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Phyllis Somerville, an actress whose character work spanned decades as well as television (“The Big C,” “NYPD Blue”), film (“Little Children,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) and the stage (Broadway’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”), died of natural causes at her home in New York City on July 16. She was 76. Her death was …
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Broadway director Jerry Zaks. Drama Desk Awards. Four Tonys. Nominated for Bette Midler’s “Hello, Dolly!” in 2017. How smart is he? When I rehearsed my suggested one-woman show he yawned, “Forget it!” That’s how smart. He’s to direct — whenever that is — “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, with Warren Carlyle …
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Do not throw away your shot because the “Hamilton” trailer is here. Launching on Disney Plus on July 3, the minute-long trailer shows off footage from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical. The film features footage with the original cast, including Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos, Jonathon …
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Next time you go see “The Phantom of the Opera,” if British officials have their way, you might listen to the small-talk of the night. Andrew Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 Friday that a government official bizarrely suggested that West End musicals come back “without any singing” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. …
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Philip J. Smith, chairman and CEO of Broadway’s biggest landlord, is retiring. Smith, 88, has been the head of the mighty Shubert Organization, which owns and operates 17 Broadway theaters and six off-Broadway venues, since 2008 and has been with the company for more than six decades. While Smith will take on an emeritus role, …
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Coronavirus-stricken Broadway star Nick Cordero has lost 65 pounds in his ongoing battle against the illness, his wife revealed Wednesday night. Amanda Kloots gave an update on Cordero’s condition as she took questions on Instagram Live, telling fans that her husband is still “so weak.” “No, unfortunately not,” Kloots responded when asked if Cordero could …
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HBO has landed the Spike Lee-directed version of Broadway show “David Byrne’s American Utopia.” The film will launch on the premium cable network later this year and comes after Deadline revealed the filmed version of the show in January. The Broadway production, which opened October 2019 and ran through February 16 at the Hudson Theatre, …
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Beauty business insiders say former “Glee” diva Lea Michele is known to be toxic in the industry because of her ugly behavior. The actress, 33, has been caught up in a storm of damning headlines with a host of former co-stars calling her a mean girl. Now, those behind the scenes are joining in. One …
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Lea Michele was “well aware of her disgusting behavior” before her former “Glee” co-stars began to call her out, a source told Page Six on Wednesday. “She was rude to all cast members,” a source close to the show emphasized to us Wednesday. “Nobody likes her. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a cast member that …
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Sunday was supposed to be the 74th Tonys. The first broadcast was on WOR in 1947. First on TV was in 1967, on ABC, from the Shubert Theatre. For the first time ever, they are postponed indefinitely. So no Radio City, no long speeches, no long gowns, no red carpet, no p.r. man Rick Miramontez’s …
Phyllis Somerville, an actress whose character work spanned decades as well as television (“The Big C,” “NYPD Blue”), film (“Little Children,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) and the stage (Broadway’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”), died of natural causes at her home in New York City on July 16. She was 76. Her death was …
