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Monday, November 27, 2017

Springsteen Extends Broadway Run Through June by Jeremy Gerard

Springsteen On Broadway, a massive hit that originally planned to stop rocking after the holidays, has been extended through June 30, the producers announced this afternoon. The intimate, m…

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Review: Polly Draper in ’20th Century Blues’; Billy Crudup In ‘Harry Clarke’ by Jeremy Gerard

The four uncommon women who’ve gathered each year since meeting in jail 40 years ago in Susan Miller’s 20th Century Blues have survived protest marches, sexual adventurism, marri…

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Dmitri Hvorostovsky Has Died; Charismatic Siberian Baritone Was 55 by Jeremy Gerard

Dmitri Horostovsky, a singer possessed of a penetrating baritone as deep as his Siberian soul, along with matinee-idol looks that made him a star beyond the classical-music world, died Wedne…

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Russell Simmons’ Accuser Tells Megyn Kelly ‘He Actually Apologized’ by Jeremy Gerard

UPDATE: Adds video, below. Former model Keri Claussen Khalighi told Megyn Kelly this morning that music mogul Russell Simmons has privately apologized to her for sexually assaulting her, des…

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

‘Pretty Woman’ Musical Sets Broadway Theater, Opening Dates by Jeremy Gerard

Producer Paula Wagner said today that Pretty Woman: The Musical will begin performances July 20, 2018 at the Nederlander Theatre, with an official opening night of August 16, 2018, following…

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Monday, November 20, 2017

Broadway Box Office Dips; ‘Once On This Island’ Revival Nears SRO by Jeremy Gerard

Ticket sales on Broadway fell slightly last week, while business remained solid heading into the holiday peak period. The first revival of the musical Once On This Island, running at the ind…

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CBS Newsman Charlie Rose Accused By Eight Women Of ‘Unwanted Sexual Advances’: Report by Jeremy Gerard

UPDATE with more information throughout. CBS This Morning co-anchor Charlie Rose today became the latest high-profile media personality to be accused of sexual harassment, according to a re…

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New York Times Suspends Star Reporter Over Harassment Allegations by Jeremy Gerard

The New York Times said this morning that it has suspended a star reporter in its Washington bureau in the wake of published allegations that he had sexually harassed younger female colleagu…

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Sunday, November 19, 2017

Earle Hyman Dies: Veteran Broadway Actor, Cosby TV Dad Was 91 by Jeremy Gerard

Earle Hyman, a classically trained actor of steady grace, imposing presence and consummate skill, died Friday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 91. Hyman’s car…

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Friday, November 17, 2017

Review: Lerner & Loewe’s Golden ‘Brigadoon’ With Kelli O’Hara and Aasif Mandvi by Jeremy Gerard

I won’t bore you with the history of Frederic Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner’s first hit, 1947’s Brigadoon and its ranking in the Goofy Golden Age of musicals; you either grew u…

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Broadway Review: John Leguizamo’s Scorching ‘Latin History For Morons’ by Jeremy Gerard

Beginning with Mambo Mouth, the 1990 solo show at The American Place Theatre that marked his debut with the quiet subtlety of a cherry bomb in a trash can, John Leguizamo has filled his down…

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Hayley Mills Heads Off-Broadway; Encores! Off-Center Names New Artistic Directors: NY Briefs by Jeremy Gerard

What do Lee Marvin, James Franco, Patty Duke and Hayley Mills have in common? Too easy, I know. But only one of them is heading to New York’s City Center for a new play making the roun…

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Warner Bros.’ ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ Sets Broadway Closing by Jeremy Gerard

The producers of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – chiefly Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures – said today that the musical will close January 14, 2018 at the Nederlander Organizati…

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Monday, November 13, 2017

At The Broadway B.O., Sales Rocket As Audience Lags In Sellers’ Market; So Long, Liz Smith by Jeremy Gerard

Ticket sales for Broadway productions soared last week as more shows entered the fall fray and star-powered vehicles gave even some of the big musicals a run for the money, or glory, or some…

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Friday, November 10, 2017

‘Atomic Homefront’ – How A Story About The End Of Local Journalism Became A Powerful Indictment Of Government Inaction by Jeremy Gerard

The chilling documentary Atomic Homefront has been running in Los Angeles and will be shown next week at DOC NYC. Thatt will be followed by a commercial run in Manhattan before going into ro…

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Gerard & Roth On Sexual Harassment, New Theaters And Broadway Etiquette (Or The Lack Of It) by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline theater critic Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres president Jordan Roth discuss the hottest topics on the Rialto, the only precondition being: No holds barred. JER…

