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Sting’s Big Night in Hollywood: “The Last Ship” Sets Sail in Triumphant Return, Rebuilt and Seaworthy

by Roger Friedman - January 23, 2020 2:24 pm

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Madonna Cancels Another Show, This Time in Lisbon, With 45 Minutes Notice, Hopes to Return Tomorrow (“Fingers Crossed”)

by Roger Friedman - January 20, 2020 9:41 am

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Winter Is Here: Broadway Shows Face January Chill with Big Drops for Long Running Shows Like “Lion King,” “Mormon,” “Wicked”

by Roger Friedman - January 13, 2020 4:15 pm

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Exclusive: Broadway Great Frank Langella will Direct and Co-Star with Ageless Hot-as-a-Pistol Elaine May in “Love Letters” Off Broadway

by Roger Friedman - January 12, 2020 3:39 pm

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Is the New West Side Story Cursed? Second Actor Sidelined by Injury and Replaced, Opening Date Pushed Back, Creative Team Still Up in Air

by Roger Friedman - January 10, 2020 3:24 pm

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Chelsea Clinton Coming to Off Broadway (Actually to Chelsea-Clinton) with Musical Based on Her Children’s Book

by Roger Friedman - November 6, 2019 1:03 pm

Chelsea Clinton is coming to off Broadway. And in fact in the neighborhood of Chelsea Clinton. The daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton wrote a...

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David Byrne’s Joyous “American Utopia” Keeps Making Sense on Broadway As a Hybrid Experimental Musical

by Roger Friedman - October 25, 2019 12:20 am

It wasn't that long ago that David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, and Alex Timbers were responsible for the unique landmark musical, "Here Lies...

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Broadway Has a Major Hit in “The Sound Inside,” And an Early Tony Nominee for Best Actress in Mary Louise Parker

by Roger Friedman - October 18, 2019 12:25 am

Sometimes the magic is there, everything works. The play is unexpectedly great, the star has a towering moment, the director bats a thousand with...

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Broadway: Marisa Tomei Works Very Hard But Can’t Save an Alarmingly Pedestrian Reboot of Tennessee William’s “Rose Tattoo”

by Roger Friedman - October 17, 2019 12:12 am

I am flummoxed by the new revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," which opens this week with Marisa Tomei as the sexy, confused...

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Review: Controversial “Slave Play” Opens on Broadway, Begins with Graphic Sex Play, Ends with a Rape, Critics Love It

by Roger Friedman - October 6, 2019 11:06 pm

I did not care for "Slave Play." The only other writer who agrees with me it seems is Variety's Marilyn Stasio. The rest of...

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“The Great Society” Opens on Broadway, “Succession” Star Brian Cox Gets A List Crowd Including Former US Senator Bill Bradley

by Roger Friedman - October 2, 2019 9:22 pm

I'm a little late to the table on the new Broadway hit, "The Great Society." That's because everyone got home late Tuesday night after...

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Colin Donnell Left “Chicago Med” for a Good Reason: His Musical, “Almost Famous,” Has Opened to Raves in Pre-Broadway Tryout

by Roger Friedman - September 29, 2019 9:27 pm

Broadway actor Colin Donnell has lately been playing a doctor on "Chicago Med." That is, until they sent him away during the series opening...

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Saying Goodbye to the Great Johnnie Planco at the Hallowed Players Club: Enough Actors to Make a Hit Movie

by Roger Friedman - September 27, 2019 6:02 am

Last Thursday afternoon, on the way to the Emmy Awards, I stopped by the Players Club on Gramercy Park to say goodbye to a...

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Madonna Surprises With the Launch of Ambitious, Intimate “Madame X” Show, A Sometimes Over Stuffed Attempt at an Avant Garde Broadway Show

by Roger Friedman - September 18, 2019 2:45 am

It turns out Madonna -- the queen of re-invention -- is human. She admitted last night during the first performance of her Madame X...

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Broadway Bonanza: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell Will Star in New Production of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” in March 2020

by Roger Friedman - September 17, 2019 4:21 pm

The announcements are starting to come in for Tony Award-aimed shows next spring on Broadway. Now we learn that Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell will...

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