Today in 1965, Oliver opened at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances. Oliver is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It premiered in the West End in 1960, enjoying a long run, a successful Broadway production in 1963 and further tours and revivals. It was made into a musical film in 1968. Major London revivals played from 1994-1998 and again from 2009-2011.
- 8/2/2013
- BroadwayWorld.com
Double-crossing and muddied morality are rife in a relentless Swedish crime thriller brought to the UK by fan Martin Scorsese
Reading this on mobile? Click here to watch video
I've been going to Sweden regularly for more than 50 years now, observing its daily life and its movies. Back in 1959, the year I first went there, the influential Martin Beck police procedural novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö had not yet appeared, and no one could have foreseen a thriller as violent and disturbing as Easy Money, directed by a Swede of Chilean stock and educated at Denmark's film school. Naturally it's being remade in the States.
Historically Scandinavia has been shaped by its harsh climate, an innate stoicism, the stern Lutheran branch of Protestantism and two centuries of immigration. The area was among the first to embrace the cinema early in the 20th century and, most especially through Carl Dreyer...
Reading this on mobile? Click here to watch video
I've been going to Sweden regularly for more than 50 years now, observing its daily life and its movies. Back in 1959, the year I first went there, the influential Martin Beck police procedural novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö had not yet appeared, and no one could have foreseen a thriller as violent and disturbing as Easy Money, directed by a Swede of Chilean stock and educated at Denmark's film school. Naturally it's being remade in the States.
Historically Scandinavia has been shaped by its harsh climate, an innate stoicism, the stern Lutheran branch of Protestantism and two centuries of immigration. The area was among the first to embrace the cinema early in the 20th century and, most especially through Carl Dreyer...
- 7/20/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Today in 1992, the second Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 1143 performances. Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on 'The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown' and 'Blood Pressure', two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably 'Pick the Winner'. Premiering on Broadway in 1950, the original production ran for 1200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
- 4/14/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1964, The Crucible opened at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 16 performances. The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. It was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway on January 22, 1953. The production won the 1953 'Best Play' Tony Award. It is a central work in the canon of American drama.
- 4/6/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1997, Annie opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 239 performances. Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre now the Neil Simon Theatre. It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs 'Tomorrow' and 'It's the Hard-Knock Life' are among its most popular musical numbers.
- 3/26/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2002, Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 109 performances. Created by Marvin Hamlisch music, Craig Carnelia lyrics, and John Guare book, the show is based on the 1957 movie of the same name. It tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist named J. J. Hunsecker based on famed New York columnist Walter Winchell who uses his connections to ruin his sister's relationship with a man he deems inappropriate. The show starred John Lithgow as J.J. Hunsecker, and Brian d'Arcy James as Sidney Falcone.
- 3/14/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1984, The Rink opend at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 204 performances. With a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, the musical focuses on Anna, the owner of a dilapidated roller skating rink on the boardwalk of a decaying seaside resort, who has decided to sell it to developers. Complicating her plans are her prodigal daughter Angel, who returns to town seeking to reconnect with the people and places she long ago left behind. Through a series of flashbacks, revelations, and minimal forward-moving plot development, the two deal with their pasts in their attempt to reconcile and move on with their lives.
- 2/9/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2002, the fourth Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 304 performances. Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote. It tells the story of the mad knight, Don Quixote, as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical has been revived four times on Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre.
- 12/5/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel People in a Hotel, and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury a young, handsome, but destitute Baron a cynical doctor and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
- 11/12/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1965, Oliver opened at the Martin Beck Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances. Oliver is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It premiered in the West End in 1960, enjoying a long run, a successful Broadway production in 1963 and further tours and revivals. It was made into a musical film in 1968. Major London revivals played from 1994-1998 and again from 2009-2011.
- 8/2/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1992, the second Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 1143 performances. Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure, two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably Pick the Winner. Premiering on Broadway in 1950, the original production ran for 1200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
- 4/14/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1964, The Crucible opened at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 16 performances. The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. It was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater on Broadway on January 22, 1953. The production won the 1953 Best Play Tony Award. It is a central work in the canon of American drama.
- 4/6/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1997, Annie opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 239 performances. Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre now the Neil Simon Theatre. It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs Tomorrow and It's the Hard-Knock Life are among its most popular musical numbers.
- 3/26/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2002, Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 109 performances. Created by Marvin Hamlisch music, Craig Carnelia lyrics, and John Guare book, the show is based on the 1957 movie of the same name. It tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist named J. J. Hunsecker based on famed New York columnist Walter Winchell who uses his connections to ruin his sister's relationship with a man he deems inappropriate. The show starred John Lithgow as J.J. Hunsecker, and Brian d'Arcy James as Sidney Falcone.
