergency appendectomy over the past weekend, forcing him to miss nearly a week's worth of performances of Broadway's Judgment at Nuremberg. Reached March14, press spokesman Gary Springer reiterated his statement earlier in the week that Schell was "recovering nicely" and was expected to return to the National Actors Theatre production by Thursday, March 15.
Article | By Robert Simonson, David Lefkowitz | March 12, 2001
Nuremberg's Schell Has Appendectomy; Expected Back on Bway March 15
Actor Maximilian Schell underwent an emergency appendectomy over the weekend, forcing him to miss the Saturday and Sunday performances of Broadway's Judgment at Nuremberg. Press spokesman Gary Springer said Schell was recovering nicely and was expected to return to the National Actors Theatre production by Thursday, March 15.
Article | By David Lefkowitz | February 20, 2001
Nuremberg" Film Director Stanley Kramer Dies at 87
Film director Stanley Kramer, who helmed the movie version of "Judgment at Nuremberg," has died at age 87. According to the Associated Press, Kramer, suffering from pneumonia, died Feb. 19 at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. His death comes only four days after previews began at the Longacre Theatre for Abby Mann's new stage adaptation of Nuremberg, set to open March 26.
Article | By David Lefkowitz | February 15, 2001
Bway's Longacre Goes to Nuremberg w/ Schell, Keller, Feb. 15
With I.B.M. fending off allegations that they offered technology to the Nazis, and on-line auction sites debating whether to allow vendors to sell Third Reich memorabilia, what better time than now for a Broadway mounting of Judgment at Nuremberg, an adaptation of Abby Mann's teleplay and screenplay about war guilt and responsibility? Rehearsals began in mid-January for the courtroom drama, which starts previews Feb. 15 and opens March 26. John Tillinger directs the drama, currently scheduled to run through the end of May, according to spokesrpersons at the Springer/Chicoine press office.

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