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Justin Bieber is preparing for a live streamed New Year's Eve show tomorrow night, sponsored by T Mobile. The question is: Why?
Rebecca Luker was literally a light on Broadway. Beloved by all, with a gorgeous voice, she was nominated for three Tony Awards
John Mulaney restored "Saturday Night Live" to its past glory when he hosted the show last night for the second time in
Really, it's another world. The Tony nominations came from 16 eligible shows, a very slight field. The result is that Aaron Tveit
There are only 16 shows eligible for the 2020 Tony Awards. The nominees come from these shows, and it's a mediocre list
Normand Latourelle was the co-creator of the Cirque du Soleil empire and took it to the top. He left to create Cavalia,
The situation on Broadway and in New York theater is now a full scale disaster. The word is that the Broadway League
Keep refreshing… Spike Lee has announced on Twitter and Instagram that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was murdered last night in Atlanta. Byrd
Good news and bad news at the Metropolitan Opera. First the bad news: they've cancelled the season right through May 2021. No
Diana Rigg, the gifted and beloved stage, TV and movie star has died in the UK at age 82. Rigg is permanently
Is he stepping down or being pushed out the window? Whichever way it's gone, Ben Brantley is out as the New York
The Tony Awards are really insisting in going through with a faux awards show sometime this fall on a streaming platform. It
Broadway is in a muddle, and no one seems to know what's going on. Today the Broadway League announced they were planning
Don't cry for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer of "Evita," "Cats," and many other Broadway musicals says on Twitter that he's
Things could not be stranger now on Broadway. With the season demolished, and no Tony Awards, and no fall season, producers are
Scott Rudin has lived large on Broadway for years. He's made his recent reputation in the last decade for bringing in big
Reality has set in: Radio City Music Hall has cancelled the Christmas Spectacular for the first time since 1933. I give them
Kanye West's 99th nervous breakdown continues apace. Working up to his album release on Friday (maybe, who knows, maybe he's imagining it),
The GoFundMe campaign for Nick Cordero's family is nearing $1 million. As of 5:30pm it was up to $965,000. Cordero died two
I told you already this week, the "Hamilton" soundtrack is number 1 on iTunes, where it's selling downloads by the thousands. "Hamilton"
UPDATE Unfortunately, I can confirm that the story is true. Nick is said to have passed around 11:30am at Cedars Sinai in
"Hamilton" is on Disney Plus so we're never going to know how well it's doing, or did on its first weekend of
Amanda Kloots, Nick Cordero's devoted wife, has posted a long, sad message to Instagram following her husband's death. She writes: "God has
When anyone says Cirque du Soleil you think of flying acrobats, nameless, faceless bodies from shows with strange names. But the recent
Add another show to next April 2021 on Broadway. The revival of the baseball musical "Take me Out" has set March 22nd
