Theater

UPDATE Once Powerhouse “Book of Mormon” Has Third Bad Week in a Row as Broadway Box Office Continues Slump

UPDATE I told you last week that the once powerful "Book of Mormon" had gone on discount at ticket brokers, and there are lots...

Broadway Shocker: Eight Year Old Musical “Book of Mormon” in Trouble After Heyday Passes, Goes on Discount for First Time

Eight years ago, you couldn't get a ticket to "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway. The show was sold out when it opened in...

2019 Tony Nominations: Snubs for “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Network,” “Hillary and Clinton,” Glenda Jackson, King Lear

The Tony Awards didn't buy what producer Scott Rudin was selling this year. They snubbed his big budget productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird,"...

“Beetlejuice” Debuts on Broadway, and Movie’s Co-Writer Reveals Why There Will Never be a Film Sequel

"Beetlejuice" debuted on Broadway last night, and it was just as good if not better than when I saw it a month ago in...

“Tootsie” Comes to Broadway and Brings the A List Including Carol Burnett, Debra Messing, Kristen Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Clive Davis and More

"Tootsie" has arrived on Broadway to great reviews and lots of laughs in the airport terminal like Marriott Marquis Theater last night. Before the show...

Broadway Triumph: Annette Bening, Tracey Letts, Benjamin Walker On Fire in Sensational New Production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”

What a relief to see a real play. Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" is back, directed with new insights by Jack O'Brien, and with...

It’s Good to Be King! Mel Brooks is Coming to Broadway for Two Nights in June, And I’m Kvelling

Mel Brooks is coming to Broadway. Two nights-- June 17th and 18th at the Lunt Fontanne Theater. Mel is 92 years young. God willing he'll...

Nathan Lane, Other Actors Tortured in Simply Awful, Torturous “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus”

I don't blame Nathan Lane. He's a comic giant, along with Kristine Nielsen and Julie White. They are the best actors Broadway can summon....

New York Theater: Annette Bening Isn’t Only Member of Her Family on Stage This Spring As Son Stephen Ira Makes Debut Downtown

Everyone's very excited about Annette Bening on Broadway this spring in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." She opens next Monday. The should-have-an Oscar actress...

Broadway: If Laurie Metcalf Doesn’t Win Another Tony Award This Season She’s Already Signed Up to Try Again Next Spring with “Virginia Woolf”

Last year, Laurie Metcalf won her second Tony Award in a row for "Three Tall Women." OK, it was for a supporting role. But...