The deal for “Of Mice and Men” came together at the last minute, according to both Binder and Sabel. The production’s screen stars provided the impetus for the filming, said Binder.

James Franco was eager to film the production of Of Mice and Men in which he made his Broadway debut, but it wasn’t as simple as he thought it’d be.

Made just two years apart (Steinbeck wrote “Of Mice and Men” in 1937) I suppose the pairing says something about the interwar period or the Great Depression.

Getting movie/television composer Thomas Newman to tackle his first-ever ballet score for the Joffrey’s 47-piece orchestra was “a total longshot,” said Joffrey artistic director Ashley Wheater.

This revival of “Of Mice and Men,” I’m sorry to say, is just another quizzical episode of “The James Franco Show,” that pop culture reality series growing vainer by the minute.

James Franco, Chris O'Dowd, Leighton Meester and Jim Norton star in the Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's classic tale of ill-fated dreamers in Depression-era California.

NEW YORK — The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck ‘s Of Mice and Men may have gone home empty-handed from last night’s Tony Awards, but the production headlined by James Franco and Chris O ...