Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Theater

Broadway Show Changes: “Company” Cancels Today’s Matinee, “Music Man” Returns Tonight After COVID Break

Broadway continues to tough it out with COVID. Today's 2 pm matinee of "Company" has been cancelled due to illness. They'll be back tonight at...

Broadway: “The Music Man” with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Pauses Performances Because of COVID

There's trouble in River City.  Trouble with a capital T. "The Music Man" has thrown in the towel. The new musical, already a hit after...

Broadway: Sutton Foster’s “Music Man” Understudy Praised by Hugh Jackman, But “Waitress” Closes in COVID Disaster

There was a lot of excitement last night at the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway. Sutton Foster didn't appear in the fourth preview-- does...

Is There Still Sex in the City? No, and Candace Bushnell Closes One Woman Show Thanks to COVID

Is there still Sex in the City? The quick answer is No. Candace Bushnell, who wrote the New York Observer columns that formed the basis...

Broadway COVID Emergency: Actor Knocked Out by Virus, Playwright Steps in and Takes Over Role

What to do when COVID comes for a Broadway cast right before it's curtain up? Last night on Broadway the new, highly praised play "Thoughts...

UPDATE: Sorting Out the Mysterious Announcement of an Unlikely “West Side Story” Sequel as Told in Forbes.com

UPDATE 12/30/21: Marc Hershberg wrote a follow up story to his original one about all this. Here's the link. Hershberg tells me he wrote...

Broadway: “The Lion King” Pawses Performances Until December 27th, Joins a Long List of Shows

That's it for Simba and friends. "The Lion King" on Broadway is paws-ing performances until December 26th because of COVID. The long running hit joins a...

Ironic: COVID Kills Off Alanis Morissette Broadway Musical “Jagged Little Pill,” Ends Run Because of Virus

It's ironic, as Alanis Morissette once sang. The pop star's Broadway musical, "Jagged Little Pill," is dead thanks to COVID. The show's producers say the...