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Let's cut to the chase. Donald Trump is surrendering his campaign to rename the Kennedy Center and to shut it down for renovations. He's been forced by ...

First, the good news: "The Book of Mormon" will celebrate its 15th anniversary on the Tony Awards June 7th on CBS. A live performance will feature Tony ...

Broadway is contracting pretty fast. It had already been announced that "Moulin Rouge" would shut down at the end of August. Then "Death Becomes Her,"

The news from Broadway is not that great from this past week. "Chicago" fell back to Earth, dropping by $1 million after the departure of its reality stars. With Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas on stage, "Chicago" had its biggest receipts ever after ...

Now, this is a show I'd like to see. Weird Al Yankovic is coming to Broadway with a new musical. He's written the songs with Scott Brown and Anthony King, of "Beetlejuice" fame. Al is famous for his parody songs. He's always hilarious. No word on a . ...

Wow. I did not think I'd wake up to this sad news. Rex Reed is gone. He was 87, and he was a New York superstar. Rex was maybe the most famous film critic ever in New York. A kid from Texas, with a drawl he couldn't escape, Rex was close pals with .. ...

The Broadway Mormons will not be ringing doorbells for a couple of weeks. The Tony winning "Book of Mormon" will be shuttered at least until May 17th after a fire damaged the Eugene O'Neill Theater. The musical, now in its 15th year, has had a rock . ...

The Tony Awards don't like Broadway stars and they proved it this morning. The nominations are out, and they are brutal. Laurie Metcalf could have gone two nominations for Best Actress in a Play, for "Death of a Salesman" and for "Little Bear Ridge . ...