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When asked to do the virtual event, the actor said: “I didn’t even know what they were talking about. How do you do a play on Zoom?"
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Broadway is buzzing over a $6.3 million lawsuit filed by top theater ad agency SpotCo against top producer Scott Rudin. SpotCo alleges Rudin hasn’t paid his bills. Sources told us Rudin’s now prepping a countersuit as soon as this week. An insider huffed, “These are typical grievances between a producer and a vendor,” and added …
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Broadway director Jerry Zaks. Drama Desk Awards. Four Tonys. Nominated for Bette Midler’s “Hello, Dolly!” in 2017. How smart is he? When I rehearsed my suggested one-woman show he yawned, “Forget it!” That’s how smart. He’s to direct — whenever that is — “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, with Warren Carlyle …
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Next time you go see “The Phantom of the Opera,” if British officials have their way, you might listen to the small-talk of the night. Andrew Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 Friday that a government official bizarrely suggested that West End musicals come back “without any singing” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. …
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Sunday was supposed to be the 74th Tonys. The first broadcast was on WOR in 1947. First on TV was in 1967, on ABC, from the Shubert Theatre. For the first time ever, they are postponed indefinitely. So no Radio City, no long speeches, no long gowns, no red carpet, no p.r. man Rick Miramontez’s …
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A new musical based on the classic film “Some Like It Hot” will premiere on Broadway in the fall of 2021. The show, which features a book by “The Inheritance’s” Matthew Lopez and music and lyrics from the “Smash” and “Hairspray!” team of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, was originally scheduled to debut in Chicago …
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Broadway stages will remain dark at least through Labor Day. The additional three-month closure announced by the Broadway League on Tuesday is the longest extension yet for Broadway’s 41 houses in response to the coronavirus. Broadway was initially closed on March 12, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned gatherings of more than 500 people, with plans …
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EXCLUSIVE: Despite recent, scattered press reports suggesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was snubbing Broadway by shutting the industry out of his New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, the state and the theater industry are working closely on how to re-start, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, tells Deadline. “We are completely aligned …
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It was hard enough when Broadway shut down, says Raúl Esparza, but letting Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday pass without a celebration? Impossible. And so, while quarantining in his Chelsea apartment, he and friends hit on the answer: a virtual bash, “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration.” Starting at 8 p.m. Sunday, …
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“Waitress” actor Nick Cordero will have his right leg amputated as he fights for his life against the coronavirus, his wife said. The 41-year-old Cordero — who is on a ventilator — needs the surgery to fix a blood flow issue, spouse Amanda Kloots said Saturday via an Instagram Stories post. “We got some difficult …
When asked to do the virtual event, the actor said: “I didn’t even know what they were talking about. How do you do a play on Zoom?"
