Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Theater

RIP Arthur Kopit, 83, Three Time Tony Award Nominee, Author of “Nine,” “Wings,” “Oh Dad, Poor Dad”

Arthur Kopit, the legendary dramatist, died yesterday morning at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Leslie Garis; his children Alex, Ben,...

Armie Hammer Eating His Heart Out After Exiting Broadway Play, “The Minutes,” by Tracy Letts

Armie Hammer is thinking of recording a version of the Rascals' "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore." Seriously, potential cannibal Hammer, who's lost all...

“Game of Thrones” Coming to Broadway a la “Harry Potter” with Flying Dragons, White Walkers and HBO

Now we know why HBO made a big deal of announcing a huge new pact with George R. R. Martin last week. I mean,...

Broadway: “Diana,” the Musical That Won’t Go Away, Going First to Netflix then Opens Dec. 16th

Princess Diana always went her own way. Her musical is following suit. "Diana The Musical" almost opened a year ago. The pandemic caused it to...

Bob Balaban Directs Group of Broadway All Stars This Weekend Including Jessica Hecht and Harris Yulin in Virtual Play Reading

“All families are the same, but like snowflakes, they are different,” said actor Bob Balaban recently by phone, explaining the rich detail of the...

Checkmate! Popular Award Winning Netflix Series “The Queen’s Gambit” Will Be a Broadway Musical

Not surprised: Broadway producers have made their move, and it's checkmate. They've optioned "The Queen's Gambit" to be a musical. Press release follows. No creatives...

Voting Begins in Earnest for Last Year’s Tony Awards, Which Will Be Handed Out Sometime in the Future

Yes, we are still talking about the 2020 Tony Awards. For the 2019-2020 season that ended abruptly a year ago. Yes, the Tony Awards that...

Liza Minnelli All Star 75th Birthday Tribute Special With Joel Grey, Chita Rivera to Stream March 12th

Liza Minnelli is turning 75, how do you like that? For her 75th Birthday,  Liz will get an all star virtual celebration called "Love Letter...