Celebrity
Rest in Peace, Joe Allen: There’d Be No Restaurant Row without His Eponymous Eatery, and Orso, Bar Centrale
Joe Allen was no Elaine Kaufman. He wasn't sitting in his eatery on West 46th St. every night, entertaining and hosting the crowd. Sometimes...
Theater
Remember the Tony Awards? Now They’re Going to Vote in March for Nominations from Last October
This is turning into pretty good theater.
The 2019-2020 Broadway season never really happened, remember? It stopped on March 13th because of the pandemic. A...
Celebrity
RIP The Amazing Cicely Tyson, Age 96, Award Winning Actress, Activist, Epitome of Ageless Grace and Elegance
“I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in...
Theater
RIP Phil Smith, 89, Longtime Head of the Shubert Organization, a Broadway Star in His Own Right
Phil Smith, the long time head of the Shubert Organization, and a Broadway star in his own right, has died at age 89. The...
Movies
Emma Thompson Will Play Mrs. Trunchbull in Movie “Matilda,” Even Though Men Have Always Played the Role on Stage
Harvey Fierstein, stand down.
Emma Thompson has been cast as evil Mrs. Trunchbull, the deliciously malicious central antagonist in the movie version of Broadway's "Matilda."
This...
Theater
Broadway: Tina Fey’s “Mean Girls” Musical Closes for Good, Will Not Return After Pandemic, Will Get Movie Treatment
This is interesting. Yesterday, Paramount announced a film version of "Spamalot" directed by Casey Nicholaw. Today their theatrical division pulled the plug on the...
Movies
Monty Python Hit Broadway Musical “Spamalot” Will Be a Movie, But Will Original Cast (Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry) Return?
The hit Monty Python musical, "Spamalot," played to sold out Broadway audiences for four years, from 2005 to 2009. It accrued 1,575 performances and...
Books
Copyrights End for 1925 Hits “The Great Gatsby,” “Mrs. Dalloway,” Songs by the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Ma Rainey, “Sweet Georgia Brown”
1925-- it was a very good year. It was the year F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby," Virgina Woolf issued "Mrs. Dalloway," Theodore...