From Amy Schumer to Danny DeVito, there was no shortage of great, breakthrough performances on the Broadway stage. If these performances are any indication of what’s to come, then audiences are seeing the beginnings of successful theater careers -- and we can’t wait to see more!
Alex Newell, Once on This Island
Alex Newell and Hailey Kilgore. Joan Marcus
As Mother of the Earth in the revival of Once on This Island, Newell filled the Circle in the Square Theatre with his bombastic and vibrant performance of “Mama Will Provide.” It’s a show-stopping moment that literally brought audiences to their feet in rapturous applause. And his co-star, Hailey Kilgore, should not be overlooked. As Ti Moune, she carried the story about a peasant girl in love with a wealthy boy from one side of the island to the other and enjoyed her own standout moment, leading a rapturous dance during a ball scene. [More]
Amy Schumer, Meteor...
Alex Newell, Once on This Island
Alex Newell and Hailey Kilgore. Joan Marcus
As Mother of the Earth in the revival of Once on This Island, Newell filled the Circle in the Square Theatre with his bombastic and vibrant performance of “Mama Will Provide.” It’s a show-stopping moment that literally brought audiences to their feet in rapturous applause. And his co-star, Hailey Kilgore, should not be overlooked. As Ti Moune, she carried the story about a peasant girl in love with a wealthy boy from one side of the island to the other and enjoyed her own standout moment, leading a rapturous dance during a ball scene. [More]
Amy Schumer, Meteor...
- 12/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presented the American Artist Award to Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Linden, who is currently performing in Arthur Miller's The Price in Arena Stage's Kogod Cradle. The award was presented last night, November 8, 2017, as part of the opening night celebration for the musical comedy The Pajama Game, directed by Alan Paul. Scroll down for photos from the festivities...
- 11/9/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
By Manuel Betancourt
There may not be a more towering figure of the American stage than Arthur Miller. From A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman to The Crucible and The Price, his plays remain some of the most performed / discussed / dissected dramas of the twentieth century. Capturing men (for they were so often men) caught adrift in an ever-changing world, Miller’s protagonists laid bare the most insidious aspects of American society. 12 years after his death, Arthur Miller: Writer (a riff on what he once said he hoped his obituary would read like), comes to offer a humanizing portrait of the New York City-born dramatist. That it comes courtesy of his daughter, Rebecca (yes, Mrs Day-Lewis, The Meyerowitz Stories’ bit part player, and Maggie’s Plan helmer) means that there’s a level of access and intimacy that we may not otherwise have gotten...
There may not be a more towering figure of the American stage than Arthur Miller. From A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman to The Crucible and The Price, his plays remain some of the most performed / discussed / dissected dramas of the twentieth century. Capturing men (for they were so often men) caught adrift in an ever-changing world, Miller’s protagonists laid bare the most insidious aspects of American society. 12 years after his death, Arthur Miller: Writer (a riff on what he once said he hoped his obituary would read like), comes to offer a humanizing portrait of the New York City-born dramatist. That it comes courtesy of his daughter, Rebecca (yes, Mrs Day-Lewis, The Meyerowitz Stories’ bit part player, and Maggie’s Plan helmer) means that there’s a level of access and intimacy that we may not otherwise have gotten...
- 10/11/2017
- by Manuel Betancourt
- FilmExperience
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Arthur Miller's The Price, which has been extended to receive an additional week of performances due to popular demand.
- 10/6/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present the American Artist Award to Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Hal Linden who is currently performing in Arthur Miller's The Price in Arena Stage's Kogod Cradle.
- 10/4/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces full casting for Arthur Miller's The Price, which has been extended to receive an additional week of performances due to popular demand.
- 8/16/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Image Source: Getty / Bruce Glikas Barack Obama's last day in the White House was on Jan. 20, and he settled into permanent vacation mode in a matter of hours. Since walking out of our lives, Barack has been popping up all over the world, making stops in the Us Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and NYC. Because of his new and improved globetrotter status, it's been pretty difficult to keep track of where he is, so we've made it easier for you by rounding up all the places Barack has visited since his White House departure. Related18 Times President Obama Was Unequivocally You Image Source: Splash News Online Rancho Mirage, CA: Fresh out of the White House, Barack hit up Oracle founder Larry Ellison's private golf club on Jan. 21. He was spotted lining up his shot and driving around in a golf cart. Us Virgin Islands: A week and a half later,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
The 62nd annual Drama Desk Awards honored Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, or as emcee and Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie put it, “way the F-Off-Broadway,” on Sunday, June 4. The show opened with a performance by the Off-Broadway musical “Spamilton,” which featured rapping and singing about the rules for making acceptance speeches. The cast assured that there would be no “La La Land” debacle, as with the Academy Awards. The night’s first award for outstanding featured actor in a play went to Danny DeVito for his role as Gregory Solomon in Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” His acceptance speech began with these three words: “Holy shit balls,” later followed by “I’m going to get the hell off and enjoy this.” Backstage cover star Cynthia Nixon won for outstanding featured actress in a play for “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes.” Nixon thanked her co-star, Laura Linney, for having...
