Saturday, April 20, 2024

Theater

(Watch Video) CBS Should Let, Nay, Insist, Jimmy Fallon and Lin Manuel Miranda Host the Tony Awards

After watching this video, CBS should demand that Jimmy Fallon and Lin Manuel Miranda host the Tony Awards in September and forever. The video aired...

Bruce Springsteen Returning to Broadway Show June 26th for the Whole Summer! The Boss Coming to Save Broadway!

“I loved doing Springsteen on Broadway and I’m thrilled to have been asked to reprise the show as part of the reopening of Broadway.” Bruce...

Broadway’s Back But the Audience is Tentative: Except for “Music Man” Ticket Sales Are Slow So Far, Even for “Hamilton”

It used to be you could not get a ticket to "Hamilton" to save your life. Then the pandemic hit. And the filmed version of...

Broadway’s New “Lehman Trilogy” Adds Great British Actor Adrian Lester, Subtracts Ousted Producer Scott Rudin

The great British actor Adrian Lester, who is Black, will now play Jewish banker Ernest Lehman in the returning "Lehman Trilogy" when the play...

RIP Robert Hogan, Beloved Veteran Actor of Broadway, Prime Time, Soap Operas Was 87

Robert Hogan was literally on just about every TV show you can imagine, a journeyman actor who starred on Broadway, on prime time, and...

Broadway: Ivo Van Hove’s Dreadful “West Side Story” May Be Returning Despite a Panning by the Times And Picket Lines Out Front Protesting a...

I was going to report that Ivo Van Hove's dreadful, panned version of "West Side Story" doesn't appear to be coming back. Announced as an...

Review: “In the Heights” Is a Big Buoyant Valentine from Lin Manuel Miranda to the City He Loves

The first time I saw "In the Heights" was in the spring of 2007 at a little theater on way west 37th St. It...

2020 Tony Awards Get Compromise Hybrid Show Set for September on Paramount Plus and CBS Network

The 2020 Tony Awards are coming, at last, almost 18 months late. The date is September 26th. The show will be divided between Paramount Plus...