Friday, May 3, 2024

Theater

Broadway: “The Book of Mormon,” with Sinking Ticket Sales Pre-Pandemic, Returns without Producer Scott Rudin

Before the pandemic I was chronicling the sinking ticket sales of "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway. After 11 years, the irreverent musical from the...

Bruce Springsteen Teams Up with The Killers for New “Dustland” Single Before Broadway Show Returns

Bruce Springsteen, as he promised last week, has teamed up with The Killers for a new single. "Dustland" may be the first of many...

Theater: John Logan Will Try a Different Take on “The Last Ship” at Berkeley Rep with “Swept Away,” Music by the Avett Brothers

Hmmmm... Just a few short years ago, John Logan wrote the revised script for Sting's musical, "The Last Ship," which sailed on Broadway then went...

RIP Elegant, Soulful Actress Lisa Banes, With Broadway, Movies, TV Resume, Killed by Hit and Run Driver in Manhattan

Kids, life is fragile. We don't know what's going to happen. I was at a dinner party with Lisa Banes on May 29th up in...

Review: Tovah Feldshuh as a Thrilling Dr. Ruth, Telling It Like It Is On and Off Stage

Celebrity sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer turned 93 last weekend, and after decades on television and in the public eye, it is still a...

Professional Criminal Producer Garth Drabinsky Returning to Broadway After Prison Stint with “Paradise Square” Musical

Scott Rudin is gone but guess who's back? Actual professional criminal GArth Drabinsky. The Canadian theater producer whose company was called Livent is planning his...

Broadway: To Save a “Mockingbird,” Media Mogul Barry Diller Brings Back Jeff Daniels As Star and Without Producer Scott Rudin

The first of Scott Rudin's Broadway shows is coming back without him as producer. Media mogul Barry Diller, who financed the original production with David...

Buyer Beware: Unscrupulous Brokers Are Selling Springsteen on Broadway Tickets for Thousands of Dollars

Tickets to Springsteen on Broadway don't go on sale until tomorrow, Thursday June 10th. And you can only get them on SeatGeek.com Nevertheless, unscrupulous ticket...