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Thursday night, the elephants got their water on Broadway. A new musical based on the book and movie, Water for Elephants, stormed the Imperial Theater. A magnificent lifesize puppet elephan…
There's going to be a line outside the Park Avenue Armory today. That's where "Illinoise" is playing for another week. Theater fans are going to want to see this unusual musical before it ma…
Henrik Ibsen wrote "An Enemy of the People" in 1882. He could never guess how timely it would be in 2024 " and in its 11th production on Broadway since 1895! Sam Gold's revival at Circle in …
Now we know why Al Pacino was a presenter at the Oscars. The Oscar and Emmy winner is publishing a memoir this fall, on October 8th It's called "Sonny Boy," from Penguin. The book will undou…
For a while there, Broadway was getting a musical called "A Star is Born." A script was being worked on, and Bill Condon was going to direct. This was announced in 2017. Then in 2018 Bradley…
It's time to say goodbye to "Beautiful Noise." The Neil Diamond Broadway musical will shut down on June 30th after an 18 month run. It will have played 657 performances. The show has been ru…
Guess who's coming to Broadway? Ella Beatty is one of the four children of actors Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. Beatty is joining the play "Appropriate" when it makes its transfer from t…
Chita Rivera seemed like she'd live forever. She died today at 91, but will live on forever in Broadway history. She starred
The Kennedy Center is looking for a new CEO. Billionaire David Rubenstein, whose name and imprimatur is on the Center, the Washington
As we know, Denzel Washington can do anything. Movies, Broadway, TV. He's a star in every arena. Now the big rumor on
Barry Manilow's musical, "Harmony," opened on November 13th at the Barrymore Theater on Broadway. Previews began October 18th. Now the show is
"Schmigadoon" has sung its last song, at least on Apple TV. Show creator Cinco Paul announced on Instagram that Apple has cancelled
It's virtually impossible to launch an original musical on Broadway without stars. The latest casualty is Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's "Harmony."
What a night! If the people wanted to get Oscar votes for "Oppenheimer," they really scored last night " and I am
I wish I were going to be in town this Thursday. A new musical called "The Ghost of John McCain" will be
Broadway went bananas during Christmas week. Total tickets sold were at a stunning $45 million, up dramatically from $33 million before Christmas.
EXCLUSIVE Here's what I'm hearing about Pete Davidson suddenly canceling a dozen shows over Christmas and New Year's. For one thing, Davidson
You tmigboye hought "Stranger Things" was wrapping up after five seasons. Um, no. A "Stranger Things" prequel theater production opened in London
Alicia Keys becomes the latest pop star to debut a musical on Broadway. Keys's "Hell's Kitchen," currently at the Public Theater, will
I was a little reluctant to go see the new revival of "Spamalot" on Broadway Monday night. I felt like I knew
Somewhere, lost in space, is the Nick Jonas version of "Jersey Boys." Back in July 2021, I wrote about the stealth filming
I hate even to call "Harmony," which opened on Broadway Monday night, just Barry Manilow's musical. It's written by Bruce Sussman, a
The A list opening night of Barry Manilow's (and Bruce Sussman's) musical, "Harmony," was filled with celebs. I was lucky enough to
This is very sad news. David Byrne's amazing musical, "Here Lies Love," is closing on Broadway November 26th. The show" written with
Another jukebox musical would seem like a futile effort for Broadway at this point. Do we really need one of these shows