Delightful and delicious? No — it’s DeLorean. “Back To The Future: The Musical,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, doesn’t have much going for it in the way of tuneful songs, show-stopping dances or enthralling storytelling. But it does have a star vehicle. Theater review Two and a half hours, with one intermission. At the … Read more
Broadway won’t have to “wait for it” much longer. Lin-Manuel Miranda is hard at work on a new stage musical, a source told The Post. The “Hamilton” writer’s latest will be an adaptation of Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel “The Warriors,” about violent gang battles in New York City during the sixties, the person near the … Read more
Call it Studio 53. For the Imelda Marcos bio-musical “Here Lies Love,” which opened Thursday night a block away from the nightclub-turned-venue Studio 54, the Broadway Theatre has been transformed into a sexy discotheque. Theater review One hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission. At the Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway. All 900 of the orchestra … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Her-story is being made on Broadway. “SIX The Musical,” running at the Lena Horne Theatre, is as hot as ever. The upbeat 80-minute musical follows the lives of … Read more
The Broadway world is also mourning Tina Turner. The legendary “The Best” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It” singer died in Switzerland on Wednesday at the age of 83 after longtime battles with illnesses including cancer, high blood pressure and kidney disease. A towering, acclaimed musical based on her life has played in … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the “Queen of Rock N’ Roll” Tina Turner passed away at 83. Turner leaves behind an impressive stable of hits like “Proud Mary,” … Read more
Theater review 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St. Watching the new Broadway musical “New York, New York,” which opened Wednesday night at the St. James Theatre, is akin to being stuck on the tarmac at LaGuardia. You can spot the city’s stunning skyline taunting … Read more
A performance of the musical “The Bodyguard” was cut short in Manchester, England, on Friday thanks to rowdy behavior from audience members, according to BBC News. The fracas erupted during the show’s final song, “I Will Always Love You,” performed by singer and ex-Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton. Audience members at the Palace Theatre refused to … Read more
“There Are Worse Things I Could Do” than cast older actors to play teens, argues the casting director behind “Grease.” “Grease” hit movie theaters in 1978 and became an instant cult classic. However, despite the eye-catching 1950s costumes and infectious music numbers, one thing always stood out to audiences: the actors’ ages. Casting director Joel … Read more
Color me “Shucked” — sorry, shocked. For I have finally seen the new musical that popped open Tuesday night at the Nederlander Theatre. The one that has been inundating straphangers in subway stations for months with ubiquitous yellow corn cob posters as if it’s trying to be Broadway’s answer to “Shen Yun” or “Dan Smith … Read more
The greatest asset of the Broadway revival of “Parade,” Jason Robert Brown’s sorrowful if flawed musical about the 1915 anti-Semitic lynching of Leo Frank, is youth. Playing husband and wife Leo and Lucille Frank, Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond come across strikingly young (and at 23 years old, Diamond really is), like a faded photo … Read more
Mother knows best. A Pennsylvania fifth grader composed a score, and thanks to her supportive mom, it’s now being played by musicians all over the world. Olive Wallace penned the tune at home, but when the 10-year-old violin and clarinet player performed it, she thought it sounded terrible, so she abandoned her sheet music on … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Kristin Chenoweth is only 4’11”. What she lacks in height though, she certainly makes up for in stage presence. And now you can see Chenoweth’s stage presence on … Read more
From Hollywood to the Broadway stage. Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-winning 2016 musical “La La Land” is heading to the Great White Way. The film, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, will be adapted into a theater production, although a premiere date has not been set. The movie chronicled Stone as an aspiring actress and Gosling as … Read more
Rep. George Santos continues to spin his web of lies. George Santos, 34, allegedly once told investors of his 2021 congressional campaign that he invested in the infamous Broadway production of “Spider-man: Turn off the Dark” which became one of the most expensive flops in Broadway history, reports Bloomberg. If true, Santos — who has … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. “New York, New York. The city so nice they named it twice.” Now, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical “New York, New York” has announced its cast after months of … Read more
What’s better at Christmastime than watching a group of petrified children being called “maggots” by their cruel teacher? The big bad bully under the tree is Miss Trunchbull, from the dark mind of British author Roald Dahl, in Netflix’s all-right adaptation of “Matilda the Musical.” movie review Running time: 117 minutes. Rated PG (thematic elements, … Read more
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Mariah Carey just made this the hottest ticket on the Great White Way. The pop diva, 52, made a surprise cameo at opening night of the Broadway musical “Some Like It Hot” on Sunday — but not in the way you’d expect. Carey — who serves as one of the show’s producers — came over … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. The loop is about to close. 2022’s Tony Award-winning meta-musical “A Strange Loop” will end its short but impactful run at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre on Jan. 15. And … Read more