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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Investor demands answers from shuttered ‘Great Comet’ by Michael Riedel

Fallout from the crash and burn of “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” continues to rain down on Broadway. A group of disgruntled investors in the $14 million production — …

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

First look at ‘Frozen: The Musical’ already melting hearts in previews by Michael Riedel

DENVER — Disney is opening its Broadway-bound “Frozen” Thursday night to a sea of Elsas. Easily one-third of the audience for the last month of previews has arrived in long blue gowns …

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Pricey revivals are driving Broadway producers crazy by Michael Riedel

Prospective backers for the upcoming revivals of “Angels in America” and “M. Butterfly” are getting sticker shock when they see the price tags. These are big, bold and potentially th…

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

How Trump’s tweets will shape Uma Thurman’s upcoming Broadway show by Michael Riedel

President Frank Underwood called me the other day to tell me about a play that I haven’t been paying much attention to: “The Parisian Woman.” It’s a terrible title, but when FU calls…

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

These British shows could be breakout Broadway hits by Michael Riedel

The big shows for the new theater season are set. We’ll be singing “Let It Go” from “Frozen,” toasting the wit of Tina Fey in “Mean Girls,” enjoying the charms of “The Band…

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Michael Moore was mugged in NYC as a teen — but he still loves Broadway by Michael Riedel

Put aside the politics, the polemics and the president. Michael Moore, nestled into a booth at a bar in the theater district, wants to talk about something else: his lifelong love affair wit…

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Take a tour of NYC’s wackiest theater venues by Barbara Hoffman

“All the world’s a stage,” said Shakespeare. And he was right: His own work’s headed to four Hell’s Kitchen bars and a Brooklyn recycling center. Theaters are so 16th century. In t…

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

‘Glee’ alum sharing less ‘sunny’ side in one-woman show by Michael Starr

It’s all in the numbers for Ali Stroker: a one-woman show over two nights next month followed by “Ten Days in the Valley” on ABC. The Tony-nominated actress (“Spring Awakening”…

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New ‘Young Frankenstein’ electrifies in UK run by Michael Riedel

Not only is it alive, it’s a hit. Mel Brooks spent the past year in the laboratory repairing his 2007 flop “Young Frankenstein” and, by all accounts, succeeded: The show is slaying the…

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Theater geeks are freaking out about Sondheim’s lavish London ‘Follies’ by Michael Riedel

Pull up a chair, Stephen Sondheim fans: I’ve got eyewitness reports from the National Theatre of London’s first preview of “Follies.” Directed by Dominic Cooke, this lavish productio…

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Word from West End says ‘Follies’ revival is jolly good by Michael Riedel

Pull up a chair, Stephen Sondheim fans: I’ve got eyewitness reports from the National Theatre of London’s first preview of “Follies.” Directed by Dominic Cooke, this lavish productio…

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Jerry Lewis’ dislike for Lynn Redgrave nearly ruined his stage career by Michael Riedel

Jerry Lewis, who died this week at 91, scored in just about every branch of show business: nightclubs, radio, television, concerts, movies and records. But it was only relatively late in lif…

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Denzel Washington will return to Broadway this spring by Michael Riedel

Denzel Washington will return to Broadway this spring in “The Iceman Cometh,” The Post has learned. A 14-week run of Eugene O’Neill’s drama, to be directed by two-time Tony winner Ge…

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Friday, August 18, 2017

6-foot-6 crooner Tommy Tune paints, too — but only tall things by Barbara Hoffman

It will take more than a solar eclipse to overshadow Tommy Tune, the 6-foot-6, 10-time Tony winner. Texas born and bred, his high-school graduation gift was a trip to New York: “I stayed a…

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Theater geeks are freaking out about Amy Schumer on Broadway by Michael Riedel

Just call her Amy $chumer. Out of the gate in this new Broadway season, the No. 1 box office draw is a 36-year-old stand-up comedian. Can Amy Schumer sing? Can she dance? Who knows? Who care…

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

‘Groundhog Day’ is the latest casualty on Broadway by Michael Riedel

Bill Murray popped up at “Groundhog Day” last week, triggering some fun publicity and boosting ticket sales. Alas, the boost was too little, too late. Despite its seven Tony nominations,…

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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Broadway star dedicates final performance to Charlottesville victim by Linda Massarella

Broadway star Okieriete Onaodowan dedicated his final performance in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” to fatal Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer. “#Heathe…

