All news by author: Michael Riedel

A new book looks at one-half century of Oscar nights

In 1972, the popular Broadway show "Grease" was set to go on tour, requiring a new cast to be assembled. In Los Angeles, an..

Christopher Plummer had a complicated relationship with "The Sound of Music" -- he even threatened to walk off the picture, which won the 1966 Oscar for Best Picture, at one point.

Much like the coronavirus pandemic, 9/11 halted Broadway in its tracks — until New York City's Mayor Rudy Giuliani took remarkable actions to preserve it

Terrence McNally died this week of complications from the coronavirus. The Broadway playwright weathered ups and downs in his decades-long career.

Broadway is set to close for four to six weeks starting tonight because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to several sources who spoke to The Post

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are starring in a revival of Neil Simon's “Plaza Suite,” already a hit in Boston before hitting Broadway next month.

A quarter century has passed since his death, and Antônio Carlos Jobim is set to make his Broadway premiere with "Black Orpheus," a fresh musical crafted by playwright Lynn Nottage and lyricist Susan Birkenhead

The New York Musical Festival filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of this month, pointing to a "crisis in arts funding" across the country. Josh Canfield and many other writers are outraged

Neil Diamond recently attended an exclusive rehearsal of a musical heading to Broadway that chronicles his life, and he was seen singing along to his own songs

Stephen Sondheim has admired director Marianne Elliott since attending her staging of "Saint Joan" at the National Theatre in London back in 2007

" Hee Haw" is back on course following a makeover and an entertaining reading in New York last month that drew the attention of the top three theater owners: Shubert, Nederlander, and Jujamcyn

It’s been a week since the death, at 88, of Jerry Herman, whose scores to “Hello, Dolly!” and “Mame” defined the brassy, sassy sound of a musical comedy, but his favorite was "La Cage aux Folles."