Monday, August 25, 2025

‘Twelfth Night’ review: Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh and Peter Dinklage yuk it up in Central Park by Johnny Oleksinski

“Twelfth Night,” a comedy of disguises and mistaken identities, is a smart play to reopen Shakespeare in the Park with after a two-year-long renovation break.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:25PM
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Dolly Parton’s Broadway-bound musical gets vicious reactions in Nashville: ‘Drag bar in Vegas’ by Johnny Oleksinski

Working 9 to 5? Dolly Parton’s new musical is going to need to be worked on 24/7, 365 to be remotely ready for its planned Broadway bow next year.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:57AM
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Darren Criss returning to Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ after casting backlash by Connor Surmonte

Maybe it is a happy ending for this Broadway musical after all.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:09PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Rachel Zegler is breathtaking in an ‘Evita’ that should come to Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

This bracing revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Evita" in London is the best and liveliest in ages.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:09PM
Monday, August 18, 2025

Audra McDonald claims fan followed her home, demanded autograph after ‘Gypsy’ performance: ‘Big no-no’ by Connor Surmonte

"That's now messing with my safety," the "Gypsy" star said. "And it's not right."

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:08PM
Friday, August 15, 2025

Disney can’t get ‘Hercules’ right — musical doesn’t go the distance again in London by Johnny Oleksinski

Hercules is flexing and flailing once more in London at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:45PM

‘Mamma Mia!’ review: Back on Broadway, a much-needed summer splash of ABBA by Johnny Oleksinski

“Mamma Mia!” is a much-needed vacation from all the seriousness and drear. The foremother of the old-pop-songs-in-a-new-story genre is still the very best in the game.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00AM
Saturday, August 9, 2025

‘Hamilton’ shook Broadway 10 years ago in a way it hasn’t been since by Johnny Oleksinski

2015 was an unbelievably exciting time to be in New York — thanks, in no small part, to Broadway and Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:25PM
Monday, August 4, 2025
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Broadway is in a bizarre uproar over the race of an actor playing a robot by Johnny Oleksinski

Broadway's summer controversy has finally arrived in the form of a piping hot controversy at this year’s Best Musical Tony Award winner, “Maybe Happy Ending.”

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:32PM
Friday, August 1, 2025

Why ‘Parent Trap’ actress Elaine Hendrix was worried over her parody play ‘Ginger Twinsies’ by Amanda Rubio

Someone else playing Meredith Blake? Hendrix nearly spit out her Evian.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:38AM
Monday, July 28, 2025

Rachel Zegler breaks silence after suffering health scare during ‘Evita’ performance by Nika Shakhnazarova

The actress, 24, has broken her silence after abruptly bringing her "Evita" performance to a grinding halt last week over a mystery illness.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:07AM
Saturday, July 26, 2025

‘A Chorus Line’ turns 50 — and Broadway is desperate for another hit musical like it by Johnny Oleksinski

The mood of “A Chorus Line”’s half-century fete is bittersweet. Because the last time I walked out of a new Broadway musical feeling the thrill of having just watched a really big hit …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:35PM

Rachel Zegler returns to ‘Evita’ — one day after suffering health scare mid-performance by Connor Surmonte

The actress abruptly left the London Palladium on Thursday night due to a mystery illness.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:30AM
Friday, July 25, 2025
Thursday, July 24, 2025

‘Ginger Twinsies’ review: Campy off-Broadway ‘Parent Trap’ parody is millennial catnip by Johnny Oleksinski

It's positively loony watching a room full of millennials, drunk on nostalgia, mouthing every word and knowing every beat of a 27-year-old kids movie.  

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Friday, July 18, 2025
Saturday, July 5, 2025

‘Mamma Mia!’ — returning to Broadway — was a glittery boost to NYC after 9/11 by Johnny Oleksinski

Twenty-four years ago, the then-new show lifted up New York City when it was at its lowest. “Mamma Mia!" debuted less than a month after the 9/11 attacks.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:55AM
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Broadway’s right — Jay-Z’s Times Square casino bid must fail by Johnny Oleksinski

Broadway was singing a different showtune this week. Luck be a lady… somewhere else!

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:46PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

‘Boop! The Musical’ announces final Broadway show in latest Tony Awards casualty by Connor Surmonte

"Boop" is the fourth play to shutter its theater doors after losing out at the 2025 Tony Awards.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:08PM
Friday, June 20, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025

Why ‘Wicked: For Good’ team is ‘nervous’ about sequel: ‘Continuing to make improvements’ by Chuck Arnold

The pressure is on for "Wicked: For Good" after the first film set a box-office record as the highest-grossing movie adaptation of a Broadway musical.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:22PM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

‘Call Me Izzy’ review: Jean Smart’s good, but this Broadway play is a hack job by Johnny Oleksinski

Why, why, why has Jean Smart chosen to return to Broadway in this anemic, copy-and-paste star vehicle fit for the junkyard? 

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PM

‘Smash’ star Megan Hilty to take leave of absence from Broadway’s ‘Death Becomes Her’ by Whitney Vasquez

"I will be stepping away from my beloved DBH family for 3-4 weeks while I recover from a vocal injury that only time can heal."

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:11PM

‘Angry Alan’ review: A commanding John Krasinski takes on YouTube in compelling off-Broadway play by Johnny Oleksinski

For years, audiences grew to love John Krasinski’s mild-mannered Jim on “The Office”: His half-grins, dry confessionals, knowing glances at Pam. Jim was one of TV’s nicest guys. That…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:00AM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

‘Smash’ abruptly announces final show after Tony Awards drama in Broadway shocker by Connor Surmonte

This marks the first Broadway production to shutter after leaving empty-handed at the 2025 Tony Awards.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:48PM
Monday, June 9, 2025

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ review: Live-action remake is nice, but doesn’t always soar by Johnny Oleksinski

Hey, at least the decent “How To Train Your Dragon” update is better than “Snow White.”

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:40PM

‘Harry Potter’ star Tom Felton explains why J.K. Rowling’s trans views didn’t impact Draco Malfoy return by Eric Todisco

Tom Felton showed support for J.K. Rowling ahead of his Broadway debut in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:36AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

The 2025 Tony Awards honored the best shows of the year — for once! by Johnny Oleksinski

Sunday night was a signed, sealed, delivered happy ending for “Maybe Happy Ending,” the stratospherically original South Korean gem about robots in love starring Darren Criss that dese…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:50PM

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