Steven Spielberg

The Reviews for Catch Me If You Can are In…

April 11, 2011 // 2 Comments

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW “As befits a lad of the 1960s with a talent for smooth come-ons, Frank Abagnale Jr. prefaces the story of his life with the promise that it will have “more curves than a Playboy bunny.” But as presented in the new musical “Catch Me if You Can,” which opened Sunday night at the Neil Simon Theater, this portrait of the con [...]

The reviews for A Little Night Music are in …

December 14, 2009 // 2 Comments

A Little Night Music, the Sondheim musical starring Catherine Zeta Jones and Angela Lansbury, opened to mixed reviews. The verdict – the show is largely heavy-handed, with stand out performances by the two headliners. Here’s what the major publications had to say: Variety The most atypical of Ingmar Bergman’s celebrated films, [...]

Spielberg to create a TV to stage production: Showtime series to trace the development of a new Shaiman/Wittman composed show

September 23, 2009 // 1 Comment

According to Variety, director Steven Spielberg is developing a Showtime series that will trace the creation of an original musical by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can) with the aim of taking it to Broadway. The producers for the project are Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who adapted Hairspray and Chicago for film and Gypsy, [...]