Friday, November 15, 2024

Theater

New Broadway Play Makes Last Minute Changes Because of Boston– Deletes Bomb Reference

Playwright Richard Greenberg had an unenviable problem yesterday. Just as his excellent new play "The Assembled Parties" was about to debut, he had to...

Broadway: “Matilda” Will Make Tony Award Race for Best Musical Tightest Ever

"Matilda" opens tonight on Broadway, adding itself to "Kinky Boots," the soon to close "Hands on A Hardbody," and "Cinderella" (a new old show)....

Broadway “Spider Man” Lawsuits Are Settled: Turn off The Lawyers

The lawsuit between "Spider Man: Turn off the Dark" creator Julie Taymor and the show's producers has been settled. Here's the release: New York, NY -...

Cyndi Lauper Has Written a Buoyant, Jubilant “Kinky Boots” — It’s A Hit

Cyndi Lauper is the hardest working rock star I know. She started out when Madonna debuted. Everyone thought Cyndi would be the bigger star....

A Phil Spector Broadway Musical? Murderer’s Wife Should Keep Her Money

A Broadway musical about Phil Spector? If I were Rachelle Spector, the 32 year old woman who married Phil Spector after he was arrested...

Keith Carradine Brings the Robert Altman-Nashville Spirit to “Hands on a Hardbody”

The latest entry for Best Musical this season was last night's "Hands on a Hardbody." The late legendary director Robert Altman was planning to...

Broadway: “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” in Play Form Stolen by Cat

I can't say Truman Capote is spinning in his grave exactly, but Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard surely are, and Tiffany's will be disappointed....

Beatles Approved: Sigourney Weaver Sends Up Her “Alien” Self in Brilliant “Vanya” on Broadway

You may recall my review of Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" from Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater. The play was...