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Paul Mescal is going to be very busy in March 2025. His hit London production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" is coming to Brooklyn's BAM Theater after a run at the Almeida Theater in Islingto…
Sting led his Broadway cast of "The Last Ship" through a semi-private show last night at 54Below. The Tony nominated score in concert was supposed to serve as a 10th anniversary tribute to r…
"Q" is what everyone called him. Quincy Jones, the greatest of the great, composer, conductor, producer, has died at age 91. He was a giant. There's no other word to describe him. He was mus…
Forget "meet-cute," the winning rom-com trope that made writer Delia Ephron's career. In "Left on Tenth," Ephron's play based on her memoir at the James Earl Jones Theater about finding love…
"Romeo and Juliet." How could you screw it up with hot young people in the leads? Reviews are in from last night's Broadway opening of the Sam Gold production. Yikes. According to didtheylik…
Thornton Wilder won a Pulitzer Prize for "Our Town" in 1938, it was one of his three Pulitzers. It went on to become a staple of American theater, but sometimes we forget its powerful gut pu…
Al Pacino's "Sonny Boy" memoir is the most refreshing celebrity autobiography I've read since Keith Richards' "Life." Pacino just lets loose on everything like lots of girlfriends and romanc…
After a contentious social media war, the Broadway League has capitulated. They will dim the lights at all theaters for Maggie Smith. Gavin Creel, and Adrian Bailey. No word yet on Ken Page.…
Who deserves to have Broadway's bright lights dimmed when they pass away? There's now an all out war between the theater community and the Broadway League over decisions concerning two popul…
The indefatigable Woody Allen opened a play Friday night in, of all places, Budapest, Hungary. "Brooklyn Tale" is about a gangster and his family who somehow obtain a painting by Raphael, th…
Sarah Snook is coming to Broadway! The forever Shiv Roy of "Succession" is bringing her one woman "Picture of Dorian Gray" here in March 2025. Get the Tony Award shined up! Snook plays 26 ch…
It's a good news, bad news year for Robert Downey Jr. The former "Iron Man" won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year for "Oppenheimer." It was a moment that capped an unusual career that …
This should be an instant sell out. John Mulaney is coming to Broadway in December in a new comedy. "All In: Comedy About love by Simon Rich" will have a rotating cast of all stars performin…
The audience at Alicia Keys's Broadway show got a surprise Tuesday night. Before the intermission the show suddenly stopped. The lights went up and the stage manager appeared on stage. Tony …
The great and legendary writer-director-performer Elaine May did something very unusual on Tuesday afternoon. The Tony Award winning actress, two time Oscar nominee, winner of a Lifetime Osc…
Actress Rachel Zegler will not keep her opinions to herself, no matter how unpopular. Yesterday, Zegler " who became better known thanks to Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story " Tweeted out …
Carol Burnett, who's now 92, starred Off Broadway in 1959 in "Once Upon A Mattress." Her performance as Princess Winifred, coupled with her regular appearances on "The Garry Moore Show," mad…
Roman Roy and Saul Goodman are coming to Broadway. Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk will top line David Mamet's short but sour "Glengarry Glen Ross" next spring on the big stage. Comedian Bill…
Fifty years ago on Wednesday (last night) Philippe Petit made history walking on a highwire between the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. It was illegal, of course, but it made headline…
The Patti Lupone- Mia Farrow play coming to Broadway this month has some news. Famed director Jack O'Brien, age 86, is getting a young, perky assistant director. Marsha Mason, who's only 82,…
Um, like, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are really going to star in a Broadway play. The former stars of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" movies will play Estragon and Vladimir in Samuel …
You want tickets to this off Broadway show? Fuhgeddabout it. Adam Driver will star in Kenneth Lonergan's new play, "Hold on to Me, Darling" at the Lucille Lortel Theater beginning in Septemb…
Last night in the Hamptons: The great character actor and director Bob Balaban assembled a group of star actors to perform a collection of post-pandemic short plays to consider "The Pursuit …
Eddie Redmayne is outta here. The Oscar winner opened in "Cabaret" this past winter with hopes of winning a Tony award. He was signed up for a year. But despite a nomination, Redmayne's Oliv…
If you want to see "Merrily We Roll Along" on Broadway this week, be prepared to pony up. The revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical is seeing ticket prices up to over $5,200 on StubHub. Lo…