Theater

Broadway Disaster: Shows Will Not Open Before the End of May 2021, Hugh Jackman “Music Man” Moves to December 2021

The situation on Broadway and in New York theater is now a full scale disaster. The word is that the Broadway League will announce this...

Tony Nominated Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd Murdered in Atlanta, Acted in Many Spike Lee Movies and TV Shows

Keep refreshing... Spike Lee has announced on Twitter and Instagram that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was murdered last night in Atlanta. Byrd was 78 or...

Metropolitan Opera Cancels 2020-21 Season But Will Return With First Ever Opera by a Black Composer

Good news and bad news at the Metropolitan Opera. First the bad news: they've cancelled the season right through May 2021. No opera. Nothing. Just...

New York Times Theater Critic Ben Brantley Out After 24 Years: When Broadway Returns, What Will Happen Next?

Is he stepping down or being pushed out the window? Whichever way it's gone, Ben Brantley is out as the New York Times chief...

RIP Diana Rigg, the Once and Forever Emma Peel from “The Avengers,” Star of “Game of Thrones,” Great Stage Star

Diana Rigg, the gifted and beloved stage, TV and movie star has died in the UK at age 82. Rigg is permanently lodged in the...

Tony Awards: A Desultory List of 18 Mediocre to OK Shows are Eligible, With Only Race in Best Actress in a Play

The Tony Awards are really insisting in going through with a faux awards show sometime this fall on a streaming platform. It was an...

Broadway in a Muddle as NBC Wants to Do a Special Highlighting Shows, Tony Awards Plan a Digital Celebration

Broadway is in a muddle, and no one seems to know what's going on. Today the Broadway League announced they were planning a digital Tony...

Virtual Hampton Theater Alert: Matthew Broderick, Blair Underwood, and John Leguizamo Lead an All Star Virtual Cast this Sunday

The Hamptons season would not be eh, "The Season" without all-star comedy from Eugene Pack. He's the guy who created the hilarious annual staple,...

Don’t Cry for Andrew Lloyd Webber: Broadway Composer Joins Experimental COVID Vaccine Trial in the UK

Don't cry for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer of "Evita," "Cats," and many other Broadway musicals says on Twitter that he's completed the...