52 stories by "Jim Farber"
The box office success of Mamma Mia 2 and Broadway buzz over shows centred around music from The Go-Go's, Alanis Morrisette and Cher opens the doors for more big star musicals If jukebox mus…
The 'jukebox musical' explores the music of the all-female 80s pop-rock band The Go-Go's and features the first transgender lead in a major Broadway showJukebox musicals tend to go one of tw…
A new rock opera explores the New York club scene in 1979, with special attention to the Mudd Club, a punk-rock dive in TriBeCa.
As Bruce Springsteen's Broadway production gets under way, he joins the pantheon of rockers who have trod the boards with varying degrees of successBruce Springsteen's much-ballyhooed Broadw…
Boy George didn't just perform his first New York show with Culture Club in 15 years at the Beacon on Monday.
The world seems eager to accept a Culture Club reunion.
It's a pivotal moment in the career of Joan Jett. Years of work pay off in respect
Call Leonard Cohen the hardest-working octogenarian in show business.
For its 30th anniversary, New York's annual Summerstage series will bring more free live music to the city than ever.
Annie Lennox covers American classics on album and PBS performance.
Sometimes it takes years for a song to find its proper setting.
True to form, Debbie Harry got the joke behind her Cafe Carlyle debut on Tuesday. "Why, why, why?," she asked, "Why are we here?"
Did Ariana Grande rip off a classic funk song from the '70s?
The hills were alive with the sound of Gaga on "The Sound of Music" at Sunday's Oscars.
Idina Menzel took a rare, and daring, step with her latest take on the "Spangled Banner."
The Kings Theater has announced a full line-up of artists for its upcoming, grand re-opening.
Sting isn't the first modern pop star to tackle Broadway. Here's a look at those who soared on the Great White Way " and those who crashed hard.
No one could accuse Sting of being naive.
A week before the much ballyhooed opening of his $14 million Broadway musical, "The Last Ship," he's minimizing his hopes of getting much l…
Artists are like sharks. They either move forward or die. OK. "Die" might be too strong a term. A perfect example of an artist who has spent decades moving ahead, with ceaseless risk and gra…
What words can match some of the world's greatest melodies? Gerry Goffin knew the ones " perfect twins to tunes, by Carole King, that pierced the heart and soared the spirit.
There's big money in star memoirs. But even as hot book deals are in the works from names like Lena Dunham and Bryan Cranston, the most sizzling celebrity tales have yet to be told by the le…
Lady Gaga led the last dance at Roseland on Friday. Before a sold-out house of 3,200 fans, the club-friendly star performed the first of seven shows, fated to be the final performances at a …
Lady Gaga will bring down the curtain on the nearly 100-year-old venue, Roseland, with a series of seven shows starting next Friday. So expect the usual sweet mourning that comes with the lo…
He can't kick like a Rockette, or hold a torch with the grace of Lady Liberty, but on Monday Billy Joel began his nervy bid to earn a place amid the top tier of New York landmarks.
