Saturday, November 16, 2024

Theater

New Shakespeare Film: The Really Bad News, and A Little Good News

Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous" opens this week. It should be called "Preposterous." The film makes a case that William Shakespeare didn't write his plays. Instead,...

Woody Allen Play Opening Is A Hit with A List Audience

The trio of one act plays called "Relatively Speaking" is a hit--opening last night on Broadway with contributions from Woody Allen, Elaine May, and...

(Update) Exclusive: Kirstie Alley Trying for Broadway Debut

Exclusive: Kirstie Alley--newly slimmed down, but still a dieting Scientologist--is planning a Broadway debut. I'm told that Kirstie has agreed to do a three...

Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett Return to Broadway After 20 Years (or More) Away

What a night on Broadway: "The Mountaintop" opened, with incendiary performances from Samuel L. Jackson respectively as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Angela...

“The King’s Speech” Sets Actors for UK Run, Broadway Will Follow

"The King's Speech" is headed to Broadway. But readers of this column know I broke this story last year--that David Seidler wrote the script...

Alicia Keys Writing Music for Broadway Play

Alicia Keys -- Grammy winner, newcomer from a decade ago--has really spread her wings in showbiz. She's now writing music for the new Broadway...

Broadway Spider Man: Casting Call for New Female Leads

Broadway's $70 million "Spider Man: Turn off the Dark" actually started performances in mid November 2010, if you recall. Coming up on the year...

Alicia Keys Broadway Play Sets Cast With Stars from “ER” and “Psych”

Alicia Keys is producing a Broadway play. Why not? She's conquered pop music, that's for sure. The play, "Stick Fly," will star Ruben Santiago...