Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Theater

Broadway Summer: Oops! Britney Spears, Neil Diamond Juke Box Musicals Playing to Half-Full Theaters While Other Shows Selling Out

Broadway is mostly booming this summer even with fewer shows than usual. "Back to the Future," which will publish reviews tomorrow, did $1.3 million even...

Broadway: Look on the Bright Side, Monty Python’s Hilarious Tony Award Winning “Spamalot” Is Coming Back This Fall

Always look on the bright side of life, and you'll be rewarded. "Spamalot" is coming back to Broadway. The Tony Award winning hilarious musical is exactly...

Broadway: Non Binary Tony Award Star J. Harrison Ghee Revives Interest in Musical Version of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”

You may remember how Lady Chablis, a real person, became a national sensation after appearing in the John Berendt best seller, "Midnight in the...

Broadway: “Funny Girl” Star Lea Michele Took the Weekend Off Because She Was “Under the Weather”

"Funny Girl" is surging at the box office as the production prepares to close over Labor Day weekend. The fans are turning out to...

Review: David Byrne’s “Here Lies Love” Triumphant Broadway Opening 9 Years After Its Landmark Run at the Public Theater

In 2014, I went to the Public Theater in New York to see David Byrne's "Here Lies Love" and nothing was ever the same. At...

Exclusive: Broadway Will NOT Strike As Union Gets An Agreement And Averts Stage Hands Walkout

IATSE has reached an agreement with the Broadway League and Disney Theatricals on what they call pink contracts, I am told exclusively. . Earlier IATSE...

Off Broadway: Joey Pantoliano, Constantine Maroulis Lead a Sizzling Cast in “Rock and Roll Man” About Famed DJ Alan Freed

Maybe the best surprise performance of the summer theater season is going on in the bowels of New World Stages on West 50th St....

Broadway: “Merrily We Roll Along” Revival Hasn’t Opened Yet But It’s Already Extending Run by 2 Months

Every show hopes for this. The revival of "Merrily We Roll Along" starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez is such a hit, it's...