Broadway producer Scott Rudin’s big comeback project has failed. “Little Bear Ridge Road,” starring Laurie Metcalf, was supposed to play through February 2026. Instead, the Road will close on December 21s…

The Kennedy Center’s holiday season is a mess. They’re giving away tickets to shows, and claiming “sold out” performances. But even the shows with no price for tickets aren’t drawing audiences. Next w…

What do you when your theater gets a bomb threat over a dance company? Why, invite them back! Last year Shen Yun, the colorful dance troupe that may be a front for money laundering, kicked off its Kennedy Cente…

Magnificent playwright Tom Stoppard has died in London at age 88. A statement from United Agents said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved client and friend, Tom Stoppard, has died peacefully…

Tonight at the Kennedy Center, “Christmas in Belfast” starts shows through Sunday. Want to go? Why not? The theater is brimming with available tickets at all prices, on all levels, at all times. Few people …

On Broadway, that’s it for “The Queen of Versailles.” The musical based on a documentary about lavish living starred Kristen Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham. The show opened last week to negative reviews …

Daniel Craig will finally get to do his favorite project. In 2016, he played Iago to David Oyelowo’s “Othello” off Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop. I was lucky enough to see the Sam Gold directe…

I told you yesterday that the Kennedy Center’s holiday show, “Noel: jesus is Born!” was a dud at the box office. This afternoon, there are 1,350 seats available for December 17th. The show is in less than…

Poor Richard Grenell. He’s driven the Kennedy Center into the ground. A stooge for Donald Trump, Grenell has seen Kennedy Center ticket sales plummet all year as he’s erased anything interesting from the sc…

Tom Hanks’s play “This World of Tomorrow” opened off Broadway last night. The reviews were mixed to not good. The Washington Post headline is The Tom Hanks Play Is Bad. Ok? Got the picture? Naveen Kumar w…

Sting is a music man for all seasons. The rock star of stars opened his Broadway musical, “The Last Ship,” back in October 2014. Now it will have its first New York revival at the famed Metropolitan Opera H…

Boffo Broadway last week at the box office! Total was $40.7 million, up more than $7 million from last week. Not bad. “Hamilton” with Leslie Odom Jr continues to lead the way with almost $3.9 million. Every…

Listen, Sting never cancels a show. But two in Florida — tomorrow and Tuesday — had to be rescheduled because he says he’s under the weather. The shows in Tampa and Jacksonville are sold out — and I mea…

I told you a couple of times this season, tickets to Tom Hanks’s off Broadway play were not selling. Two time Oscar winner Hanks has co-written a play he also stars in called “This World of Tomorrow.” It�…

This is a funny complaint because personally, I don’t care. Do you? After taking over the Kennedy Center last winter, Donald Trump sent lackey Richard Grenell out to do press. In the New York Times, Grenell p…

Daniel Radcliffe already has a Tony Award for “Merrily We Roll Along.” Apparently he wants another one. He’s coming to Broadway this winter in a limited run of a one man show. “Every Brilliant Thing” …

Two time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is coming to off Broadway this week. Performances begin tomorrow night for his play, “This World of Tomorrow,” co-starring Kelli O’Hara and Ruben Santiago Hudson. Tom wrote…

It’s hard to know why Matt Damon hasn’t done more work in theater. Last night, he absolutely killed it as the lead of an all star cast in a reading to raise money to save a NYC Landmark. Damon, Alec Baldwin…

As you may have heard, it’s crazy in New York right now. Our three remaining mayoral candidates participated in another televised debate tonight, and got nowhere. Manhattanites and older people who’ve seen …

Broadway was boffo this past week. The Columbus Day holiday brought a spectactular $8 million rise to the box office numbers for all shows in total. “Hamilton” is out of control, with $4 million for the wee…

It was only a few months ago that theater fans were outraged by ticket prices to see Denzel Washington in “Othello” and George Clooney in “Good Night and Good Luck.” Producers were charging $900 a pop f…

Last year, Jennifer Lopez — aka JLo– had a lovely turn in the Amazon MGM movie, “Unstoppable.” When the movie played in Toronto, there was some Oscar buzz. If “Unstoppable” had had a real release, L…

“Hamilton” is on fire. It’s all because of Leslie Odom, Jr. The Tony winning star of “Hamilton” is back playing Aaron Burr for a limited run. Odom began on September 9th. Since then, the box office ha…

Tonight, “Art” returns to Broadway. Yazmin Reza’s play about friendship and art and how three friends value each, comes back with a new trio of actors. Bobby Cannavale — so good right now in “Only Mur…

Wolverine is having a lot of trouble selling tickets. Hugh Jackman’s shows this weekend coming up at Radio City Music Hall are a mixed bag. The evening shows on Friday and Saturday are mostly open, with hundr…

Alicia Keys is standing her ground. She’s going to perform live on stage for anyone who buys a ticket to her “Hell’s Kitchen” musical after the show is over on September 26th and 27th. The show, which I…