- 6/5/2017
- backstage.com
The 62nd annual Drama Desk Awards honored Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, or as emcee and Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie put it, “way the F-Off-Broadway,” on Sunday, June 4. The show opened with a performance by the Off-Broadway musical, “Spamilton,” rapping and singing about the rules for making acceptance speeches. The cast assured that there would be no “La La Land” debacle, as with the Academy Awards. The night’s first award for outstanding featured actor in a play went to Danny DeVito for his role as Gregory Solomon in Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” His acceptance speech began with these three words: “Holy shit balls,” later followed by “I’m going to get the hell off and enjoy this.” Backstage cover star Cynthia Nixon won for outstanding featured actress in a play for Helen Hayes’ “The Little Foxes.” Nixon thanked her co-star, Laura Linney, for having the idea that...
- 6/5/2017
- backstage.com
Each season of Broadway brings about a slate of unexpected performances and plenty of unforgettable moments. While the 2016-2017 season didn’t see any new show rise to Hamilton-like popularity -- it’s hard for any TV show, film or stage production to reach that level of pop culture zeitgeist -- there are plenty of standout showcases of what fans have come to know and love about the New York City theater scene.
Perhaps the biggest breakout of the season is Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, the musical adaptation of a section from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace that earned 12 Tony Award nominations, including nods for Best Musical as well as for its cast (Josh Groban, UnREAL breakout Denée Benton and Lucas Steele). “I always dreamed of playing roles like Natasha,” says Benton, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, who plays the titular hopelessly romantic ingénue.
It certainly is the only show to exhibit...
Perhaps the biggest breakout of the season is Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, the musical adaptation of a section from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace that earned 12 Tony Award nominations, including nods for Best Musical as well as for its cast (Josh Groban, UnREAL breakout Denée Benton and Lucas Steele). “I always dreamed of playing roles like Natasha,” says Benton, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, who plays the titular hopelessly romantic ingénue.
It certainly is the only show to exhibit...
- 5/31/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It may seem odd that an actor as firmly associated with New Yawk as Danny DeVito would wait till his early 70s to make his Broadway debut, in this year’s revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price. Mind you, DeVito -- who’s actually a Jersey boy, born in Neptune Township and raised in Asbury Park -- initially prepared for a stage career, graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and performing at major regionals and off-Broadway before landing the TV role, as dispatcher Louie De Palma on Taxi, that made him a star.
“I’d come close to doing Broadway a couple of times a while ago, but it didn’t work out,” says DeVito. “As an actor, you go where the work is” -- and DeVito’s had no shortage, between his seemingly endless film credits (as a producer and director as well) and his numerous television projects, among them the...
“I’d come close to doing Broadway a couple of times a while ago, but it didn’t work out,” says DeVito. “As an actor, you go where the work is” -- and DeVito’s had no shortage, between his seemingly endless film credits (as a producer and director as well) and his numerous television projects, among them the...
- 5/31/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Eight times a week at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre, Danny DeVito eats a hard-boiled egg onstage. Playing the slovenly, fast talking furniture dealer in the Terry Kinney-directed revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” the scene brings the house down nightly. In this tutorial for the New York Times, DeVito—who just received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor in a Play for the role—breaks down how he manages to both peel and consume what he refers to as a “masticating conflict,” while getting to the yolk of the bit’s comedic center. To find an onstage gig yourself (no egg-eating required), check out our theater audition listings!
- 5/3/2017
- backstage.com
They’re the toughest tickets to get right now on Broadway. And on Tuesday morning, seats to Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Dear Evan Hansen and Hello Dolly! just got that much harder — as all three shows scored top nominations in their respective categories for the 2017 Tony Awards.
Jane Krakowski and Hamilton alum Christopher Jackson announced the candidates Tuesday morning, live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 — the Josh Groban-led musical inspired by a 70-page section of War and Peace — led the new musical nominations with 12 in total,...
