Broadway Reviews
Broadway: New Jean Valjean of “Les Miz” Says TSA Searches His Luggage “All the Time”
"Les Miz" is back on Broadway, better than ever. Last night the overstuffed Imperial Theater was rocking as Ramin Karimloo--Â a big star in...
Theater
Radio City Scraps Big Budget Rockettes Show That Was Supposed to Launch Next Week
Whoops! Radio City Music Hall will not be hosting "Hearts and Lights" starting next week as planned. The big budget Rockettes show was supposed...
Broadway Reviews
Broadway: Disney’s “Aladdin” Is A Surprise Throwback Hit
Well, I am surprised. Even though I laughed out loud at the 1992 animated "Aladdin" with Robin Williams, I didn't think I wanted to...
Theater
Great Mark Ruffalo-Keira Knightley Film Gets Strange Name Change, to Close Tribeca
The best film seen at last fall's Toronto Film Fest was John Carney's "Can a Song Save Your Life?" Now for some reason it's...
Theater
“Rocky” Delivers a Knock Out Punch on Broadway, And Wins the Match
Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" is now a Broadway musical. Listen, it's a hit. There's no way around it. "Rocky" is a huge entertaining spectacle led...
Celebrity
Oscar Boom: Idina Menzel Broadway Musical “If Then” Has $900K Week — Before It Even Starts
Wow! "If/Then," a Broadway musical sold $909,000 worth of tickets last week in its first week of previews-- seven performances altogether. Why? The show's...
Theater
LBJ Now the New “Lincoln” With Spielberg in Audience at Broadway Opening
I remember Lyndon Baines Johnson. When he announced he wasn't running for re-election in March 1968, the United States of America was on fire....
Music
Emma Thompson Sheds Mary Poppins for Mrs. Lovett in Magnificent “Sweeney Todd”
I'd have paid double last night and would pay it again to see Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in "Sweeney Todd" at Avery Fisher...