Eve Ensler, a remarkable playwright who invented The Vagina Monologues, calls herself “V” now. But for the purposes of publicity, most fans know her as Eve Ensler. V has written a new work called “THIS IS…

Exclusive: Evidently no one wants to work at the Kennedy Center. They’re currently listing 31 jobs on LinkedIn, from Senior Vice President Artistic Programming ($340,000 per year) to Shuttle Bus Driver ($19.2…

When the late New Yorker movie writer, Lillian Ross, revealed the story of her affair with the magazine’s fabled editor, it blew the minds of the literati. Now the late William Shawn’s son, actor and writer…

UPDATE: A new report also says an investor is suing the producers. As I wrote below, the show cost $24.25 million, it’s a total loss. Billy Porter may have sepsis or is just smart about abandoning this ship. …

“Hamilton” is a hit in theaters. Thursday and Friday audiences brought in almost $4 million. The Tony Award winning Broadway musical’s filmed version — which has been playing on Disney Plus for five yea…

The “Hamilton” 10th anniversary marketing campaign rolls on. Last night, Lin Manuel Miranda and a lot of his original Broadway cast came to Shakespeare in the Park’s Delacorte Theater for a huge screen sh…

EXCLUSIVE: Sue Gilad aka Suzanne Gilad has her name on dozens of Broadway shows. She’s listed as a “producer,” but she’s an investor, who’s got — or had — her claws in hits like “Moulin Rouge,�…

How much more damage can Trump and his lackeys inflict on the poor Kennedy Center? In a further move to the right, Richard Grennell and his pack of thugs have fired the dance programmers. They’ve also removed…

Aunt Ada from “The Gilded Age” is coming to Broadway. She may run into Mrs. Russell. I told you this week that Carrie Coon will be on the boards this fall in Tracey Letts’ “Bug.” Now Cynthia Nixon is …

They say if you bring big stars to Broadway, the audience will show up. But so far the fall season is looking tenuous at best even with three big names about to hit the stage. Shows starring Tom Hanks and Kelli…

When we last saw Bertha Russell, she was aghast that her husband left her. That was on “The Gilded Age.” Now Mrs. Russell’s portrayer, Carrie Coon, is coming to Broadway this fall. She’ll star in her aw…

There were so many stars in the opening night audience last night for Jeff Ross’s Broadway debut that it was dizzying. Ross, famous for being a “roast master,” pulled off a coup with his one man “Take t…

It hasn’t been an easy summer on Broadway. While Times Square is filled with thousands of people milling around taking pictures with Elmo, the theater district has struggled. Last week’s box office continue…

I know, Putin and Trump are rolling in the hay but back in Washington, the Kennedy Center is still mired in trouble. The New York Times reported today that Jeffrey Finn, the long time producer who brought the B…

Mira Sorvino is coming to Broadway. The Oscar winner will join the long running musical “Chicago” on September 15th as Roxie Hart. Roxie is kind of the musical version of Mira’s award winning character Li…

It was just a short time ago that Gracie Mansion hosted the Made in NY Awards for the movie community. That was before Mayor Eric Adams was on the run, so to speak, from Zohar Mamdani in the 2025 election. But …

“Hamilton” is coming to the big screen. Sort of. Disney will release the original filmed version of the musical on September 5th to theaters. This is the version that was shown on Disney Plus. They’re add…

I keep reading that Las Vegas is empty right now. International tourists are staying away in droves. I guess the idea of being rounded up by ICE agents and sent to the Sudan is unappealing. The result is that t…

I can’t wait until this fall when someone at the New York Post expresses outrage at the price of tickets for Tom Hanks’s off Broadway show. Right now, the Post is running advertorial for Vivid Tickets. The …

Liza Minnelli is one of our premier artists in the world. An Oscar winner, along with an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe — not to mention a Lifetime Achievement statue from the Grammys — Liza …

Donald Trump wants to end the opera component at the Kennedy Center. He’s trying to push through a plan rename the opera house after First Lady Melania Trump. If Congress votes for this, there is no doubt man…

“Gypsy” starring Audra McDonald is closing early, on August 1th This abrupt announcement came tonight. Despite great reviews, “Gypsy” has struggled to keep an audience. The musical played at 61% capacit…

Nothing good lasts forever. After four years of being cancelled, Broadway producer Scott Rudin is coming back. Rudin and Barry Diller are producing a new play called “Little Bear Ridge Road,” starring Lauri…

Marilyn Maye — she’s 97, she looks fantastic and sounds even better. What’s the story here? She’s been a cabaret star since the 1950s. She recorded the song “Cabaret” five years before Liza Minnelli…

I’ve been waiting for the New York Times to write an obit for Paul Libin. The Broadway great, winner of a lifetime Tony Award, was a quiet giant in American theater. Paul’s death is one of the last notes in…

When Cedric the Entertainer made his Broadway debut in 2008, critics were not impressed. Cedric appeared in David Mamet’s “American Buffalo,” which was panned and closed quickly. The Times said: “Cedric…

