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Network centers on news anchorman Howard Beale who isn’t pulling in Bryan Cranston stars in Network on Broadway, Wendy Federman, Foolish Mortals Productions, Broadway Producerviewers. In what is to be his final broadcast, he unravels live on screen, and as the ratings soar, Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV. Network received 3 awards!
 
NETWORK IS A TONY AWARD WINNER FOR:
Best Leading Actor in a Play: Bryan Cranston
 
NETWORK IS DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD WINNER FOR:
Distinguished Performance Award: Bryan Cranston
 
NETWORK IS AN OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER FOR:
Outstanding Actor in a Play: Bryan Cranston
 

Tony, Olivier, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, All The Way) makes his triumphant return to Broadway in the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Network, which opened to rave reviews:

  • “AN ELECTRIFYING BRYAN CRANSTON IS ALL THE RAGE. You owe yourself the thrill of watching Bryan Cranston in Network. Ivo van Hove aims at his audience’s gut.” The New York Times Critic’s Pick. 
  • “DIZZYING. DIABOLOCAL. BREATHTAKING. Cranston gives an astonishing tour de force unlikely to be topped by any performer on a Broadway stage this season.” The Hollywood Reporter
  • “SIZZLING. It’s impossible to look away. Urgent and frightening. The sense of immediacy is palpable. Urgent and frightening. Cranston’s performance is masterful.” Variety
  • “ELECTRIC. Network comes at you in a thrilling blaze.” Newsday
  • Wendy Federman & the incredible Bryan Cranston

    “CRANSTON’S STAR TURN IS MESMERIZING.” Deadline 

  • “A TENSE, THRILLING, HIGH-TECH BROADWAY PLAY starring Bryan Cranston at his peak.” ChicagoTribune

In Lee Hall’s adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s Academy Award-winning film, anchorman Howard Beale (Cranston) unravels live on-screen. But when the ratings soar, the network seizes on its newfound prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV. 

Wendy Federman & Tony Goldwyn

Tony and Olivier Award-winner Ivo van Hove (A View From the Bridge) directs this brilliantly innovative and electrifying production. Ben Brantley of The New York Times raves, “Network thrills. It’s convulsive, immersive and still mad as hell. Network feels as pertinent to our time as its own.” 

For 18 weeks only, catch the must-see theatrical event of the season.

Performances have concluded. 

The Waverly Gallery

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Academy Award winner Kenneth Lonergan’s acclaimed memory play, and 2001 Pulitzer Prize The Waverly Gallery, Wendy Federman, Foolish Mortals Productions, Elaine May Finalist, The Waverly Gallery made its Broadway premiere to incredible reviews:

  • “ELAINE MAY GIVES A PERFORMANCE FOR THE AGES. She will break your heart in Kenneth Lonergan’s wonderful ‘The Waverly Gallery.'” The New York Times
  • “ELAINE MAY’S PERFORMANCE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS YOU’LL EVER SEE IN A BROADWAY THEATRE. Elaine May absorbs the energy of the other actors like she’s getting a blood transfusion, live on stage.” Chicago Tribune
  • “KENNETH LONERGAN IS AMERICA’S GREATEST LIVING DRAMATIST.” The Wall Street Journal
  • “KENNETH LONERGAN’S PLAY SEEMS TO HAVE GROWN RICHER WITH THE YEARS, LIKE A SUPERIOR VINTAGE WINE.” Broadway News
  • “WHAT A PERFORMANCE! Elaine May delivers a portrait so meticulously calibrated, it should be measured in pixels.” The Washington Post
  • “I STILL HAVE NOT RESUMED NORMAL BREATHING after watching Elaine May’s devastating opeining night performance in ‘The Waverly Gallery’ last night. It is powerful. It is funny. It is painful. Go see it. Go. See. It.” Reuters

Directed by Drama Desk and Obie Award winner Lila Neugebauer (in her Broadway debut), the cast includes Grammy Award winner, and Academy and Golden Globe Award nominee, Elaine May; Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges; Tony Award winner Joan Allen; and, in his third Lonergan play, Michael Cera. 

