Saoirse Ronan is in disbelief that a comment she made on “The Graham Norton Show” is getting so much attention. The “Lady Bird” star, 30, recently appeared on the British comedy talk show and responded to a conversation about safety that silenced male actors Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne. Saoirse Ronan on “The … Read more
Alicia Keys wants her Tony. And after this week, the “Girl On Fire” singer will probably snag the big one for her popular musical “Hell’s Kitchen.” Keys was the star of Broadway’s spring road conference, an annual convention in which hundreds of out-of-town presenters who book shows around the country come to NYC to be … Read more
Eddie Redmayne had never seen “Cabaret” when, as a 15-year-old student at Eton, he was first cast as the Emcee, the indecorous impresario of the bawdy Berlin nightclub where the musical is set. So Redmayne did what anyone wondering about the character would do: He watched the 1972 film, and studied Joel Grey’s performance. Redmayne, … Read more
Walking into the August Wilson Theatre, which has been gutted and impressively transformed into a sexy nightspot called the Kit Kat Club, my immediate reaction was, “Wow. This is cool!” Theater review CABARET Two hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the August Wilson Theatre, 245 West 52nd Street. The audience enters, not through … Read more