T.R. Knight to 'Lend' Talent to Broadway
Tuesday June 30, 2009
Grey's Anatomy star, or former star, T.R. Knight will star in the 2010 Broadway revival of Lend Me A Tenor, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Tenor is a good, old-fashioned farce and ... Read More
Street Closing: Avenue Q Shutting Down
Monday June 29, 2009
With over six years at Broadway's Golden Theatre, the Tony Best Musical Avenue Q will close September 13 after 2,534 performances, Playbill.com reported.
The show started at The Vineyard Theatre ... Read More
Michael Jackson Still a 'Thriller' in London
Friday June 26, 2009
It's not so well known in the United States, but Michael Jackson has a strong connection to theater in Europe.
As fans and entertainers around the world react to Jackson's death, ... Read More
Broadway Sales and Attendance Up
Tuesday June 23, 2009
If you like Broadway (and, really, who doesn’t? I don’t want to know that person), then you’ll be cheered by the most recent weekly sales figures and percents of ... Read More
Richard Leaving Second Stage
Friday June 19, 2009
The woman who ushered off-Broadway nonprofit Second Stage Theatre onto Broadway with the purchase of the Helen Hayes Theatre is ushering herself out of Second Stage.
Ellen Richard will step down ... Read More
Early Discount Alert!
Thursday June 18, 2009
This is way early, but just in case you can make it, on August 10, Roundabout Theatre Company will sell $10 tickets for the September 10 first preview of its ... Read More
Bret Michaels - A Stand-Up Guy
Thursday June 18, 2009
It's not often you can prove yourself to be a stand-up guy by falling down.
Poison lead singer and reality TV star Bret Michaels was knocked to the floor, split ... Read More
Good News Is the Bad News Isn't So Bad
Tuesday June 16, 2009
Remember the impending demise of Broadway? Well, you might want to hold off writing the obit.
Between last fall's market meltdown and the multiple show closings in January, many predicted ... Read More
Giggling? No. Gagging? No. Good actors? Yes.
Monday June 15, 2009
Word got out last week through the New York Post that the all-star cast of God of Carnage lost it on stage when James Gandolfini and Hope Davis forgot lines, ... Read More
Cast CD for new 'West Side Story'
Thursday June 11, 2009
The innovative new version of the classic musical West Side Story is now captured on a Sony Masterworks CD featuring the cast of the current Broadway revival.
Arthur Laurents, the ... Read More
Post-Tony Casualties Already Falling
Wednesday June 10, 2009
The 2009 Tony Awards were only announced Sunday, June 7, but already two nominees who didn't win in their main category announced closing dates.
The Des McAnuff-directed revival of ... Read More
5 Reasons It Was a Great Tony Awards Year
Tuesday June 9, 2009
Three words - "I told you so:" No, wait. That's four words. The three words are "Neil Patrick Harris," whom I predicted would be a hit. The Harris-hosted Tonys ... Read More
'Billy Elliot' Takes 10 Tonys
Sunday June 7, 2009
The 2009 Tony Awards ran true to expectations with Billy Elliot taking the 10 of its record-tying 15 nominations, including Best Musical. But Next to Normal played the spoiler by ... Read More
Chase King Lear Through Central Park for Free
Thursday June 4, 2009
Looking for a discounted theater experience in New York? I think “free” is about as discounted as it gets, plus you get to chase actors through Central Park.
New York Classical ... Read More
You're Welcome, Mr. President
Wednesday June 3, 2009
When President Obama and the First Lady had a New York "date night" last Saturday to see Joe Turner's Come and Gone, it apparently cost $24,000, and everyone seemed in ... Read More
Musicals That Changed Broadway
Tuesday June 2, 2009
With the Tonys just around the corner, it seems a good time to look at a bit of Broadway history. So I made a list of "10 Musicals That Changed ... Read More
'Hair'-y Time for Taking Kids to Broadway
Monday June 1, 2009
Despite predictions of declining theater attendance, I remain confident that good shows will continue to attract solid audiences. And while it's never too early to starting interesting your kids in ... Read More
