Theater
Broadway: Tony Awards Race Sharpens with Laura Benanti’s Sublime “She Loves Me” Turn
Broadway musical revivals? The race is on, with "The Color Purple" and its stars Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson getting hot competition. Laura Benanti...
Theater
#BroadwaySoBlack: “Eclipsed” Joins “Hamilton,” “The Color Purple,” “Shuffle Along” in a Historic Tony Awards Race
You never know what's going to pan out in a Broadway season. But now the Public Theater has sent us the likely Best Play...
Theater
Broadway: “Hughie” With Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker Closing Ten Weeks Early
The bar is closing for Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie" revival starring Forest Whitaker. The production will close on March 27th, ten weeks earlier than planned.
It's...
Theater
Broadway: Sally Field Plots Return in “The Glass Menagerie” 12 Years After Hit DC Run
EXCLUSIVE Sally Field-- we really, really like her. She has two Oscars ("Norma Rae" and "Places in the Heart"-- rent 'em now) and three...
Television
Tony Winner James Corden, of Late Late Show, Is Hosting the Tony Awards This Year– Hooray!
Great news. James Corden is hosting the Tony Awards this year. Well, of course he is. Corden, himself a Tony winner, already hosts CBS's...
Theater
Broadway Legend Hal Prince, 87, Will Not Direct “The Band’s Visit” After All
It seemed a little overambitious, even for a Broadway legend. Hal Prince, 87, was going to direct a new musical, based on the movie...
Theater
Matthew Morrison Leaves “Finding Neverland” But the Show Has Plenty of “Glee” to Spare
I wondered what was going on with "Finding Neverland" at the Lunt Fontanne. Last night I stopped in to see Broadway star Tony Yazbeck...
Theater
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle Rap Apology for “Hamilton” Snow Closure
Lin-Manuel Miranda, on point as ever:
#snowmaggedon2016 freestyle from @LacketyLac & old man Miranda pic.twitter.com/f1dAjRFvDp— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 23, 2016