345 stories by "Michael Mellini"
Sean Hayes' first outing as a guest star on Smash didn't help attract any new viewers. As the show's latest musical Liaisons entered the picture, the fifth episode…
Old Hats stars Bill Irwin and David Shiner will keep clowning around off-Broadway for an extra four weeks! The clowning duo’s newest show has received a third Broadway e…
C.J. Wilson will take over the role of Hank Teagle from Adam Rapp in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Big Knife. Rapp has departed the production due to scheduling conflicts. Starring Bo…
After nearly six and a half magical years on Broadway, the hit musical Mary Poppins definitely had a jolly holiday as it ended its Broadway run. The musical played to 97% capacity and pulled…
At the beginning of Jesse Eisenberg's The Revisionist, Maria (Vanessa Redgrave) slouches in her shabby apartment in Szczecin, Poland, waiting the arrival of her distant American cou…
Tony-nominated actress Bonnie Franklin passed away on March 1 at the age of 69, according to the Los Angeles Times. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer.
Franklin earned a B…
Renee Zellweger is about to hit the pool halls. The Academy Award winner may head to the West End this fall in a stage adaptation of The Hustler, according to the Daily Mail. Initially the p…
Forget fairy-tales, Disney is digging into the classic works of Shakespeare for its next movie musical. The House of Mouse has hired Tony nominee Alex Timbers to direct an updated, musical t…
Better brush up on your sharp shooting, Adam Driver! The Broadway alum and Girls star will find himself challenged to a duel as the lead of the new indie film Coward, according to Deadline.c…
John C. McGinley may have found himself at the mercy of his company in Glengarry Glen Ross, but now the actor is about to start running things. McGinley will star as a corporate boss in the …
The cast of Once is ready for another round. Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti and co. will perform another performance of their recent 54 Below concert on March 3.
First performed on Fe…
The Dubliners of Once are ready for another round. The cast of the Tony-winning musical will perform another performance of their recent 54 Below concert on March 3.
First perf…
The Lion King roared its way back to the top of the box office this week. The cast of Picnic packed up their checkered blankets (and Sebastian Stan's impeccible abs) as the Roundabout re…
Kristin Chenoweth totally deserves her own Oscar for her fantastic red carpet coverage and splashy closing number at the ceremony, are we right?! After the last little golden man was handed …
In what sounds like a theater fan's biggest musical mash-up fantasy come true, the casts of the Les Misérables, Chicago and Dreamgirls films assembled at the Oscars to pay tribute…
Surprising absolutely nobody (except perhaps herself), Anne Hathaway is now the owner of a shiny Oscar for her performance as Fantine in the hit Les Misérables movie. The actress took…
Even if Quvenzhane Wallis doesn’t take home the Best Actress Oscar, the adorable youngster will still have had one stellar weekend for a nine-year old. As previously speculated the Bea…
It's been 36 years since Barbra Streisand last performed at the Academy Awards, and Babs made a triumphant and classy return to Hollywood's biggest night on February 24. Streisand to…
If music mogul Clive Davis has his way Anne Hathaway will finally make her Broadway debut. Davis told USA Today he would love to see the Oscar-nominated Les Miz star play Eliza Doolittle in …
Broadway shows saw a healthy boost in ticket sales over the President's Day weekend, especially family-friendly musicals like Cinderella and Mary Poppins. The currently-previewing fairy …
Star stuff is stirring at New World Stages, where Peter and the Starcatcher has firmed up a cast for its return run off-Broadway this spring. Ensemble members from the show…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the second time this season to decide the eligibility of 14 Broadway productions from the 2012-13 season. The 14 productions discussed includ…
The snow came, but the shows went on! Every Broadway show saw their ticket sales drop this week as Winter Storm Nemo dumped snow on New York leading into the weekend. Despite the inclement w…
Raise a pint to the cast of Once! The hit musical took home the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album on February 10.
The Dublin-set musical beat out the cast albums of Newsies, Nic…
Well, that was quick! NBC has canceled its new thriller Do No Harm, starring Broadway vet Steven Pasquale, after just two episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series tumbled ou…
