SimplyShowbiz.com“Miss Saigon” next film musical for Hugh Jackman?
The film version of the stage hit, Les Misérables, opens nationwide on Christmas Day. (A word to the wise, if you plan to go then, get your tix now or you may have to settle for Parental Guidance or something.) Meanwhile, Simply-Showbiz.com, was intrigued by this exchange between Michael Riedel of the New York Post [...]
Bette Midler as Sue Mengers–on Broadway?
According to the New York Post, Bette Midler may return to Broadway in a one-woman show about Hollywood “super-agent” Sue Mengers. The script is being developed by Tony-winning playwright John Logan (Red), reports Post theatre scribe Michael Riedel. Midler appeared on Broadway early in her career, in the original production of Fiddler on the Roof. [...]
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Henry Winkler to channel porn’s Ron Jeremy on Broadway?
According to Michael Riedel of the New York Post, Henry Winkler may return to Broadway this fall in a comedy called The Performers, set in the adult film industry. He would play an aging porn star modeled on Ron Jeremy, one of the industry’s most famous…faces. Rumored to join the Happy Days actor in the [...]
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Broadway debut set for Tom Hanks
Make way for the Broadway neophyte. Tom Hanks, 55, will make his Main Stem stage debut in a new play by Nora Ephron called Lucky Guy, according to a recent report by Michael Riedel of The New York Post. George C. Wolfe is set to direct the play, which will open in January 2013. The [...]
New “Honeymooners” musical could be lyricist’s breakthrough show
Last week, Michael Riedel of The New York Post reported on a reading of a new musical based on the legendary Jackie Gleason sitcom The Honeymooners. The private New York read-through was staged by Jerry Mitchell of Broadway Bares fame and featured Jim Belushi as Ralph Kramden and Peter Scolari as Ed Norton. (Rachel York [...]
Category: Hot Topics, Theatre, TV
Tags: Helene Yorke, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Mitchell, Michael Riedel, musical theatre, Peter Mills, Peter Scolari, Rachel York, Stephen Weiner, The Honeymooners
Patrick Page: Gobblin’ up the jammed “Spider-Man” scenery
According to Michael Riedel of the New York Post (publication name typed under duress), the long-delayed first preview performance of director Julie Taymor’s Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” proved a chaotic affair. Stage wires dropped onto the audience. Pieces of scenery went missing. Actors (including Reeve Carney, who plays the title hero) dangled [...]
“La Cage aux Folles”: Should Martin Short be on the short list?
I finally caught the Tony-winning Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles” last Wednesday, and during intermission my theatre companion and I chatted with one of our neighbors about the future of the show. It was recently announced that Douglas Hodge, who picked up a Tony for portraying drag performer Albin in “La Cage” will [...]
Category: Theatre
Tags: Douglas Hodge, John Travolta, Kelsey Grammer, La Cage aux Folles, Martin Short, Matthew Broderick, Michael Riedel, Mike Myers
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