On Wednesday night, Broadway’s Marquis Theatre celebrated the official opening of the highly anticipated revival of The Wiz.
After a successful pre-Broadway tour that began last year, this new production breathes new life into the beloved musical. Under the direction of Schele Williams, known for her work on The Notebook and with choreography by JaQuel Knight, this revival promises an exciting and contemporary take on an enduring classic.
Taking on the iconic role of Dorothy is newcomer Nichelle Lewis, who brings a fresh and vibrant energy to the stage. Joining her is a star-studded cast that includes Wayne Brady as The Wiz, Deborah Cox as Glinda, Melody A. Betts as Aunt Em and Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow.
The ensemble comprises talented performers, including Allyson Kaye Daniel as Addaperle and Anthony Murphyas Lord High Underling.
After a successful pre-Broadway tour that began last year, this new production breathes new life into the beloved musical. Under the direction of Schele Williams, known for her work on The Notebook and with choreography by JaQuel Knight, this revival promises an exciting and contemporary take on an enduring classic.
Taking on the iconic role of Dorothy is newcomer Nichelle Lewis, who brings a fresh and vibrant energy to the stage. Joining her is a star-studded cast that includes Wayne Brady as The Wiz, Deborah Cox as Glinda, Melody A. Betts as Aunt Em and Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow.
The ensemble comprises talented performers, including Allyson Kaye Daniel as Addaperle and Anthony Murphyas Lord High Underling.
- 4/18/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Below is a strictly personal, unapologetically idiosyncratic list of the twenty films I'm most looking forward to in 2018 and which have so far yet to be seen by any paying audiences. Among those seriously considered but ultimately excluded on the basis that they're more likely to be ready next year are Ad Astra (James Gray), Blessed Virgin (Paul Verhoeven), The Fire Next Time (Mati Diop), Late Spring (Michelangelo Frammartino), the particularly-dynamite-on-paper Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello), Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due (Abdellatif Kechiche) and Motorboats (Yuri Ancarani). I also reluctantly discarded a couple of highly tantalising projects whose status, at the time of writing, was frustratingly unclear, namely Tijuana Bible (Jean-Charles Hue) and the worryingly long-in-gestation You Can't Win (Robinson Devor). Omitted because they're made primarily for TV rather than cinemas: Martin Scorsese's The Irishman (Netflix) and Bruno Dumont's Coincoin and the Extra-Humans (Arté). Finally, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir: Part I...
- 1/16/2018
- MUBI
Boardwalk Empire fans were shocked when [Very Old Spoiler Alert] Jimmy Darmody was killed by his onetime father figure and mentor, Nucky Thompson — and not just because of what it meant for the characters. Michael Pitt was an integral part of the show, and it's hard to imagine what Boardwalk would be like without him (luckily, that task falls to showrunner Terence Winter, not us). And now that members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences are considering who to nominate (ballots are due June 28!), HBO hopes Pitt gets a nod for best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — it'll be his last shot for the show. Vulture caught up with the actor while he was on set for his new film, You Can't Win — not a prescient title, we hope — about his Boardwalk run, awards season, and Steve Buscemi's mom.How's it going on...
- 6/18/2012
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
Out of the Furnace
Willem Dafoe will play the role of John Petty in Scott Cooper's gritty dramatic thriller "Out of the Furnace" at Relativity Media.
Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Woody Harrelson and Forest Whitaker star. Shooting kicks off April 13th on location in Braddock, Pennsylvania. [Source: Vulture]
Kilimanjaro
Brian Geraghty ("The Hurt Locker") has joined Walter Strafford's indie film "Kilimanjaro".
Geraghty plays a man determined to climb the African peak after a recent breakup. Shooting kicks off mid-May in New York. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Innocence
Kelly Reilly ("Sherlock Holmes"), Chloe Sevigny ("American Psycho") and Sophie Curtis ("The English Teacher") have joined the cast of vampire tale "Innocence" at Bankside Films and Killer Films.
The story follows a bereaved girl who recently lost her mother and finds herself being targeted by a group of vampires at her elitist private school who want to make her a ritual virgin sacrifice.
Willem Dafoe will play the role of John Petty in Scott Cooper's gritty dramatic thriller "Out of the Furnace" at Relativity Media.
Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Woody Harrelson and Forest Whitaker star. Shooting kicks off April 13th on location in Braddock, Pennsylvania. [Source: Vulture]
Kilimanjaro
Brian Geraghty ("The Hurt Locker") has joined Walter Strafford's indie film "Kilimanjaro".
Geraghty plays a man determined to climb the African peak after a recent breakup. Shooting kicks off mid-May in New York. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Innocence
Kelly Reilly ("Sherlock Holmes"), Chloe Sevigny ("American Psycho") and Sophie Curtis ("The English Teacher") have joined the cast of vampire tale "Innocence" at Bankside Films and Killer Films.
