Read more Broadway stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2837/broadway.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:45:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72907/blind-actors-blast-breslin-pick-for-keller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdvocates for blind and deaf actors complain that they were never given a chance to audition for the role of Helen Keller in an upcoming revival of The Miracle Worker . The part has instead been given to Abigail Breslin, best known for playing Olive in Little Miss Sunshine . The Broadway...http://www.newser.com/story/72907/blind-actors-blast-breslin-pick-for-keller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 2:54:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72497/lloyd-webber-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a spokeswoman said today in a statement that said "the condition is in its very early stages. Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year."http://www.newser.com/story/72497/lloyd-webber-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 9:05:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72435/sienna-miller-on-broadway-legs-10-acting-0.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics agree on one thing when it comes to Sienna Miller’s Broadway debut: She looks hot. Her performance in After Miss Julie , however, wowed exactly no one: Ben Brantley was rooting for Miller from the start, but ultimately she “registers as a healthy, sane young woman with good diction, good...http://www.newser.com/story/72435/sienna-miller-on-broadway-legs-10-acting-0.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 10:50:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70510/get-the-freaking-phone-jackman-stops-play-for-fans-cell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon't mess with the wolverine. Miffed Hugh Jackman stopped his Broadway play in its tracks to tell an audience member to turn off his cell phone. Jackman suddenly pulled out of character and asked the errant cell-phone user: "Do you want to get that?" while the the gadget rang. "Just...http://www.newser.com/story/70510/get-the-freaking-phone-jackman-stops-play-for-fans-cell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 1:51:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69211/larry-gelbart-writer-on-mash-tootsie-dies-at-81.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLarry Gelbart, one of the writers who developed the hit TV series MASH and who scored nominations for Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards, died this morning of cancer at age 81, his wife tells the Los Angeles Times . Actor Jack Lemmon once described Gelbart “as one of the greatest writers...http://www.newser.com/story/69211/larry-gelbart-writer-on-mash-tootsie-dies-at-81.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 18:40:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68408/letterman-goes-easy-on-poisoned-piven.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeremy Piven and his terrible case of sushi-related mercury poisoning got off easy during last night's Late Show appearance. David Letterman skipped questions prepared by the National Fisheries Institute—such as "why is it that people in Japan eat far more fish than you, yet don't complain about mercury poisoning?"—...http://www.newser.com/story/68408/letterman-goes-easy-on-poisoned-piven.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 7:42:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67967/fishy-tale-gets-piven-off-the-hook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeremy Piven was on the level when he blamed mercury poisoning for his decision to bail on a Broadway production of Speed-the-Plow last December, an arbitrator has ruled. "While we respect the decision, we strongly disagree with it," the producers of the David Mamet play said in a statement. Said...http://www.newser.com/story/67967/fishy-tale-gets-piven-off-the-hook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 16:48:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67606/bye-bye-birdie-scene-too-risque-for-broadway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHigh school drama clubs have been putting on Bye Bye Birdie for nearly 50 years—apparently they didn’t realize they've been staging a certain scene so risque it makes Broadway blush. The upcoming Broadway revival will cut a dance sequence featuring Rose cavorting on and around a table with a...http://www.newser.com/story/67606/bye-bye-birdie-scene-too-risque-for-broadway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 8:49:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63670/journeys-dont-stop-an-unlikely-phenom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy songwriting standards, Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” should never have made it past No. 9, which is where it stalled on the charts when it was released in 1981. But since then, the song—which doesn’t get to its anthemic chorus until 3 minutes and 20 seconds in—has achieved...http://www.newser.com/story/63670/journeys-dont-stop-an-unlikely-phenom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 12:38:02 CDT