Theater

Broadway Theater Merger We Told You About 2 Weeks Ago Happens: Jujamcyn and Ambassador Marry

I told you on January 31st that Jujamcyn Theaters would merge with Britain's Ambassador Theater Group. And it...

Broadway: Rumored Big Change in Theater Ownership Today as Curtain May Come Down on Jujamcyn After Many Standing Ovations

Five famous Broadway houses may be changing ownership today. The rumor on the Rialto, as the late Earl...

Madonna Movie Cancelled at Universal Pictures Says Report, But We Kinda Knew, That Didn’t We?

The Madonna movie ain't happening. Variety says Universal has cancelled the project, which was announced two years ago. The...

Review: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Brooks Turn in a Resounding Version of “The Piano Lesson”

I'm sorry it took so long for me to get to LaTanya Richardson Jackson's "The Piano Lesson." Now that I've seen her...

Broadway Had a Bad Xmas Week Despite Huge Times Square Crowds, “Some Like it Not” But Not Enough

Times Square is overflowing with people. And Elmo's. The grotesque pedestrian mall has brought looky-loo's from all over, but they're not going...

Exclusive: Jennifer Hudson Surprises Common, Cast Backstage at Broadway Hit “Riverside and Crazy”

The audience at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theater turned out en masse for actor/rapper Common making his debut in the hit, Between Riverside and Crazy....

Broadway: Tony Winner “Strange Loop” and “1776” Revival Cancel Shows for Illness, Other Shows Use Standbys

It's 2:28pm. A half hour ago, two Broadway shows didn't start their matinees. According to Twitter account BroadwayCovers, both "A Strange Loop"...

Review: Wendell Pierce’s Willy Loman Reinvents Greatest American Drama, “Death of a Salesman”

Almost four years ago I ran into the great actor Wendell Pierce sitting in the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel in...

Broadway: Good News, Bad News as “Funny Girl” Breaks Record, Two Shows to Close

Broadway is surviving the kinda recession, pandemic, and bad weather with good news, bad news. "Funny Girl" has gone...

Broadway: Sondheim’s “Merrily” Will Roll Along Next Fall, Skipping 2023 Tony Awards

There will not be a Sondheim vs. Sondheim cage match at the 2023 Tony Awards, after all. Stephen Sondheim's...