911 stories by "Michael Riedel"
It's all in the wrist! Keira Knightley suffered an injury to her wrist this week, forcing the temporary cancellation of "Thérèse Raquin," the play in which she's appearing at the...
The Post's theater columnist, Michael Riedel, knows all the juiciest stories about the backstage shenanigans that make up Broadway's history. Here, in an excerpt from his new book, "Razzle D…
The fall chill is in the air, and for some shows on Broadway that always means softness at the box office. Producers with shows waiting in the wings scour the...
The delightful Sydney Lucas, who's all of 12, will leave "Fun Home" next month. She's been with this year's Tony-winning musical since its workshop three years ago. Critics adored her,...
Jackie Collins, who died Saturday at 77, wrote 32 novels, several of which she adapted for movies or television. But in the final years of her life, she turned her...
Daniel Craig usually plays the hero " most famously, of course, James Bond. But Craig's thinking of swapping his Walther PPK for Desdemona's handkerchief as the villainous Iago in a...
Theatergoers are saying "Oui, oui" to "Amélie." This new musical, adapted from the 2001 French movie, is trying out at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where it's just been extended until Oct....
As the new Broadway season gets under way, Restaurant Row " West 46th Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues " will be teeming with theatergoers darting into Joe Allen, or...
Long before Stephen Colbert kicked off his highly touted debut on CBS this week, Broadway shows were jockeying to be the first to perform on the new "Late Show." Colbert,...
The new theater season has begun and, believe it or not, there are other shows out there besides "Hamilton." Not that you would know that from the New York Times,...
Sad news for fans of "Falsettos": Jujamcyn bailed on a revival that was to have opened in the spring. Sources say casting and budgets are to blame. Jordan Roth, the...
Broadway’s gearing up to say "ciao" to what may be the guiltiest of pleasures in the musical theater. "Mamma Mia!" " which gave New York City a much-needed jolt of...
One of my favorite American plays of the last several years is Lynn Nottage's "Ruined," a harrowing look at prostitutes navigating the deadly politics of an African country torn apart...
Kevin Spacey " Emmy-nominated for his deliciously evil Frank Underwood in "House of Cards" and one of my favorite actors " is plotting his Broadway return. He's working on a...
The curtain is going up on . . . "The Sting." No, no " not that Sting, the one who wrote last year's noble failure "The Last Ship." This "Sting" is the...
Whenever I'm in need of a laugh, I read my old columns " or watch Carly Sakolove's "Send in the Clowns" video. Who, you might be wondering? A few years...
“Mack and Mabel" is one of those heartbreak flops " great score by Jerry Herman, problematic book by Michael Stewart. The 1974 musical told the story of the troubled love...
One of my favorite musicals of the past 10 years is "Here Lies Love," David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim's clubby '80s take on the life of Imelda Marcos. Staged...
Talk about the dog days of August … The producers of "Sylvia," A.R. Gurney's comedy about a man and his attachment to a dog, are offering potential investors the chance...
Steven Soderbergh (director of "Ocean's Eleven" and "Traffic") has been working on a film version of John Kennedy Toole's great comic novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces," for over 10 years....
So confident they've got the Tony Award in the bag, the producers of "Hamilton" are restricting tickets to Tony voters, much to the voters' chagrin. A letter went out this...
When it was announced that Jason Alexander would take over the lead in "Fish in the Dark" from Larry David, David told the cast, "You finally have the chance to...
Believe it or not, there's more going on these days besides "Hamilton." If I read one more puff piece about how Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop history lesson is a "game changer,"...
In 1922, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, new parents and pinched for cash, gave up their suite at the Plaza Hotel and rented a house on Long Island in Great Neck....
It’s hard to believe, but there isn't a lively, thorough biography of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, their shows and their era. Ethan Mordden wrote a good coffee-table book abo…
