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Alicia Keys — Grammy winner, newcomer from a decade ago–has really spread her wings in showbiz. She’s now writing music for the new Broadway play “Stick Fly.” K…
Broadway’s $70 million “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” actually started performances in mid November 2010, if you recall. Coming up on the year anniversary, two leads from …
Alicia Keys is producing a Broadway play. Why not? She’s conquered pop music, that’s for sure. The play, “Stick Fly,” will star Ruben Santiago Hudson, Mekhi Phifer (&…
I read with some amusement in the last few days that Oscar nominated actor James Franco “backed out” of doing “Sweet Bird of Youth” on Broadway this fall. This isn…
Reeve Carney can really thank Julie Taymor now. He’s been plucked from his grueling job playing Peter Parker in “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” to star in the official bio …
I told you first, and quite a while ago, that “The King’s Speech” would head to Broadway after its run as a film. Then it won the Oscar. Now I’m told that David Seidl…
Exclusive: The revival of “Funny Girl” is on its way to Broadway, but without “Glee” star Lea Michele. There was talk that Lea was going to star as Fanny Brice, the p…
This is how not to succeed in business: Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” had to shut down for two nights last week so Daniel Radcliffe could be…
Poor little Lea Michele. Imagine getting fired from your wildly popular TV show and the news breaks while you’re sitting in a Broadway premiere. A premiere, by the way, filled with pre…
What a night for the cast of Broadway’s “Baby, It’s You”! The one and only Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin, arrived a couple of minutes late at the Broadhurst The…
Not many modern stars find their names in a Shakespeare play. It’s usually Henry the fourth and Richard the third. But last night Broadway and film star Bill Irwin got a surprise when …
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” is bigger than ever. Defying the critics and naysayers, the troubled Broadway musical is troubled no more. Having actually opened on June 14th, th…
David Geffen is a busy man. He’s obviously too busy to watch an entire play. Last night he left the revival of “Born Yesterday” at the intermission. Geffen, accompanied by …
And so the “Spider Man” after party meant what seemed like thousands of people tried to jam into the Bowl Mor lanes on West 44th St. The queue ran up the block from BowlMor to th…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” finally opened last night, and it is better. There’s no question that some needed editing, rearranging, and adding of a couple of key scenes…
One of the big topics last night at the Tony Awards: word that Matthew Broderick will replace Harry Connick, Jr. in a long planned “new” Gershwin musical. “Nice Work If You…
Tonight: the Tony Awards on CBS. Don’t miss ‘em. You’ll see the best of the past Broadway season. But once the parties and fun are over, get ready for closing notices. R…
Christie Brinkley — supermodel, ex wife of Billy Joel, TV aerobics pitchwoman. Broadway musical star. Huh? Gorgeous Christie is 57, looks 20 years younger, and has never sung or danced…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” finally opens–yes, opens– on June 14th after a wild winter and spring of previews, the sidelining of creator Julie Taymor, and a three…
Hello, Wall Street Journal. Woody Allen is indeed returning to Broadway. I told you this news back on March 28th. Woody, Elaine May and Ethan Coen each have one act plays coming to Broadway.…
“Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” returns to Broadway next Thursday, May 12th after a three week break. It still hasn’t opened officially and won’t until June 14th. Sti…
Everyone on Broadway thought Arthur Laurents would live to be 100. But he died Thursday night at 93 from complications of pneumonia. Two years ago, when “West Side Story” was in …
Broadway loves the money Hollywood stars bring to the Great White Way. But awards? That’s another story. Now that the Tony nominations have been announced, the reality of movie actors …
Nominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play Good People Author: David Lindsay-Abaire Produ…
I’ve been watching director and creator Floyd Mutrux put together his musical, “Baby It’s You,” for a few years now in Los Angeles. The story of Florence Greenberg, w…
