Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Terrence McNally, a prolific playwright whose love of opera and compassion for human frailties wove their way into many of his works, died March 24 from complications of the coronavirus in a…
Linked From The New York Post at 03:24PMFriday, March 13, 2020
You don’t have to wait until Broadway reopens to get a taste of what’s playing. Beyond the obvious — the movies of “Moulin Rouge!,” “Mean Girls,” “West Side Story” — here…
Linked From The New York Post at 04:34PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Talk about pressure! Tony Yazbeck’s feeling it. It’s not easy playing Cary Grant, the man he calls “the greatest movie star of all time.” Especially when Grant’s tap-dancing while …
Linked From The New York Post at 08:04PMThursday, January 23, 2020
Within our smartphones is a world of smiley faces, flowers, royals . . . and a pile of poo. And now many of them have come alive, in the off-Broadway musical “Emojiland.” Several key pla…
Linked From The New York Post at 03:33PMWednesday, January 15, 2020
Before he goes onstage, he listens to Count Basie and the blues; afterward, he decompresses by cooking.
Linked From The New York Post at 03:34PMWednesday, January 8, 2020
Mary Jane is a suburban tiger mom, addicted both to opioids and to keeping up appearances. That we end up caring so deeply about her, Alanis Morissette says, is a tribute to Elizabeth Stanle…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:27PMTuesday, January 7, 2020
The legendary "West Side Story" songwriter suffered a fall that left him unable to attend the opening of his namesake theater in London.
Linked From The New York Post at 06:56PMThursday, January 2, 2020
“It’s so crazy!” says Emily Walton of co-starring with her uncle Jim.
Linked From The New York Post at 01:06PMThursday, December 26, 2019
Adrienne Warren and Steven Skybell deserve Broadway's splotlight.
Linked From The New York Post at 02:04PMWednesday, December 18, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
On Broadway, she’s playing the Ghost of Christmas Present, but LaChanze, a Florida native, remembers a snowy Christmas past, her family’s first in New England: “Me and my brothers and …
Linked From The New York Post at 12:52PMFriday, December 6, 2019
Tired of the same old carols, nutcrackers and Grinches? If so, these off-kilter Christmas shows may be just the ticket. “A Very Meow Meow Holiday Show” Imagine a Christmas spectacular go…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:19PMFriday, November 29, 2019
He’s been the leading man in so many Broadway shows, it’s hard to believe there’s anything left on his bucket list. And yet, Brian Stokes Mitchell says, there is: “Sweeney Todd.” M…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:54PMThursday, November 21, 2019
Broadway found its Gloved One — and he’s coming fresh from the Temptations. Ephraim Sykes, currently kicking up his heels in Broadway’s “Ain’t Too Proud — the Life and Times of T…
Linked From The New York Post at 12:46PMTuesday, October 29, 2019
The stage lights go up and there, standing against a shower door holding a big red hat, is … Bella Abzug? Actually, it’s Harvey Fierstein, the writer and also the star — Patti LuPone a…
Linked From The New York Post at 03:12PMThursday, October 24, 2019
For nearly six years, Carole King has watched her life — the early years, anyway — flash before her eyes at “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” which ends its Broadway run Sunday. …
Linked From The New York Post at 04:01PMMonday, October 21, 2019
Those who remember him as TV’s John-Boy Walton are often shocked to find that Richard Thomas is a lifelong Manhattanite. “It confuses people all the time,” says Thomas, 68, who spent m…
Linked From The New York Post at 10:09AMTuesday, October 15, 2019
As a wise frog observed, it’s not easy being green. But, boy, Kermit — it’s sure fun to play a man-eating plant. So say the puppeteers behind Audrey II, the star — with Jonathan Grof…
Linked From The New York Post at 02:01PMThursday, October 3, 2019
What do the Man in Black of “Westworld,” a former Evan Hansen and a recurring “Fargo” figure have in common? Starting Nov. 5, they’ll all be in Broadway’s “To Kill a Mockingbir…
Linked From The New York Post at 03:49PMWant some fries with that murder? The fragrance of fast food is all over “Scotland, Pa.,” the Roundabout Theatre Company’s riff on “Macbeth.” Like the quirky, 2001 film of the same…
Linked From The New York Post at 12:11PMThursday, September 5, 2019
Midway through Broadway’s “Betrayal,” Zawe Ashton has her eye on Tom Hiddleston’s melon. The “Avengers” star plays Robert, a man who’s just discovered that his best friend, Jer…
Linked From The New York Post at 03:18PMFriday, August 16, 2019
André De Shields, the Tony-winning star of “Hadestown,” is no stranger to hell: He’s been living in Hell’s Kitchen since 1983. Back then, the 73-year-old says, it was a frightening …
Linked From The New York Post at 02:48PMWednesday, August 14, 2019
It started seven years ago, with a favor: One of Robyn Lynne Norris’ friends had signed up with OkCupid and asked her to review her online dating profile. Back then, Norris, a 20-something…
Linked From The New York Post at 05:24PMThursday, August 8, 2019
Before Jake Gyllenhaal appears in “Sea Wall/A Life” — even before the house lights dim — co-star Tom Sturridge is onstage for a pre-show that consists mainly of him drinking beer. Th…
Linked From The New York Post at 01:34PMWednesday, July 31, 2019
Dim all the marquee lights on Broadway — Harold Prince, the producer and director behind many of the American theater’s greatest musicals, died Wednesday at 91, after a brief illness. In…
Linked From The New York Post at 12:23PMThursday, July 25, 2019
Annie Golden plays a mute on “Orange Is the New Black,” but over a recent lunch, the show’s Norma Romano is a regular chatterbox. How, after a breathless talking tour through her child…
Linked From The New York Post at 04:47PMThursday, July 18, 2019
When she accepted the Golden Globe for “Les Misérables,” Anne Hathaway thanked her mother. The star was 8 when she saw Kate McCauley Hathaway play Fantine in the musical’s national to…
Linked From The New York Post at 08:57PMTuesday, July 16, 2019
There go the pies. The Sara Bareilles musical “Waitress” will end its Broadway run on Jan. 5, the Hollywood Reporter announced, after nearly four years and countless turns by many guest …
Linked From The New York Post at 05:21PMThursday, July 11, 2019
Having been “bored s - - tless” the first time he saw “The Magic Flute,” Barrie Kosky hoped never to suffer through it again. Granted, he was only 11 at the time but, thanks to…
Linked From The New York Post at 08:03PMThursday, June 27, 2019
Rare is the play whose title tells you exactly what to expect. “The Ferryman”? There’s not even a ferry. “To Kill a Mockingbird”? No bird. But “Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson…
Linked From The New York Post at 06:16PMThursday, June 20, 2019
Hao Jiang Tian saw his first opera in 1983. It was the day he arrived from China with four words of English (hello, OK, bye, yes) and $35 in his pocket. An aspiring singer, he spent $8 of it…
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