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“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” producer Michael Cohl must be having gruesome nightmares these days. After that $75 million debacle he Categories:
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Carole King played Central Park in 1973 for free. So why not do it again– sort of? The Carole King musical on Categories:
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Good news. “Bright Eyes,” the Steve Martin-Edie Brickell musical is headed for a run this winter at the Kennedy Center. The musical Categories:
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Matt Ryan is popular from his cancelled TV show “Constantine.” He just picked up a hot Broadway gig opposite Keira Knightley in Categories:
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“Mad Men” fans take note: Michele Lee is coming to town. She has two Tony nominations. She starred for 14 years as Categories:
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The Tony Awards were a class act, as usual. But there were some weird things going on that had nothing to do Categories:
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So all that JLO and Josh Groban stuff didn’t work. The Tony Awards were down 25% last night from last year, the Categories:
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Sunday’s Tony Awards will include just about everything from this season — even performances from shows that are playing but not nominated Categories:
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It’s been bandied about before, but now it seems official. “American Psycho: The Musical” is coming to Broadway in spring 2016 for Categories:
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Harvey Weinstein received the Astaire Award last night. “Finding Neverland” choreographer Mia Michaels presented it to him and called Weinstein her “bad Categories:
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Henry Bushkin had a good day in Los Angeles court today. He prevailed in a lawsuit brought by his pal Bruce Singer, Categories:
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Look out 2016 Tony Awards. Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne are coming to Broadway in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” by, of Categories:
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The American Theater Wing has announced the members of the nominating committee for this year’s Tony Awards. The show airs June 7th Categories:
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The grind of having two Oscar nominations for Best Picture has taken its toll on producer Scott Rudin. Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal stepped in for him tonight in Hollywood at the WGA Award…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” will shut down for four weeks, from April 19th to May 11, for retooling. Performances will resume on May 12th. A new opening night (maybe you neve…
Robert DeNiro is so happy about reuniting with Harvey Keitel in “Little Fockers” but their meeting is brief, and funny. The pair are associated in people’s minds from early…
Paul Simon--who I think dreads reading his name in gossip columns but listen–we have to promote what he’s doing. Paul tells me he’s going to play his holiday song, “G…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” may be the most controversial Broadway show ever. But it’s also a hit. The Julie Taymor-Bono & the Edge musical played at 100 % capacity…
And so they’ve kept coming to Elaine’s all weekend to pay respects. And have dinner. Elaine wouldn’t like it if someone didn’t eat. Saturday night: Charlie Rose came …
The Golden Globe for Best Picture went to “The Social Network.” Now what will the Academy do? Last year, after the Globe went to “Avatar,” the Academy chose “Th…
Robert DeNiro, who doesn’t like to speak in public, had a rough time tonight on the Golden Globes. DeNiro — a little looser than usual– mocked the Hollywood Foreign Press A…
The continued sniping at “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” by the New York Post has turned into a festival of untruths. The Post reported that “Spider Man” creator Juli…
“Spider Man” is on again. The Broadway show will skip just one performance and resume tonight. Both Actors Equity and OSHA have cleared the show. Monday night’s accident wa…