Friday, June 13, 2025

Photos: CALL ME IZZY Star Jean Smart Hit the Red Carpet on Opening Night

The world premiere production of Call Me Izzy has officially opened on Broadway starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart. Performances run through Aug…

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Harris Yulin, Actor Who Perpetually Played the Bad Guy, Dies at 87 by Sam Roberts

As an award-winning actor and director, he appeared in scores of stage plays, movies and TV shows over six decades, most often as unsavory characters.

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Photos: See Noah Kieserman & Nasia Thomas in THE LAST FIVE YEARS

The Last Five Years have unveiled new photos of standbys Noah Kieserman (Dear Evan Hansen) and Nasia Thomas (SIX) as they step into the roles of Jamie and Cathy, regularly played by Nick Jon…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PM

Call Me Izzy reviews: Jean Smart ‘dazzles’ critics in one-woman Broadway show after 25-year stage hiatus by Inga Parkel

Six-time Emmy-winning ‘Hacks’ star returns to the Broadway stage for first time since her Tony-nominated role in the 2000 revival of ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’

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See Jean Smart at the Broadway Opening of Call Me Izzy by Broadway.com

Call Me Izzy, a one-woman play written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, celebrated its Broadway opening on June 12. Tony nominee and six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart performs the s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Video: Watch Highlights of the Broadway-Bound Cast of MAMMA MIA!

With just 50 days to go until MAMMA MIA! returns home to Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre, the global smash hit musical has released a new video trailer featuring the Broadway-bound com…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AM

Review Roundup: CALL ME IZZY is Now Playing on Broadway

The world premiere production of Call Me Izzy has officially opened on Broadway starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart. Performances run through Aug…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Call Me Izzy by Jacob Malizio

Six-time Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Jean Smart is back on Broadway for a limited time only, in a tour-de-force portrayal of a writer whose words are her greatest gift, her …

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Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart in Smart Jamie Wax Character Study by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife The post Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart in Smart Jamie Wax …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PM

Smart Ignites the Stage with her Words in Broadway’s “Call Me Izzy” by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Call Me Izzy By Ross Out from a slice of light no bigger than a doorway, the talented Jean Smart emerges, filling the confined space with a talent and an energy …

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Smash’s Bella Coppola on Channeling Her Star Power, Staying Centered and Holding Space for Marilyn by Alexandra Pierson

Age: 26 Hometown: Sacramento, California Current Role: Bella Coppola plays Chloe Zervoulian, the associate director-choreographer of Bombshell—a Marilyn Monroe meta-musical-in-the-making…

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“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL” IN A SUPERB OUTDOOR PRODUCTION by Ron Fassler

Paul Deo Jr as Bertram and Anique Clements as Helena in “All’s Well That Ends Well.”June 12, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler This piece ran yesterday on the Theater…

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Photos: BARKADA BRUNCH Celebrates Filipino Artistry on Broadway

Manhattan Theatre Club has released photos from Barkada Brunch: Celebrating Filipino Artistry on Broadway, which was held on Sunday, June 1 at the MTC Creative Center (311 West 43rd Street).…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PM

Review Roundup: 42 BALLOONS at Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The North American premiere of the new musical 42 Balloons is now running at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. From the multi-award-winning producers Kevin McCollum (Oh, Mary!, Rent), Andy Ba…

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OHMYGOD HEY... Jasmine Forsberg! | Broadway rising star chats Old Friends, Here Lies Love, Six by MickeyJoTheatre

get in person / live stream tickets to see MickeyJoTheatre LIVE at the Phoenix Arts Club: https://phoenixartsclub.com/events/mickeyjotheatre-live/ Join my channel to gain access to exclusiv…

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Greg Davies: Full Fat Legend review – Taskmaster manchild lists his humiliations by Brian Logan

Royal Albert Hall, LondonDavies uses his ostentatiously puerile sense of humour to fine comic effect, with a series of stories capturing his long struggle to get over himself Hold forth for …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM

Maybe Happy Ending Added a New Prop Last Night: Their Best Musical Tony Award by Logan Culwell-Block

The Hue Park-Will Aronson musical won six Tonys at the 78th Annual Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

A timeline of Sly Stone’s career in 10 essential songs by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Sly Stone's hit-making era lasted all of six years — from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 — but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The sing…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:39PM

Jamie Wax on Call Me Izzy, the One-Woman Show He Built from a Lifetime of Talking to Strangers by Mara Reinstein

Some people collect baseball cards and stamps. Playwright Jamie Wax boasts that he collects people. People’s stories, that is. “Ever since I was a little boy, odd and interesting peopl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM
Monday, June 9, 2025

2025 Tony Awards Scores Best TV Ratings Since 2019 and Highest Streaming Numbers Ever by Beth Stevens

Broadway’s biggest night brought in big numbers. The 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Tony winner and Wicked movie star Cynthia Erivo and broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS…

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2025 Tony Awards Highlights: Hamilton Reunion, Historic Wins and Robot Romance by Abraham Swee

The 78th Annual Tony Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall on June 8 in a ceremony packed with showstoppers, comedy and heartfelt acceptance speeches. Here’s a highlight reel of Broadwa…

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Maybe Happy Ending, Starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen, Wins Tony Award for Best Musical by Alexandra Pierson

Maybe Happy Ending, the futuristic South Korean musical by Will Aronson and Hue Park starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen, has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical. The show came into…

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Tony Awards Up 38% From 2024 To Draw Best Audience In 6 Years On CBS by Katie Campione

The 78th Annual Tony Awards delivered its largest broadcast audience in six years on Sunday night. The 2025 ceremony, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, boasted 4.85M viewers on CBS, per live + same-d…

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IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS by Ron Fassler

Photo taken from my seat in the Front Mezzanine at Radio City Music Hall last night.June 9, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. The Tony Awards have been broadcast on nation…

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Photos: Emmy-Winner Jean Smart Stars In CALL ME IZZY On Broadway

Check out first look photos of the world premiere production of Call Me Izzy on Broadway starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart (“Hacks”, The Ma…

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‘A gift of a role for a mother’: Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer on playing Tolstoy’s tortured Anna Karenina by Emine Saner

From Anne Boleyn to Lady W to Game of Thrones, she has played tough women who kick against society’s constraints. What will the actor bring to the great Russian character who leaves her hu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM

2025 Tony Award Winners by Alan Smason

The 2025 Tony Award winners were announced in ceremonies at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, hosted by Tony Award winner Cynthia Errivo. Maybe Happy Ending, a musical set in the futu…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:47AM

Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Darren Criss and More Win Big at the 78th Tony Awards! Read Full List of Winners by Broadway.com

The 78th Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo at Radio City Music Hall, are a wrap, and Broadway.com is here to give you the full rundown of Broadway's biggest night. Maybe Happy Ending w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32AM

Maybe Happy Ending Wins Tony Award for Best Musical by Alexandra Pierson

Maybe Happy Ending, the futuristic South Korean musical by Will Aronson and Hue Park starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen, has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical. The show came into…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32AM

Tonys 2025: Best prediction scores by Gold Derby experts, editors, and users by Chris Beachum

Congratulations to Gold Derby user Brian Tavarus for an exceptional score of 88.46 percent in predicting the 2025 Tonys winners on Sunday. Our top scorer is actually tied with six other peop…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:10AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Wins the Tony for Best Musical by Michael Paulson

The musical, about a budding romance between two outdated robots, won six Tony Awards on Sunday night.

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