Jane Krakowski and Hamilton alum Christopher Jackson announced the candidates Tuesday morning, live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 — the Josh Groban-led musical inspired by a 70-page section of War and Peace — led the new musical nominations with 12 in total,...
- 5/2/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced that their currently running production of The Price will be extended for one week past the original closing date. The extension will include the full cast.The Price starsMark Ruffalo,Tony Shalhoub,Jessica HechtandDanny DeVito, directed bySteppenwolf TheatreCompany co-founder,Terry Kinney.Arthur Miller'sThe Priceopened officially onMarch 16, 2017. The new closing date for the limited engagement is now May 14.
- 3/26/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Roundabout Theatre Company presents Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub, Jessica Hecht and Danny DeVito in a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder, Terry Kinney. Arthur Miller's The Price opened officially just last night, March 16, 2017. This is a limited engagement through May 7, 2017 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway 227 West 42nd Street.
- 3/17/2017
- by Linda Lenzi
- BroadwayWorld.com
Until Tony Shalhoub arrives on stage to usher in a very different second act, theatergoers at the Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre might get the impression that they’re watching a big, broad comedy. So what if the play is Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” which opened Thursday? Until Shalhoub’s entrance at the very end of act one, Danny DeVito has single-handedly turns “The Price” into a Jewish laugh riot with his expert turn as Mr. Solomon, a comfy, psychologically astute furniture dealer right out of the Neil Simon playbook. Mr. Solomon gets the best price (for himself) by...
- 3/17/2017
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
They’ve broken free of the White House bubble and they’re not looking back.
Barack and Michelle Obama have been keeping busy since leaving office nearly two months ago, and as the former president’s new go-to leather jacket might suggest, it’s been more play than work (although they’ve also managed to squeeze in book deals, surprise school visits and meetings on Obama’s presidential library and foundation).
As the former first couple have been settling into their new 8,200-square-foot home in Washington, D.C., they’ve been exploring the city in a whole new way, including...
Barack and Michelle Obama have been keeping busy since leaving office nearly two months ago, and as the former president’s new go-to leather jacket might suggest, it’s been more play than work (although they’ve also managed to squeeze in book deals, surprise school visits and meetings on Obama’s presidential library and foundation).
As the former first couple have been settling into their new 8,200-square-foot home in Washington, D.C., they’ve been exploring the city in a whole new way, including...
- 3/16/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Roundabout Theatre Company welcomes Mark Ruffalo, Tony Shalhoub, Jessica Hecht and Danny DeVito in a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder, Terry Kinney, opening officially tonight, March 16, 2017. This is a limited engagement through May 7, 2017 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre 227 West 42nd Street.Scroll down to meet the company and watch interviews with the quartet in rehearsal...
- 3/16/2017
- by Meet the Cast
- BroadwayWorld.com
Barack Obama is officially back from vacation, and we couldn't be happier. On Friday, he and his eldest daughter, Malia, attended the revival of Arthur Miller's The Price on Broadway. The father-daughter duo linked up with the A-list cast backstage, including Mark Ruffalo, Danny DeVito, Tony Shalhoub, and Jessica Hecht. The Roundabout Theatre Company also shared an Instagram photo of the Obamas hanging out backstage, writing, "We are so honored to have had President @barackobama in our theater this evening for #ThePriceBway!" We love seeing Barack and Malia bonding and all, but hopefully next time they'll bring Michelle and Sasha along. Related:Here's What Barack Obama Has Been Up to Since He Walked Out of the White House - and Our Lives...
- 2/25/2017
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
President Obama and Malia yukked it up Friday night with Danny DeVito and other stars from a big Broadway. The former Prez and his 18-year-old daughter hit up Arthur Miller's play, "The Price," in which DeVito co-stars with Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht and Tony Shalhoub. Before the play they ate at Emilio's Ballato ... an Italian joint in the city. President Obama leaving 160 5th ave just now pic.twitter.com/kowtqnif9W — Allan Smith (@akarl...
- 2/25/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
He's rested & has a glow about him. The man is back. pic.twitter.com/EGyrjSn8EY
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 24, 2017
Former President Barack Obama seems to be enjoying his trip to New York City.
Obama was spotted having dinner Thursday night having dinner with his eldest daughter, Malia, at Emilio’s Ballato, an Italian restaurant in Soho.
After being treated like a rockstar while grabbing coffee on Friday afternoon, the two bonded some more in the evening, attending the revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price on Broadway, starring Danny DeVito and Mark Ruffalo.
Obama caused a commotion among New...
