1,031 stories by "Johnny Oleksinski"
A day after Easter, there was a miracle on Broadway. Andy Karl, the star of the new musical “Groundhog Day” opened his show Monday night, donning a black knee brace, but showing …
Two grouses, both alike in bitchery In fair Amer'ca where we lay our scene. One tabloid grudge makes for swell dramedy, While TV gold makes Broadway show lose sheen. It's a tasty coincidence…
It may be Canada's 150th birthday, but suddenly our neighbor to the north is setting the pop culture agenda. The world's most talked about Ryans " Gosling and Reynolds " both hail from Canad…
"Don't know when I've seen such a lovely wedding. But I always cry. Don't know why it is, but I always cry," says Louella Soames in a famous speech from the play "Our Town." Here's why you c…
Restless "Game of Thrones" fans who are traumatized that this year's seventh season of their favorite show won't start till summer " later than usual " can get a Westeros fix Tuesday night a…
You can't escape this winter's hottest entertainment trend. But it's not ornate British costume dramas or midseason lawyer procedurals. It's neither biopics nor boffo comic-book capers. The …
Stephen McKinley Henderson is thankful for Denzel Washington. Both men star, with Viola Davis, in the film version of August Wilson's "Fences," out Christmas Day. But without Washington, Hen…
Before Wednesday night, my feelings about the live-TV-musical trend echoed the chorus from an infectious song from "Hairspray" called "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" " "Stop! Don't! No! Please!" …
High school sucks. TV shows, films and books have been hammering that home since the dawn of TV shows, films and books. "Carrie," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Easy A," "American Pie," "High …
Broadway legend Joel Grey has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Tony over his more than 50-year career, but the 84-year-old actor is still adding new lines to his résumé. On Satur…
Stars, take notice: Josh Groban is doing Broadway right. In the magical new musical "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812," which opened Monday, the singer is top-billed. But from h…
The latest movie from J.K. Rowling's wizarding world hits theaters Nov. 18, but this time there's no teen named Harry, there's no dude called Hagrid, and there's no Hogwarts. It's not even s…
Hollywood's "Spotlight," about the Boston Globe's investigation into crimes covered up by the Catholic Church, fully deserved its 2015 Oscar for Best Picture. It also made working for a dail…
Diane Lane has returned to Broadway after 39 years " and she should've stayed away a little longer. The movie star, who first stretched her legs in a 1977 production of Anton Chekhov's "The …
A woman walks into a London butcher shop. You know her, I know her, we all know her. She's the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG): That mysterious, hyperactive female character who has been helpi…
Our long national downer is over. "Oh, Hello," which opened Monday night on Broadway, has finally put an end to entertainment's interminable War on Fun. The smart, 95-minute two-hander creat…
You may have partied with Justin Timberlake, howled with Margot Robbie or clinked glasses with Bono " and not even known it. That's true for theatergoers at "Sleep No More," the off-Broadway…
Who doesn't love a good podcast? Picture yourself sinking into a comfy couch, clad in pajamas with a glass of wine, chowing down on hummus and pita chips, and getting caught up on "Serial." …
Darren Criss became a heartthrob when he starred on Fox's "Glee," but since then the actor has built a thriving music and Broadway career, appearing onstage in "How To Succeed in Business Wi…
Judy, Barbra, Gaga? On Wednesday it was confirmed that Lady Gaga will play the leading role in a new Warner Bros. remake of "A Star Is Born," to be directed by the actor Bradley Cooper, who …
For many lucky theatergoers who scored "Hamilton" tickets, July 9 will be the gloomiest day ever. That's when Lin-Manuel Miranda ends his run in the show. So will co-stars Phillipa Soo and T…
James Corden is really nervous to host tonight's Tony Awards (8 p.m. on CBS). "I feel sort of sick to my stomach about the thought of it," Corden tells The Post. "It's all mind-boggling isn'…
"Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical phenomenon, is sure to win a heap of Tony Awards on Sunday night. But it's not the first show about America's original treasury secretary to…
Most theater fans don't know Seymour "Red" Press by name, but they cherish the famous Broadway musicals he's worked on throughout the decades.
While most millennial music lovers are obsessing over Beyoncé and "Lemonade," one young New York singer is focused on a different diva " Liza Minnelli. The singer is Seth Sikes, and his fan…
