355 stories by "Barbara Hoffman"
What better way to chase all that sickly sweet holiday cheer than with a bracing dose of bitters? Enter Lypsinka, the acidic, lip-syncing alias of John Epperson. For now, Epperson, 60, is in…
Manspreading is spreading. That scourge of park benches and subways is coming to a theater near you. Hell, it's probably already there. And on Broadway, no less " where the seat you spent $1…
Randy Blair is 5-foot-8 and weighs 300 pounds " and says he's OK with that. Years of struggling with his weight inspired his off-Broadway musical "Gigantic," based on his recollections of fa…
To audiences, they're a precision dance troupe " a line of sky-high legs and synchronized smiles. But as any Rockette will tell you, theirs isn't just a job. It's a legacy. Some 200 retired …
She may be playing Dorothy, but Shanice Williams is feeling like Cinderella at the ball. The 19-year-old star of "The Wiz Live!" " airing live on NBC Thursday " is still getting her head aro…
IT’S got heart, passion, killer choreography – and the best Elton John score ever. When all is said and sung, “Billy Elliot: The Musical” promises to be the biggest L…
THAT bearded man muttering Shakespeare on the subway? It might have been Mandy Patin kin. Eight years since he last played a New York stage, the Tony-winning, concertizing TV star (“Ch…
TWO giants get their due in the weeks ahead as the opera and classical worlds hail Luciano Pavarotti and Leonard Bernstein. The Lenny love-in – a citywide festival marking what would h…
THERE is no “Godspell” – but a raft of other revivals are headed our way. Virtually everything old is new again this fall, thanks to some starry casting. And there’s …
What happens when you mix "Orange" and "Purple"? Danielle Brooks is about to find out. The "Orange Is the New Black" star " she plays Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson " is making her Broadway debut…
If Annaleigh Ashford wins another Tony, she may thank Los Angeles' Zoom Room. No, it's not an acting academy: It's a dog school. It was there, while shooting "Masters of...
How do you measure a year? After her 30th birthday, actress Krysta Rodriguez found herself ticking off her days not in plays or TV shows " or, as in "Rent,"...
She's met Cyndi Lauper, Anna Kendrick and Alan Rickman. When she's not at work, you may catch her dining at the Japanese barbecue joint Gyu-Kaku " or riding her scooter...
The highs, the lows … the congas! Clearly, Gloria and Emilio Estefan's marriage was meant to be a musical. And now " after playing Chicago, where their friend Rita Moreno...
Even the stars of "Hamilton" don't always know which American president, rapper or movie star will pop up there next. Phillipa Soo, one of Lin-Manuel Miranda's co-stars, usually finds out...
“Yes," Misty Copeland says shyly. She knows her cellphone screen is broken. "But I don't have time to fix it!" No surprise there: This ballerina's dance card is full. When...
Overheard at a preview of "Hamilton": A dazed-looking 20-something woman murmuring, "There are no words!" and then finding one " "Amazing!" Elsewhere, a middle-aged man extolled the virtues …
“Sure beats your old place," Daveed Diggs' brother joked when he saw the "Hamilton" star's Washington Heights apartment. That's not saying much" Diggs' "old place" was the No. 2 train.…
And why she'd do it again.
Colin Quinn doesn't believe in over-researching things. That includes his new one-man show, "The New York Story," which began previews at the Cherry Lane Theatre on Thursday. The show "...
It’s the photo that can make or break an actor's career: the head shot " that indispensable casting tool. Lincoln Center's New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has...
"School of Rock " The Musical" just unveiled its Dewey Finn, and his name is Alex Brightman. Burly, bearded and 28, he'll play the role Jack Black immortalized in the...
Despite "Honeymoon in Vegas" star Tony Danza's all-out efforts " making the rounds of every talk show in town, even cameo appearances at the TKTS booth " the musical closed...
Broadway's really packing 'em in " literally. We'll probably hear hurrahs at Sunday night's Tony Awards telecast about how theaters this year sold a record 13.1 million seats " but...
The hottest ticket this fall? We're betting on “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” the show that has it all: beloved Broadway stars, hotshot director, killer creative te…