- 3/14/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1984, The Rink opend at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 204 performances. With a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, the musical focuses on Anna, the owner of a dilapidated roller skating rink on the boardwalk of a decaying seaside resort, who has decided to sell it to developers. Complicating her plans are her prodigal daughter Angel, who returns to town seeking to reconnect with the people and places she long ago left behind. Through a series of flashbacks, revelations, and minimal forward-moving plot development, the two deal with their pasts in their attempt to reconcile and move on with their lives.
- 2/9/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Welcome to Bww's New Daily On This Day Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre historyToday in 1935, Romeo and Juliet opened at the Martin Beck Theatre. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.
- 12/23/2011
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
The bleak Scandinavian landscapes have inspired a series of hit books about dour detectives, and more writers are now lining up to claim the Nordic crime crown
Among the growing band of the faithful – the millions of readers drawn to the bleak tradition of Swedish crime fiction – the litany can be recited with ease: Inspector Martin Beck, created by Sjöwall and Wahlöö in the 1960s, begat Henning Mankell's Wallander, and then Wallander begat Stieg Larsson's Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo.
With new episodes of Kenneth Branagh's Wallander promised and big-screen versions of Larsson's Millennium Trilogy due out soon in English as well as Swedish, what started as a genre with cult appeal has become part of the money-making mainstream.
Yet well before Mankell and Larsson's crime-solving anti-heroes reached our cinema screens, true aficionados of this Scandinavian genre understood that the family tree was more complex.
Among the growing band of the faithful – the millions of readers drawn to the bleak tradition of Swedish crime fiction – the litany can be recited with ease: Inspector Martin Beck, created by Sjöwall and Wahlöö in the 1960s, begat Henning Mankell's Wallander, and then Wallander begat Stieg Larsson's Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo.
With new episodes of Kenneth Branagh's Wallander promised and big-screen versions of Larsson's Millennium Trilogy due out soon in English as well as Swedish, what started as a genre with cult appeal has become part of the money-making mainstream.
Yet well before Mankell and Larsson's crime-solving anti-heroes reached our cinema screens, true aficionados of this Scandinavian genre understood that the family tree was more complex.
- 9/11/2010
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
As gritty as its predecessor, this second Stieg Larsson adaptation takes us deeper into the dark heart of Sweden
The mammoth popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, an epic exposé of Scandinavian corruption, is not the sudden, unexpected event it appears to be. The fuse was lit long ago. In 1961, Kathleen Nott, the British novelist, public intellectual and frequent contributor to the Observer, wrote an influential book on Sweden called A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, representing the country as a colourless, complacent, over-organised state run on rational lines that had robbed people of personal identity. Her view was as widely shared as it was wide of the mark. Because beneath the orderly surface that had been created since the Social Democrats came to power in the early 30s, there had always been a seething sense of injustice, of discontent and paranoia, ready to erupt at some time in the future.
The mammoth popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, an epic exposé of Scandinavian corruption, is not the sudden, unexpected event it appears to be. The fuse was lit long ago. In 1961, Kathleen Nott, the British novelist, public intellectual and frequent contributor to the Observer, wrote an influential book on Sweden called A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, representing the country as a colourless, complacent, over-organised state run on rational lines that had robbed people of personal identity. Her view was as widely shared as it was wide of the mark. Because beneath the orderly surface that had been created since the Social Democrats came to power in the early 30s, there had always been a seething sense of injustice, of discontent and paranoia, ready to erupt at some time in the future.
- 8/28/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
In our earlier story (Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly), we asked you to send us more corporate social media policies, and you delivered. Here is a second batch, with good, mediocre and ugly guidelines.
If you've not already done so - please send yours to ideas@fastcompany.com.
La Times – shared by Martin Beck, La Times Reader Engagement Editor
Elegantly worded and thoughtful, the La Times social media guide was revised late last year to be more "user friendly." It begins with a bit pulled from the news organization’s Ethics Guidelines: "The Times is to be, above all else, a principled news organization. In deed and in appearance, journalists must keep themselves – and The Times – above reproach," yet recognizes the push-pull of social media networks as useful tools for journalists.
Here are some other points:
Assume that your professional life and your personal...
If you've not already done so - please send yours to ideas@fastcompany.com.
La Times – shared by Martin Beck, La Times Reader Engagement Editor
Elegantly worded and thoughtful, the La Times social media guide was revised late last year to be more "user friendly." It begins with a bit pulled from the news organization’s Ethics Guidelines: "The Times is to be, above all else, a principled news organization. In deed and in appearance, journalists must keep themselves – and The Times – above reproach," yet recognizes the push-pull of social media networks as useful tools for journalists.
Here are some other points:
Assume that your professional life and your personal...
- 7/16/2010
- by Lydia Dishman
- Fast Company
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.