Alicia Keys is standing her ground. She's going to perform live on stage for anyone who buys a ticket to her "Hell's Kitchen" musical after the show is over on September 26th and 27th. The s…
Eve Ensler, a remarkable playwright who invented The Vagina Monologues, calls herself "V" now. But for the purposes of publicity, most fans know her as Eve Ensler. V has written a new work c…
Exclusive: Evidently no one wants to work at the Kennedy Center. They're currently listing 31 jobs on LinkedIn, from Senior Vice President Artistic Programming ($340,000 per year) to Shuttle…
When the late New Yorker movie writer, Lillian Ross, revealed the story of her affair with the magazine's fabled editor, it blew the minds of the literati. Now the late William Shawn's son, …
UPDATE: A new report also says an investor is suing the producers. As I wrote below, the show cost $24.25 million, it's a total loss. Billy Porter may have sepsis or is just smart about aban…
"Hamilton" is a hit in theaters. Thursday and Friday audiences brought in almost $4 million. The Tony Award winning Broadway musical's filmed version " which has been playing on Disney Plus …
The "Hamilton" 10th anniversary marketing campaign rolls on. Last night, Lin Manuel Miranda and a lot of his original Broadway cast came to Shakespeare in the Park's Delacorte Theater for a …
EXCLUSIVE: Sue Gilad aka Suzanne Gilad has her name on dozens of Broadway shows. She's listed as a "producer," but she's an investor, who's got " or had " her claws in hits like "Moulin Roug…
How much more damage can Trump and his lackeys inflict on the poor Kennedy Center? In a further move to the right, Richard Grennell and his pack of thugs have fired the dance programmers. Th…
Aunt Ada from "The Gilded Age" is coming to Broadway. She may run into Mrs. Russell. I told you this week that Carrie Coon will be on the boards this fall in Tracey Letts' "Bug." Now Cynthia…
They say if you bring big stars to Broadway, the audience will show up. But so far the fall season is looking tenuous at best even with three big names about to hit the stage. Shows starring…
When we last saw Bertha Russell, she was aghast that her husband left her. That was on "The Gilded Age." Now Mrs. Russell's portrayer, Carrie Coon, is coming to Broadway this fall. She'll st…
There were so many stars in the opening night audience last night for Jeff Ross's Broadway debut that it was dizzying. Ross, famous for being a "roast master," pulled off a coup with his one…
It hasn't been an easy summer on Broadway. While Times Square is filled with thousands of people milling around taking pictures with Elmo, the theater district has struggled. Last week's box…
I know, Putin and Trump are rolling in the hay but back in Washington, the Kennedy Center is still mired in trouble. The New York Times reported today that Jeffrey Finn, the long time produc…
Mira Sorvino is coming to Broadway. The Oscar winner will join the long running musical "Chicago" on September 15th as Roxie Hart. Roxie is kind of the musical version of Mira's award winnin…
It was just a short time ago that Gracie Mansion hosted the Made in NY Awards for the movie community. That was before Mayor Eric Adams was on the run, so to speak, from Zohar Mamdani in the…
"Hamilton" is coming to the big screen. Sort of. Disney will release the original filmed version of the musical on September 5th to theaters. This is the version that was shown on Disney Plu…
I keep reading that Las Vegas is empty right now. International tourists are staying away in droves. I guess the idea of being rounded up by ICE agents and sent to the Sudan is unappealing. …
I can't wait until this fall when someone at the New York Post expresses outrage at the price of tickets for Tom Hanks's off Broadway show. Right now, the Post is running advertorial for Viv…
Liza Minnelli is one of our premier artists in the world. An Oscar winner, along with an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe " not to mention a Lifetime Achievement statue from the…
Donald Trump wants to end the opera component at the Kennedy Center. He's trying to push through a plan rename the opera house after First Lady Melania Trump. If Congress votes for this, the…
"Gypsy" starring Audra McDonald is closing early, on August 1th This abrupt announcement came tonight. Despite great reviews, "Gypsy" has struggled to keep an audience. The musical played at…
Nothing good lasts forever. After four years of being cancelled, Broadway producer Scott Rudin is coming back. Rudin and Barry Diller are producing a new play called "Little Bear Ridge Road,…
Marilyn Maye " she's 97, she looks fantastic and sounds even better. What's the story here? She's been a cabaret star since the 1950s. She recorded the song "Cabaret" five years before Liza …