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Broadway Bewildered: “Great Gatsby” Musical Coming from Failed “Paradise Square” Team

How badly can this group maim "The Great Gatsby"? Weren't two movies enough? And yet, here comes a "Gatsby"...

Broadway: “Phantom” Extends Run: Now Like Electronics Stores That Say They’re Going Out of Business

"Phantom of the Opera" will not go away. As soon as the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical announced that it...

Broadway: Mariah Carey Likes It Hot, “Fiddler” a Gem in Yiddish is Back and Better Than Ever, Have Gumbo Downtown with The White Blacks

Theater news: MARIAH CAREY has added her name to the new musical version of "Some Like it Hot" as...

Watch Wild Ovation for Nicole Kidman When She Donates $100K to Broadway AIDS Charity Last Night at Hugh Jackman’s “Music Man”

You've got to watch this video. Last night at "The Music Man" Nicole Kidman donated $100,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. She and star...

Legendary Borscht Belt Comic Freddie Roman, 85, Dies, The Last of a Great Generation of Jewish Humor

Alan King, Don Rickles, Jackie Mason, Shecky Greene. They were among the legendary giants of Borscht belt Jewish humor. What was the...

Review: Motown Songwriting Legend Valerie Simpson’s Triumphant Night in “Under Broadway” Show Sells Out Sony Hall

The biggest problem I could see last night with Valerie Simpson's insanely jubilant show at Sony Hall was that every song sounds like it's...

Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Woody Allen Among A Listers at Sad Goodbye for Writer-Director Douglas McGrath

UPDATED Most of the 500 people who filed into historic St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue today were still in shock after losing...

Oscar Winner Jessica Chastain is Coming Back to Broadway in a New Production of “A Doll’s House”

Jessica Chastain doesn't take a minute off from interesting work. This year's Oscar winner for Best Actress is returning to Broadway this...

Broadway Bible Playbill Says They Will No Longer Use Twitter For Any Accounts– They Have Over 400K Followers

Playbill is off Twitter. The Broadway bible has over 400,000 followers. Read below. Keep refreshing... To our dear friends and valued followers, This year Playbill celebrated its...

Shock: RIP Douglas McGrath, Tony Nominee, Woody Allen Collaborator, Former “SNL” Writer, Dead at 64

I am in shock and a lot of people are this afternoon. Just last week I told you about my friend Doug...