The It girl with the spit curl looks great for 100, but her Broadway musical, which feels like one big merch grab, is boop-boop-a-don’t.
Category: Theater
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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories
At a gathering in the Broadway theater renamed to honor the star, speakers including Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad described Jones as an inspiration.
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‘The Last Five Years’ Review: Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren Star in a Muddy Revival
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren star in a muddy revival of Jason Robert Brown’s still-scathing musical.
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How the Stars of ‘All Nighter’ Get That College Vibe
The actresses talk about bonding over their nightly cram session, and have also compiled a playlist of some of the songs that get them going.
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‘Boop!’ Arrives on Broadway, With a Surprising 100-Year Back Story
From her 1930 debut as a poodle-human hybrid to a modern-day symbol of empowerment, Betty Boop has had an unusual journey to the Broadway stage. Boop-oop-a-doop!
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The Stars Come Out for George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Opening
As a play with parallels to today’s political climate had its official Broadway premiere, famous friends celebrated its star, George Clooney. He brushed aside talk of a political future.
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Review: Clooney, Fair and Balanced, in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
George Clooney makes Edward R. Murrow a saint of sane journalism for a world that still needs one in a stage adaptation of the 2005 movie.
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Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.
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Andrew Scott on ‘Vanya’: ‘Who Isn’t Sad?’
The actor calls his solo performance in Chekhov’s melancholy comedy an “endless experiment.” Even all alone, he can really fill a stage.
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Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr
Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk star in a bumpy revival of David Mamet’s play about salesmen with nothing worth selling.
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Othello and Iago, a Marriage Made in Both Heaven and Hell
Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that easy to call.