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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Edward Bond Dies: British Playwright Whose ‘Saved’ & ‘Early Morning’ Were Banned In UK Was 89 by Erik Pedersen

Edward Bond, the Oscar-nominated Blow-Up screenwriter and playwright whose Saved and Early Morning were banned in the UK, fueling a legal review that led to the end of stage censorship in th…

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Monday, February 19, 2024

Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries by Erik Pedersen

Hollywood and the entertainment industry lost a number of giants during 2023, from Norman Lear, Raquel Welch, Harry Belafonte, Matthew Perry and André Braugher to Tony Bennett, Tina Turner…

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Friday, January 26, 2024
Monday, August 14, 2023

‘The Wiz’ Revival Casts Newcomer Nichelle Lewis For Broadway & National Tour by Erik Pedersen

A newcomer will be easing on down the road next year. Nichelle Lewis has been cast in the lead role of Dorothy in the Broadway revival of The Wiz, which is slated to hit the boards in the sp…

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

IATSE & Broadway League Reach Tentative Deal On Pink Contract by Erik Pedersen

IATSE has reached a tentative deal with the Broadway League and Disney Theatrical on a new “Pink Contact,” a day after talks had broken down. The agreement now goes to union members for …

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Monday, July 17, 2023

Judith James Dies: ‘Quiz Show’ & ‘Mr. Holland’s Opus’ Producer, Longtime Richard Dreyfuss Collaborator Was 86 by Erik Pedersen

Judith James, a film, TV and Broadway producer who was Richard Dreyfuss’ producing partner for many years and worked on such projects as Quiz Show, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Eleanor: In Her…

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Sunday, June 11, 2023

Tony Awards Live Blog: Keep Up With All The Latest On Broadway’s Big Night by Erik Pedersen

Like live theater itself, the Tony Awards has had ample opportunity of late to accustom itself to curve balls, upsets and all sorts of real-world intrusions onto Broadway’s rarified and be…

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Tony Awards Winners List – Updating Live by Erik Pedersen

The 76th annual Tony Awards preshow is under way before tonight’s televised ceremony tonight in New York, and Deadline is updating the winners list as they are announced. Have a look below…

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Michael Lamont Dies: Broadway Actor Who Became A Studio & Theater Photographer Was 76 by Erik Pedersen

Michael Lamont, who went from acting in Bye Bye Birdie and Oliver! on Broadway to a career as photographer for studios, theaters and actors, has died. He was 76. According to Patty Onagan, p…

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Broadway In Hollywood Sets 2023-24 Season At The Pantages by Erik Pedersen

Broadway in Hollywood has tuned up the slate of musicals for its 2023-24 season. Headed to the Pantages Theatre stage starting late this year are the touring productions of MJ The Musical, T…

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Michael Butler Dies: Producer Of Broadway’s ‘Hair’ & Its Film Version Was 95 by Erik Pedersen

Michael Butler, the Tony-winning producer who brought Hair to Broadway in 1968 and later produced the film adaptation and many other productions of the show, died Monday in Santa Barbara. He…

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Angela Lansbury Tributes Roll In From Across Showbiz World: “She, My Darlings, Was Everything!” by Erik Pedersen

One of the world’s most popular and enduring actresses died today, and tributes to Dame Angela Lansbury are raining down like a closing-night curtain call. Here is just a sampling that spa…

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

‘Take Me Out’ Gets Another Broadway At-Bat Starting In October; Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Jesse WIlliams Return To Lineup by Erik Pedersen

Tony winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson and nominee Jesse Williams are suiting up again as stars of the baseball-themed Take Me Out, which is set to return to Broadway in the fall. The hit revival…

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

‘The Little Prince’ Ending Broadway Run Three Months Early by Erik Pedersen

It’ll be a shorter-than-planned reign for The Little Prince on Broadway. Producers said today that the show based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella will end its limited engagement…

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Liz Sheridan Dies: ‘Seinfeld’ Mom & ‘ALF’ Actress Was 93 by Erik Pedersen

Liz Sheridan, the veteran actress best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld’s mother on Seinfeld and also recurred on ALF and appeared in several Broadway shows, died today in New York City. S…

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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Hugh Jackman Tests Positive For Covid; Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ Goes Dark Through January 1 by Erik Pedersen

We got trouble, my friends, right there in New York City. It’s trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with C, and that stands for … Covid. Broadway’s revival of The Music Man has ca…

