A sound not often heard during a Shakespeare play is shrieking — from the audience anyway. Snores are rather more common. But I heard several loud yells at a recent performance at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, an idyllic theater haven especially frequented by upstate New Yorkers, Michiganders and Chicagoans. André Sills plays the … Read more
The Upper East Side is about to get a whole lot happier. Happier Grocery, an upscale, community-driven grocery store founded in 2023 in NYC, recently signed a 20,500-square-foot lease at 210 East 86th Street in what was once the City Cinemas movie theater space, marking the swanky supermarket’s second location. The store, which has widely … Read more
To wawaweewa, or not to wawaweewa? Sacha Baron Cohen, the British actor known for his improv-heavy comedy personas like the loony Kazakh journalist Borat and Ali G, has been cast in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming new play in London, The Post has learned. A source with knowledge of the secretive show, set to bow in early … Read more
Theater review PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Two hours and 10 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission. At the August Wilson Theatre. Broadway shows often frighten me. Unfortunately they usually aren’t trying to. So how refreshing and invigorating it is to watch a truly legitimate go at the horror genre onstage in the form of the new play “Paranormal … 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. It’s an old song, and we’re gonna sing watch it again (and again). After a July 2026 limited release in theaters, the live stage recording of “Hadestown” is making its … Read more
The Theater District is getting a new Rosa Mexicano restaurant that is slated to open in September. It will be the beloved hotspot’s 10th location and its fourth in the Big Apple — and will include a new taqueria concept within its doors: The Pink Door by Rosa Mexicano. The upcoming launch comes 42 years after its … Read more
Diner 24 is getting an encore of sorts, opening new digs in New York City’s Theater District where customers will be serenaded by singing waiters while chowing down on classic eats, Side Dish has learned. The new two-story space is slated to open late next month at 1674 Broadway, a landmarked building run by the … Read more
Not even “spidey sense” could have prevented this odiferous attack. A “Spider-Man” screening in Cartagena, Colombia was evacuated after one of the audience members suffered from an extreme fart attack. The gas leak occurred on August 2 on “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” at the Cine Colombia multiplex inside the Plaza Bocagrande shopping center, Jam Press … Read more
A Lannister always pays his debts. Broadway shows rarely do, as Andrew Lloyd Webber recently pointed out with his typical restraint. But a new play based on George R.R. Martin’s “Game of Thrones” books is a big success in the UK right now. The entire run at the Royal Shakespeare Company is sold out, and … Read more
Theater review LES MISERABLES: THE ARENA CONCERT SPECTACULAR Two hours and 45 minutes with one 20-minute intermission. Through Aug. 9 at Radio City Music Hall. With a musical like “Les Misérables,” as a rule les isn’t more. It’s a big honkin’ show. Très grand. Set amidst France’s bloody June Rebellion, common sights include smoking muskets, … Read more
Theater review BROAD STROKES One hour and 10 minutes with no intermission. Through Sept. 25 at the Lucille Lortel Theater. At first mention, a young person suffering a stroke does not scream “comedy gold mine.” A sleepless night of doom scrolling, perhaps. A bombardment of nervous texts to a doctor friend, maybe. But, as I … 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. It looks like Satine will be getting a new but familiar “Elephant Medley” duet partner. From Aug. 18-29, Aaron Tveit will reprise his role as Christian in “Moulin Rouge!” as the … Read more
The Broadway season doesn’t kick off for a few more weeks, when the horror play “Paranormal Activity” starts previews at the August Wilson Theatre. To call the state of new musicals these days alarming would be an understatement. But we already have a hot early race. Or, well, hot-ish. Of the four new musicals that … Read more
Theater review SINATRA Two hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the Aldwych Theatre in London, UK. These vagabond shoes were longing to stray. But my sneakers reluctantly remained at the Aldwych Theatre for the second act of the new musical “Sinatra” in London’s West End. Sadly, the best was not yet to come. … Read more
New Yorkers have waited nearly 10 long years for “One Day More.” And starting July 23, they’ll finally be reunited with singing French rebels Jean Valjean, Fantine, Marius and Cosette — only not at their former longtime stomping, er, marching grounds on Broadway. A massive concert version of the ballads-and-barricade musical “Les Miserables” that has … Read more
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
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
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
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
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