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Thursday, April 24, 2014

7 performers who hit back at hecklers by Barbara Hoffman

Not everyone respects the key rule of theatergoing: Don’t screw with the performers! This was driven home last week when a misguided Neil Patrick Harris fan nearly hijacked Broadway’s �…

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Ahead of revival, insiders look back on ‘Cabaret’ by Barbara Hoffman

The setting: Germany, between world wars — a time of sexual ambiguity, slippery loyalties and swastikas. Nothing to sing about, surely, but when “Cabaret” burst onto Broadway Nov. 20, …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:51PM
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Meet the furriest stars on stage by Barbara Hoffman

Theater has gone to the dogs — and they’re proving themselves the highlights of the season. In fact, no other member of off-Broadway’s newly revived “The Threepenny Opera” received…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:51PM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Beefy ballad singer Ramin Karimloo leading ‘Les Miz’ by Barbara Hoffman

‘Rocky” has a boxing ring. “Aladdin,” a flying carpet. And Broadway’s new staging of “Les Misérables” has its own special effect: the leading man’s chest. When Jean Valjean …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:31AM
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Actress bonds with pup before Broadway debut together | New York Post by Barbara Hoffman

But Trixie isn't just any dog — she's Ziemba's co-star in "Bullets Over Broadway," which just kicked off previews at the St. James Theatre. It's Woody Allen's first Broadway musical, and i…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:54PM
Saturday, March 15, 2014

‘Rocky’ surprises critics to become Broadway’s latest hit by Barbara Hoffman

Sylvester Stallone had what seemed a pretty bad idea, at least to Tom Meehan: How ’bout we make a musical out of ‘Rocky’? “My first thought was, ‘Oh no,’ ”...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:18PM
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Broadway’s Bebe Neuwirth has done it all in Chicago by Barbara Hoffman

“We have the best babka in town!” cries Bebe Neuwirth, which seems odd on several counts: She calls sugar “the devil,” she’s probably a size zero — and her giggly...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:39AM
Sunday, January 5, 2014

RFK Jr.’s daughter, Kick, skips family business for acting career by Barbara Hoffman

How ironic to find a Kennedy doing Greek tragedy — what this clan’s been through could make Sophocles weep. And yet, while the fabled American family’s given us politicians, philanthro…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:54AM
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

‘Christmas Story’ star Dan Lauria describes his holidays in NYC by Barbara Hoffman

When you’ve been in show business for as long as Dan Lauria has, “home for the holidays” means many things: carving up a turkey with Fred Savage and Danica McKellar,...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:02PM

Meet the Muellers, a Broadway triple treat by Barbara Hoffman

They’re the closest thing we have to the Von Trapp family — three blue-eyed, singing siblings, now appearing on three New York stages. There’s Jessie Mueller, who stars in Broadway…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:34PM
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Young actors share the spotlight with film’s favorite heroes by Barbara Hoffman

Christmas came early for Colin Critchley: At the ripe old age of 10, he’s sharing a stage with his heroes — Gandalf, the wise wizard of “The Lord of the...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:47PM
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Meet the new hottie burning up Broadway by Barbara Hoffman

In a Broadway season long on luscious leading men — Orlando Bloom, Daniel Craig, Zachary Quinto, Ethan Hawke — Brian J. Smith’s a standout. His fans knew that long before...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:28PM
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Broadway folk reveal their spookiest backstage beliefs by Barbara Hoffman

Don’t whistle in the wings, steer clear of peacock feathers — and never, ever say “Macbeth.” The theater is rife with superstitions, some of which actually spring from common sen…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:39PM
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Ann-Margret dishes on sexy legacy by Barbara Hoffman

She starred in “Kitten with a Whip” — but these days, actress Ann-Margret’s the woman with the daredevil pussycat. “Hold on a moment, please,” she tells The Post. “My cat Harle…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:45PM
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Untamed: Tracee Chimo’s wild hair by Barbara Hoffman

One of off-Broadway’s best special effects is on Tracee Chimo’s head: the wild mass of hair she brushes and tosses in “Bad Jews.” Not that Chimo is Jewish — for the record, she’s…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:50PM
Monday, September 23, 2013

