Everything is not coming up roses for the new production of “Gypsy” on Broadway. The Audra McDonald starring musical opened last Thursday to rave reviews. It’s already been sold out in previews. What coul…

Comedian John Mulaney, whose hosting duties send “Saturday Night Live” into the stratosphere, loves theater, Broadway especially (He should host the Tony Awards!) Now Mulaney and writer Simon Rich have asse…

Broadway’s “Swept Away,” musical that addresses cannibalism on the high seas, was supposed to close on Sunday. Instead, this indisgestive examination of life among stranded sailors on a row boat, will mar…

This has not been an easy Broadway season for new shows. Closing on December 15th is “Swept Away,” the really strange musical that combined seafaring, folk music, and cannibalism. Yes, I said cannibalism. �…

The movie version of “Wicked” is not just a hit at the box office. On the iTunes Top 100, fans are downloading the songs and the soundtrack album like crazy. “Defying Gravity” and “Popular” are each…

The movie and Broadway show, “Pretty Woman,” is about a hooker who gets picked up by a rich guy and is paid $3,000 for a weeks’ worth of work. Allegedly, former congressman Matt Gaetz, now a candidate for…

Frank Sinatra is coming to the famed Apollo Theater on Thursday for a very special evening Producers of “Sinatra, The Musical,” as well as the Chairman of the Board’s estate, are bringing their musical in…

Elton John’s “Tammy Faye” Musical opened on Broadway last night to a an A List audience. It also brought a bunch of terrific new songs from Sir Elton, and high powered performances from a great cast. Init…

Come next March, George Clooney will make his Broadway debut in “Good Night and Good Luck.” (It’s the same thing he said to Joe Biden earlier this summer.) This is a stage adaptation of Clooney’s highly…

Honestly, I did not think much would come of an original enw musical starring Darren Criss of “Glee” TV show fame. I was very wrong. “Maybe Happy Ending” is the most charming new show I’ve seen in age…

Paul Mescal is going to be very busy in March 2025. His hit London production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” is coming to Brooklyn’s BAM Theater after a run at the Almeida Theater in Islington. The play fe…

Sting led his Broadway cast of “The Last Ship” through a semi-private show last night at 54Below. The Tony nominated score in concert was supposed to serve as a 10th anniversary tribute to raise money for P…

“Q” is what everyone called him. Quincy Jones, the greatest of the great, composer, conductor, producer, has died at age 91. He was a giant. There’s no other word to describe him. He was music royalty. (A…

“Romeo and Juliet.” How could you screw it up with hot young people in the leads? Reviews are in from last night’s Broadway opening of the Sam Gold production. Yikes. According to didtheylikeit.com, the g…

Thornton Wilder won a Pulitzer Prize for “Our Town” in 1938, it was one of his three Pulitzers. It went on to become a staple of American theater, but sometimes we forget its powerful gut punch. It’s impo…

Al Pacino’s “Sonny Boy” memoir is the most refreshing celebrity autobiography I’ve read since Keith Richards’ “Life.” Pacino just lets loose on everything like lots of girlfriends and romances, hi…

After a contentious social media war, the Broadway League has capitulated. They will dim the lights at all theaters for Maggie Smith. Gavin Creel, and Adrian Bailey. No word yet on Ken Page. The League says it …

Who deserves to have Broadway’s bright lights dimmed when they pass away? There’s now an all out war between the theater community and the Broadway League over decisions concerning two popular stars who die…

The indefatigable Woody Allen opened a play Friday night in, of all places, Budapest, Hungary. “Brooklyn Tale” is about a gangster and his family who somehow obtain a painting by Raphael, then must cover it…

Sarah Snook is coming to Broadway! The forever Shiv Roy of “Succession” is bringing her one woman “Picture of Dorian Gray” here in March 2025. Get the Tony Award shined up! Snook plays 26 characters in …

It’s a good news, bad news year for Robert Downey Jr. The former “Iron Man” won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year for “Oppenheimer.” It was a moment that capped an unusual career that took him f…

This should be an instant sell out. John Mulaney is coming to Broadway in December in a new comedy. “All In: Comedy About love by Simon Rich” will have a rotating cast of all stars performing with Mulaney i…

The audience at Alicia Keys’s Broadway show got a surprise Tuesday night. Before the intermission the show suddenly stopped. The lights went up and the stage manager appeared on stage. Tony winner Maleah Joi …

The great and legendary writer-director-performer Elaine May did something very unusual on Tuesday afternoon. The Tony Award winning actress, two time Oscar nominee, winner of a Lifetime Oscar, and Grammy winne…

Actress Rachel Zegler will not keep her opinions to herself, no matter how unpopular. Yesterday, Zegler — who became better known thanks to Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story — Tweeted out one unpopula…

Carol Burnett, who’s now 92, starred Off Broadway in 1959 in “Once Upon A Mattress.” Her performance as Princess Winifred, coupled with her regular appearances on “The Garry Moore Show,” made her a st…

