After controversies over rumored support for Hillary Clinton by his father, brother, and daughter, former President George W. Bush recently appeared in a new TV ad urging Americans to get out and vote in November’s general election, but in doing so he carefully avoided endorsing anyone.
It should come as no surprise that Page Six is among the Israeli prime minister’s top priorities. On Monday, we reported that Benjamin Netanyahu was booed — and cheered — as he took his seat for “Hamilton.”
First Lady Michelle Obama served as host at a Broadway concert for the spouses of U.N. leaders as part of her Let Girls Learn initiative that promotes the education of girls in countries whose cultural traditions prevent their access to higher learning.
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” offers lessons for the nation, telling donors following a special fundraising performance, “Let’s not throw away our shot.”
Hillary Clinton’s campaign will get a shot of Broadway star power in July when the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee hosts a fundraiser at a performance of the smash hit musical Hamilton.
Bret Easton Ellis, who authored the 1991 novel American Psycho, says his story’s title character, narcissistic Wall Street serial killer Patrick Bateman, would probably support GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s White House bid.
“Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama, honoring creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for a dazzling musical has captured popular consciousness like few Broadway shows.
Rosie O’Donnell mocked presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing the GOP frontrunner of inciting “hate crimes,” wanting to ban all Muslims, and accepting “endorsements from the Ku Klux Klan” during a Broadway show for charity.
According to the New York Post, Al Pacino’s new Broadway play China Doll has devolved into a “disaster,” as the veteran actor struggles to remember his lines, despite having access to multiple teleprompters.
Sunday night featured the annual Tony Awards, celebrating the supposed best of Broadway. Experts predicted awful ratings; the ratings for the Tony Awards have dropped steadily over time, with only 7 million people watching last year. Last night, few were going to tune in, given that no blockbuster musical like The Producers or The Book of Mormon had a shot at the top award, and no major hosts outside Broadway took the stage (the hosts were Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming).
Liberal Hollywood film director Harvey Weinstein’s Broadway production Finding Neverland failed to bring in a single Tony Award nomination this week, and while the Miramax founder is publicly taking the high road, behind closed doors he reportedly told the show’s crew the snub was a personal attack aimed at him.
The musical Fun Home debuted on Sunday, and with it, the first lesbian lead character to appear in a Broadway production.
The search for NBC’s next live musical is over with Monday’s announcement that The Wiz, a 1975 Broadway hit that re-tells The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast, will air on the network December 3.