Mary Bridget Davies channels Janis Joplin in new B’way show by Barbara Hoffman

“I was the loudest baby in the nursery,” says Mary Bridget Davies. “My parents have pictures and, literally, the whole photo is a mouth!” Who better to star in “A Night with Ja…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:24PM
Friday, August 30, 2013

We’re all on Bard with it by Barbara Hoffman

Everything old is new again — at least it is this fall, when Broadway’s hottest tickets are plays by Pinter, Williams, Beckett and the Bard. Just look who’s performing in them: Daniel …

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Heartache & soul by Barbara Hoffman

There are many ways to get to Broadway. For Amber Iman, who’s making her debut tonight in “Soul Doctor,” it took a kick in the butt from her boyfriend back in Atlanta. “He said, ‘I…

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Cooking up a comedy by Barbara Hoffman

Long before “Saturday Night Live” and “The Colbert Report” found them, Seth Meyers and Peter Grosz were cracking each other up at Northwestern University, where they pledged the same…

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Untangling the Fringe by By  elisabeth Vincentelli and Barbara Hoffman

Every summer, like a relative with too much luggage, it arrives on our doorstep: the New York International Fringe Festival, the ungainly cousin to the Edinburgh original. By the time Fringe…

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Who’s that goy? by Barbara Hoffman

Those who loved the sweetly nerdy lead of TV’s “Chuck” will be happy to find its star, Zachary Levi, on Broadway, doing what he does best: singing, dancing . . . cringing. In “First …

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Broadway's body builder by Barbara Hoffman

At Broadway Bares, last month’s parade of the most ripped bods on the Great White Way, the audience was asked to hold its applause until every sponsor’s name was read aloud. Silent they …

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Ready, New Yorkers? Sing! by Barbara Hoffman

Why sing in the shower when you can do it in a concert hall? That’s one of the draws of Summer Sing. Now in its 53rd year, it’s the ultimate one-night stand: no auditions, no rehearsal,…

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

The diva of her domain by Barbara Hoffman

This whole thing is fake,” Michael Urie declares in the opening minutes of “Buyer & Cellar” at the Barrow Street Theatre. “I don’t exist. What does exist . . . is this book.” A…

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Monday, June 24, 2013

B’way wardrobe wonders by Barbara Hoffman

Where do old costumes go when their shows die? If we’re lucky, to TDF’s Costume Collection, where they’ll surface again in regional productions, high schools, Vogue magazine spreads an…

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

No pain‚ no Lane by Barbara Hoffman

He's always made us laugh — now he’s making us cry. Or, at the very least, squirm. Nathan Lane, the bigger-than-life star of “The Producers,” “Guys and Dolls,” “The Odd Couple,…

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Dudes look like a lady by Barbara Hoffman

Not since Harvey Fierstein’s Tony-winning turn in “Hairspray” have Broadway’s leading men gotten so much mileage from a dress. This time around, it’s Bertie Carvel and Billy Porter…

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Revival gal finds ‘Heaven’ off-Bway by Barbara Hoffman

That blond hair and pearls, those pumps and poise. When the curtain rises on “Far From Heaven,” it’s hard not to think, OMG, it’s Betty Draper! But the setting is 1957 Connecticut, a…

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Sweet sounds of cell silencers by Barbara Hoffman

How many times — and how many ways — can they tell you to turn off your cellphone? As it turns out, plenty, often to no avail. Since the onslaught of mobile devices — and Laurence Fish…

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

‘Glee’-ful Broadway debut by Barbara Hoffman

Some girls dream of playing brave, beautiful, young heroines. Jane Lynch wasn’t one of them. She’d rather play the shrew. “I used to have a list of things I wanted to do and Miss Hanni…

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Pippin & this pooch by Barbara Hoffman

He’s probably Broadway’s best-kept secret. At least, you won’t find his name in Playbill. But when Porridge takes the stage in the new, Tony-nominated revival of “Pippin,” the audi…

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