1,755 stories by "Joe Dziemianowicz"
The musical "Once" has a new reason to sing.
At the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, the show took home the prize for the Best Musical Theater Album.
For Valisia LeKae, who stars as Diana Ross in "Motown: The Musical," fashion reigns supreme.
"I love vintage clothes," she says. "I've collected pieces for years."
1. "All in the Timing" (Primary Stages at 59E59 Theater) Collection of David Ives one-acts, timed for the 20th anniversary.
Things are getting hairy for Tom Hanks. A cast photo for "Lucky Guy" in which he stars as the late, great Daily Newsman Mike McAlary shows that the two-time Oscar winner is cultivating a McA…
Life is short. Death is long.
Ethan Hawke's hair is bleached Billy Idol blond. His attitude is darkened to bleak, nihilistic black.
The choices are fitting for "Clive," a wearying new play Hawke directs and star…
The rhythm is gonna get you " into a new Broadway show. Grammy winner Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio announced on Tuesday that they are developing a musical based on their lives and m…
1. "Passion" (Classic Stage Company) Worth it just to hear Sondheim's perfect song "Loving You." Judy Kuhn sings it as the obsessive Fosca.
Love looms large, huge even, in any "Fiorello!" That goes double for City Center Encores! revival, even if the so-so production brings little to get fired up about.
Love sneaks up o…
It's a miracle. But it looks like he made it " back to health. On Tuesday, Barry Manilow officially opened his greatest-hits concert with hardly a cough or sniffle or any sign of the flu tha…
It's a miracle. But it looks like he made it " back to health. On Tuesday, Barry Manilow officially opened his greatest-hits concert with hardly a cough or sniffle or any sign of the flu tha…
The Met's much-hyped "Rigoletto" is a dazzler and a downer. It gleams with vivid neon and vibrant singing. It is clouded by lethargy. A jackpot, it's not.
So it goes for Michael May…
Former Congressman Barney Frank, a vocal liberal, is changing his tune " but just on stage. On Feb. 2, Frank will play an outspoken conservative senator when he makes his stage debut in…
1. "Fiorello!" (City Center) The 20th season of Encores! launches with a New York story.
It's 7:30 on a Saturday night. Or a Wednesday. Or a Friday. As you thread your way through Times Square, you notice a long queue snaking west along W. 44th St. It starts at the Majestic Thea…
Beam me up, Broadway.
George Takei, aka "Star Trek" helmsman Hikaru Sulu, is passionate about a personal enterprise.
The 75-year-old actor has had a longtime dream of telli…
Oh, Barry. You came and you coughed without playing. And you sent fans away.
Ailing singer Barry Manilow has canceled performances of his Broadway concert through Jan. 29.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, but it's also one that can eat you alive " and the people you love. "The Suit," a bittersweet and beautifully performed fable, has been tailored to make t…
"The Jammer." 4 stars. Through Feb. 17 at Atlantic Theater, 330 W. 16th St. Tickets: $45; (212) 279-4200.
Sometimes you just crave ice cream - a swe…
America Ferrera is famous for playing "Ugly Betty." Now, in "Bethany," a spiky little modern morality tale for anxious times, the Emmy winner stars as the dire Crystal.
1. "The Phantom of the Opera" (Majestic Theatre) Broadway's longest-running show hits the 25-year mark on Jan. 26.
On Monday at Birdland, "Nurse Jackie's" Stephen Wallem trades Code Blues and bedpans for a mic and medleys in "Schwartz and All," his salute to Broadway and film composer Stephen Schwartz
The long communal wooden tables and shelves lined with golden brown baguettes and boules reminded me of any of the lookalike Le Pain Quotidiens around the city.
But there's nothing …
Fireworks light up the night sky during Big Daddy's birthday party in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
That's it for the sparks, unfortunately.
Broadway's starry but misguided new …
Entering stage left: The best abs on Broadway. The well-tended washboard belongs to Sebastian Stan, who plays Hal Carter in William Inge's 1953 drama, "Picnic."
