Bernadette Peters is as good as Bette Midler in 'Hello Dolly'
It’s no mean feat replacing Bette Midler in "Hello, Dolly!" Midler was the No. 1 attraction on Broadway in 2017, racking up weekly grosses of $2.5 million and winning the Tony Award fo…
It’s no mean feat replacing Bette Midler in "Hello, Dolly!" Midler was the No. 1 attraction on Broadway in 2017, racking up weekly grosses of $2.5 million and winning the Tony Award fo…
Martin McDonagh may well win the Oscar for his screenplay for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." And now he may also be a contender for a Tony for Best Play " though he'll have to …
There was a moment in the theater, before the 10 a.m. screening of "Peter Rabbit" started, when I wondered if my husband and I had been right to bundle up my not-quite-2½-year-old and bri…
It’s hard to outfox a movie studio, but Broadway's Douglas Carter Beane seems to have done just that. The Tony-nominated playwright has long wanted to turn his 1995 cult movie "To Wong…
Broadway is enlisting an unlikely ally to help make shows accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing " the smartphone. GalaPro, a Tel Aviv-based tech company, has created an app that puts a …
Luis Fonsi brought down the house at Clive Davis ' Grammy party Saturday, performing his infectious hit "Despacito." I hear that among the VIPs impressed with Fonsi's vocal chops and stage c…
The Go-Go's are on the go-go! Reunited for the first time in years, the '80s girl group performed to a packed house Monday night at the Bowery Ballroom. It was a kickoff party for their new …
MoviePass is hitting AMC Theaters where it hurts. The all-you-can-watch movie buffet has withdrawn support from 10 of the busiest AMC locations nationwide " including its monster Times Squar…
One of Broadway's juiciest, longest running feuds may have just ended. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Patti LuPone haven't spoken to each other since the composer fired the diva from "Sunset Boulev…
When you're doing Shakespeare, Anna Chlumsky says, you talk in iambic pentameter even when you're offstage. If you're on HBO's "Veep" " one of the most profane shows on TV " you curse. Which…
I have found the next Hugh Jackman. And he is . . . Jonathan Groff. Everybody " and I mean everybody on Broadway " is talking up his performance in "The Bobby Darin Story" at t…
It may be 2018, but that doesn't mean the 1990s have stopped roaring. Nostalgic millennials looking for a dose of that decade's pop culture can get their fix at numerous places around town, …
CBS is wasting no time lining up a host for this year's Tony Awards. I hear the offer is out to James Corden, who hosted the telecast to great acclaim in 2016. Sources say the host of "The L…
SpongeBob loves Scrub Daddy. And before Nickelodeon flips out over that unauthorized endorsement, please note that it's Ethan Slater " Broadway's SpongeBob " who's doing the endorsing. "Scru…
Just five nights ago, Charlie Stemp was in London, taking his final bow in the holiday pantomime "Dick Whittington" at the Palladium next to West End royalty Elaine Paige. After the curtain …
Even in 2016, Garry Marshall knew that what worked for his 1990 hit film "Pretty Woman" wouldn't work in a musical. Times had changed, and Vivian and Edward " the characters played by Julia …
A movie theater outside Los Angeles reportedly showed a trailer for Ridley Scott's “All the Money in the World” that featured disgraced actor Kevin Spacey " after he was booted f…
Bryan Cranston is winning raves as wild-eyed anchorman Howard Beale in the stage adaptation of "Network" at London's National Theatre. The "Breaking Bad" star was a major box-office draw in …
When Broadway's "Jersey Boys" closed up shop last January after a nearly 12-year run, fans were thrilled to hear it would soon return " off-Broadway. But with a smaller stage and budget, wou…
A shy 14-year-old from The Bronx struggles with his sexual identity in "Saturday Church," an indie trying on several identities of its own: Is it a musical? A gritty coming-of-age drama? A f…
Sorry, Go-Go's: My lips are not sealed: "Head Over Heels," a new musical featuring songs by the '80s girl band, will open this summer at the Hudson Theatre. Gwyneth Paltrow is producing the …
Here’s a blast of heart-warming good cheer on a cold winter day " "Crazy for You" is headed back to Broadway. Susan Stroman, who directed "The Producers" and "The Scottsboro Boys," is …
It’s a challenge for anyone writing a high-school movie: How do you make teen characters believable? Here's one way: Be a 15-year-old girl. "I got made fun of for being weird and artsy…
Here are the people, shows and events sure to grab Broadway's attention in 2018. Abracadabra: The "Harry Potter" carnival is headed to town, and tickets are going fast: Every time a new bloc…
Matthew Broderick, a high-priced talent with an estimated net worth of $45 million, is in the Christmas spirit. His next performance will be far off-off-Broadway, but it is sold out, since t…