Broadway

Vince Lombardi To Get Play On Broadway

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — OK, Cheeseheads. Get ready to visit Broadway. "Vince," a play about the legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, is planned...

Teamwork

Liz Neumark | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Liz Neumark

Last week ended with a grand and glorious finale - a ticker tape parade tribute to the NY Yankees and their dedicated fans, and for this caterer, a day to be swept up in the enthusiasm.

Billy Elliot's Proud Papa: An Interview With Gregory Jbara

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

The boys may get all the press in the Tony Award-winning musical Billy Elliot, but anyone who has seen the show knows veteran character actor Gregory Jbara subtly steals the show.

Homeless Singer Makes Broadway Comeback

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact


Have you ever done a double-take of a street performer or homeless person on your way to work? CBS News reported that last year, New York City police ...

A Conversation With Off-Broadway Star, Chantal Nchako

Jeff Rivera | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment


Jeff Rivera

We had the opportunity to chat with off-Broadway star, Chantal Nchako. She's definitely someone to watch in the coming years as her career is heating...

Broadway Revivals Founder on Brighton Beach

David Finkle | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Too often the only review that counts is the Times pronouncement via Ben Brantley or Charles Isherwood. This time Brantley's response was not what's known as "a money notice."

Let Me Off at Off- and Off-Off-Broadway

Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.01.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Schreiber

There is nothing inherently wrong with movie and TV stars being big draws on Broadway, watching them on seats in the mezzanine that are so narrow they make you feel morbidly obese.

Sienna Miller Stressed About Working Near Ex Jude Law

nypost.com | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment


The pressure of acting on Broadway a block away from ex Jude Law is apparently getting to Sienna Miller. The beauty got teary on the street when the p...

Stage Door: The Royal Family, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Memphis

Fern Siegel | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York


Fern Siegel

Broadway reviewed: a reminder of how wonderful revivals can be, a family story of burgeoning sexuality and a musical about the epicenter of R&B and soul.

Deaf/Blind Advocates Angered By Casting Of Abigail Breslin As Helen Keller

nytimes.com | Patrick Healy | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment


Two weeks after a group of deaf actors protested the choice of a hearing actor for a deaf role in an upcoming Off Broadway production, the issue has s...

Abigail Breslin To Play Helen Keller On Broadway

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — From spunky "Little Miss Sunshine" to an even more heroic young girl. Abigail Breslin will play Helen Keller in the first Broadway r...

Still Crazy After All of These Years: An Interview With Carrie Fisher

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment


Ashley Van Buren

Carrie Fisher has been called a lot of things in her life: an actress; an author; a wife (twice); an alcoholic; bipolar; the Princess of Alderaan; and a product of Hollywood inbreeding.

Spider-Man Musical Delayed Due To Investor, Production Troubles

nytimes.com | Patrick Healy | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York


The new multimillion-dollar Broadway "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" is now expected to start previews and open this spring later than scheduled, beca...

Sienna Miller's HOT Shredded Sequins, NOT-HOT Broadway Reviews

Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment


Sienna Miller made her Broadway debut with "After Miss Julie" Thursday night. The not-so-slutty Brit came to the opening night party afterward in a sh...

Tantalizing Tunes: A Fall Handful of Hit Performances

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Marissa Bronfman

From Tchaikovsky to Broadway, Butterfly to Frankie Valli and Shalom, Toronto is truly alive with The Sound of Music!

Gina Gershon's Flamenco Look; Love It Or Leave It?

Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment


Gina Gershon wore a vest and tuxedo pants to the "Bye, Bye Birdie" on Broadway opening party Thursday night. With a fur chubby, a slit up to her thigh...

Exclusive: Nellie McKay Talks About Her Best Album Yet

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Nellie McKay's fourth album, Normal As Blueberry Pie, is a warm and quietly marvelous tribute to Doris Day. It hits the sweet spot in combining her talent and sensibility (future-retro?) in one focused project.

Stage Door: Still Life, A Steady Rain, If It Wasn't For the Irish and the Jews

Fern Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


Fern Siegel

Three shows on and off Broadway showcase friendships, street life and New York's forgotten era of Jewish and Irish songwriters.

Inside Jeremy Piven's Offstage Drama With 'Speed-the-Plow'

nytimes.com | PATRICK HEALY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment


The actor, Jeremy Piven, stunned the theater world in December by bolting the revival of David Mamet's Hollywood drama "Speed-the-Plow," citing health...

Tony Roberts Returns For 'Royal Family' Opening Post-Seizure

AP | Posted 10.09.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Tony Roberts has returned to the Broadway revival of "The Royal Family" on opening night. The actor came back to the show Thursday a...

Stage Door: Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre, Linda Eder

Fern Siegel | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York


Fern Siegel

Linda Eder, a veteran of the concert stage, returns to Town Hall Oct. 17 as part of the Broadway Cabaret Festival, running Oct. 16-18.

'Hair' CLOSES, Lady Gaga Goes To DC For National Equality March

Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment


The National Equality March happens this Sunday in Washington, D.C., and if you have tickets to see 'Hair' on Broadway, you'll have to exchange them. ...

Review: Carrie Fisher Drinks Her Way to Broadway

James Sims | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


James Sims

How does a famous person cope with a litany of personal disasters and addictions? They do what every other actor seems busy with these days -- put on a one-person show.

Actor Tony Roberts Had Seizure During Broadway Play

AP | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Tony Roberts had a minor seizure during the Sunday matinee of "The Royal Family," but is looking forward to returning to the Broadway...

Tony Roberts Gets Sick Mid Play: Broadway Performance Canceled

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — A preview performance of the Broadway revival of "The Royal Family" has been canceled after one of its stars became ill on stage. Sh...