1,428 stories by "Roger Friedman"
Madonna is certainly suffering from her blown out knee. She cancelled another show, this time in Lisbon last night with 45 minutes
Winter, as they say on Game of Thrones, is here. On Broadway the January chill has set in after three weeks of
No one is more "in" right now than Elaine May. At age 87, she's just won a Tony Award for "The Waverly
The new version of "West Side Story" was supposed to open on Broadway on February 6th. But then the actor who plays
William Shakespeare is having a bad year. First, Netflix's "The King," starring Timothee Chalamet, dropped his name and all reference to him
Busy week on Broadway with last week's box office numbers just in. "Jagged Little Pill," based on Alanis Morissette's shrieky album from
EXCLUSIVE: The new "West Side Story" is supposed to start previews tomorrow. I'm told that the avant garde choreographer hired for the
Alannis Morissette's famous album, "Jagged Little Pill," opens on Broadway tonight. Producers are crossing their fingers for exultant reviews to spur ticket
I don't know if Meryl Streep and Beth Leavel know each other, but they should. Leavel, a 2006 Tony winner for "The
The "Hustlers" awards campaign came to New York Sunday night with an Academy screening, a Q&A, and a reception at the Museum
The Broadway Michael Jackson musical has a star. Ephraim Sykes, who played David Ruffin in "Ain't Too Proud" this past season, and
The six hour play "The Inheritance" opened last night on Broadway, with eyes on the 2020 Tony Award for Best Play next
Mock- yeah. It's Box Office Redux for producer Scott Rudin as Jeff Daniels has exited "To Kill a Mockingbird" on Broadway and
#RIP "Tootsie." Nominated for 11 Tony's, winner of two including Best Actor and Best Book, "Tootsie" will shuffle off to Buffalo next
Last year, director Ivo von Hove brought his hit London production of "Network" to New York and caused a lot of talk:
It was a great night on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for the opening of "Tina!" the musical about beloved legend Tina
Chelsea Clinton is coming to off Broadway. And in fact in the neighborhood of Chelsea Clinton. The daughter of Bill and Hillary
The CD isn't out yet, but you can stream David Byrne's extraordinary Broadway production, "American Utopia," right now on Spotify. I haven't
It wasn't that long ago that David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, was responsible for the unique landmark musical, "Here Lies Love,"
Sometimes the magic is there, everything works. The play is unexpectedly great, the star has a towering moment, the director bats a
I am flummoxed by the new revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," which opens this week with Marisa Tomei as the
I did not care for "Slave Play." The only other writer who agrees with me it seems is Variety's Marilyn Stasio. The
I'm a little late to the table on the new Broadway hit, "The Great Society." That's because everyone got home late Tuesday
Broadway actor Colin Donnell has lately been playing a doctor on "Chicago Med." That is, until they sent him away during the
Last Thursday afternoon, on the way to the Emmy Awards, I stopped by the Players Club on Gramercy Park to say goodbye