Nathan Lane is still the biggest draw on Broadway
And the box office champ of the fall is " Nathan Lane in "The Front Page." The revival recouped its $4.8 million production cost at the end of December, and is on track to make a tidy pro…
And the box office champ of the fall is " Nathan Lane in "The Front Page." The revival recouped its $4.8 million production cost at the end of December, and is on track to make a tidy pro…
WASHINGTON " Hillary Clinton may not have won the White House, but she earned rave Broadway reviews Sunday. The former Secretary of State received several sustained standing ovations at the …
The return of "To Tell the Truth" has given its host, Anthony Anderson ("Black-ish"), two successful shows on ABC. But the true breakout star of "Truth" (Sundays at 9 p.m.) might just be And…
Oh, to be young, on Broadway and getting notes from Robert De Niro. In other words, how nice to be Hudson Loverro, who plays the kid in "A Bronx Tale," the hit musical directed by De Niro an…
As we swing into 2017, let's look at the people, shows and events certain to make news on Broadway in the months ahead. Hello, $$$! Bette Midler is shaping up as the No. 1 box-office draw th…
The combative relationship between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher was most famously captured in the roman a clef (and 1990 movie) "Postcards From the Edge," but that story was told from F…
The Broadway League was scrambling Tuesday for its members to authorize dimming the lights in honor of Debbie Reynolds and, perhaps, Carrie Fisher. Reynolds is probably a sure bet, since she…
Bryan Cranston seems to be everywhere (Movies! TV! Broadway!) And in the case of "Sneaky Pete," that's definitely a good thing. The award-winning actor ("Breaking Bad," Broadway's "All the W…
If the holiday season is marked by TV doldrums, then consider New Year's Day its re-awakening. The networks are debuting plenty of programming on Sunday to help you ring in 2017 (it's like t…
This was the year "Hamilton" and "The Humans" got what they deserved " multiple Tonys, including those for, respectively, Best Musical and Best Play. So let's put them aside for this list an…
Broadway will be dimming its lights a lot in the coming weeks. Dick Latessa, who won a Tony for "Hairspray," died Dec. 19. Soon after, the theater lost Willa Kim, who designed the stylish an…
When George Michael released his first solo album "Faith" in 1987, his first order of business was to slay the beast of his previous life in Wham! As the first (and title) track of the album…
Yes, Virginia, there are people who work Christmas Day without kicking up a fuss. Like the Rockettes " who kick, period. Since Radio City Music Hall's "Christmas Spectacular" began in 1933, …
So here we go again, from the sublime to the ridiculous " TV style. Just as we're getting psyched for WPIX/Ch. 11's annual New Year's Eve marathon of "The Honeymooners," falling on the 60th …
When Harvey Fierstein slipped on a housecoat to play Edna in "Hairspray," his co-star, Dick Latessa, told him he wasn't the first to do a musical in drag: "We did a number in the out-of-town…
If (like me) you have a parental obsession with brainwashing your children to adore everything from Sinatra to "Shake It Off," "Sing" may be your most effective weapon since "Happy Fe…
If you're hosting him for a party, he'll be sure to bring a "good bottle of champagne."
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth is soaking in all the holidays have to offer this year. Getting nominated for a Grammy for her new album was a gift in itself, but Chenoweth still knows exact…
She’s a slut, he's a cad " and you can't take your eyes off them. They're Hélène and Anatole, the hot couple of "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812." Those who go to see J…
Stephen McKinley Henderson is thankful for Denzel Washington. Both men star, with Viola Davis, in the film version of August Wilson's "Fences," out Christmas Day. But without Washington, Hen…
As musical-comedy shrines go, it's hard to top the staircase off the lobby of the St. James Theatre. Every night in the spring of 2001, Mel Brooks and his creative team sat on those steps in…
What has more than 700 MetroCards but can't get you on the subway? That would be the dress Moya Angela wears in Broadway's "In Transit," opening Sunday night. When she sashays onstage in it …
On the menu today: Some Shubert Alley scuttlebutt. Everybody's wondering if "The Band's Visit," the new critics' darling down at the Atlantic Theater, will move to Broadway in the spring and…
Honorable, worthy and windy, "Fences" is essentially a PBS episode of "Great Performances" that is inflated for the big screen without ever quite belonging there. Not so much a film based on…
Disgraced impresario Garth Drabinsky kicked off his comeback campaign in Toronto by hosting a press preview last week of his new musical, "Sousatzka." With the confidence of a veteran huckst…