Theater
RIP: The Original Dolly Levi, Sparkling Broadway Legend Carol Channing, Dies at Age 97
Long before Bette Midler charged thousands of dollars to see her on Broadway, there was an original Dolly Levi. Carol Channing, who created the...
Theater
Broadway Record: “Hamilton” First Ever to Gross $4 Mil in One Week, Thanks to Kennedy Center Honors, Takes in $1 Mil More Than...
Today I received dueling press releases for Broadway plays. Either "To Kill a Mockingbird" is the biggest grossing play of all time, or "Harry...
Theater
Broadway Review: A New, Re-worked “To Kill a Mockingbird” Has Characters Speaking Up, Drawing Conclusions, Taking Swings
This is not your momma's Harper Lee.
Aaron Sorkin has famously re-worked "To Kill a Mockingbird," drawing on minute parts of the original novel and...
Theater
Broadway Tony Award Chess Game: “Network” With Bryan Cranston’s Sizzling Performance Extends til Next April, Goes Against “To Kill a Mockingbird”
This does not come as a surprise.
"Network," with Bryan Cranston's sizzling star performance, has extended its run on Broadway through next April 28th, which...
Theater
Bryan Cranston Gives a Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance in “Network,” A Play That Predicted Fox News 20 Years Before it Happened
Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky's greatest work was "Network," a screenplay for a movie that predicted Fox News twenty years before it happened. Chayefsky-- who...
Theater
Broadway Audiences At “Network” Cheer Bush, Obama, Clinton, Boo Donald Trump at End of Each Show
There's a lot going on in Ivo van Hove's "Network," which opens tonight on Broadway after a hit run in London's West End.
For one...
Theater
Broadway Actors in Opening Night of “The Cher Show” Admonish Kanye West for Using Phone Throughout Show
Opening night of "The Cher Show" on Broadway brought unusual guests: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. They sat a couple of rows in front...
Celebrity
Rex Reed, Movie Critic and Now Performer Extraordinaire: He Once Danced with Fred Astaire, Now He’s At Birdland
Rex Reed — the only still-practicing, prolifically active octogenarian critic of stage and screen in existence — sprouted yet another career Tuesday night when...