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'War Horse' Conquers the Movies, Broadway, Libraries, and Now a Small UK Town

December 27, 2011 at 2:55 PM | by | Comments (0)

With a movie version currently in theaters, a Tony Award-winning play on Broadway, a novel on the best-sellers list and a past SNL parody, War Horse has completely invaded pop culture. But, it has also offered an opportunity to find travel inspiration in all of its various incarnations.

While War Horse (the movie) was filmed at several locations throughout the U.K., including Devon where it is set, none of the movie's locations is more picturesque than the village of Castle Combe in Chippenham. The small village was shut down last fall while Steven Spielberg filmed scenes for the movie outside the Cotswold homes that line its streets.

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Escape West End Madness for Dance in London's Islington

Where: Roseberry Avenue, London, United Kingdom, EC1R 4TN
May 12, 2011 at 12:09 PM | by | Comments (0)

Spectacular as the long-running Lion King show may be, we can't help but cringe as we pass London's Lyceum or wander through a sea of glittery marquees in Leicester Square. Elbowing your way through a sea of showgoers en route to Covent Garden or the nearest tube stop is not a particularly fun activity. Theater is a major tourist draw in London, and understandably so; an amazing array of shows are on at any given time, especially if you take the time to seek out smaller playhouses.

It's easy enough to book tickets to Legally Blonde or go for the consummate London playgoer's experience, an evening at the Globe. But there are other worthy entertainment options available, some far from the crush and mania of Central London.

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Audition to be JetBlue's 'Catch Me If You Can' Broadway Correspondent

March 21, 2011 at 2:01 PM | by | Comments (0)

We’ve been looking forward to the debut of Catch Me If You Can on Broadway, and it looks like JetBlue has been doing the same. The free snack airline has signed up to be the official and exclusive airline, which kind of makes sense, since their home base at JFK sits right behind the former TWA terminal.

The musical has already started in previews, but opening night is set for April 10. Besides expecting JetBlue advertisements in the show’s Playbill, there’s a way for Broadway fans—and JetBlue fans—to get in on the action.

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Steven 'Slip 'n Slide' Slater is Back, But This Time on Broadway

Where: 380 Broadway [map], New York, NY, United States, 10013
March 7, 2011 at 10:32 AM | by | Comments (0)

Guess who's back? You get two guesses: emergency exit slide and two beers. That's right; former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater is back, but he's not quite himself. Slater will be played by actor Chad Miller in a new play called Wild Blue, which seeks to tell the story of that fateful day when Slater said screw it and disembarked his plane down in the inflatable slide, though with some Wizard of Oz influence.

Wild Blue, which is a real Broadway play in that it'll go down at the Access Theater on Broadway (way down Broadway) in New York City, opens March 30 and runs through April 9. Here's a little of what to expect:

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The Three Most Dangerous Broadway Shows (Other Than 'Spider-Man')

December 28, 2010 at 12:44 PM | by | Comments (0)

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark may be getting all of the attention for its dangerous stunts after another cast member was severely injured last week, but it's not the first show to feature a few risky moves. Here's a look at three of the (other) most dangerous shows on Broadway.

Marry Poppins

Spider-Man isn't the first show to launch one of its actors into the air and "fly" them over the audience, Mary Poppins been doing that for years. And Mary doesn't just fly over the audience with her famous umbrella; she also dances on rooftop sets and spends most of the show jumping and spinning in high energy dance numbers that feature dozens of dancers, a recipe for disaster if just one of them steps out of place. You can purchase tickets to see all of the high-flying action at Disney.go.com.

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How To Get Tickets To 'Elf' On Broadway

November 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM | by | Comments (0)

Will Farrell's 2003 movie Elf doesn't seem like an obvious choice for Broadway, but the goofy comedy will spend the next few weeks as a musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre anyway.

The show, like the movie, is about a regular guy (played by Sebastian Arcelus, Jersey Boys, Wicked) who thinks he's an elf until he learns the truth which prompts him to go looking for his father. "I can't believe you didn't see this coming," Santa (played by George Wendt) tells him, "You're 6'2" and I have to order your tights on Amazon."

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OMG. 'Catch Me If You Can' is Coming to Broadway

September 20, 2010 at 3:47 PM | by | Comments (0)

Cue hyperventilation. The New York Times' Arts Beat has great news today: the book/movie Catch Me If You Can will make a Broadway debut next Spring, with an official opening date in April 2011. "Catch Me If You Can," which is now being mounted as musical, tells the true story of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr., who lived a dashing life on the run around the world in the 1960s, cashing forged checks and posing as a Pan Am pilot. The airline estimated that Frank successfully flew 1,000,000 miles to 26 countries on over 250 flights with them, never having to actually do any work along the way.

