The 2023 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning. And the 76-year-old ceremony honoring Broadway is, like most of this season, looking smaller than usual. Ahead of the awards, held on June 11, the pre-show telecast has been banished by CBS to something called Pluto. The Tonys themselves are taking place about as far away … Read more
Broadway’s biggest night is ready to take center stage. The 76th annual Tony Awards are back and ready to show off the best and brightest talent singing and dancing on the Great White Way. This year’s show will take place on June 11, 2023, at the United Palace in New York City. The full list … Read more
James Corden said his goodbyes to “The Late Late Show,” CBS and America on Thursday night with a star-studded final show. Corden, 44, announced his departure from “The Late Late Show” in April 2022, just before renewing his contract for an eighth and final year. CBS revealed that after almost three decades, the network will be ending … 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
The new Broadway musical “New York, New York,” opening Wednesday night at the St. James Theatre, ends with the iconic title number that kicks off with the lyric “Start spreadin’ the news!” It’s an ear-worm everybody knows. You hear it at Yankees games, Fourth of July fireworks displays and during special occasions in Times Square. … 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
What the ’ella? For a musical with the drunken confidence to slap the word “Bad” in front of a classic title, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Bad Cinderella,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, doesn’t have much in the way of ‘tude and swagger onstage. Or brain cells. Theater review 2 and a half hours with one intermission. … Read more
There is a depressing sight that New York theatergoers are becoming all too accustomed to: a brick wall at the back of the stage. Welcome to Broadway! Please enjoy the bare minimum! Scenic downsizing is all the rage in Midtown for a range of reasons — skyrocketing costs, cold concepts, quick turnarounds. As a result, … Read more
Mae Whitman has had nearly every kind of role during her long career – but her new Hulu show “Up Here” gave her something new. “I can do anything on camera, I do not care. I don’t even notice that it’s there. I’m crying, I’m naked, I’m dying, whatever,” Whitman, 34, told The Post. “But … Read more
“Scream 6” star Melissa Barrera shot to fame by starring in the musical “In The Heights,” but she’s actually thankful it didn’t do so hot at the box office. “I am a firm believer in manifesting things into existence, and ‘In the Heights’ was one of those things,” the 32-year-old Mexican actress told People. “That’s the show … 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
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. Let’s get one thing out of the way. “Wicked” is very “popular.” Now, the fifth longest-running Broadway show behind “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Chicago,” “The Lion King” … Read more
Sarah Ferguson could be making a surprise appearance at the Oscars 2023 telecast on March 12. The Duchess of York, 63, is rumored to be presenting at the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday — on behalf of her late pal Lisa Marie Presley. The acclaimed Baz Luhrmann biopic “Elvis” is nominated for eight of … 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
Mariah Carey likes it hot. “Some Like it Hot” composers Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman thrilled the crowd at their Broadway musical after Friday night’s performance by welcoming to the stage one of the show’s producers — Carey. In his intro, Shaiman declared that “some like it hot — but she likes it cold because … 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
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. After a nearly six-year hiatus from Broadway, Ben Platt is back. This time around, the “Dear Evan Hansen” star will lead a revival of Jason Robert Brown’s Tony … Read more
Ben Platt will lead the “Parade” as it marches its way to Broadway. The Tony winner will star in the revival of the musical “Parade,” which announced its Broadway transfer on Tuesday following its run at the New York City Center, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Based in the early 20th century, the musical follows … Read more
Ronald Dennis, who starred in the original 1975 Broadway production of “A Chorus Line,” died Saturday at the age of 78. Dennis, who was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1984, passed away after a lengthy battle with the illness, reports Deadline. After his diagnosis, Dennis became a fierce advocate for AIDS Awareness and served on the … Read more
The late composer Stephen Sondheim’s biggest career flop has turned out to be one of the best musicals of the theater season — a mere 41 years after it first premiered. Downtown at New York Theatre Workshop, the lovable and intimate revival of his “Merrily We Roll Along” that opened Monday night lifts its audience’s … Read more