Friday, May 3, 2024

Theater

Broadway: No One’s Laughing at “Funny Girl” as Both Lead Stars Are Out Less Than a Week After Premiere

If you're going to "Funny Girl" this weekend, this joke's on you.Star Beanie Feldstein, who plays Fanny Brice. is out of the show, not...

Macbeth, The Name is…Macbeth: Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga Get An A Plus Crowd for Opening Night, Standing O’s, and Champagne

The big final opening night for the 2022 Broadway season was a sensation. James Bond actor Daniel Craig opened in a new production of "Macbeth,"...

LA Theater: “Tootsie” Kicks Off “Broadway in Hollywood” With Knockout Production

How to get rid of the echo of Will Smith's famous slap at the Dolby Theater just three weeks ago? On Tuesday night, the musical...

Review: Billy Crystal Gets Vindication for “Mr. Saturday Night” After 30 Years

Buddy Young Jr. is back. Three decades ago, Billy Crystal's character, a 70ish comic who was over the hill, was not so pleasant in...

Broadway Booms: Brilliant Billy Crystal Tonight, Daniel Craig Bows in “Macbeth” Tomorrow, Bob Dylan Musical is Back!

It's a booming week on Broadway. Sunday brought "Funny Girl" and last night "A Strange Loop" made for cutting edge material. Tonight, Billy Crystal debuts his...

Broadway Review: Mary Louise Parker and David Morse Soar in Complex “How I Learned to Drive” Revival

Ewwww! That’s not my critique of Paula Vogel’s tight memory play, "How I Learned to Drive"-- rather the play, now having a Broadway debut...

Broadway: Outer Critics Snub “Funny Girl,” Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Most Anyone Famous

Well, the Outer Critics Circle nominations are really Out There. The group made itself unimportant instantly by snubbing everyone famous on Broadway, and all the...

Library of Congress Acquires the Papers of Neil Simon, Broadway’s Most Successful Playwright

For several decades there wasn't a Broadway without a Neil Simon play, or two, lighting up the Great White Way. Now the Library of Congress...