Theater
Broadway: “Chicago” Box Office Drops by $1 Million, “Beaches” and “Six” Dire, “Stranger Things” Struggles, “Mormon” Disappears
The news from Broadway is not that great from this past week.
"Chicago" fell back to Earth, dropping by $1 million after the departure of its reality stars.
With Whitney...
Celebrity
Weird Al Yankovic is Getting a Broadway Musical with Original Songs, Directed by Tony Winner Alex Timbers
Now, this is a show I'd like to see.
Weird Al Yankovic is coming to Broadway with a new musical.
He's written the songs with Scott...
Movies
Remembering the Great Rex Reed, Acerbic Film and Theater Critic, Performer, Raconteur, Who’s Left Us Too Soon at Age 87
Wow.
I did not think I'd wake up to this sad news. Rex Reed is gone. He was 87, and he was a New York...
Theater
Broadway’s Already Fading “Book of Mormon” Will Be Closed at Least Through May 17th After Fire Damages Eugene O’Neill Theater
The Broadway Mormons will not be ringing doorbells for a couple of weeks.
The Tony winning "Book of Mormon" will be shuttered at least until...
Theater
Tony Awards Snub Hollywood: No Laurie Metcalf, Adrien Brody, Don Cheadle, Ayo Edibiri, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric, “Dog Day” Actors
The Tony Awards don't like Broadway stars and they proved it this morning.
The nominations are out, and they are brutal.
Laurie Metcalf could have gone...
Theater
Broadway Blaze Sends “Book of Mormon” Into Time Out: End of a 15 Year Run for Irreverent Hit Musical Unless “Beaches” Closes
Bad news on Broadway today.
A three alarm fire has shut down the Eugene O'Neill Theater today, and for the foreseeable future.
This means no shows...
Theater
Broadway: Drama Critics Skip Best Musical Category in Disappointing Year, Gives Alden Ehrenreich Best Overall Performance
It's been a terrible year for original musicals on Broadway.
"Lost Boys," "Beaches," carrying the cake across Central Park, and so on barely hold...
Theater
“Chicago” Has Highest Weekly Gross Ever in Its 30 Years on Broadway thanks to Reality Stars Mark Ballas, Whitney Leavitt
You have to hand it to Broadway producers Fran and Barry Weissler.
The musical, "Chicago," just had its biggest weekly box office ever. Ever!...
Theater
Broadway: Drama Desk Snubs Most New Shows Including “Lost Boys,” “Beaches,” “Fear of 13,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Giant,” Radcliffe
The Drama Desk nominations are out, and they're pretty stunning.
The group snubbed almost anything to do with Hollywood stars. So Daniel Radcliffe, Jon Bernthal...
Celebrity
Liza Minnelli Getting Star Studded 80th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall — That She’s Writing — With Everyone on Broadway
EGOT* winner Liza Minnelli is getting an all star 80th birthday tribute in June. (*She has an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. One...
Theater
Broadway: The Annual Shunning of Hollywood Actors in Plays and Musicals for Awards Season Begins: Why Would Do They Keep Coming?
It's awards season in theater, and the annual shunning of movie stars on Broadway has begun.
The Outer Critics Circle announced their nominees this morning,...