— deray mckesson (@deray) February 24, 2017
Former President Barack Obama seems to be enjoying his trip to New York City.
Obama was spotted having dinner Thursday night having dinner with his eldest daughter, Malia, at Emilio’s Ballato, an Italian restaurant in Soho.
After being treated like a rockstar while grabbing coffee on Friday afternoon, the two bonded some more in the evening, attending the revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price on Broadway, starring Danny DeVito and Mark Ruffalo.
Obama caused a commotion among New...
- 2/25/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Save up to 50 on tickets to Arthur Miller'S The Price An all-star cast shines the spotlight on an Arthur Miller treasure. When the Great Depression cost his family their fortune, Victor Franz gave up his dream of an education to support his father. Three decades later, Victor has returned to his childhood home to sell the remainder of his parents' estate. His wife, his estranged brother, and the wily furniture dealer hired to appraise their possessions all arrive with their own agendas, forcing Victor to confront a question, long-stifled, about the value of his sacrifice.
- 1/6/2017
- by Contests - Broadway
- BroadwayWorld.com
Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announcedthat three time Oscar- nominated, Tony nominated and Emmy amp Drama Desk award winning actor Mark Ruffalo will return to Broadway to star in Arthur Miller's The Price. Ruffalo will join previously announced stars Tony Shalhoub, Jessica Hecht and Danny DeVito in a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder, Terry Kinney. Ruffalo assumes the role of 'Victor Franz.' John Turturro has left the production due to his filming schedule.
- 1/5/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A stepped-up editing schedule on his new film Going Places has forced John Turturro to withdraw from an upcoming Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price. Don’t expect to see long lines at the American Airlines Theatre demanding refunds, however. Stepping into the leading role of Victor Franz in the Roundabout Theatre Company production is Mark Ruffalo, joining a cast that includes Tony Shalhoub, Danny DeVito and Jessica Hecht. Steppenwolf Theatre Co. vet Terry…...
- 1/5/2017
- Deadline
Mark Ruffalo has joined the cast of this spring’s Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller drama “The Price.” The “Avengers” star is stepping in for John Turturro, who had to withdraw from the production due to his filming schedule on “Going Places,” on which he is serving as writer, director and star — reprising his role from the Coen brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” as the Latin American bowler Jesus Quintana. Ruffalo, a Tony nominee in 2006 for an acclaimed revival of Clifford Odets’ “Awake and Sing!” will play opposite Tony Shalhoub, Jessica Hecht and Danny DeVito in the “The Price.” Also Read:.
- 1/5/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Screen interviewed the Us multi-hyphenate who this week receives an Honorary Award in Mallorca.
Danny DeVito has got virtually all bases covered: from stage to screen, shorts to features, comedy to prestige drama.
One of the world’s most recognizable movie stars, the Batman Returns, Twins and L.A. Confidential actor has directed hits includingThrow Momma From The Train and Matilda while producer credits include Oscar winnner Erin Brockovich and Pulp Fiction (as an executive producer). More recently he has starred in long-running FX series It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Across a career spanning almost 50 years, DeVito has been there, done it and got the t-shirt.
The Hollywood icon will be in Spain this week where he is being presented with with the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival’s (Emiff, November 3-12) Honorary Award in recognition of his career.
DeVito will present screenings of The War Of The Roses and his new short film Curmudgeons, which...
Danny DeVito has got virtually all bases covered: from stage to screen, shorts to features, comedy to prestige drama.
One of the world’s most recognizable movie stars, the Batman Returns, Twins and L.A. Confidential actor has directed hits includingThrow Momma From The Train and Matilda while producer credits include Oscar winnner Erin Brockovich and Pulp Fiction (as an executive producer). More recently he has starred in long-running FX series It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Across a career spanning almost 50 years, DeVito has been there, done it and got the t-shirt.
The Hollywood icon will be in Spain this week where he is being presented with with the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival’s (Emiff, November 3-12) Honorary Award in recognition of his career.
DeVito will present screenings of The War Of The Roses and his new short film Curmudgeons, which...
- 11/1/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor Danny DeVito will make his Broadway debut this winter in a new revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” the Roundabout Theatre Company announced Thursday. The veteran actor and star of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” will play a crafty furniture dealer opposite John Turturro, Tony Shalhoub and Jessica Hecht in the production, which will begin previews on February 16, 2017, before an official opening on March 16 at Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre. Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney will direct. Also Read: 'DWTS' Alum Mark Ballas to Play Broadway's Final Frankie Valli as 'Jersey Boys' Sets Closing.