The Waverly Gallery is about the final years of a generous, chatty, and feisty grandmother’s final battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Gladys is an old-school lefty and social activist and longtime owner of a small art gallery in Greenwich Village. The play explores her fight to retain her independence and the subsequent effect of her decline on her family, especially her grandson.

The Waverly Gallery, Elaine May, Wendy Federman, Foolish Mortals Productions, Michael Cera, Lucas HedgesMore than a memory play, The Waverly Gallery captures the humor and strength of a family in the face of crisis.
 
Performances have concluded.

Company

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COMPANY IS A FOUR-TIME OLIVIER AWARD WINNER FOR: 
  1. Best Musical Revival 
  2. Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Patti Lupone
  3. Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jonathan Bailey
  4. Best Set Design: Bunny Christie
Broadway legend Patti LuPone starred in London’s gender-reversed production of Company which received rave reviews:
 

Wendy Federman Broadway Producer, Company, London, Patti LuPone, Rosalie Craig

  • “5 STARS! ASTONISHING. Sensational. Theatrical magic. Rosalie Craig delivers a tour de force that deserves to be the talk of the town.” Daily Telegraph 
  • ” 5 STARS! MARIANNE ELLIOTT’S GLORIOUS SHOW. Surprising, sexy and clever. Wonderfully fresh.” Evening Standard 
  • “5 STARS! Mel Giedroyc gives a comic masterclass. A CAST TO DIE FOR. ENTERTAINING AS HELL. Terrifically funny turn from Jonathan Bailey.” Time Out 
  •  “5 STARS! BROADWAY STAR PATTI LUPONE IS MAGNIFICENT.” Metro 
  •  “5 STARS! THIS IS A GAME-CHANGER. I can’t remember ever laughing more at a musical. Pure musical theatre pleasure.” The i  

    Patti LuPone and Wendy Federman, Company, London, Broadway Producer, Foolish Mortals Productions
    Patti LuPone and Wendy Federman at the opening night celebration of London’s “Company”
  • “5 STARS! A FLAWLESS REVIVAL of Stephen Sondheim’s musical. Jonathan Bailey is outstanding as the neurotic Jamie.” Radio Times  
  • “5 STARS! Rosalie Craig’s Bobbie feels like the lead the show was always meant to have.” Daily Mirror 
  • “5 STARS! Gender switched Sondheim proves a sublime down-the-rabbit-hole cocktail of entertainment.” Daily Telegraph 
  • “5 STARS! Marianne Elliott’s neon-flooded, gender-bended production is more a reinvention than a revival – and it’s a revelation.” The Stage  
  • “5 STARS! AN ELECTRIFYING MODERNISATION. A succession of ‘star turns.” Londonist 
  • “5 STARS! IT FEELS SMART, FRESH AND RELEVANT. This approach makes it a revelation all over again. What’s wonderful about Elliott is her consistency and care. It’s thrillingly inventive. There is so much to admire and like in this richly inventive production that confirms Elliott as one of our best directors and Company as a great musical.” What’s On Stage  

    Wendy Federman, Broadway Producer, Foolish Mortals Productions, Company, Rosalie Craig, Patti LuPone
    Wendy & Heather Federman at the opening night of “Company”
  • “5 STARS! STUNNING. Rosalie Craig, radiant in a ravishing red party dress, may be playing a tentative, emotionally disconnected character, but she pulls off the astonishing feat of making usconnect with her. A departure into new territory and a stunning reaffirmation of its brilliance.” LondonTheatre.co.uk  
  • “4 STARS! Elliott has reimagined this musical for a new age and an application that is more universal than ever.” Financial Times 
  • “4 STARS! Song by song, moment by moment, it delivers. Patti LuPone astounds. A bona fide star…she steals the show.” The Times 
Marianne Elliott directed COMPANY, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s legendary musical comedy about life, love and marriage. At Bobbie’s 35th birthday party all her friends are wondering why isn’t she married? Why can’t she find the right man and why can’t she settle down and have a family? Rosalie Craig stars in the central role of ‘Bobbie’ and Patti LuPone plays Joanne in this gender reversed production that has been blessed by Sondheim – the first production to be allowed to change the gender of the characters. 
Company, Wendy Federman, Broadway Producer, Foolish Mortals Productions
Rosalie Craig & Heather Federman

