Theater
Broadway Star Patti Lupone Says It’s the “Rotavirus,” Not COVID, That’s Kept “Company” Down
Whatever you do, don't say Patti Lupone has COVID. She has the runs. That's right. stomach virus, diarrhea, or as she calls it, the...
Theater
Broadway: The Show Must Go on But “Music Man” Has 7 Absences Tonight Including Sutton Foster, “Company” Still Paused
It's no fun at "The Music Man" tonight, at least back stage.
Seven cast members are still out sick after the musical paused for a...
Theater
Broadway Show Changes: “Company” Cancels Today’s Matinee, “Music Man” Returns Tonight After COVID Break
Broadway continues to tough it out with COVID.
Today's 2 pm matinee of "Company" has been cancelled due to illness. They'll be back tonight at...
Theater
Broadway: “The Music Man” with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Pauses Performances Because of COVID
There's trouble in River City. Trouble with a capital T. "The Music Man" has thrown in the towel.
The new musical, already a hit after...
Celebrity
Broadway: Sutton Foster’s “Music Man” Understudy Praised by Hugh Jackman, But “Waitress” Closes in COVID Disaster
There was a lot of excitement last night at the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway. Sutton Foster didn't appear in the fourth preview-- does...
Theater
Is There Still Sex in the City? No, and Candace Bushnell Closes One Woman Show Thanks to COVID
Is there still Sex in the City?
The quick answer is No. Candace Bushnell, who wrote the New York Observer columns that formed the basis...
Theater
Broadway COVID Emergency: Actor Knocked Out by Virus, Playwright Steps in and Takes Over Role
What to do when COVID comes for a Broadway cast right before it's curtain up?
Last night on Broadway the new, highly praised play "Thoughts...
Theater
UPDATE: Sorting Out the Mysterious Announcement of an Unlikely “West Side Story” Sequel as Told in Forbes.com
UPDATE 12/30/21: Marc Hershberg wrote a follow up story to his original one about all this. Here's the link. Hershberg tells me he wrote...