“Independence Day: Resurgence" didn't surge. Few seemed willing to call the "Ghostbusters." And audiences were sort of bored with "Bourne." The summer of 2016 may turn out be a memorab…
Never has a "Tempest" touched off such a tempest. The all-female, bare-bodied Bard production that played Central Park in May was both warmly reviewed ("Liberating," trilled the Huffington P…
It won't be long before it's time to snuggle up with a good book on a cold day. Here are a couple that theater lovers will devour. Modesty forbids me from mentioning that the paperback editi…
Fans of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical “Hamilton” (so, everybody) got an extremely rare treat Wednesday when Tony Award-winning actress Renée Elise Goldsberry performed …
If you’ve got the time, Bruce has got the tunes. Exactly a week after The Boss played his longest-ever gig on American soil with an astonishing 3Â hour, 59 minute performance at MetL…
Gene Wilder's most celebrated partnership was, of course, with Mel Brooks in such comedy classics as "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein." But I've been struck by the …
Early in the evening of Dec. 26, 1941, a train bound for Fort Knox pulled out of Union Station in Washington, DC. Four Secret Service agents stood guard over an assortment of discreet-lookin…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. " It was another record-breaking night for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with a few surprises thrown in at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The Springsteen…
Psyched for fall? Josh Groban and Robert Morse are. At 35 and 85, respectively, they can't wait to get to Broadway. "I'm working harder than I ever have in my life and I'm loving every minut…
Lewis Black is headed to Broadway with a new show " "Black to the Future" " that may turn out to be his farewell tour. It's the election that's making him contemplate his future. "What, real…
“Hamilton" has a new Mr. Burr, sir! Brandon Victor Dixon stepped into Leslie Odom Jr.'s boots this week, but he's no Broadway newbie: The 34-year-old Maryland native helped create the …
The story of Jeffrey Dahmer, the nation’s most notorious cannibal, is going Disney. Disney actor Ross Lynch, 20, has been tapped to play the Wisconsin serial killer " who was beaten to…
In the halls of the Public Theater, where "Hamilton" started, they're buzzing about another new musical with a one-word title " "Bunuel." That would be Luis Bunuel, the great surrealist dire…
He worked on "Sleeping Beauty," "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book." But while those Disney films are ageless, their animators are not " which is why Floyd Norman found himself canned becau…
Veteran actor James Caan has no qualms about starring in the Hallmark movie "JL Family Ranch." Just don't expect him to ever do another TV series. "Never. Under no conditions," says Caan, 76…
Judy, Barbra, Gaga? On Wednesday it was confirmed that Lady Gaga will play the leading role in a new Warner Bros. remake of "A Star Is Born," to be directed by the actor Bradley Cooper, who …
"Groundhog Day" is coming to Broadway. Ah, but when? That question is causing some panic among the producers of this season's crop of new musicals. "Groundhog Day" opened to rave reviews thi…
Harry Potter continues to dazzle. Scholastic said it has sold 3.3 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two." The "script book," the eighth Potter book, is based…
After writing last week about Alex Timbers being replaced as the director of Disney's "Frozen" " Stephen Daldry may take the job " I heard from some of Timbers' friends. Word was that the si…
The Post gets results. In the case of Florence Foster Jenkins, we killed her. Or so the new movie " "Florence Foster Jenkins," starring the great Meryl Streep " would have you believe. Jenki…
The 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival rolls into town Friday, and for the next two weeks, you and sundry hungry off-Broadway producers are invited to look for the next "Urin…
Olaf may get a new boss. Disney is in talks with director Stephen Daldry to take the reins of its Broadway musical "Frozen." Daldry, who won a Tony for his terrific staging of "Billy Elliot,…
Julie Taymor " of "Lion King" fame and "Spider-Man" infamy " was recently asked what it would take to get her back to Broadway. "Oh, I'm coming," Taymor told The Post's Barbara Hoffman. "It …
Decades before she soared with "The Lion King" " even longer before she crashed with "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" " Julie Taymor saw her first Shakespeare play. It was 1960, and young Jul…
Fire up the klieg lights " it looks like Norma Desmond is returning to Broadway. A push is on to bring a celebrated British revival of "Sunset Boulevard," starring Glenn Close, to the Palace…