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more about #broadway more comments → DeadliestSin: Came to NYC last spring and saw POTO, plan on coming again next year when Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies" (Phantom 2!!!!!1!) hops the pond fro... more » MattGaymon: Girl please, I'd rather see Chippendales than 'A Steady Rain.' more » jbwan: Next To Normal is great. But no tourist here with family wants to sit through a depressing show. See Richard's post about depressing Hollywood movies ... more » unclevanya: It's Ragtime, one word. And everyone should go see it. It closed way before its time in its first run in the 90s because Garth Drabinsky was too busy ... more » Ogiri W Surie: I loved Michael Crawfish in "Phanton." more » Valerie Flame: Keanu reeves taking in a performance of Jude Law in Hamlet on Broadway. (44th and 8th avenue) on Wednesday night. #stalker #keanureeves #judelaw #ham... more » BettyCrocker: Le sigh. He lost his gay icon status by being douchey and his appeal to straight women by being wimpy. He can only reclaim both by eating an entire ... more » TRexstasy: Belonsky, you're an idiot. It's Daniel Craig in that play, not Jude Law. You must be incredibly cute because Denton clearly didn't recruit you from ... more » metoometoo: I actually love the Newark airport. It's my favorite airport. I'm being 100% serious. more » Wendy_Kroy: Furlong's had serious drug issues before - I remember reading an article about how his marriage to Kneeland was part of his attempt to get back on tra... more » Perhaps Not: Where can I buy a "Free Avary" button? more » NigelAstydameia: I don't really give a fuck about DJ whoever, but sorry, kiddies, when you've got eight different drugs in you including coke, Oxycontin and Vicodin, n... more » hjih: am i the only person who is actually a bit appalled by the newark mayor? i mean putting someone on a no-fly list as a publicity stunt is an abuse of p... more » Magister: I'm not a strange lesbian, so my sensitivities might be off, but I thought the Graham Norton bit was worth a click. more » Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): Andrew, get your British heartthrobs straight. Daniel Craig is waaaayy better than Jude Law. more » -
#oldnews
Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
The good news: tourists poured a truckload of cash into Broadway over Thanksgiving weekend. The sad news: the shows that did best were tired gems like Wicked and The Lion King and shows based on movies. Original musicals are doomed. More » -
#sushigate
Warning: Jeremy Piven has resumed eating fish. All Broadway shows are doomed.
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#gossiproundup
Golly, People Think Sarah Palin's Overpriced
Some ignorant folk don't think "public speaker" Sarah Palin deserves her outlandishly steep paycheck. Eddie Furlong's hitting the coke pipe. And Penelope Cruz enjoys kissing both Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson. It's your Wednesday morning gossip roundup! More » -
#sushigate
Jeremy Piven Celebrates Victory Over Evil Mercury-Loving Broadway Producers
The arbitrator in the case of sushi-loving Jeremy Piven versus the Broadway producers of Speed-the-Plow ruled today that the producers could not prove their breach of contract suit against the star. But they still think they were right. More » -
#prestigeprojects
Ashton Kutcher: Live and Fabulous
Going to the theater can often be a culturally enlightening experience. But it does cost a lot of money. So when you do go, you want to make sure it's something good, right? Like something starring Ashton Kutcher! More » -
#internalmemos
Departing MTV Exec's Furtive Wish: I Wanna Be On Broadway!
Brian Graden, a veteran programming executive at youth culture battle-axe MTV, has thrown in the towel after twelve years. In his goodbye memo to staffers, forwarded to us, Graden mentions an as-yet-unexplored dream: To do musical theater. Adorbs. More » -
#broadway
Prince Is a Big Fan of West Side Story
So you watched the Tony Awards last night, right? Prince did as well! And he really loved Karen Olivo from West Side Story, so much that he bought 20 tickets to her show so he can watch it all alone! More » -
#picofthenight
Good Hair Day
The cast of the Broadway musical Hair performs at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards on Sunday night. The show won the award for Best Revival of a Musical. [AP Photo/Seth Wenig] -
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#picoftheday
The Best Seats On Broadway
[Lawn chairs dot a stretch of Broadway in Times Square today. Sections of the thoroughfare there and in nearby Herald Square just became pedestrian walkways; image via Getty] -
#snldigest
Will Ferrell-Hosted, Cameo-Laden SNL Season Finale Will Come To Traumatize Lorne Michaels
Last night's Will Ferrell-hosted SNL season closer was a perfect freak-storm of cameos (Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Norm McDonald, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler) and nostalgia. The play-by-play, post-jump. More » -
#stage
Rock of Ages: Grizzled 80's Hair Bands Attack Broadway
Dee Snider was seated comfortably in the middle of the orchestra section at last night's Broadway opening of power ballad jukebox musical Rock of Ages. Yes, it's that un-theatery a piece of theater fluff. More » -
#publicrelations
Jeremy Piven Cries, Escapes Punishment
Jeremy Piven convinced five other actors his mercury poisoning is real, deadlocking a union hearing and sparing Piven penalties for leaving Speed the Plow. How did he do it? Maybe with some crying.
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#mysteries
Mercury Poisoning Made Jeremy Piven Sleep All Day
Jeremy Piven was looking well at the Golden Globe awards last night. Seemingly recovered from his recent suspicious mercury poisoning, he told an interviewer that the illness just left him like really wiped-out, man. More » -
#disasters
More People Debunking Jeremy Piven's Poison Sushi Excuse
New tidbits about the Jeremy Piven-destroys-Broadway story keep coming. "Mercury-filled sushi made him sick!" "Wrong! He quit early because he parties too hard!" Etc. Now an insider with the show, Speed-the-Plow, has provided some details. More » -
#excuses
Jeremy Piven Willing to Contract Any Disease That Will Get Him Off Broadway
Hollywood community, Jeremy Piven is very disappointed in you. Why have you refrained from rallying around the actor as he suffers so dearly from mononucleosis... er, we mean "self-inflicted sushi poisoning"? -
#feuds
Jeremy Piven's Play-Quitting Excuse Makes Enemy of Mamet
If ever David Mamet had justification to launch one of his famous, profanity-studded tirades, the news that Jeremy Piven had abruptly (and weirdly) quit his play Speed-the-Plow would certainly seem to fit the bill.