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

The costumes in ‘Frozen’ the musical are nothing like you’d expect by Michael Riedel

Disney’s readying “Frozen” for Broadway and here, exclusive to The Post, are two of designer Christopher Oram’s new costumes for Anna. The green robe this princess of Arendelle w…

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Here’s how to get tickets to ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ by Barbara Hoffman

How long will it take for over 43,000 seats to disappear? We’ll find out Aug. 30 — the first day tickets go on sale for Bruce Springsteen’s solo show on Broadway. The Boss starts previ…

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

It’s official: ‘Great Comet’ will close Sept. 3 by Michael Riedel

“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” the acclaimed Broadway musical engulfed in a racial firestorm, will close Sept. 3, The Post has learned. The cast and crew were told shortl…

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Broadway legend Barbara Cook dead at 89 by Michael Riedel

Barbara Cook, legendary star of the Broadway musicals “The Music Man,” “She Loves Me” and “Candide,” died this morning at 89. The cause was respiratory failure, her son Adam LeGr…

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Without Groban and Patinkin, vultures are circling ‘Great Comet’ by Michael Riedel

“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” is in danger of closing within weeks, felled by a social-media backlash that hit the show when it was announced that Mandy Patinkin wo…

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That time Maurice Sendak and Carole King wrote a musical by Barbara Hoffman

As it turns out, there really was a Rosie. Maurice Sendak found the spunky inspiration for “Really Rosie” — the musical he wrote with Carole King, in revival this week at City Center …

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

This saucy senior is getting laid more than you by Barbara Hoffman

Bobby Goldman was 51 when she started dating again, on doctor’s orders: “My shrink said, ‘Go out and get laid!’” Easier said than done. It was 1999, and Goldman’s husband, writer…

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

How Sam Shepard channeled his ‘surly’ childhood anger onto the stage by Michael Riedel

Broadway will dim its lights for Sam Shepard on Wednesday night, a gesture that, if he’s looking down on Times Square from that big ranch in the sky, should bring a wry smile to his weathe…

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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Don’t cheer Mandy Patinkin leaving ‘Great Comet’ just yet by Michael Riedel

The actors and activists appalled that Mandy Patinkin was going to replace a black actor in the Broadway musical “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” scored a victory on Frida…

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Friday, July 28, 2017

When Lili Taylor isn’t on stage she’s birding in Bryant Park by Barbara Hoffman

Maybe it’s her soft voice that gets Lili Taylor cast as a caregiver, even if those she looks after happen to be dead, as they were in 1999’s “The Haunting.” These days, the “Six Fe…

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

Camryn Manheim’s son is a Broadway baby in more ways than one by Eric Hegedus

“Just call me Momma Rose!” jokes Camryn Manheim. The Emmy-winning actress seems positively giddy about her only child — 16-year-old Milo Manheim — making his Big Apple debut this…

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David Mamet flips his lid about audience Q&As by Michael Riedel

David Mamet sparked a furor with his recent threat to slap a $25,000 fine on any theater that holds post-performance discussions of his plays. It sounds extreme, but if you’ve ever seen a …

Linked From The New York Post at 07:42PM

The spectacular rise and tragic fall of the real-life ‘Last Tycoon’ by Michael Riedel

In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald dragged himself back to a place he hated “like poison” — Hollywood. He’d tried his luck in sunny California twice before, earning fat paychecks but accom…

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Get ready for a new musical about Tom Jones — sort of by Michael Riedel

What’s new, pussycat? A new musical about Tom Jones called — whoa, whoa! — “What’s New Pussycat?” When I say Tom Jones, I don’t mean pop singer Tom Jones, but the fictional…

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2017-2018 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 22: 1984 - Hudson Theatre
Jun 29: Marvin's Room - American Airlines Theatre
Aug 10: The Terms of My Surrender - Belasco Theatre
Aug 24: Prince of Broadway - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 10: Time and the Conways - American Airlines Theatre
Oct 26: M. Butterfly - Cort Theatre
Nov 01: Meteor Shower
Nov 02: Junk - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Nov 09: The Band's Visit - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Nov 30: The Parisian Woman
Dec 03: Once on This Island - Circle In The Square
Dec 04: SpongeBob SquarePants - Palace Theatre
Dec 14: The Children - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Dec 17: Farinelli and the King - Belasco Theatre
Mar 15: Escape to Margaritaville - Marquis Theatre
Apr 19: My Fair Lady - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Apr 22: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two - Lyric Theatre
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