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Tony Awards Shocker: Did An Off-Stage Dispute Make Scorching ‘1984’ Ineligible For Prizes? by Jeremy Gerard

The first show of the 2017-2018 Broadway season has also sparked the first Tony head-scratcher of the season, seven months before the CBS telecast of the awards. On Thursday, the Tony Awards…

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Review: Last Season’s Best Musical ‘The Band’s Visit’ Re-Opens On Broadway; ‘Office Hour’ At The Public by Jeremy Gerard

Feed your soul: Go see The Band’s Visit. Now that this exquisite musical has moved uptown to Broadway – it opened tonight at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre – I can make that r…

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Review: John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey At The Café Carlyle by Jeremy Gerard

I probably don’t have to tell you that the husband and wife duo of John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey are the gold standard of cabaret performers, classing up even joints not in need…

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Universal, Barry Gibb Will Develop Bee Gees Broadway Musical by Jeremy Gerard

Add another jukebox show to the Broadway hopper. Wicked co-producer Universal Theatrical Group (UTG), Universal Pictures' live theatre division, has reached an agreement with Barry Gibb, Yvo…

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Broadway Box Office Off Again, But Amy Schumer Sparks ‘Meteor Shower’; ‘M. Butterfly’ Spreads Wings by Jeremy Gerard

A week that saw Broadway’s slide continue – all the Brooklyn fans staying home, no doubt, to watch the Dodgers in the World Series – and nearly every show down from the pre…

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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Review: Richard Nelson’s ‘Illyria’ Reveals Joe Papp Before ‘A Chorus Line’; A Party For Deadheads by Jeremy Gerard

In 1971 and ’72, I worked in a theater company that had spun off from a graduate directing workshop at Yale taught by Nikos Psacharpoulos, a legendary teacher who’d founded the W…

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Broadway Review: In Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Junk’, Barbarians Storm The Steel Gates by Jeremy Gerard

The image that greets us as we settle into our seats at the Vivian Beaumont Theater is a wall of numbers, divided into blocks, four over four, a grid with line after line of numbers. It̵…

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Surviving Sexual Harassment On Broadway, And Off: Guest Column by Jeremy Gerard

(Deadline asked three-time Tony nominated actress and writer Sherie Rene Scott, currently appearing off-Broadway opposite Jason Alexander in The Portuguese Kid, about her experience in deali…

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Ryan Murphy & David Stone Will Revive ‘Boys In The Band’ On Broadway With Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto by Jeremy Gerard

Transcontinental producers Ryan Murphy and David Stone have teamed up for a starry Broadway production of Mart Crowley's 1968 off-Broadway hit, The Boys in the Band. Headed by a cast that in…

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Bel Powley Joins Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Lobby Hero’ Broadway Revival by Jeremy Gerard

Bel Powley (Diary of a Teenage Girl) will join the previously announced Michael Cera, Chris Evans, and Brian Tyree Henry, to complete the cast of Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero, directed by T…

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‘Moulin Rouge’ Sets Beantown Premiere As Boston Reclaims Tryout Status by Jeremy Gerard

Broadway’s latest screen-to-stage adaptation, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, has booked Boston for its Broadway tryout next summer, restating Beantown’s status as a shake-out city fo…

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Monday, October 30, 2017

Broadway Box Office Takes A Nosedive But ‘Come From Away’ Is Flying High At $1.3M by Jeremy Gerard

A slowish week at the Broadway box office didn’t have much impact on the established order of things (see Top 5 below), but it did allow a few others to grab some sunshine. Come From A…

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As Widespread Harassment Claims Rise, New Republic Publisher Hamilton Fish Takes Leave In Wake Of Allegations by Jeremy Gerard

The fallout continues in the wake of ongoing allegations of sexual harassment and assault by former Weinstein Company co-chief Harvey Weinstein. As if to underscore the fact that the inciden…

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Saturday, October 28, 2017

Producers, Creatives Talk ‘Safe Spaces’ – Produced By NY by Jeremy Gerard

The topic was “The Power of Creative Collaboration,” and it seemed inevitable that the long shadow of Harvey Weinstein would be cast over the panels during today’s “P…

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Broadway Review: In ‘M. Butterfly’ Clive Owen Plays The Seducer Seduced by Jeremy Gerard

Physically and cerebrally Clive Owen has the chameleonic qualities that define a certain kind of star charisma: He’s handsome but not pretty; suave in a way that practically advertises…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
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Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
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