Abagnale's life story is a riveting one, and the musical only captures the most dashing part: the years during which he played pilot, sleeping with stewardesses and enjoying a cosmopolitan lifestyle completely bought by stealing. It's just too bad that the musical is due to be performed in a real Broadway theatre, rather than inside New York-JFK's old TWA Terminal 5 building, where portions of the movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio were filmed.

Preview performances will begin in March 2011, and you can be sure that we'll let you know when tickets become available.

[Photo: HollywoodJesus]

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Proof That Hugh Jackman And Daniel Craig Are Really On Broadway Together

Where: 236 W. 45th Street [map], New York, NY, United States
September 30, 2009 at 11:23 AM | by | Comments (0)

Having trouble distinguishing between movies and plays? In a movie, the characters don't berate you if your cell phone goes off, as one Broadway audience member found out this week while watching Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig tread the boards together.

Jackman and Craig are currently starring in "A Steady Rain," a Chicago-imported drama about two cops who get into some off-duty trouble. Last Wednesday, they didn't even break accent (Jackman's is better, for the record) to call out an etiquette-challenged patron who didn't turn off a ringing cell phone (which proceeded to go off again). Thanks to TMZ, you can watch the video here, and we beg you, do not be that guy. Or, for that matter, the guy videotaping an entire show from his seat—this isn't U2 at Giants Stadium!

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Hugh Jackman And Daniel Craig On Broadway Makes For A Theatre-Crazy August

August 14, 2009 at 9:29 AM | by | Comments (0)

The glitz and the glamour of the Great White Way has dazzled many a visitor to New York CIty, but you want something... more. You don't mind seeing a little of the magic dissipated if it means you get a glimpse into what goes on when the show must go on. Prove you're not the average Playbill-collecting fan with these New York theater excursions:

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The Show Can't Go On: '9 To 5' Joins Musical Closures On Broadway

August 3, 2009 at 1:24 PM | by | Comments (2)

Now they can stay in their pajamas all day: The cast and crew of Broadway's movie-to-musical version of "9 to 5," cowritten by Dolly Parton, will be out of work by Labor Day as the poorly attended musical is scheduled to close. Based on the 1980 female-empowerment comedy costarring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, "9 to 5" opened April 30 but never found its audience, failing to break 70 percent capacity in the house this past week.

Our recessionary theory: A depressed job market has no place for fantasies about getting revenge on your sexist boss. After all, he could read your mind (or your tweets) and fire you, and then where would you be? More likely, the show's producers wildly overestimated the popularity of the movie (and Parton's drawing power when she's not onstage) when they sunk $14 million into the show; without marquee names either for Broadway or the movies—Allison Janney, we still love you—tourists steered clear.

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Recession Hits Disney as Broadway's 'Little Mermaid' To Close

July 7, 2009 at 4:29 PM | by | Comments (0)

The Mouse just couldn't mint that money fast enough: The Broadway production of "The Little Mermaid," one of three Disney shows currently running on the Great White Way, will close August 30 and seek its fortunes on a national tour.

"The Little Mermaid" opened in November 2007 after a very mixed out-of-town try-out in Denver and never gained the hearts and minds of critics, while its siblings were either mostly ignored ("Mary Poppins") or unduly celebrated ("The Lion King"). Stung by the stagehands' strike and widespread mockery of the production's use of rollerskates to make its actors "swim" about the stage, the show nonetheless outlasted box office predictions and as of last week was still at 85 percent capacity, while the critically acclaimed play "Mary Stuart" languished at 55.3 percent. (The second-last show in grosses, "Blithe Spirit," is closing this week.)

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Endless Tony Awards Honor Europeans, Hippies; 'Billy Elliot' and 'Hair' Triumph

June 8, 2009 at 4:42 PM | by | Comments (0)

Hippies, small children and unstable couples were probably not tuning into the Tony Awards last night, so why reward them? But this year's top Broadway honors managed to draw a decent television audience, give people still angry about Prop 8 something to cheer and piss off theatre connoisseurs as tales of economic woe and marital dysfunction took home major laurels.

Chipper '80s strike story "Billy Elliot" with songs by Sir Elton John (who appeared) was named best new musical, with its three teenage stars sharing the Best Actor statuette. (No, actually, they each got their own.) Best revival went to the '60s free-love musical "Hair," also known as the show at which baby-boomer parents are most likely to accidentally expose their children to nudity of both sexes.

Both host Neil Patrick Harris and presenter Will Ferrell made jokes about how high everyone in the cast was, but it was Public Theater director Oskar Eustis who got cheers for accepting with the words "Peace now, freedom now, equality now, and justice forever," pointing at his own wedding band (although he is straight).

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