Saturday, November 9, 2024

Theater

Broadway Shows Post Huge Easter Week Numbers, “Rocky” Finally Takes Off

Broadway shows really benefited from the Passover-Easter holiday. All the shows got big numbers at the box office. The big news is that "Rocky"...

Review: “Of Mice and Men” Brings Broadway Debuts for Franco, O’Dowd and Meester

No one can be unhappy with the new Broadway production of "Of Mice and Men." Certainly not John Steinbeck. Except for opening night last...

“Soul Train” is Coming to Broadway: Get out the Afro Wigs and Platform Shoes

Broadway continues to revisit pop music of the recent past. "Motown" is a big hit, and "Rock of Ages" keeps chugging along. And don't...

Word: Annette Bening Coming Back to New York Theatre This Summer

Is Annette Bening returning to New York theater at last? I am told-- still unconfirmed--that Bening has agreed to play Goneril in the New...

New York Theatre Scoops: Cynthia Nixon in Directing Debut, James Earl Jones Can’t Take it With Him

These are EXCLUSIVES (sorry, have to do that because some people just don't learn): James Earl Jones may be heading back to Broadway this...

Woody Allen’s Smash Broadway Opening: Film’s Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest “Loved It”

Dianne Wiest won the second of her two Oscars (so far) for Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" in 1995. (The first was for "Hannah...

NYDaily News Does Mia Farrow’s Dirty Work: Bullets Over Broadway is Not About the Cotton Club

We live now in an era where something whispered into a gullible ear becomes repeated by lemmings on the internet until World War III...

Broadway: “Joneses” is a Bust, “Bridges” Burning, “Mother” Failing, “If/Then” Iffy

Broadway was not hot last week. It was cold, as a nasty breeze whipped through Shubert Alley. "The Realistic Joneses" finally opened last night...