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The hottest show on Broadway is sold out every single night. There is a thrilling standing ovation smack dab in the middle of the second act. And normal people are paying nearly $800 a pop t…
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 …
Getting dumped via text is nothing to laugh about " but that's just what female comedy troupe the Blogologues will do on April 22. The comediennes' popular show, "How To Break Up by Text," h…
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…
A day after Easter, there was a miracle on Broadway. Andy Karl, the star of the new musical “Groundhog Day” opened his show Monday night, donning a black knee brace, but showing …
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. …
"I was sort of born in the East Village," says Harvey Fierstein, who actually hails from Brooklyn but came of age at La MaMa and other East Village haunts in the '70s. Now, after 30 years wr…
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…
Cue your best Janice-style "Oh. My. God!" " because "Friends: The Musical" is coming to off-Broadway. The unauthorized musical parody will be bringing back your six favorite coffee-shop loit…
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 …
When the cast of "The Fate of the Furious" " the eighth film in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise " hit CinemaCon to preview footage for theater owners in Las Vegas on March 29, it was li…
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…
Two grouses, both alike in bitchery In fair Amer'ca where we lay our scene. One tabloid grudge makes for swell dramedy, While TV gold makes Broadway show lose sheen. It's a tasty coincidence…
At last, an elephant act even PETA would applaud: Meet Queenie and her son, Karanga, the puppet pachyderms of "Circus 1903," now playing the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Not since "War …
Sitting on the floor of her dressing room, the light glinting off her scooter, Madison Ferris finishes her pre-show, quinoa-and-kale supper and smiles. "This is the dream!" she says. In 45 m…
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…
Jessica Hecht plays complicated women: Ross' ex-wife's second wife on "Friends"; Golde, the sharp-tongued matriarch of "Fiddler on the Roof," and now, the devoted wife of Mark Ruffalo's poli…
Any doubts Danny Rubin had about his dream project were vanquished by Stephen Sondheim, who said "Groundhog Day" would make a good musical. That was in 2003. By then, Rubin and Harold Ramis'…
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…
Loved the movie? See the show! Broadway hopes you'll do just that this spring, when the curtains rise on "Groundhog Day," "Anastasia," "Amélie" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" " the…
Broadway loves an overnight sensation " a newcomer heralded by critics and adored by audiences. The fresh face this season belongs to . . . Danny DeVito. OK, so he's not exactl…
Broadway loves brand-name titles, from movies ("Groundhog Day") to books ("Wicked") to television shows (a "Wonder Years" musical is in the works). So why not . . . board games…
Filmmakers have long used focus groups and test audiences to determine how to best tweak their vision for maximum crowd appeal. It makes good business sense, and can increase the likelihood …
Go, Go gay Power Ranger! “Power Rangers,” the Lionsgate reboot of the popular kids TV show, will debut its first openly gay action hero when it opens in theaters nationwide on…
Broadway has always been a boys' club. Sure, there are some powerful female producers " Daryl Roth ("Kinky Boots"), Lynne Meadow (the head of the Manhattan Theatre Club) and Fran Weissler ("…
