Saturday, January 11, 2025

Theater

Tony Awards Ratings Take HUGE Tumble as Bette Midler Non-Performance Costs CBS and Show Plenty

The Tony Awards ratings were very very bad. Of course last year was a high because of "Hamilton." Total viewers were 8.73 million. Last night, total...

Broadway: Bette Midler Snubs the Tony Awards But They Give Her Best Actress Anyway

Bette Midler didn't perform on the Tony Awards but they gave her Best Actress in a Musical for "Hello. Dolly!" tonight. Ben Platt won...

Tony Awards Show Snubs, Plus Weird Twist: Christian Borle Will Perform from Closed Show– “Falsettos”– and Not Current One, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

The Tony Awards are upon us Sunday and we can't wait. But there's always drama. This drama is not about Bette Midler snubbing the Tonys...

Broadway: Jason Alexander Will Star in New Play by “Moonstruck” Writer John Patrick Shanley

Jason Alexander is finally coming to Broadway in something new by someone great. The once and for all time George Costanza will not be...

Tony Awards Are Sunday: Who Should Win, Plus Nominee Sally Field is Staying Put in New York

The Tony Awards are Sunday on CBS. Even if Bette Midler doesn't perform (doesn't look like she will) there will be plenty of stars...

Jimmy Buffet Musical “Escape to Margaritaville” Coming to Broadway Next March

Broadway news-- we're wasting away again in Margaritaville. Jimmy Buffet's classic pop song is becoming a whole Broadway show. Expect a lot of parrots....

Bette Midler Accepts Outer Critics Award for “Hello Dolly”: “This is the hardest job I’ve ever had in my whole life”

Most of the stars who won awards from the Outer Critics Circle Awards showed up on Thursday afternoon for the annual pre-theater dinner at...

Roseanne Barr Goes to See TV Sister Laurie Metcalf on Broadway, Walks with a Cane

On Wednesday night the audience at "A Doll's House Part 2" got a nice surprise: Roseanne Barr was in the house. Roseanne, walking with...