Roman Roy and Saul Goodman are coming to Broadway. Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk will top line David Mamet’s short but sour “Glengarry Glen Ross” next spring on the big stage. Comedian Bill Burr co-stars…

Fifty years ago on Wednesday (last night) Philippe Petit made history walking on a highwire between the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. It was illegal, of course, but it made headlines around the world. …

The Patti Lupone- Mia Farrow play coming to Broadway this month has some news. Famed director Jack O’Brien, age 86, is getting a young, perky assistant director. Marsha Mason, who’s only 82, will be helping…

Um, like, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are really going to star in a Broadway play. The former stars of “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” movies will play Estragon and Vladimir in Samuel Beckett’s cl…

You want tickets to this off Broadway show? Fuhgeddabout it. Adam Driver will star in Kenneth Lonergan’s new play, “Hold on to Me, Darling” at the Lucille Lortel Theater beginning in September. Neil Pepe …

Eddie Redmayne is outta here. The Oscar winner opened in “Cabaret” this past winter with hopes of winning a Tony award. He was signed up for a year. But despite a nomination, Redmayne’s Olivier award winn…

If you want to see “Merrily We Roll Along” on Broadway this week, be prepared to pony up. The revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical is seeing ticket prices up to over $5,200 on StubHub. Lower prices range…

Another show posts a closing notice. The revival of The Who’s “Tommy” will play its last performance on July 21st. The musical received good reviews and had ecstatic audiences, but was overwhelmed at the …

It was inevitable. Prince is coming to Broadway. The late purple rock star will be the subject of an estate approved musical based on his hit movie, “Purple Rain.” The show will launch in Minneapolis next s…

Sir Ian McKellen says he’s ok after his fall off a London stage last night. He tumbled during a performance of “Player Kings,” a Shakespeare mashup. Audience members heard McKellen shout in pain. The show…

The Tony Awards ratings are in and they are bad. The early numbers indicate this year’s show dropped 15% from last year. The total so far looks like just 3.5 million viewers, down from 4.1 million last year. …

Tammy Faye Bakker (pronounced Baker) is back to looking for her Jim. Elton John’s musical about the televangelist couple has lost star Andrew Rannells just three months before the show is supposed to open on …

“The Outsiders” won two big Tony Award tonight — Best Musical and Best Director. It didn’t win any acting prizes, or its music or writing. The musical based on S.E. Hinton’s famous young adult novel g…

The Tony Awards are on tonight, from 8 to 11pm. In the middle at 9pm, HBO debuts season 2 of “House of the Dragon.” This morning the Tonys are pushing a performance by Jay Z with Alicia Keys which I guess w…

EXCLUSIVE I told you a couple of weeks ago, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged the chief financial officer of the Epoch Times with trying to launder $67 million. Weidon…

For Idina Menzel, it’s not “If/When,” it’s spring 2025. The former star of “Wicked” will return then to Broadway in a new musical called “Redwood.” It’s the story of a grieving woman who drive…

The Tony Awards — coming this Sunday — are acquiescing to a big public complaint. At first it seemed like they were not going to allow the play with music, “Stereophonic,” to perform on the show. But af…

The Tony Awards are coming this Sunday on CBS. While this has been an excellent season on Broadway, the show — which begins at 8pm — is battling internal and external forces. Let’s start with external and…

Congrats to two of our best actors and nicest people. Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup had their official wedding in Mexico this weekend. I told you they would back on May 15th. Naomi’s brother, Ben Watts, the ph…

Hello, I’m Dolly! Is the name of Dolly Parton’s new musical. It will come to Broadway in 2026 with old songs, new songs, and a book by Dolly. We may learn a lot about Dolly’s life and maybe even meet her …

I just caught up with two new Broadway shows whose premieres I couldn’t make — there were just too many openings this season! The first is “Suffs” an original musical from writer-star Shaina Taub, direc…

We’re still waiting for word on the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” on TV. Meanwhile, a prequel play called “Stranger Things: First Shadow” in London’s West End has been a huge hit winni…

Tony winner Sutton Foster, hot off “Sweeney Todd,” is coming back to Broadway immediately. Foster will star in a summer revival of “Once Upon a Mattress,” the musical that brought Carol Burnett to fame …

The Hollywood strikes last year are now turning into a big win for Broadway. Both George Clooney and Robert Downey Jr are coming to town next in plays for the first time. Clooney will star in a stage version of…

A little more from last night’s elegant and funny one night only performance for Lincoln Center Theater (1000 times better than that low class Met Gala). Sigourney Weaver was deftly funnier than ever as self-…

Wow! Tuesday night Lincoln Center Theater put on the kind of star studded event that was a throwback to the good old days. To raise money, LCT produced — in two days — a retro staging of Christopher Durang�…