- 9/8/2016
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The Center Theatre Group Mark Taper Forum production of 'The Price' by Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and National Medal of Honor-winner Arthur Miller, is a penetrating family drama by one of America's greatest dramatists. The play open the Mark Taper Forum's new season now through March 22, 2015. Click below to watch interviews with the cast and creative team, plus highlights from the show...
- 3/19/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Rehearsals began this week for the Center Theatre Group Mark Taper Forum production of 'The Price' by Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and National Medal of Honor-winner Arthur Miller. The penetrating family drama by one of America's greatest dramatists will open the Mark Taper Forum's new season February 11 through March 22, 2015, with the opening set for February 21. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal...
- 1/15/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stage and screen actor who excelled in playing authority figures and appeared in TV shows such as Brookside and Lovejoy
Malcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reliable and versatile supporting actor for 50 years, familiar to television audiences as the cigar-smoking, bullying villain Tommy McArdle in Brookside, nasty Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy and smoothie Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe in David Nobbs's A Bit of a Do, a Yorkshire small-town comedy chronicle starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor.
Always serious and quietly spoken offstage, with glinting blue eyes and a steady, cruel gaze that served him well as authority figures on screen, Tierney was a working-class Mancunian who became a core member of the Workers' Revolutionary party in the 1970s. He never wavered in his socialist beliefs, even when the Wrp imploded ("That's all in my past now," he said), and always opposed restricted entry to the actors' union,...
Malcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reliable and versatile supporting actor for 50 years, familiar to television audiences as the cigar-smoking, bullying villain Tommy McArdle in Brookside, nasty Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy and smoothie Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe in David Nobbs's A Bit of a Do, a Yorkshire small-town comedy chronicle starring David Jason and Gwen Taylor.
Always serious and quietly spoken offstage, with glinting blue eyes and a steady, cruel gaze that served him well as authority figures on screen, Tierney was a working-class Mancunian who became a core member of the Workers' Revolutionary party in the 1970s. He never wavered in his socialist beliefs, even when the Wrp imploded ("That's all in my past now," he said), and always opposed restricted entry to the actors' union,...
- 2/22/2014
- by Michael Coveney, Vanessa Redgrave
- The Guardian - Film News
Stage and film director who helped launch Dustin Hoffman's acting career
It could be argued, with some justification, that the greatest achievement of the film and stage director Ulu Grosbard, who has died aged 83, was to have helped launch the acting careers of Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall and Jon Voight. It was Grosbard who had the prescience to see a special talent in them that had escaped others, and who gave them the chance to exploit it.
All three future stars were involved in Grosbard's production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge at the Sheridan Square Playhouse in New York in January 1965, for which both Duvall and Grosbard won Obie awards. Duvall played the lead as longshoreman Eddie Carbone, the part which he described as "the catalyst of my career", while Voight was Rodolpho. Hoffman, then a struggling actor, was stage manager.
One day, during rehearsals,...
It could be argued, with some justification, that the greatest achievement of the film and stage director Ulu Grosbard, who has died aged 83, was to have helped launch the acting careers of Dustin Hoffman, Robert Duvall and Jon Voight. It was Grosbard who had the prescience to see a special talent in them that had escaped others, and who gave them the chance to exploit it.
All three future stars were involved in Grosbard's production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge at the Sheridan Square Playhouse in New York in January 1965, for which both Duvall and Grosbard won Obie awards. Duvall played the lead as longshoreman Eddie Carbone, the part which he described as "the catalyst of my career", while Voight was Rodolpho. Hoffman, then a struggling actor, was stage manager.
One day, during rehearsals,...
- 3/23/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
"Ulu Grosbard, a director whose affinity for naturalistic drama shaped critical successes like the original Broadway production of David Mamet's American Buffalo and the film version of John Gregory Dunne's novel True Confessions, has died in Manhattan," reports Bruce Weber in the New York Times. He was 83. "Mr Grosbard's work was divided evenly between the theater and the movies, and though he had a long career, stretching across nearly half a century, he was highly selective in his projects. Known for his skill in cajoling substantive performances from actors and his unhurried, perfectionist's approach to polishing a script and staging a scene, he worked with distinguished playwrights on Broadway, including Arthur Miller (The Price), Beth Henley (The Wake of Jamey Foster) and Woody Allen (The Floating Light Bulb) and cultivated relationships with revered stars, including Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall."
Kristin McMurran profiled Grosbard and his wife,...
Kristin McMurran profiled Grosbard and his wife,...
- 3/21/2012
- MUBI
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