Producers Eyeing Adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde Musical

With the phenomenal success of Les Misérables, Hollywood is naturally scrambling to find the next big stage-to-screen hit. For a group of Hollywood players, the answer comes in the form of the musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde....  read more

Once Wins Big at the Tonys

The Tony Awards were last night, and the star of this year’s show was Once, a musical set in Dublin that follows a Czech flower seller and his Irish street musician love interest. The musical won eight awards including Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Steve Kazee), Best Musical Direction (John Tiffany) and Best Musical....  read more

Tony Awards 2009 Winners Round-Up

Who said theatre is dead? You wouldn't know it from watching the opening to last night's Tony Awards, that saw Elton John, Liza Minelli and Dolly Parton join the cast of about a million different musicals for a mash-up of Broadway's greatest hits. It was the "biggest and most expensive number in the history of the Tonys," host Neil Patrick Harris observed. "That is why I am your host tonight."...  read more