
According to the New York Post, Al Pacino’s new Broadway play China Doll has devolved into a “disaster,” as the veteran actor struggles to remember his lines, despite having access to multiple teleprompters.
by Kipp Jones30 Oct 2015, 6:28 PM PST0

Sunday night featured the annual Tony Awards, celebrating the supposed best of Broadway. Experts predicted awful ratings; the ratings for the Tony Awards have dropped steadily over time, with only 7 million people watching last year. Last night, few were going to tune in, given that no blockbuster musical like The Producers or The Book of Mormon had a shot at the top award, and no major hosts outside Broadway took the stage (the hosts were Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming).
by Ben Shapiro8 Jun 2015, 1:41 PM PST0

Liberal Hollywood film director Harvey Weinstein’s Broadway production Finding Neverland failed to bring in a single Tony Award nomination this week, and while the Miramax founder is publicly taking the high road, behind closed doors he reportedly told the show’s crew the snub was a personal attack aimed at him.
by Kipp Jones30 Apr 2015, 9:03 AM PST0

The musical Fun Home debuted on Sunday, and with it, the first lesbian lead character to appear in a Broadway production.
by Kipp Jones20 Apr 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

The search for NBC’s next live musical is over with Monday’s announcement that The Wiz, a 1975 Broadway hit that re-tells The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast, will air on the network December 3.
by Kipp Jones30 Mar 2015, 2:49 PM PST0