THE London stage version of Toby Young's media memoir, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," is getting mixed reviews - mainly because the star is too good-looking to convincingly portray a sad sack like Young.
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COULD Jennifer Lopez be trying to restart her acting career by hitting Broadway? Insiders say Lopez is interested in starring in "In the Heights," the musical about Washington Heights.
SYLVESTER Stallone is closer to his dream of bringing "Rocky" to Broadway. The action star has hired Thomas Meehan, who penned the books for "The Producers" and "Hairspray," to write "Rocky" as well, which Sly is producing as a musical.
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A BUSTY ballerina claims she was fired from the Broadway hit, "Movin' Out," because her breasts grew a cup size while she was recovering from an injury and she could no longer fit into her c…
NOT even a wizard can vote if he isn't registered. Even so, Daniel Radcliffe was thrilled to tag along with an "Equus" co-star who voted near NYU yesterday.
ANYBODY who has ever been savaged by a New York Times theater critic will get a chuckle out of "The Quality of Mercy," a short movie by New Yorker Stephen Marro.
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ELAINE Stritch was happy to let a nonprofit theater group for inner-city youths name itself after her. But when the struggling company merely asked her to come talk to the kids, she wanted m…
How much does it cost to stage a play? Do reviews matter? What should the bar staff be paid? Legendary producer Michael Codron tells Mark Lawson what a lifetime in theatre has taught him
