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“If you stop working on stage, you sort of stop working hard at acting”

Morgan Freeman has returned to Broadway with one goal in mind: to try to kill the Morgan Freeman you know and love. via The Clarion-Ledger

Is 'Country Girl' in serious trouble at the Tonys? Our pal Michael Riedel , who covers the Broadway beat for the New York Post , reports that the revival of "The Country Girl," due to open Sunday, is on shaky ... via Glodderby

There's no New York theater critic who likes to throw his weight around quite like Michael Riedel of the Post. via Gawker

S inger Jevetta Steele, a solo artist and one-fifth of the Steeles , riffs on family, her Sunday game plan and why guests are always welcome in her laundry room. via Star Tribune

Making his big Broadway debut in the hit show 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' must've gotten acclaimed actor Terrence Howard brimming with creative juices. via Black Voices

“We don't like a con-ser-a-tive crowd.”

Frank Gehry's controversial design always reminded me of a beer can mugged by an M-80, and so it's taken on a subjective patina of punk over time. via City Beat

“One of Clifford Odets's last plays, 'The Country Girl”

Oscar-winning actors Morgan Freeman and Frances McDormand will star in 'The Country Girl' on New York's Broadway early next year with the play directed by Academy Award-winning Mike Nichols.

Freeman, who won a best supporting actor Oscar in 2005 for his role in 'Million Dollar Baby,' and McDormand, who won a best actress Academy Award in 1997 for her role in 'Fargo,' both last appeared on Broadway in 1988.

The production said in a statement on Tuesday that the play was due to open in April. Read more