Patti LuPone has played some of musical theatre’s greatest characters, including Fantine in Les Miserables in London and Eva Peron in Evita on Broadway. She has also starred as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, and in Sondheim’s musicals Gypsy and Sweeney Todd. She most recently starred in War Paint on Broadway, which will close at the end of the year.

Rosalie Craig is known for her work in musical theatre including the world premiere of Tori Amos’s musical The Light Princess at the National Theatre in 2013, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. Other credits include City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), Finding Neverland (Leicester Curve), Ragtime (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and London Road at the National Theatre.
Company Opening Night in London, Wendy Federman, Patti LuPone, Rosalie Craig, Broadway Producer, Foolish Mortals Productions
Patti LuPone & Wendy Federman
 
Director Marianne Elliott is perhaps best known for her work at the National Theatre on productions such as War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, both of which have enjoyed international success. Her final production as an Associate Director at the National was the much-anticipated revival of Angels in America. 
The London Production is now closed. 

Tootsie

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Tootsie is a New York Times Critic’s Pick which tells the story of Michael Tootsie, A new comedy musical, Wendy Federman, Broadway ProducerDorsey, an out-of-work actor willing to do anything for a job — even if it means playing way against type. When he disguises himself as an outspoken actress named Dorothy Michaels, he defies all odds to become a Broadway sensation.
 
Tootsie received 8 awards including 2 Tony Awards!
 
TOOTSIE WON 2 TONY AWARDS FOR: 
1. Best Book of a Musical: Robert Horn

2. Best Leading Actor in a Musical: Santino Fontana
 

TOOTSIE WON 4 DRAMA DESK AWARDS FOR:

Tootsie on Broadway, Wendy Federman, Broadway Producer, Santino Fontana
Wendy Federman & “Tootsie” star Santino Fontana
1. Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Santino Fontana
2. Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert Horn 
3. Outstanding Lyrics: David Yazbek
4. Outstanding Music: David Yazbek
 
TOOTSIE WON 2 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS FOR:

1. Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert Horn

2. Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Santino Fontana
 
The musical adaptation of Tootsie made its Broadway debut to RAVE reviews: 
  • “HUGE LAUGHS! SMART, SPARKLING AND PRICELESS.” The New York Times 
  • “THE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNIEST MUSICAL OF THE
    Wendy Federman with Robert Horn, Drama Desk Award Winning Book Writer of “Tootsie”

    SEASON!” Rolling Stone

  • “TOOTSIE ROCKS. TOOTSIE ROLLS. TOOTSIE POPS.” TimeOut 
  • “LAUGHTER ERUPTS IN THE THEATRE. Tootsie lives up to the name Musical Comedy.” The Washington Post  
  • “A FRESH, FUNNY, SUBVERSIVE COMEDY SPECIFICALLY TAILORED FOR OUR TIMES.” The Hollywood Reporter 
  • “THE FUNNIEST MUSICAL SINCE THE BOOK OF MORMON!” Los Angeles Times  
TOOTSIE is the story of a talented, but difficult-to-work-with actor who will do anything to land the role of a lifetime.  Starring Santino Fontana

Wendy Federman and “Tootsie” composer David Yazbek

(Cinderella, Frozen), this new production features a score by Tony winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, The Full Monty), a book by Robert Horn (13, Dame Edna Back with a Vengeance), choreography by Tony nominee Denis Jones (Holiday Inn, Honeymoon in Vegas), and direction by eight-time Tony nominee and Olivier Award winner Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, On The Twentieth Century).

