Monday, November 25, 2024

Theater

Review: Billy Crystal Gets Vindication for “Mr. Saturday Night” After 30 Years

Buddy Young Jr. is back. Three decades ago, Billy Crystal's character, a 70ish comic who was over the hill, was not so pleasant in...

Broadway Booms: Brilliant Billy Crystal Tonight, Daniel Craig Bows in “Macbeth” Tomorrow, Bob Dylan Musical is Back!

It's a booming week on Broadway. Sunday brought "Funny Girl" and last night "A Strange Loop" made for cutting edge material. Tonight, Billy Crystal debuts his...

Broadway Review: Mary Louise Parker and David Morse Soar in Complex “How I Learned to Drive” Revival

Ewwww! That’s not my critique of Paula Vogel’s tight memory play, "How I Learned to Drive"-- rather the play, now having a Broadway debut...

Broadway: Outer Critics Snub “Funny Girl,” Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Most Anyone Famous

Well, the Outer Critics Circle nominations are really Out There. The group made itself unimportant instantly by snubbing everyone famous on Broadway, and all the...

Library of Congress Acquires the Papers of Neil Simon, Broadway’s Most Successful Playwright

For several decades there wasn't a Broadway without a Neil Simon play, or two, lighting up the Great White Way. Now the Library of Congress...

Broadway: Beanie Feldstein Makes a Terrific Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” Revival, Plus Barbra Streisand Ain’t Coming Back

I'm just back from the opening night of the first ever revival of "Funny Girl" on Broadway in 58 years. What I'm reading is...

Bobby Morse Succeeded in Show Business: RIP at 90, Emmy and Tony Winner

Robert Morse is gone at age 90. His impish charm, noted everywhere this morning, served him well. His big early moment came in 1962's...

Some Like It VERY Hot: Cool New Musical of Famed Movie Coming to Broadway This Fall

Sounds like a drag: "Some Like it Hot" is coming to Broadway this fall in a very cool production. The book is by Matthew Lopez...