"Tootsie" flopped on Broadway. It's a terrific show, but its early closing is scaring the hell out of "Mrs. Doubtfire," another musical whose leading man is also a leading lady. Based on the…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:26PM[SHARE]It may not recoup its $9.5 million investment.
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:42PM[SHARE]"Tootsie" had everything going for it: great title, terrific reviews, star-making turn by Santino Fontana, snappy score by David Yazbek and a hilarious book by Robert Horn. And yet one of th…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:48PM[SHARE]The delightful Ian McKellen, who turned 80 this year, has a message for anybody who wants to see him on stage: "Run!" New Yorkers have that chance Tuesday at the Hudson Theatre, where McKell…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:54PM[SHARE]The buzziest show in London right now is "Lungs," starring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Or, as they're known in real life, Claire Foy and Matt Smith, the royal couple of Netflix's "…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:51PM[SHARE]Eileen Atkins is the only Dame of the English theater who hasn't been invited to lunch with the Queen at Sandringham House. All the other Dames " Judi (Dench), Maggie (Smith), Diana (Rigg) a…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:03PM[SHARE]Brian Cox had no intention of tackling a meaty character like Lyndon Baines Johnson in Robert Schenkkan's "The Great Society." He'd moved away from big theater roles to focus on parts in mov…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:03PM[SHARE]Cameron Crowe ran into Elton John last year at a party thrown by David Geffen. "I hear you're doing a musical version of 'Almost Famous,'" John said. "I love Tom Kitt" " Crowe's collaborator…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:31PM[SHARE]"Little Shop of Horrors" may be the most adorably creepy " and enduring " musicals of all time. It opened in 1982 at the small WPA Theater in Chelsea, then moved to the Orpheum on Second Ave…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:40PM[SHARE]Who knew Loki and Daredevil are the biggest theater geeks in town? Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Charlie Cox (Daredevil) are starring in the spare " but scorching " revival of Harold Pinter's "B…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:52PM[SHARE]The New York Times has a new darling: Jeremy O. Harris, whose "Slave Play" began previews Tuesday at the Golden Theatre after last year's sold-out run at New York Theatre Workshop. The paper…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:37PM[SHARE]The theater world's buzzing about two off-the-grid musicals that could make the leap to Broadway in the spring. The other week I reported on "The Wrong Man," by singer-songwriter Ross Golan,…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:57PM[SHARE]Word on the street it's terrific.
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:26PM[SHARE]Brace yourself, theater people: Gerard Alessandrini, the merry skewer-er of all that you do, is coming back with "Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation." A New York institution since 1982,…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:46PM[SHARE]Let's hear it for the great Lois Smith, who rode to the rescue this week when "The Inheritance," coming in from London, was missing a key cast member: Vanessa Redgrave. She won raves for her…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:42PM[SHARE]"Moulin Rouge," "Jagged Little Pill" and "Tina: the Tina Turner Musical" are the new Broadway season's major musical contenders. But keep your eye on a small, original show that could slip i…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:30PM[SHARE]Barry Manilow, back on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne for a few weeks, came onstage at Tuesday's opening night and cracked: "You weren't expecting Faye Dunaway, were you?" Big laughs from a c…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:05PM[SHARE]Faye Dunaway has been fired from the Broadway-bound play "Tea at Five." Dunaway, 78, was playing Katharine Hepburn in the one-woman play, set to open on Broadway next year. It had been playi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:28PM[SHARE]After 20 years, Jack Viertel is giving up the job that everyone who loves musical theater covets: producing Encores! at City Center. As I shouldn't have to remind my readers, Encores! presen…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:43PM[SHARE]The first person I called after hearing Rip Torn died on Tuesday was Elizabeth Ashley, who knew him well. "I'm seeing so many R.I.P.'s for Rip," the actress told me. "Are you f- " " ing kidd…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:28PM[SHARE]Loki is coming to Broadway this summer. Tom Hiddleston, the villain of Marvel's "Avengers" movies, will star in a revival of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal." The production won raves earlier this…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:31PM[SHARE]Sad news that "The Prom," an original and delightful show, is closing Aug. 11. Had it won the Tony for Best Musical, it might have eked out a year or so. But it was probably doomed from the …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:40PM[SHARE]What little drama there was at Sunday's low-rated Tony Awards telecast centered on "Be More Chill," Joe Iconis' struggling musical. When James Corden, Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles sang "Ja…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:46PM[SHARE]A Tony Awards that had the potential to deliver some jaw-dropping upsets delivered nothing but a lackluster telecast hosted by James Corden, who, though he did a brilliant job three years ag…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:03AM[SHARE]A top Broadway executive e-mailed the other day to say, "I really think the only winner during this period of time is the pharmaceutical industry, as the demand for beta blockers and anxiety…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:33PM[SHARE]Broadway's roaring into the homestretch with the Tonys next weekend, and I've never seen so many nervous people in Shubert Alley. Many races are up in the air, which should make for an excit…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:47PM[SHARE]It's going to be Cameron Crowe vs. Alanis Morissette at the Tonys next year. Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" begins previews in the fall at the Broadhurst Theatre. But it could be upstaged…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:49PM[SHARE]Broadway's power brokers took time out from Tony season this week to fly to London to see "Cinderella," the new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber. The heat is intense on this one, not only be…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:16PM[SHARE]Critics are always sniping at something, but the real fun begins when they start sniping at one another. The members of the New York Drama Critics' Circle got into a heated exchange last wee…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:03PM[SHARE]Robert Horn, Tony-nominated for his snappy book to "Tootsie," knows all too well what it's like to scrape out a living in New York while trying to break into the theater. He never played a t…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:28PM[SHARE]"Tootsie" and "Ink" scurried in this week to make the Tony deadline and have upset everyone's brackets. The nominations come out Tuesday, and you can bet both shows will be uncorking the Veu…
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