Performances at the Marquis Theatre, 201 West 46th Street, NYC. For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here. 

The Lifespan of a Fact

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Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, and Bobby Cannavale return to Broadway in the world premiere of The Lifespan of a Fact, Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, Bobby CannavaleJeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell’s The Lifespan of a Fact, which is based on the essay/book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal. Check out the rave reviews:
 
  • “TERRIFICALLY ENGAGING & FASCINATING. With its cast, its dead-on timing, its terrific comic staging by Leigh Silverman, its perfect set by Mimi Lien and sound design by Palmer Hefferan, it would probably nail its laughs even without the dialogue. It’s what you call a good time.” The New York Times
  • “A RIB-BUSTINGLY FUNNY PLAY! A smart, well-wrought stage comedy. The acting is letter-perfect. Daniel Radcliffe is exceptional. Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale are two of Broadway’s best performers – as good as it’s possible to be.” The Wall Street Journal
  • “BRISKLY ENTERTAINING AND BRACINGLY ACTED. You’ll find yourself happy to have your preconceptions disturbed and assumptions unsettled.” The Washington Post 
  • “GIVES YOU THE SATISFYING RUSH of a good mystery or a crossword puzzle – in a way that’s both invigorating and unsettling.” New York Magazine
  • “THE LAUGHS ARE EXPLOSIVE IN THIS CRACKERJACK NEW PLAY. Ingenious, entertaining and truly scintillating! The never-better Daniel Radcliffe is a real revelation – you can’t take your eyes off him! Director Leigh Silverman keeps her foot on the accelerator. Bobby Cannavale is hilarious.” The Hollywood Reporter
  • Wendy Federman, The Lifespan of a Fact, Broadway Producer, Daniel Radcliffe
    Wendy Federman & the talented Daneil Radcliffe.

    “DANIEL RADCLIFFE IS A MASTER OF COMEDY.” Variety

  • “CHERRY JONES IS AS COMMANDING AS EVER.” Deadline
  • “A RIVETING, HIGHLY PROVACATIVE PLAY. I wish it a long and healthy lifespan of its own. Daniel Radcliffe is perfection. Bobby Cannavale has a compelling dynamic. Cherry Jones is terrific.” NY1
  • “4 STARS! AN ENTERTAINING PLAY ABOUT THE STORIES WE TELL.” TimeOut NY
Radcliffe plays Fingal, whose job it is to fact check articles for one of the best magazines in the country. Fingal’s boss, played by Jones, has given him an assignment: Apply his skill to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author John D’Agata, played by Cannavale. And now, Fingal has a huge problem: John made up the majority of his article. 
 
Radcliffe is a three-time Drama Desk nominee for his Broadway performances in Equus, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and The Cripple of Inishmaan. Jones is a two-time Tony winner for her work in The Heiress and Doubt. Cannavale was Tony-nominated for his roles in Mauritius and The Motherfu**er with the Hat.
 
Tickets now on sale. Performances at Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street, NYC. For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.

Be More Chill

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Based on the novel by Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill is the story of Jeremy Heere, your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High in nothing-special New Jersey. That is, until the day he finds out about “The Squip.” Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self. Be More Chill received 11 awards!
 
BE MORE CHILL RECEIVED A LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD FOR:
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: George Salazar

BE MORE CHILL RECEIVED 10 THEATRE FANS’ CHOICE AWARDS FOR:

  1. Best Book of a Musical: Joe Tracz
  2. Best Costume Design: Bobby Frederick Tilley II
  3. Best Featured Actor in a Musical: George Salazar
  4. Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Stephanie Hsu
  5. Best Leading Actor in a Musical: Will Roland
  6. Best Lighting Design: Tyler Micoleau
  7. Best Scenic Design: Beowulf Boritt
  8. Best Sound Design of a Musical: Ryan Rumery 
  9. Broadway’s Backbone Best Musical Ensemble 
  10. Best Choreography: Chase Brock

It’s already “one of the most popular new musicals in America,” raves The New York Times. And Forbes declares, “It’s a viral obsession!” Check out the incredible reviews for Be More Chill. 

