• Broadway theater producers working with Cuomo on re-opening process

    Broadway theater producers working with Cuomo on re-opening process

    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 …
  • Katharine McPhee, Jeremy Jordan thank essential workers with ‘Waitress’ song

    Katharine McPhee, Jeremy Jordan thank essential workers with ‘Waitress’ song

    These former “Waitress” stars are serving up thanks to first responders in the coronavirus pandemic. Katharine McPhee, 36, posted a video with her “Smash” co-star Jeremy Jordan, 35, to Twitter on Wednesday singing “You Matter to Me” from “Waitress,” which they both starred in at different points. On Saturday, McPhee took to Twitter saying that …
  • Broadway ‘Wicked’ star Amanda Jane Cooper marries Andrew Bell over Zoom

    Broadway ‘Wicked’ star Amanda Jane Cooper marries Andrew Bell over Zoom

    Broadway star Amanda Jane Cooper and Andrew Bell made the best out of their canceled wedding. Cooper, 31, and Bell, 30, were supposed to get married on April 25 in Pennsylvania but moved their nuptials up to April 4 in light of the coronavirus lockdown so they could start their lives together. “My husband and …
  • Sara Bareilles and Jessie Mueller sing to help pay Nick Cordero’s hospital bills

    Sara Bareilles and Jessie Mueller sing to help pay Nick Cordero’s hospital bills

    The cast of Broadway’s “Waitress” is serving hope for actor Nick Cordero with a new video. Sara Bareilles and a few of Cordero’s former co-stars dropped a cover of his song “Live Your Life” on Sunday — featuring Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle and Kimiko Glenn, among others — to help raise money for his hospital …
  • ‘Diana’ star Judy Kaye talks Broadway shutdown, Queen Elizabeth

    ‘Diana’ star Judy Kaye talks Broadway shutdown, Queen Elizabeth

    Actors know the show must go on. But how about when the show mustn’t go on. Previewing in Broadway’s Longacre was “Diana.” The musical glorifying the late Princess of Wales — the first Mrs. HRH Charles the future King of England, mother of Princes William and Harry, coulda woulda been mother-in-law of me-me-me-Meghan. The opening …
  • Musical sensation ‘Six’ releases worldwide video

    Musical sensation ‘Six’ releases worldwide video

    While the queens of ‘Six’ may not be reigning on Broadway or the West End, they managed to find a way to inspire their pandemic-panicked fans — by enlisting them in a music video. A couple of weeks ago, the ‘Six’ Instagram account asked fans to sing part of a song that would be featured …
  • Nick Cordero’s wife says COVID-19 seems to be ‘out of his system’

    Nick Cordero’s wife says COVID-19 seems to be ‘out of his system’

    Nick Cordero could be turning a corner in his battle against coronavirus. His wife, Amanda Kloots, announced on her Instagram Story Friday that her 41-year-old husband has tested negative twice for COVID-19, which could mean the novel virus has left his system. “Good news, dada had two negative COVID tests. Yay!” the former Radio City …
  • ‘Mandalorian,’ ‘Come From Away’ stars dish about quarantining with their dog

    ‘Mandalorian,’ ‘Come From Away’ stars dish about quarantining with their dog

    When the fatigue first hit, Chad Kimball says, he figured it was the result of doing eight shows a week of Broadway’s “Come From Away.” But the exhaustion persisted. After he was tested, he learned he had COVID-19. “It came in waves,” he tells The Post. “Two days after I felt better, it came roaring …
  • Nick Cordero ‘making progress’ in coronavirus fight, wife says

    Nick Cordero ‘making progress’ in coronavirus fight, wife says

    Broadway star Nick Cordero, who lost his leg in his battle with COVID-19, is “making progress,” but still remains in a coma, his wife said this week. The 41-year-old, who fell ill last month, has been unconscious for more than three weeks on a ventilator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “We got a …
  • How Raúl Esparza corralled stars for a virtual Stephen Sondheim birthday celebration

    How Raúl Esparza corralled stars for a virtual Stephen Sondheim birthday celebration

    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, …