The numbers are in for the first Broadway post- Tony Awards. The total dropped over $6.5 million because on the afternoon of the Tonys, both “Othello” and “Good Night and Good Luck” closed up shop. Char…

Wednesday night’s Kennedy Center showing of “Les Miserables” was quite the scene. While high rolling Trump donors were taking their seats, so were a lot of other less well dress — or more flamboyantly d…

“Smash,” the musical based on a failed TV show, is done. The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, June 22, 2025 after 32 previews and 84 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre. …

The Tony Awards on Sunday were a big hit. Ratings were up 38% from last year. The beautifully executed show boomed on host Cynthia Erivo’s popularity from “Wicked,” and a 10th anniversary reunion of “Ha…

In two days, the touring cast of “Les Miserables” has a crushing decision. Will all or some of them perform in the musical’s opening night at the Kennedy Center? That’s the night Donald Trump is hosting…

Cynthia Erivo led one of the best Tony Awards shows ever last night, showing off so much versatility and warmth they’ll probably ask her back a couple more times. The Tony winner and Oscar nominee is set to h…

“Good Night and Good Luck” has just concluded its live performance on CNN. The story of how legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow stared down Senator Joseph McCarthy is more timely than ever. What’s clea…

Bill and Ted have been to outer space, but never to the Tony Awards. Until now. This Sunday, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will among the A list presenters on CBS for the annual Tony Awards at 8pm. (There’s a …

The Drama Desk Awards just concluded on Broadway. “Maybe Happy Ending” won Best Musical. “Purpose” won Best Play. They will certainly win at the Tony Awards next Sunday. There were ties all through the …

Broadway star Patti Lupone says she’s sorry. Lupone is apologizing after the dreadful — and maybe racist — things she said about fellow performers Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis. The comments were made in…

The first ever revival of the musical, “Chess,” is coming to Broadway. But it may never get to the Kennedy Center. The main character is named Freddie Trumper, aka The American. Freddie is not based on Dona…

Bang! The fall Broadway season is coming into focus now that we’ve survived the Tony Awards parade. Next up: Tony winner James Corden, who hosted a talk show more recently, is coming back to Broadway. He’s …

This is startling. Trump toadie Richard Grenell, now running the Kennedy Center into the ground, has been elected to Live Nation’s board of directors. Under Grenell the Kennedy Center has lost dozens of booki…

It was good news and bad news last week on Broadway after Tony Awards nominations were announced. George Clooney and his “Good Night and Good Luck” rose to its all time high, $4 million. That’s a record f…

Donald Trump and Richard Grenell have a problem. Most theater artists despise them. CNN reports that around a dozen members of the touring cast of “Les Miserables” won’t perform on their opening night at …

The first casualty of the Tony Awards has arrived. “Redwood,” a musical starring Idina Menzel, will shutter on May 18th. “Redwood” had mixed to poor reviews. It received not one Tony Award nomination, w…

The Tony Awards nominations begin rolling out at 8:30 this morning. In the mix potentially: George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kieran Culkin and other Hollywood stars. Will they be rewarded or …

Nominations for the 2024-2025 Season American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Book of a Musical Buena Vista Social Club Marco Ramirez Dead Outl…

The major Tony Awards nominees have been announced. Denzel Washington famous for the $900 ticket, was snubbed the Awards for “Othello.” Neither was Jake Gyllenhaal. Shock snub: Kieran Culkin in “Glengarry…

The end of Tony Awards eligibility was today. There have been so many new shows that the last two had to open today, one after another. “Dead Outlaw” came first at 2pm, followed by “Real Women Have Curves…

I didn’t really know what I was going to write about the “Sunset Blvd.” revival on Broadway last night. Then, following the curtain call, the St. James Theater got pretty wild when there was a live auctio…

Selling $900 tickets didn’t endear Hollywood stars to the Outer Critics. Today’s announcement of the first real theater awards didn’t include George Clooney or Denzel Washington. Also, their productions o…

David Hyde Pierce has really made Broadway his home post-“Frazier.” He has one win for Best Actor in a Musical, two more nominations, and a Lifetime Achievement Award. His work in “Spamalot, “Vanya and …

What a night in the theater, and all by accident. I finally got into Helen Hayes Theater — the smallest house on Broadway– to see Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” directed by Phylicia Rashad. “Pur…

George Clooney is the best thing to happen to Broadway’s bottom line in years. His adaptation of his and Grant Heslov’s “Good Night and Good Luck” had the highest numbers last week of any show. Total ta…

You may not know it, but TDF is not all about TKTS. The Theater Development Fund runs the half price ticket booth in Times Square, true. But the Fund is also the mothership of everything theater in New York. No…

Lin Manuel’s award winning Broadway musical “Hamilton” is still selling out most of its shows 9 years after it debuted. Come September 9th, though, “Hamilton” will be totally maxed out when Tony winne…

Is Liza Minnelli coming to Broadway? A source tells me that Minnelli will likely fly in for a celebration of composer John Kander’s 100th birthday on Monday, May 19th at the Stephen Sondheim Theater. Joel Gre…