The story follows a bereaved girl who recently lost her mother and finds herself being targeted by a group of vampires at her elitist private school who want to make her a ritual virgin sacrifice.
- 4/27/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A five year absence from the silver screen can generally kill one's career but we guess it's testament to HBO and cable television nowadays that former "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael Pitt can walk right back into the game to produce and star in his own indie project, an adaptation of Jack Black (the adventurer, not the actor) autobiography "You Can't Win."
Pitt has now found a leading lady with up and comer Hannah Marks ("The Runaways," "The Amazing Spider-Man") joining the project, which follows Black's experiences in the hobo underworld and the shenanigins he gets up to around the Western U.S. and Canada in the 1800's including becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges.
Marks plays tomboy-turned-prostitute who forms an unusual friendship with Black who, in turn,...
Pitt has now found a leading lady with up and comer Hannah Marks ("The Runaways," "The Amazing Spider-Man") joining the project, which follows Black's experiences in the hobo underworld and the shenanigins he gets up to around the Western U.S. and Canada in the 1800's including becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges.
Marks plays tomboy-turned-prostitute who forms an unusual friendship with Black who, in turn,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Simon Dang
- The Playlist
Remember Michael Pitt's big screen career? No? Well, okay, we forgive you. It seems like a distant memory since we last saw him in "Silk" and "Funny Games U.S.," and that's kinda because it really was a long time ago. A whole five years in fact. Since then Pitt has only appeared in a couple of shorts, and some TV show that you may or may not have heard of -- it goes by the name of "Boardwalk Empire."
Of course we joke, that show's a pretty big deal, but that's still only accounted for two seasons of television (24 episodes) since 2010, and doesn't really explain his complete absence from cinema over the last five years. Who knows what he's been doing to keep himself so busy off-screen (and if you do know, please let us know), but all that's about to change as Pitt has managed to put some...
Of course we joke, that show's a pretty big deal, but that's still only accounted for two seasons of television (24 episodes) since 2010, and doesn't really explain his complete absence from cinema over the last five years. Who knows what he's been doing to keep himself so busy off-screen (and if you do know, please let us know), but all that's about to change as Pitt has managed to put some...
- 4/20/2012
- by Joe Cunningham
- The Playlist
Yesterday was all about the Cannes lineup, so we've got quite a bit of news to catch up with today. First and foremost, Cinema Scope has relaunched its site with a healthy selection of pieces from Issue 50, which cinephiles lucky enough to be holding a print copy have been talking about for weeks now. Editor Mark Peranson: "So to commemorate 50 issues, I came up with the silly (not stupid) idea of deciding on the best 50 filmmakers currently working under the age of 50 (or the top, or the greatest — I've spent far too much time pondering this silly adjective). I'm anticipating heaps of criticism for this in the blogosphere, but I hope this leads to a little discussion outside of the pages of this magazine, and provides a snapshot of where cinema finds itself today."
20 of those 50 pieces are online. You'll find, for example, Raya Martin on Carlos Reygadas (and...
20 of those 50 pieces are online. You'll find, for example, Raya Martin on Carlos Reygadas (and...
- 4/20/2012
- MUBI
Boardwalk Empire star and uncompromising young cult actor Michael Pitt - whose last big screen outing was in Michael Haneke's 2007 remake of the controversial thriller Funny People - is set to return to cinema screens to star in and produce You Can't Win, an adaptation of adventurer Jack Black's 1926 autobiographical novel of the same name. The bestseller chronicles Black's experiences in the tramp underworld of the time, hopping freight trains to journey around the Us and Canada, all the while exploring such themes as crime, addiction and justice.
- 4/19/2012
- FilmInk.com.au
Michael Pitt ("Boardwalk Empire," "Murder by Numbers") will produce and star in a film adaptation of Jack Black's 1926 autobiographical novel "You Can't Win" for Parts & Labor says Risky Biz Blog.
Black spent his life on the road freight-hopping across the western United States and Canada at the turn-of-the-century, along the way encountering bums, tramps and criminals who rode the rails.
Robinson Devor helms the project which begins shooting in Seattle at the end of the month. Devor, Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede adapted the screenplay while Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Robert Scarff and Zach Sebastian will produce.
Black spent his life on the road freight-hopping across the western United States and Canada at the turn-of-the-century, along the way encountering bums, tramps and criminals who rode the rails.
Robinson Devor helms the project which begins shooting in Seattle at the end of the month. Devor, Pitt, Barry Gifford and Charles Mudede adapted the screenplay while Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Robert Scarff and Zach Sebastian will produce.
- 4/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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