Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Body Parts and Benjamin Walker: Part One

Elizabeth Vincentelli in the New York Post's expose of 'best Broadway on-stage pectoral muscles of 2013.'  It's social media at its zenith, its culmination, its apex, its summit.  Ok, its zenith.  It's also a lot of fun. 

It's a pectoral pictorial.


Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Canaries Fly

"It's a wrap" for In the Heart of the Sea from Ron Howard's Twitter feed: Here.

Sunday, December 08, 2013

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Premiere a Highlight of Three Days of Greatness in Louisville

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight premiere is a highlight of the Three Days of Greatness tribute to the sports career of world champion boxer Muhammad Ali in Louisville, KY USA.

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (HBO) directed by Stephen Frears and written by Shawn Slovo, stars Oscar winner Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Danny Glover and Benjamin Walker.  The film premieres on October 5th on HBO.

HBOs Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight October 5th Premiere

Stephen Frears' Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight  premieres on October 5th on HBO.  The saga of Ali's legal fisticuffs before the US Supreme Court to validate his conscientious objector status during the Viet War, stars Oscar award winner Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Danny Glover and Benjamin Walker.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight on HBO

Deadline.com notice for premiere of HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Danny Glover and Benjamin Walker.  Movie airs October 5th at 8:00 EST on HBO.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

New Photos of Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

On Collider's site, new HBO images including Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight's Benjamin Walker and Stephen Frears from the Oct. 5th premiere of MAGF on HBO.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Interview with Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight's Writer Shawn Slovo

Here.  HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight directed by Stephen Frears and written by Shawn Slovo airs October 5th.

Benjamin Walker on Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, the story of the 10-round Supreme Court contest over Ali's conscience objection to military service on religious grounds, airs October 5th on HBO.  Directed by Stephen Frears, MAGF stars Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella and Benjamin Walker.  New photo of Benjamin Walker here.

Sunday, September 01, 2013

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight New Trailer (HBO Films)



HBO Film's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight premieres October 5th.   The film is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Christopher Plummer. Frank Langella, Danny Glover and Benjamin Walker.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Benjamin Walker at Love's Labour's Lost

Photo of Benjamin Walker attending Delacourt Theater's Shakespeare In the Park Love's Labour's Lost directed by Alex Timbers with music by Michael Friedman.

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Christopher Plummer Talks New HBO Film

Pat Cerasero's article in BroadwayWorld.com profiles Christopher Plummer's work in HBO's "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" directed by Stephen Frears and co-starring Benjamin Walker, Danny Glover, Frank Langella and Ed Begley, Jr.

More Christopher Plummer and Benjamin Walker photos.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Benjamin Walker, Christopher Plummer and Stephen Frears on HBO Tour

HBO's "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight's" Benjamin Walker and Christopher Plummer directed by Stephen Frears all took the stage to introduce the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association Tour July 25th in Beverly Hills, CA, to "MA'sGF" on Time Warner's HBO.  See article and 20 photos here.
                          
"Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" debuts on HBO on October 5th, 2013.

Monday, July 08, 2013

Interview: Director Stephen Frears on "Muhammed Ali's Greatest Fight"

The Hollywood Reporter staff interviewed "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" director Stephen Frears at the films Cannes preview in May 2013.


Saturday, June 01, 2013

Benjamin Walker Cast as George Pollard In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea is getting a big-screen narration, coming soon.  Directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Tom Holland, In the Heart of the Sea is the saga of the whaling ship Essex and the events that changed forever the way we see seafood and the way we read 19th century American literature

Inspired by the Essex's tragic last voyage, the American writer Herman Melville used the events as a basis of the American classic, Moby Dick or, The Whale (1851)See Linda Ge's post in Up&Comers.com

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Benjamin Walker in HBO '60s Thriller "The Missionary"


Leslie Goldberg's article in The Hollywood Reporter, Benjamin Walker is Roy in The Missionary.

Benjamin Walker completed an acclaimed and commercially successful Broadway run of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013) starring Scarlett Johannson and directed by Rob Ashford on March 30th, 2013. 

Monday, April 08, 2013

Kormákur Directs, Describes HBO's The Missionary

Steve "Frosty" Weintraub's interview with The Missionary's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in The Collider.

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Benjamin Walker Pilots The Missionary (2013)

IMDB The Missionary (2013) production, cast and crew. 

Thursday, March 28, 2013

1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill

From Theater-words.com, scans of the original 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill.

Ciarán Hinds wants comedy, seriously.

Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Rob Ashford and starring Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk at the Richard Rogers Theater until March 30th, 2013.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Photos

Joan Marcus' Broadway.com photos.

The revival of Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is scheduled for closure on March 30, 2013.  The play, in its final performances, stars Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk, with Rob Ashford, director.

Julie Weiss, Costume Designer Talks Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Lorna Koski and Julie Weiss talk frocks, tailored slips and towels.  more here.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk with direction from Rob Ashford finishes its Broadway revival run at the Richard Rogers Theater this week.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Final Performances

Revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's final performances this week.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Monday, March 04, 2013

Benjamin Walker, Another "Brick" in the Wall

In the cavalcade of American theater, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is iconic. 

