It’ll be a helluva long wait between courses at legendary Broadway institution Sardi’s this summer. The iconic 99-year-old restaurant on West 44th Street — famed for its 1,200 celeb caricatures — is closing up shop for several months after Wednesday night’s service for much-needed renovations and other behind-the-scenes changes. Its anticipated reopening is in late fall, … Read more
The Hollywood Bowl is kicking off its 2026 summer season with a star-studded Broadway bash led by a Disney princess and a former “Glee” star. Actress and singer Halle Bailey, best known for playing Ariel in Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid,” and Tony Award winning actor Darren Criss, who shot to fame as Blaine Anderson … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. “Schmigadoon!” the Apple TV show walked so “Schmigadoon!” the Broadway show could run. After being unceremoniously cancelled in January 2024 following its “Chicago”-themed second season, the musical hit the Great … Read more
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay can do it all. Right after starring in the one-person show “Every Brilliant Thing,” the actress ran about 10 blocks to make it to Game 4 of the NBA Finals on time. “I took four minutes off the running time of my show, and I knew … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. “Death of a Salesman” is alive and well. On Sunday, June 7, Arthur Miller’s seminal 1949 stage play starring Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott took home six Tony … Read more
“Schmigadoon” was all schmiles Sunday night. The Lorne Michaels-produced show, based on the canceled AppleTV+ series, won the all-important Tony Award for Best Musical at Radio City Music Hall. It badly needed it. Like most new musicals during this rough season, the comedy about a married couple who gets trapped inside an old-fashioned musical has … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Broadway’s biggest night is here. The 79th annual Tony Awards, celebrating the best and brightest of Broadway, are tonight, June 7. 19 plays and 11 musicals opened between April 28, … Read more
A popular Taiwanese chain is planning to remove its famous Shanghai Rice Cakes from the menu — sparking a petition and sending furious foodies into a frenzy. About 1,700 people have already signed a new petition to bring Din Tai Fung’s beloved dish back after leaving loyal patrons “distraught” after employees of the famous eatery, … Read more
There is one upside to this awfully iffy season on Broadway. And it’s that we get an especially cutthroat Tony Awards on Sunday night. Whereas last year “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Sunset Boulevard” were shoo-ins for their prizes, our current lack of obvious commercial hits or widespread consensus on shows’ artistic merit means there are … Read more
Their lives changed in a New York minute. The childhood friends from England who wrote “Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)” — which has been nominated for a staggering eight Tony Awards — never even lived in New York before writing the Broadway musical. Kit Buchan and Jim Barne had only visited the … Read more
NYC SECOND CHANCE RESCUE’S CONCERT FOR A CAUSE Aug. 7 at 900 Lumber Lane, Bridgehampton Benefiting: NYC Second Chance Rescue, focusing on large dog breeds and animals in need ofcritical careThe big deal: This is a party for guests who like their glamour with a lifesaving mission. The rescue takes on cases shelters can’t, saving more … Read more
The claws and fangs and Schmigs were out this week as the race to the Tony Awards heated up. That’s because the so called road voters were in town for the Spring Road Conference, the annual theater convention where Broadway shows hawk their wares to presenters from around in the country in hopes they book … Read more
He never knows what he’s gonna get. Tom Hanks has so many memorable movie lines he can’t quote just one fan favorite. “I’m kind of lucky that I have a lot of catchphrases that everybody just yells at me,” he told The Post. The two-time Academy Award winner fired off a list of the top … Read more
She’s not judging these celebs by their book covers. Rita Wilson is back on Broadway in “Celebrity Autobiography,” where a rotating cast of famous faces playfully reads excerpts from the memoirs of A-listers — and finds the funny in their words. Wilson has met all the women whose tell-alls she’s spoofing — Elizabeth Taylor, Pamela … Read more
One of the British stars of the Tony-nominated show “Giant” is battling antisemitism in art and in life — and he has a dire warning for New Yorkers. Elliot Levey plays Jewish publisher Tom Maschler opposite John Lithgow’s Roald Dahl in the critically acclaimed Broadway hit, a drama about the famous children’s author’s antisemitism. The … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. The countdown clock to the 2026 Tony Awards is officially ticking. Set to take place Sunday, June 7 with host P!nk, this year’s extravaganza will pay tribute to the best … Read more
It was a big morning for blood-sucking monsters. No, not the teen vampires from “The Lost Boys” — The Tony Awards nominating committee. Oh, what a pack of ruthless killers they are. Tuesday’s nominations for the best of the Broadway season made it plainly clear what the group of 55 voting theater professionals absolutely loathed. … Read more
Taraji P. Henson’s closet is as boldly eclectic as her career. “I’m a mood dresser,” she tells Alexa over Zoom. “One day I may have on a baseball cap and some sweats, and the next day I may have on a full Schiaparelli look. Dressing up for me is like putting on a character.” Henson’s latest … Read more
Theater review THE LOST BOYS Two hours and 40 minutes, with one intermission. At the Palace Theatre, 160 W. 47th Street. At long last, a vampire musical that doesn’t suck. A captivating and moody rock show about teenage fangst, “The Lost Boys,” flew open Sunday night at the Palace Theatre and brought an end to … Read more
Theater review THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW One hour and 50 minutes, with one intermission. At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th Street. It’s just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right. Put your hands… over your mouths! “You will not be seeing a film, but a live theatrical performance,” goes a … Read more