Sunday, November 11, 2018
Forget the falling chandelier of “Phantom” or the 20-foot-tall ape puppet of “King Kong.” The single greatest special effect on Broadway these days is the real live baby in “The Fe…
Linked From The New York Post at 07:42AMThursday, November 1, 2018
He can’t dance, can’t sing or even talk, yet he’s the biggest musical star of the season. Meet King Kong, the 2,000-pound gorilla of Broadway. The Great White Way has never seen anythi…
Linked From The New York Post at 07:21PMFriday, October 26, 2018
“As a singer,” says Al Roker, “I’m a great weatherman.” That hasn’t stopped the 64-year-old “Today” show veteran from performing in the Broadway musical “Waitress,” throu…
Linked From The New York Post at 05:19PMFriday, October 12, 2018
“I grew up with my legendary parents in the Chelsea brownstone that had ‘Torn Page’ as the nameplate on our buzzer,” says Angelica Page. These days, the 54-year-old actress daughter …
Linked From The New York Post at 06:42PMThursday, October 4, 2018
Before he became Saul on TV’s “Homeland” — even before his Inigo Montoya pledged vengeance in “The Princess Bride” — Mandy Patinkin was a creature of the theater. With a tenor …
Linked From The New York Post at 06:54PMFriday, September 28, 2018
Audra McDonald didn’t get to Carnegie Hall until she was at Juilliard, when she saw Ella Fitzgerald sing there. “A friend of mine calls it an upside-down wedding cake,” she recalls of …
Linked From The New York Post at 06:24PMThursday, September 27, 2018
Never mind that Sarah Bernhardt — the towering actress of her day — was scarcely more than 5 feet tall. Janet McTeer stands nearly 6-feet-1, but that hasn’t stopped her from playing Be…
Linked From The New York Post at 08:32PMHe was the go-getter police detective of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.” Now John David Washington, 34, is back in blue as the conflicted cop of “Monsters and Men.” Out Friday, the S…
Linked From The New York Post at 07:15PMWednesday, September 5, 2018
Broadway will dim its lights Wednesday night for Carole Shelley, the Tony-winning actress who — despite playing dozens of roles in her storied career — will probably be remembered best a…
Linked From The New York Post at 04:53PMThe forecast for Broadway this fall: Al Roker with a sprinkling of pie. The venerable “Today” weatherman is the latest to join the cast of Sara Bareilles’ “Waitress.” From Oct. 5 t…
Linked From The New York Post at 02:36PMThursday, August 23, 2018
It’s not every woman who could pull on Julia Roberts’ thigh-high, vinyl boots night after night (and some afternoons), but Samantha Barks is doing just that in Broadway’s “Pretty…
Linked From The New York Post at 08:06PMFriday, August 3, 2018
Opera great Renée Fleming has four Grammys and the distinction of inspiring a dessert: a chocolate confection Daniel Boulud dubbed La Diva Renée. These days, the 59-year-old soprano’s be…
Linked From The New York Post at 04:07PMSaturday, July 28, 2018
It’s a legend that even now, 20 years after Jerome Robbins’ death, threatens to define him: While berating his actors, he stepped farther and farther back on stage until he toppled into …
Linked From The New York Post at 11:14AMThursday, July 19, 2018
Hard to believe that it’s been two years since Daveed Diggs pulled off his “Hamilton” boots and headed for Hollywood. Now, several commercials, albums, voice-overs and TV series later …
Linked From The New York Post at 07:08PMThursday, July 12, 2018
Imagine doing a big, beloved Broadway musical … in Yiddish. Sounds crazy, no? Not when that show is “Fiddler on the Roof.” Since its 1964 debut, the story of Tevye and his daughter…
Linked From The New York Post at 07:52PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
For as long as she can remember, Renée Taylor has been on a diet. We’re talking seven decades, because Taylor — who among other things played Fran Drescher’s mom on “The Nanny” …
Linked From The New York Post at 08:42PMThursday, July 5, 2018
Off-Broadway’s long been the place to discover fresh faces. Now and then, along comes something cheekier: a dashing derrière. That last belongs to Trey, the young hottie of the Roundabout…
Linked From The New York Post at 06:20PMSince 1972, when Mummenschanz began, the troupe’s been making masks and costumes from just about anything: plastic, toilet paper, foam rubber, Slinkys … pastry dough! That last figur…
Linked From The New York Post at 06:03PMThursday, June 28, 2018
At the Tony Awards this month, when Nathan Lane collected his third statuette, he gave an emotional shoutout to Andrew Garfield, his “Angels in America” co-star, to Devlin Elliott, his h…
Linked From The New York Post at 07:24PMIf you missed her as a woman, you can catch her as a man: Glenda Jackson, hot off a Tony Award for “Three Tall Women,” will return to Broadway next spring as the title character of a gen…
Linked From The New York Post at 10:51AMMonday, June 11, 2018
They met in 1999 at a musical-theater workshop and haven’t let go of each other since. Now the Oscar-winning “Let It Go” songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez are up for …
Linked From The New York Post at 01:48PMShe played a bouncy Czech in “Once: The Musical” and a Polish lesbian in “Indecent.” Now Katrina Lenk is up for a Tony as a world-weary Israeli in “The Band’s Visit.” And to th…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:48PMHow much does Vivian Carlson love “Come From Away”? Let’s just say she’s seen it more than 25 times. The office manager/photographer, who goes by the name Viv Jean, buys $25 to $50 r…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:48PM“There are some days I feel 102 years old, and other days, like I’m 14,” says Gina Gershon, who falls somewhere in between. “I just think we’d be a much happier society if there we…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:48PM“Dancers do eat!” says Justin Peck, and he should know: He’s been dancing with the New York City Ballet since 2006. He started with tap lessons at 9 before switching to ballet and …
Linked From The New York Post at 01:48PMMost theatergoers come for Harry, Hermione and Ron, only to end up cheering for … Scorpius Malfoy? That’s what happens at “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” Set 19 years after …
Linked From The New York Post at 01:48PMTuesday, May 15, 2018
You never forget your first time — or your first show, especially if you wind up writing, choreographing or starring in one later. Nearly a dozen of this year’s Tony Award nominees told …
Linked From The New York Post at 06:06PMTuesday, May 8, 2018
Two weeks after being cast in “Escape to Margaritaville,” Paul Alexander Nolan found himself singing in a bar in the Florida Keys. And although he’d already played in five other Broadw…
Linked From The New York Post at 07:50PMFriday, May 4, 2018
And the Tony goes to . . . Ernest Winzer Cleaners? Spot on! On June 10, the Bronx dry cleaner that’s kept Broadway freshly pressed for 110 years, will receive an award for Excellence in th…
Linked From The New York Post at 06:18PMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Not even a wizard can best Tina Fey — or triumph over a not-so-simple sponge. Fey’s first Broadway musical, “Mean Girls,” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” squeezed out 12 Tony Award n…
Linked From The New York Post at 02:41PMThursday, April 19, 2018
Matthew Broderick is having a hell of a spring. Not only is the former Ferris Bueller playing the devil in off-Broadway’s “The Seafarer,” but you’ll find him suffocating a pig in the…
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