Friday, March 29, 2024

Theater

Tony Awards Shoot Down “Shuffle Along,” Classified Original, Will Lose to “Hamilton”

"Shuffle Along" is cooked at the Tonys. The Tony committee has announced they consider the George C. Wolfe musical new and original, not a...

Review: “Shuffle Along” Is the Black “42nd Street” with No Plot and a Star Who Leaves in June

The official title of the new musical "Shuffle Along: Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and Everything that Followed" is just...

Broadway: Drama Desk Snubs Most Big Name Black Actors Like Audra McDonald, Lupita Nyong’o, Forest Whitaker

How very odd: in a year with a lot of black actors, stars, and shows, the Drama Desk nominations went very white. "Hamilton" wasn't...

Broadway: “Tuck Everlasting” Hits the Bottom of the Tony Awards Season Barrel

You know, I'm pretty fair to most Broadway musicals. I wasn't wild about either "American Psycho" or "Waitress," but there were excellent things about...

Broadway: “Waitress,” With Songs by Sarah Bareilles, Pushes Tony Award Season into Final Week

Sunday night: "Waitress," based on Adrienne Shelley's hit movie starring Keri Russell, opened on Broadway. Sara Bareilles wrote the songs. Jessie Mueller, from Carole...

Prince Gets Tributes from Broadway Casts of “Hamilton,” “The Color Purple”

Two Broadway shows offered moving tributes to Prince last night at the conclusion of their shows. The Color Purple: Hamilton:

Exclusive: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Likely Team Up for Broadway “Philadelphia Story”

EXCLUSIVE The word is that the fall season, or perhaps next spring 2017, could bring a dynamic duo to Broadway. And the word has reached...

Broadway: “Shuffle Along” Producers Ask to Be Excused from Awards: “Not Ready”

"Shuffle Along" was not included in today's Outer Critics Circle nominations. That's because producer Scott Rudin told the group the multi million dollar musical...