23 stories by "David Hinckley"
If Patrick Stewart's character in "Blunt Talk" reminds you of the newsman in "Network," good.
Brian J. Smith learned about his Tony nomination last year in a real-life way that was every bit as dramatic as his role on Broadway.
Stay home and watch TV this Friday night.
Michael Feinstein had no reservations about signing on for PBS' new three-part "American Songbook" series, whose first two hours launch Wednesday night at 8 on Ch. 13.
If you care even a little bit about great songs and superb musical theater, make a date with the family to watch "South Pacific" tonight at 8 on Ch. 13.
If you were to perform an autopsy on Fox's "Glee,"cause of death would include the following points.
RADIO Disney is getting out of the over-the-air broadcasting business, eliminating for many parents one of the few family-friendly spots on the radio dial.
What Carnegie Hall is to a classical pianist, the Metropolitan Opera is to a mezzo-soprano and Yankee Stadium is to a third baseman, the Apollo Theater was to a jazz musician, tap dancer, rh…
STEPHEN Sondheim says he hates the word "hummable."
Based on this new HBO biopic on the widely admired Broadway composer, he may not be big on "cuddly," either.
Eydie Gorme, a Jewish girl from the Bronx who alongside her husband Steve Lawrence became a one-name star before Madonna was born, died Saturday in Las Vegas. She was 84. No cause of death w…
A few days before she creates another moment at Lincoln Center, Audra McDonald says yes, she can remember some of the earlier ones. Like back in the early 1990s, when she was a student takin…
Gene Cornish jokes that the trick to reuniting The Rascals, 40 years after one of New York's best-loved rock bands broke up, turned out to be remarkably simple.
"We checked the guns…
As excitement builds on Broadway for the opening of "Motown: The Musical," news for real-life Motown singers over the past few weeks has been far more somber.
As NBC's Broadway-musical drama "Smash" prepares to launch its second season at 9 p.m. Tuesday, it's no secret the network thinks the show needs some resets to get back onto the star track. …
The producers of NBC's "Smash" would love to take "Bombshell," the musical around which their drama rotates, to the real-life Broadway.
KRISTEN Chenoweth admits it makes her "a little sad" that she may never be fully accepted as a country singer.
Preparing to return Monday as Trace Adkins' co-host on the American Co…
I feel like a cranky old guy by even thinking this, but when I read that Berry Gordy Jr. is writing a Broadway musical about his life, featuring songs from the Motown label he created, my fi…
Alec Baldwin, who is reportedly close to punching out of "30 Rock," will be hitting Broadway.
Sunday night's telecast of the Tony Awards on CBS drew the lowest ratings in Tony television history. The 8-11 p.m. show averaged 6 million viewers, down from 6.9 million last year. It also …
AS EXECUTIVE director of music and programming for Radio Disney, Kelly Edwards naturally spends much of her professional and personal time figuring out what songs would pump up the tween and…
Long-time Daily News theater critic Howard Kissel, who spent his life joyously immersed in the classic culture of New York, died Friday at his Manhattan home. He was 69 and had been sufferin…
Allan Jefferys, who dropped a planeload of paratroopers into Normandy on D-Day and later became the theater critic for Channel 7, died Thursday at his home in Pinehurst, S.C.
In the early 1960s, when Carnegie Hall was threatened with demolition, he produced two specials that showcased its unique cultural value.
