Of the 1975 documentary film by the Maysles Brothers that inspired the musical Grey Gardens, actress Rachel York says, “It is important for the audience to know that this was the purest form of reality television. There was a...
When Disney first explored the idea of doing Broadway productions, they had a long tradition of in-park shows under their belts. In 2013, when Frozenbecame a worldwide phenomenon, it seemed inevitable that the House of Mouse would look to...
It sounds like the set-up for a bad joke: a failing president, a former assassin, and a former terrorist meet up at a park in Maryland. But that’s what really happened in 1978 when American President Jimmy Carter convinced...
Al Dubin, the man who wrote lyrics for “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” “Forty-Second Street” and “Lullaby of Broadway,” fought a well-documented battle against drug and alcohol addiction. So while it may seem like an unlikely story for a musical,...
When Hugh Jackman made his Broadway debut in 2003 playing songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, he was at the center of a big, splashy musical with over 25 performers and a full band in the pit....
"I’m at that time of my life when I look at my so-called bucket list, and there are places I want to go. I better travel while I’m able to do it. I won’t put myself through this again.”
Bigger-than-life characters are perfect targets for parody. No doubt author Lauren Weisberger felt that way when she wrote The Devil Wears Prada, a novel in which a thinly disguised Anna Wintour is depicted as the boss from hell. Meryl...
When you are the director and choreographer of one of the biggest hits in theatre history, you can pretty much do whatever you want. For Susan Stroman, who won Tony Awards for directing and choreographing Mel Brooks’ The Producers,...
"I still owe money on the first film. I did the second because I was worried that someone would make it, and now I’m afraid someone wouldn’t."
"I’m represented so well by the things I’ve put into the world. It will always drive me crazy that I don’t have a show that is Book of Mormon or Hamilton."