In the current revival of Cat at the Richard Rogers Theater through March 30, 2013, Benjamin Walker is the abused, disabused and self-medicating character, Brick.  He's one of a line of actors to play that role.

Here are some Brick predecessors.
And here.
And here (1985).
Theatrical productions here.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Ciarán Hinds & Benjamin Walker Photos

On Just Jared.com.  Hinds plays Big Daddy Pollitt and Walker is his son, Brick, in the Tennessee Williams' classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, currently showing at the Richard Rogers Theater in NYC. 

The play stars Scarlett Johannson, Debra Monk, Emily Bergl, and is directed by Rob Ashford and runs through March 31, 2013.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013) Credits

From Playbill.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof runs until March 30th, 2013, at the Richard Rogers Theater.  Directed by Rob Ashford, the Tennessee Williams play stars Scarlett Johannson and Ciarán Hinds, Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk and Emily Bergl.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Cat Photos and Benjamin Walker




 
 
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is at the Richard Rogers Theater until March 30th, and stars Scarlett Johannson, Ciarán Hinds, Benjamin Walker and Debra Monk.  The show's director is Rob Ashford.
 
Copr. More News About Benjamin Walker 2013.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

New Benjamin Walker Interview in Vanity Fair

Andrea Cuttler's Vanity Fair Q&A with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 's Brick, Benjamin Walker.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams starring Scarlett Johannson, Ciarán Hinds, Benjamin Walker, Debra Monk, Emily Bergl and directed by Rob Ashford runs at the Richard Rogers Theater in NYC until March 30th.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cast Video

From Broadway.com's Ryan Lee Gilbert, video Q&A of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof cast members Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, Debra Monk, Emily Bergl and director Rob Ashford.


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by award-winning American playwrite Tennessee Williams is showing at the Richard Rogers Theater through March 30th.

Friday, February 08, 2013

Stars on Broadway

Patrick Healy's take on Broadway casting in the New York Times.

Scarlett Johannson, Ciarán Hinds, Debra Monk and Benjamin Walker appear in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Rob Ashford at the Richard Rogers Theater until March 30th.

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Benjamin Walker and Ciarán Hinds, Interview

The February 7th 2013, interview on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show features Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Benjamin Walker and Ciarán Hinds in "The World's a Stage."

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams stars Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk; directed by Rob Ashford, the show runs at the Richard Rogers Theater in NYC until March 30th.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Benjamin Walker and Castmates at Second Stage Fundraiser

Walter McBride's coverage for BroadwayWorld.com of Second Stage's venerable fundraiser in support of theater arts in NYC.  Actors don bowling shirts and shoes and become actors in bowling shirts and shoes.

Part One: Benjamin Walker and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof castmates Ciarán Hinds and Emily Bergl.

Part Two:  Benjamin Walker and Mamie Gummer.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, starring Scarlett Johannson and directed by Rob Ashford opened January 17th at the Richard Rogers Theater and runs through March 30th.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Benjamin Walker and Beefcake in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Stephanie Cohen of the Wall Street Journal's take on this season's eye-candy male actors on Broadway.  Taking her cue from the technical analysts at the Journal, she charts Broadway's breakout highs, lower lows and divergence bottoms (technical analysis terms to the novices among us) on stage this season.

It's all necessary for characterization, of course.  And a lot of fun.

Benjamin Walker plays Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Scarlett Johannson and directed by Rob Ashford at the Richard Rogers Theater in NYC.

Interview with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Ciarán Hinds (2013)

Joseph Amodio 's interview with Cat's Ciarán Hinds.

Friday, February 01, 2013

More News About Actor Benjamin Walker (2013)

"Leftovers complement no chef," Lukey Apophthegm, 20th century.

In the spirit of 'no leftovers,' the following are some Benjamin Walker, actor, links you shouldn't miss:

On his Find the Funny Show in Backstage: here

"Ben Barking" (reprise) short: here

And some Benjamin Walker roles that we'd all like to see, from Broadway.com here

Benjamin Walker currently appears as the "lost" character named Brick in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , with Ciaran Hinds and Debra Monk, starring Scarlett Johannson, directed by Rob Ashford at the Richard Rogers Theater in NYC.


Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Eye of Pi : Benjamin Walker on Visual Narrative

At the Life of Pi premier, a microphone, a topic & a camera caught up with articulate rising star Benjamin Walker; the topic was the visual impact of cinema on traditional story-telling.  Watch out!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

More Q&A with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Benjamin Walker


Broadway.com's Ryan Gilbert asks Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Brick character, actor Benjamin Walker, about the play, the towel, Scarlett, Tennessee in Mississippi and life for Benjamin on the aloof roof.

New photo of Benjamin Walker as Brick.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Profile: Benjamin Walker, Actor


Here. 

Ruben V. Nepales' profile of actor Benjamin Walker in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Photo Gallery from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Starring Scarlett Johannson


new from Broadway.com

Bruce Glikas' photos of production cast, glitterati and notables at the reviral opening of Tennessee William's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Saturday, January 12, 2013

New Preview Photos for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Broadway World.com article features Joan Marcus' photos.

Slice of (Cat's 9) life (lives) from Baz Bamigboye in the MailOnline.

Interview Backstage by Suzie Evans.

Emily Bergl's interview on Broadway.com

Announcement The New Yorker.