In the world of the Tony Awards, musicals like “The Great Gatsby,” “The Notebook,” and “Back to the Future” are considered, well, “bad,” and get no nominations. But in Broadway.com’s Audience …

I gather Sting’s “Message in a Bottle,” directed and choreographed by the remarkable Kate Prince, has had runs in the UK, Australia, and in some US cities. Last night it arrived at City Center on West 55t…

Alex Edelman is the toast of Broadway this morning. After one short run on Broadway in the summer of 2023, Edelman has been awarded an honorary Tony. “Just for Us,” which lasted two months, is his only Broa…

The 2024 Tony Nominations are out, and it’s not great for “The Great Gatsby.” The musical based on the famed novel by F Scott Fitzgerald received just one nod. Its death is secured. On the happy side, bot…

I don’t know what the surviving members of Fleetwood Mac have made of “Stereophonic.” The play about a mid 70s rock band taking three years to record their masterpiece has opened at the St. James Theater …

EXCLUSIVE A lot of A-listers and stars packed their way into the two opening nights of “Cabaret” this weekend. The show is sizzling, so it’s understandable that it required two premieres. Last night’s s…

On Broadway, The Drama League is not the Drama Desk. They’re an outlier group like the National Board of Review that nominates everything so everyone will come to their dinner. So ouch! Today they nominated e…

By 10am you will not be able to get a ticket for the six month run of “Cabaret” on Broadway. The sensational revival, imported from London, features a thrilling and award winning performance from Eddie Redm…

Alicia Keys’s musical, “Hell’s Kitchen” — opening tonight — could not have more entertaining performers. Does its story hold up? Not so much. But don’t think about it too hard. There’s a lot to …

Last night I attended a press preview for Alicia Keys’s lively Broadway musical, “Hell’s Kitchen.” The Shubert Theater was packed except for two house seats just across the aisle. At the same time, my c…

Jack Antonoff is making his Broadway debut. The Grammy winning pop producer of Taylor Swift, Lana del Rey, and many others will supply music for a new Broadway production of “Romeo and Juliet” this fall. Th…

You may have heard: Alicia Keys is debuting a Broadway musical this month. It’s called “Hell’s Kitchen.” The show is the story of her life leading up to signing with Clive Davis’s J Records and becomi…

“Monty Python” star John Cleese is on a short tour to eclectic cities, from the West Coast to Medford, Massachusetts. The tour began just six days ago, in Portland, Oregon, but already there’s trouble. On…

I would guess a lot of people my age are suckers for The Who’s rock opera, “Tommy.” We loved it in 1969 as a double album, the 1974 movie, and in 1992 on Broadway with Michael Cerveris’s electric perfor…

The Tony Awards are back on CBS on June 16th. This year’s host will the same as last year’s — Ariana DeBose, an Oscar winner and Tony nominee. De Bose was a big hit last year hosting the show from the gha…

Thursday night, the elephants got their water on Broadway. A new musical based on the book and movie, Water for Elephants, stormed the Imperial Theater. A magnificent lifesize puppet elephant turned up on stage…

There’s going to be a line outside the Park Avenue Armory today. That’s where “Illinoise” is playing for another week. Theater fans are going to want to see this unusual musical before it makes a last m…

Henrik Ibsen wrote “An Enemy of the People” in 1882. He could never guess how timely it would be in 2024 — and in its 11th production on Broadway since 1895! Sam Gold’s revival at Circle in the Square �…

Now we know why Al Pacino was a presenter at the Oscars. The Oscar and Emmy winner is publishing a memoir this fall, on October 8th It’s called “Sonny Boy,” from Penguin. The book will undoubtedly cover h…

For a while there, Broadway was getting a musical called “A Star is Born.” A script was being worked on, and Bill Condon was going to direct. This was announced in 2017. Then in 2018 Bradley Cooper unleashe…

It’s time to say goodbye to “Beautiful Noise.” The Neil Diamond Broadway musical will shut down on June 30th after an 18 month run. It will have played 657 performances. The show has been running on fumes…

Guess who’s coming to Broadway? Ella Beatty is one of the four children of actors Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. Beatty is joining the play “Appropriate” when it makes its transfer from the Helen Hayes…

Chita Rivera seemed like she’d live forever. She died today at 91, but will live on forever in Broadway history. She starred

The Kennedy Center is looking for a new CEO. Billionaire David Rubenstein, whose name and imprimatur is on the Center, the Washington

As we know, Denzel Washington can do anything. Movies, Broadway, TV. He’s a star in every arena. Now the big rumor on

Barry Manilow’s musical, “Harmony,” opened on November 13th at the Barrymore Theater on Broadway. Previews began October 18th. Now the show is

“Schmigadoon” has sung its last song, at least on Apple TV. Show creator Cinco Paul announced on Instagram that Apple has cancelled

It’s virtually impossible to launch an original musical on Broadway without stars. The latest casualty is Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s “Harmony.”