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Michael Jackson Broadway Musical Postponed From This Fall to Summer 2020 to Avoid Association with Documentary

by Roger Friedman - February 14, 2019 1:44 pm

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Day O! The Life of Harry Belafonte Is Coming to Broadway, Role of a Lifetime for Whoever Gets to Play Him

by Roger Friedman - February 4, 2019 5:14 pm

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Grammy Awards Will Salute Motown’s 60th Anniversary with TV Special Taped Two Days After Show

by Roger Friedman - February 1, 2019 3:39 pm

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“Hello, Dolly!” Opens in Los Angeles to Raves, and Wow, Wow, Wow with Betty Buckley in Carol Channing’s Signature Role

by Leah Sydney - January 31, 2019 4:13 pm

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Broadway’s Mid Winter Gift: Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano Nail Sam Shepard’s Classic Play, “True West”

by Roger Friedman - January 25, 2019 1:27 am

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Musical “Diner” with Sheryl Crow Music Downsizing for 2013 Tony Run

by Roger Friedman - August 3, 2012 4:51 pm

"Diner," the musical version of Barry Levinson's classic 1983 movie, is downsizing. Producers announced that the show, with music by Sheryl Crowe, is cancelling...

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Dusty Springfield Getting the New York Musical Treatment this Fall

by Roger Friedman - August 2, 2012 3:22 pm

The late wonderful, astounding Dusty Springfield is finally coming to near-Broadway. Writer-performer-producer Kirsten Holly Smith will play her in a show at New World...

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Katie Holmes Already Has a Broadway Play Lined Up

by Roger Friedman - July 19, 2012 7:48 pm

Katie Holmes has not let one minute pass since her quickie divorce. She's already lined up a Broadway play. Jack O'Brien is set to...

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Stephen King-John Mellencamp Musical — Panned Already–Persists to NYC

by Roger Friedman - July 12, 2012 10:04 am

Did you know that Stephen King and John Mellencamp teamed up for a musical recently? It's called "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," and it...

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Cyndi Lauper’s Broadway Musical Gets “American Idiot” Star

by Roger Friedman - June 28, 2012 12:43 pm

Cyndi Lauper's Broadway musical--the movie "Kinky Boots" on stage--has gotten a cast. Stark Sands, of "American Idiot," will co-star with Billy Porter. The whole...

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Exclusive: Sigourney Weaver Doing Durang Play This Fall Before “Avatar” Sequels

by Roger Friedman - June 28, 2012 10:11 am

Exclusive: Add Sigourney Weaver's name to the list of movie stars heading to off or or on Broadway shortly (Alec Baldwin and Jake Gyllenhaal...

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John Travolta Skips New York Premiere Party for “Savages”

by Roger Friedman - June 28, 2012 1:04 am

John Travolta came to the theater and took pictures, but he was a conspicuous no-show for the after party in New York for "Savages."...

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Nora Ephron Has Died At Age 71

by Roger Friedman - June 26, 2012 6:05 pm

Nora Ephron has died at age 71 from myeloid leukemia. Here's the New York Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/movies/nora-ephron-essayist-screenwriter-and-director-dies-at-71.html?_r=1&hp New York has lost some amazing women...