Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Theater

Broadway: “Top Dog/Underdog” Returns Even More Triumphant 20 Years Later, Corey Hawkins in Knockout Performance

When a show is good or bad coming to Broadway, you can smell it. Certainly the aroma of success was in the air last...

RIP Broadway Composer Lucy Simon, 82, Wrote “The Secret Garden,” Sister of Carly

I'm very sad to report the death of Lucy Simon, Broadway composer of "The Secret Garden" and "Dr. Zhivago." She was also the older...

Patti Lupone Gives Up Equity Card, Indicating Possible Retirement from US Theater Career

I guess Patti Lupone has had enough. The mega Broadway star Tweeted this morning that she's turned in her Equity card, meaning she's retired...

Broadway: Lea Michele “Funny Girl” Scores Highest Week Yet, Enters Rare 100% Club

Lea Michele has proven to be everything producers hoped for with her arrival at "Funny Girl." Last week, the musical revival had its biggest...

Broadway: Tony Winner “A Strange Loop,” by the Other Michael Jackson, Closing After Less than a Year

There were two Michael Jackson musicals in the last Broadway season. One was a hit, and the other is closing after less than a...

RIP Angela Lansbury, Beloved, Legendary Actress from “Manchurian Candidate” to “Sweeney Todd” to “Murder She Wrote”

Angela Lansbury was maybe the most popular actress in American history and one of the most gifted. She's passed away today at age 96....

Bad Andrew Lloyd Webber: Composer/Producer Bringing Reinvented Cancelled West End Show to Broadway

It was only a few months ago there were protests in the West End of London against Andrew Lloyd Webber. The composer/producer/theater owner shut down...

Sunday Night Live: Lorne Michaels Brings An A+Plus Audience to Broadway Opening of Sensational “Leopoldstadt” Including Mick Jagger, Steven Spielberg

You don;t often see Mick Jagger at a Broadway opening night, but he was there Sunday night for the premiere of Tom Stoppard's Olivier...