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Broadway’s ‘MJ’ Has A New Michael Jackson As Myles Frost Replaces Ephraim Sykes by Erik Pedersen

As Broadway gets ready to rock with you once again, there’s a new man in the mirror for the Michael Jackson musical. The producers said today that Myles Frost will play the King of Pop in …

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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2020 – Photo Gallery by Erik Pedersen

As we finally turn the calendar on the Cruelest Year, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the memorable people we lost from the world of entertainment. Click through the photo galler…

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Friday, December 25, 2020

Roger Berlind Dies: 25-Time Tony-Winning Broadway Producer Of ‘Amadeus’, ‘Book Of Mormon’, ‘Mean Girls’ & 100-Plus Others Was 90 by Erik Pedersen

Roger Berlind, the 25-time Tony-winning producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals ranging from Amadeus, City of Angels and Doubt to The Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen and M…

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Monday, December 14, 2020

Ann Reinking Dies: Original Broadway ‘Chicago’ Star & ‘Annie’, ‘All That Jazz’ Actress Was 71 by Erik Pedersen

Ann Reinking, a Broadway veteran who starred in the original production of Chicago, won a Tony Award as its choreographer and also co-starred in the films Annie and All That Jazz, has died…

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

Tony Awards Nominations – Watch The Livestream by Erik Pedersen

Broadway has been dark since mid-March, but its 2019-20 season already was winding down. In fact, there were 31 shows on the Main Stem boards when the coronavirus made this the cruelest of y…

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Terrence McNally Mourned: “A Giant In Our World”, Lin-Manuel Miranda Says by Erik Pedersen

Terrence McNally, the revered playwright behind such Broadway shows as Master Class and Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune who also wrote the books for Kiss of the Spider Woman, The F…

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Zoe Caldwell Dies: Four-Time Tony Winner Who Played Maria Callas In ‘Master Class’ Was 86 by Erik Pedersen

Zoe Caldwell, a veteran stage, TV and film actress who won four Tony Awards and originated the Broadway roles of Maria Callas in Master Class and the title character in The Prime of Miss J…

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Friday, January 31, 2020

Artios Awards: ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ & ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Among Casting Society’s Film Winners – Full List by Erik Pedersen

Sony’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Netflix’s Marriage Story, Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit and Lionsgate’s Knives Out were among the film winners as the Casting Society of America ha…

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Performance Ends Abruptly After Panic Caused By Sounds Mistaken For Gunshots by Erik Pedersen

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight’s performance of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway ended abruptly after backfire sounds heard on the street outside the Shubert Theatre were mistaken for gunshots. A wi…

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Harold Prince Dies: Broadway Legend Who Produced Original ‘West Side Story’, ‘Fiddler’, ‘Phantom’ & More Was 91 by Erik Pedersen

Harold Prince, the Broadway icon who produced and/or directed some of the 20th century’s most famous musicals West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Damn Yankees, Cabaret, Evita and The Pha…

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ Sets Broadway Closing Date by Erik Pedersen

It’s not one fine day for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The hit show’s producers said it will end its nearly six-year Broadway run on October 27. Based on the songs of its titula…

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Rip Torn Dies: ‘Larry Sanders Show’ Emmy Winner & Broadway Veteran Was 88 by Erik Pedersen

Rip Torn, who played the Garry Shandling’s profane, fiercely loyal producer on HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show, co-starred in the original Men in Black films and won a Tony during a long Br…

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Friday, May 31, 2019

Glenda Jackson’s ‘King Lear’ Ending Broadway Run On June 9 by Erik Pedersen

Many a true word hath been spoken in jest, but this is legit: Glenda Jackson’s King Lear will end its Broadway run on June 9. It originally was pegged to run through July 7. Producer Scot…

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Friday, March 1, 2019

Katherine Helmond Dies: ‘Soap’ & ‘Who’s The Boss?’ Star Was 89 by Erik Pedersen

Katherine Helmond, who played the ditzy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy Soap and later starred on Who’s the Boss? among many other roles, died February 23 of Alzheimer’…

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

‘Once On This Island’ Ending Its Tony-Winning Broadway Run In January by Erik Pedersen

Once on This Island is shoving off for good soon. The show, which won this year’s Tony Award for Best Revival, will stage its final Broadway performance January 6, its producers said t…

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards