BILL Nighy loves New York's Jewish delis, but he's just starting to figure out matzo ball soup.
A BAND of depressed Spalding Gray fans mourned his death — and toasted his memory — on Monday night at Le Pescadou in SoHo.
THE upcoming Broadway show "A Steady Rain" -- starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman as Chicago cops who mistakenly return a Vietnamese boy to a cannibalistic serial killer -- will be a steady drain for theater party agents.
"ROCK of Ages" star Constantine Maroulis discussing the upcoming road tour of the play with producer Carl Levin over lunch at Bond 45 . . .
MARISA Tomei wants it known she never signed on to join an "Alaska Theater Cruise" with several geriatric performers.
WHEN John Simon was fired Monday as New York magazine's theater critic, some readers assumed that playwright Wendy Wasserstein had something to do with it.
AS much as Julie Andrews fans would love to see her return to Broadway, don't hold your breath.
Gossip on Harvery Fierstein (third item), and news on "The Fantasticks" (fifth item).
Broadway star James Barbour, will premiere his six-city 2010 HOLIDAY CONCERT TOUR on Saturday evening, December 4 at the RUBICON THEATRE in Ventura California.