"It's such a wonderful gift to be an actor who makes her living on the Broadway stage and then every 30 years or so picks up one of these, " said LuPone.
The premise of "Hardbody, " most of whose characters are required to stand in one place most of the time, makes it too physically static to fill the space of a Broadway stage.
Ranked number 9 on the American Film Institute's 2008 list of the 10 greatest films in the "Mystery" genre, Dial M for Murder was adapted by Frederick Knott from his hit Broadway stage play.
They had to walk a fine line to avoid anything too gimmicky, even working on the giant Broadway stage, so they decided against threading lights through the heel of the shoe or other special effects.
" Though Mr. Robbins's dance version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was one of the most memorable pieces of choreography ever created for the Broadway stage, Mr. Robin's miniature ballet is a lovely piece of work in its own right, and I liked his "Shall We Dance?
Leave it to the bright lights of Broadway to stage such a show.
"I think the authenticity and the raw African-ness of 'The Lion King' is a bigger selling point than any other product that has ever been on Broadway or on stage, done with a world-class quality approach, " says Lebo, who is determined to keep the show's feel authentically African by making sure that all international productions feature South African performing in them.
Zambello's work on Broadway includes directing a stage version of Disney's The Little Mermaid in 2008.
As for European playwrights, off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company did right by Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo, " in which F.
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Some, including his Muppets and Fraggles, appeared in both television shows and movies, among them the 1984 film "The Muppets Take Manhattan, " which depicted the fuzzy crew striving to stage a Broadway musical.
The director of the movie, Adam Shankman, and the screenwriter, Leslie Dixon, have removed the traces of camp humor and Broadway blue that gave the stage show its happily knowing flavor.
Every night on Broadway, the great acts of stage are sometimes mangled, sometimes elevated by boldfaced TV and film actors hired because audiences enjoy seeing stars.
In just one audition, she won a career-making role: the title character of David Ives's provocative play Venus in Fur at the Classic Stage Company, off-Broadway.
But for now, Roberts seems happy just being part of this Broadway ensemble - reportedly applying her own stage make-up, eating tuna sandwiches from the local deli and taking curtain calls side-by-side with her co-stars.
And she's been vocal about her desire to conquer the only stage she has not yet graced: Broadway.
They contain references to a claim that dogged him throughout his life - that he had somehow squandered his talent by working for the big bucks of Hollywood when others would have preferred him to continue on the stage, in London and not on Broadway.
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However, Mr Brantley - arguably Broadway's leading critic - deemed Johansson "a stage actress... of adventurous intelligence".
Mr. Morgan had snagged a substantial Broadway role early in his long career, sharing the stage with the likes of Lee J.
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Garland worked with many stars of stage and film, including Rex Harrison on Broadway in a revival of My Fair Lady, about whom he also wrote a best-selling biography, The Incomparable Rex.
While Federle ultimately made his Broadway dreams come true, after 10 years performing on stage, he found himself closing in on his 30th birthday and feeling like he was stuck in a creative rut.
Along the way, his quest to stay in performing shape blossomed into a passion for fitness, and he eventually carved out a reputation on Broadway as a trainer who understood the challenges of taking the stage night after night.
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That's the question composer Jason Robert Brown explores in "The Last Five Years, " which opened Tuesday in a poignant revival at the Second Stage Theatre, a decade after its first off-Broadway run.
Now Classic Stage Company has given us a Doyle-directed off-Broadway version of "Passion, " the last and best of Mr. Sondheim's three collaborations with James Lapine.
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The 50-year-old actor's long career on stage and screen includes parts in The Crying Game, Bullets Over Broadway and the BBC's Only Fools and Horses.
An intimate, 100-minute revival at Classic Stage Company opened Thursday night on the small thrust stage, crisply directed and designed by John Doyle (director of the Broadway revivals of "Sweeney Todd" and "Company").
While it would surely be transgressive in the extreme to stage "The Testament of Mary" in, say, rural Mississippi, mounting it on Broadway is about as daring as writing a musical that makes fun of Mormons.
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