Friday, November 1, 2024

NY Comedy Festival founder talks Joan Rivers tribute — and Bruce Springsteen’s appearance with wife Patti Scialfa by Johnny Oleksinski

A tribute show honoring Joan Rivers, and the "Stand Up For Heroes" benefit event featuring Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, are all part of the 2024 New York Comedy Festival.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:16PM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Why do Hollywood A-Listers gamble their reputations and egos on Broadway shows? by Johnny Oleksinski

For everybody, Broadway — despite the nostalgic fun of putting on a show — comes at an enormous risk to a star’s pride and reputation. 

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:07PM
Thursday, October 24, 2024

‘Romeo + Juliet’ review: ‘Heartstopper’ star Kit Connor shines in hollow Broadway show by Johnny Oleksinski

What an impressive, heart-stopping Broadway debut from the young British star of Netflix’s “Heartstopper.”

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

‘Left on Tenth’ review: Julianna Margulies’ Broadway show is a sappy slog by Johnny Oleksinski

Delia Ephron’s play starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher wants to be a moving romantic comedy, but it's sluggish and awkward.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:30PM
Sunday, October 20, 2024

‘Sunset Boulevard’ review: Nicole Scherzinger stuns in scorching, brilliant Broadway revival by Johnny Oleksinski

Andrew Lloyd Webber's “Sunset Boulevard,” which opened Sunday night at the St. James Theatre, is Broadway’s most exhilarating show in years

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:03PM
Thursday, October 17, 2024

Broadway’s ‘Something Rotten’ gets reinvented by Canada’s Stratford Festival — and it’s hysterical by Johnny Oleksinski

What a joy it is to see “Something Rotten” transformed into something terrific.  The caffeinated comedy, which played New York back in 2015, is the marquee musical of the Stratford Fest…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:59AM
Saturday, October 12, 2024

Fleetwood Mac producer sues Tony Award-winning Broadway play that Brad Pitt owns the film rights to by Johnny Oleksinski

The playwright and producers of “Stereophonic,” this year’s Tony Award winner for Best Play, and its landlord the Shubert Organization are being sued by writers Steven Stiefel and Ken …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:14PM
Thursday, October 10, 2024

‘Our Town’ review: Bland Broadway revival starring Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes doesn’t hit home by Johnny Oleksinski

Director Kenny Leon’s staging of “Our Town” is among the most uninvolving and anemic our critic has ever seen.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:05PM

Opera featuring lesbian sex scenes, bloody gore leaves 18 requiring medical treatment from graphic 3-hour show by Adriana Diaz

"Sancta Susanna" tells the story of a suppressed nun’s journey of self-discovery and sexuality, featuring shocking elements including nudity, explicit sex scenes and real injuries.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:49PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Broadway’s Ken Page, star of ‘Cats’ and ‘The Wiz’, dead at 70 by Johnny Oleksinski

Ken Page, the formidable Broadway actor and voice of Oogie Boogie in the film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” has died.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:17PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

‘McNeal’ review: Robert Downey Jr.’s awful Broadway play about AI is a total wipeout by Johnny Oleksinski

The tiresome Broadway play “McNeal,” starring Robert Downey Jr. at Lincoln Center, is about every windbag’s favorite topic — AI.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:01PM

Nicole Scherzinger emerges from theater in nightgown, covered in ‘blood’ by Johnny Oleksinski

No, the former Pussycat Doll didn’t get into a fist fight in Shubert Alley — she’s the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway musical “Sunset Boulevard,” which started previews l…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:30PM

Tony-winning Broadway star Gavin Creel dead at 48 by Johnny Oleksinski

Gavin Creel, the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway musicals such as “Hello, Dolly!” and “Hair,” died Monday in Manhattan, his partner confirmed. He was 48.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:18PM
Sunday, September 29, 2024

‘Hills of California’ review: A cutthroat new stage mother on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

At the Broadhurst Theatre, where Jez Butterworth’s new play “The Hills of California” opened on Sunday night, lives Laura Donnelly's stern and captivating Veronica Webb.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Saturday, August 31, 2024

‘Outsiders’ actress Emma Pittman says producer Angelina Jolie had her back as the only female lead in the Broadway musical by Angela Barbuti

The only female lead in Broadway's "The Outsiders" said the show's producer Angelina Jolie helped advocate for her and the other women in the cast.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:32AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Bernadette Peters is going on a short tour. How much are tickets? by Matt Levy

The bombshell mezzo-soprano headlines at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 28.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:25PM
Friday, August 23, 2024

‘Job’ on Broadway: Get tickets now to see ‘Succession’ stars by Matt Levy

The buzzy corporate satire runs until Oct. 27 at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:07PM
Monday, August 12, 2024

‘Once Upon a Mattress’ review: Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

A show and a star have aligned. Mary Rodgers’ 1959 musical comedy has found Sutton Foster.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Disney’s ‘Greatest Showman’ stage musical will play London in 2026 by Johnny Oleksinski

Look out ‘cause here it comes.  Disney Theatrical Group announced that a new stage musical of “The Greatest Showman” is in development at their D23 fan convention in Anaheim, Calif., …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:05AM
Friday, August 9, 2024

Stephanie Mills takes the yellow brick road back to Broadway — 50 years after ‘The Wiz’: ‘It’s been a wonderful journey’ by Chuck Arnold

For the first time since “The Wiz,” R&B legend Stephanie Mills is back in another Tony-winning Broadway musical, as Hermes in “Hadestown.”

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:27PM
Thursday, August 8, 2024

What do tickets cost to see Adam Driver in ‘Hold On To Me Darling’? by Matt Levy

Opening night is Sept. 24 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:58AM
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

‘Annie’ starring Whoopi Goldberg is coming to NYC. Get tickets today by Matt Levy

The sun will come out Dec. 4 when the hit musical opens at The Theater at MSG.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:22PM
Monday, August 5, 2024

‘Job’ review: A millennial cracks in tense Broadway two-hander by Johnny Oleksinski

Max Wolf Friedlich’s spicy drama is a collision of all of those essays and studies you’ve read about that age group’s unique tendencies — especially their desire to get paid by doing…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:08PM
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter set ‘Bill & Ted’ Reunion in Broadway’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Whitney Vasquez

Excellent! Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are having a "Bill & Ted" reunion.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:31PM
Monday, July 29, 2024
Saturday, July 27, 2024

The sensational ‘Oh, Mary!’ proves you can’t predict a Broadway hit by Johnny Oleksinski

Something I would have never guessed five years ago: One of Broadway’s hottest shows is a rip-roaring comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:06AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

‘Oh, Mary’ extends Broadway run. How much do tickets cost? by Matt Levy

The laugh out loud funny show now runs until Nov. 10.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:04AM
Thursday, July 11, 2024

‘Oh, Mary!’ review: The funniest show on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

The preposterously enjoyable non-musical play does the impossible —thanks to the irrepressible comic genius of playwright and actor Cole Escola.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic