911 stories by "Michael Riedel"
Predicting tonight's Tony Awards is a fool's errand, but I'm a fool, so here it goes: Best Musical The race is between "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Come From Away." Both have champions " and detr…
Let’s take a break from the Tonys " my predictions will be in Sunday's Post, if you can stand the wait " and see what else is happening around Broadway these days. The astonishing succ…
I went out on a limb last year and predicted a big night for "Hamilton" at the Tony Awards " and did pretty well in the office pool. This year some of the races are so close that, after talk…
Hugh Jackman is on the hunt for a new Broadway show " and it's not going to be a musical comedy romp like "The Boy from Oz." Sources say Jackman, one of Hollywood and Broadway's top leading …
As the Tony Award telecast starts to come together, there's concern that the June 11 show might be, as one Broadway insider puts it, "a little muted." CBS, which broadcasts the Tonys, likes …
Jujamcyn Theaters is in talks to bring the London National Theatre's revival of "Angels in America," starring Nathan Lane , to New York next season, sources say. But what theater will it go …
After years of delays, lawsuits and changes to the creative team, "Tootsie" is back on its high heels. Producers Scott Sanders and Carol Fineman, whose revival of "The Color Purple" was one …
A lot of hardcore James Bond fans turned up their noses at Roger Moore. He's no Sean Connery, they'd say, calling him a lightweight 007 whose big talent was looking dapper in a blue blazer. …
Glenda Jackson, the celebrated British actress and politician, will return to Broadway next season in Edward Albee's "Three Tall Women." The 81-year-old " a two-time Oscar winner ("Women in …
The Kings of the Road have arrived in New York, and Broadway is welcoming them to town as if they were a bunch of Dolly Levis returning to the Harmonia Gardens in Act 2 of "Hello, Dolly!" Th…
Kevin Spacey, a tennis fanatic, rarely misses the US Open if he can help it. But last fall, as he watched Phil Collins perform at the opening ceremonies at Arthur Ashe Stadium, he had a thou…
Let’s give the Tonys a rest for a minute and look to London, where three productions " past, present and future " may be Broadway-bound. Everybody's talking about Nathan Lane, playing …
Can you win a Tony Award without campaigning? It looks as if Kevin Kline is going to try. Kline, 69, was nominated this week for his portrayal of an aging matinee idol in "Present Laughter" …
We are off and running with the Tony nominations, announced Tuesday, and while it's easy to predict some of the winners, a lot of categories are up for grabs. "Natasha, Pierre and the Great …
Tony nominations are out Tuesday, so let's read the tea leaves. Producers are gnawing their nails over Best Musical. So many shows, only four (maybe five) slots. "Come From Away" and "Dear E…
Who knew "Rebecca," the musical at the center of a civil trial now playing at the New York State Supreme Court Theater, was the next "Phantom of the Opera"? Lawyers for "Rebecca" producers B…
Nearly 50 years after Frank Serpico exposed endemic corruption in the New York City Police Department, his name still divides people. For some, especially those on the left, Serpico is a whi…
In 1976, just as his career as a pop superstar was taking off, Barry Manilow moved into an apartment in the San Remo on Central Park West. His neighbor was Broadway's Fred Ebb, the lyricist …
In Washington, DC, the name Frank Underwood inspires fear and loathing. But on Broadway, he's a hero! Underwood, otherwise known as Kevin Spacey, swooped in Tuesday and saved the Tony Awards…
The new musical "Groundhog Day'' had its own "Spider-man'' moment Friday night when its star, Andy Karl, suffered a painful injury during a preview and finished his performance on a crutch. …
Tina Fey turned down an offer to host this year's Tony Awards, and now Broadway's scrambling to find a ringmaster in time for the June 11 telecast. Fey, who's working on a musical adaptation…
It played only one night, but the concert version of "Crazy For You" was such infectious fun, there's talk of a Broadway revival next season. The concert, which Susan Stroman staged Feb. 19 …
Anyone who's been knocking around theater in New York as long as I have surely has fond memories of Howard Crabtree's "When Pigs Fly." That campy revue opened at the Douglas Fairbanks Theate…
As the April 27 cutoff for Tony eligibility approaches, the season is heating up. Here's a snap shot of the terrain: We may have to throw a pity party for "Amélie," which just opened to pol…
In the spring of 1912, Henry B. Harris and his wife went to London, looking for plays to produce for the Hudson Theatre, the showpiece of his thriving Broadway empire. Built in 1903, the Gre…