  • “★★★★! IT’S EASY TO SEE WHY FANS ARE SO ENAMORED. ICONIS’ TUNES, WHICH HAVE EARNED HIM A MAJOR ONLINE FOLLOWING, ARE CHARACTER-DRIVEN AND CATCHY, especially Christine’s quirkily sweet ‘I Love Play Rehearsal,’ destined to become an anthem for high school actors everywhere.” New York Stage Review 
  • “BE MORE CHILL COULDN’T BE HOTTER.” New York Theatre Guide
  • “WHAT’S THAT JOYFUL, ROWDY, ROOF-RAISING NOISE SHAKING THINGS UP ON BROADWAY with the highest decibel count around? It’s Be More Chill a rock-the-house teen musical phenom.” Rolling Stone
  • “A SUBLIMELY SILLY, EXCITING SCI-FI TEEN MUSICAL COMEDY DESERVES A PLACE IN BROADWAY HISTORY. A supercharged piece of popular entertainment. The diverse, big-voiced cast is superb…Stephanie Hsu is adorable…George Salazar stops the show cold.” amNY
  • “BE MORE CHILL IS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN DEAR EVAN HANSEN AND A WACKY SCI-FI THRILLER.” LA Times
  • “WILL ROLAND IS DYNAMIC. STEPHANIE HSU IS BRIGHT, BUBBLY AND FUNNY. JasonSweetTooth Williams also brings a great deal of heart to the show. Iconis’ score really lights up the evening; mature in craft while conveying the musical and verbal vernacular of the show’s young characters. ‘Michael In The Bathroom,’ a finely-crafted emotional shut-down that thus far is the best new theatre song of the season. Be More Chill may be about kids, but it wears serious big boy pants.” BroadwayWorld
  • “NO HEAT LOST AS JOYOUS VIRAL MUSICAL SENSATION FINALLY CHARGES BROADWAY. TENACIOUSLY ENJOYABLE, AMPED UP JUST ENOUGH TO SUIT BROADWAY DEMANDS without swamping the heart and humor that caught everyone’s attention in the first place. Be More Chill deserves ever new audiences, perhaps even those more familiar with plush Broadway seats. They should swallow whatever Be More Chill has to offer.” Deadline

    Wendy Federman & George Salazar celebrating Opening Night of “Be More Chill.”
  • “ZIPPY AND DELIGHTFULLY DEVILISH, ENJOYABLE NOT JUST FOR THEIR ENERGY AND CHARM BUT ALSO FOR THE STREAK OF KNOWING WICKEDNESS RUNNING THROUGH ALL THE POP AND FIZZ. With high-octane music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a smartly tailored book by Joe Tracz – kept clipping vivaciously along by director Stephen Brackett – Be More Chill has a welcome edge of nastiness to it, a hint of Little Shop of Horrors acidity that’s refreshing in a world full of Superheros.” New York Magazine
  • “BROADWAY’S LATEST HIT.” Newsweek
Wendy Federman with the star of “Be More Chill” Will Roland

Discover BE MORE CHILL for yourself, and give your life an upgrade. What if popularity came in a pill? Would you take it, no questions asked? In BE MORE CHILL, achieving that elusive “perfect life” is now possible thanks to some mysterious new technology – but it comes at a cost that’s not as easy to swallow. What could possibly go wrong? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi, this thrillingly exciting, comically subversive, and deeply felt new musical takes on the competing voices in all of our heads. And ultimately proves, there’s never been a better time in history to be yourself-especially if you’re a loser…geek…or whatever.

 
Performances at The Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, NYC. For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.

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