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It's 2:28pm. A half hour ago, two Broadway shows didn't start their matinees. According to Twitter account BroadwayCovers, both "A Strange Loop"
Almost four years ago I ran into the great actor Wendell Pierce sitting in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in
Broadway is surviving the kinda recession, pandemic, and bad weather with good news, bad news. "Funny Girl" has gone from a disaster
There will not be a Sondheim vs. Sondheim cage match at the 2023 Tony Awards, after all. Stephen Sondheim's "Merry We'll Roll
Earlier today, the Broadway crowd got very excited for a few precious minutes. On Twitter came the news that an unproduced show
The Shubert Theater was ringing with ovations and applause Sunday night. That's because everyone's favorite comedy, Billy Wilder's 1959 hit, "Some Like
You know that Audra McDonald has six Tony Awards, she's only 52 so more are coming. And tonight, the 7th was lined
Oh come on, you knew "Leopoldstadt" wasn't going anywhere. The sensationally moving and profound Tom Stoppard play has just been extended through
I am sad to report that there is very little salvageable in the new musical that opened last night about singer songwriter
I told you all about David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim's "Here Lies Love" back in 2014. It was a sensation at
How badly can this group maim "The Great Gatsby"? Weren't two movies enough? And yet, here comes a "Gatsby" musical from the
"Phantom of the Opera" will not go away. As soon as the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical announced that it was closing in
Theater news: MARIAH CAREY has added her name to the new musical version of "Some Like it Hot" as a producer. This
You've got to watch this video. Last night at "The Music Man" Nicole Kidman donated $100,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. She
Alan King, Don Rickles, Jackie Mason, Shecky Greene. They were among the legendary giants of Borscht belt Jewish humor. What was the
The biggest problem I could see last night with Valerie Simpson's insanely jubilant show at Sony Hall was that every song sounds
Most of the 500 people who filed into historic St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue today were still in shock after
Jessica Chastain doesn't take a minute off from interesting work. This year's Oscar winner for Best Actress is returning to Broadway this
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I am in shock and a lot of people are this afternoon. Just last week I told you about my friend Doug
The great 2000 movie, "Almost Famous," is now a sensationally fun musical on Broadway. It's wildly entertaining with a totally energetic cast,
If you're looking for signs of a recession, or even worries about Times Square, last week's Broadway grosses may provide some answers.
I often feel when I read memoirs or see one-actor shows like "Everything's Fine" that I've led a sheltered life. In 1971,
It was a throwback night of celebration in New York tonight as Lincoln Center opened its stunning new David Geffen Hall with
When a show is good or bad coming to Broadway, you can smell it. Certainly the aroma of success was in the