Controversial Musical ‘Slam Frank’ Announces Move to Off-Broadway With Provocative Campaign

Admin2 weeks ago05 mins

The most incendiary musical comedy of 2025 will advance to the off-Broadway Orpheum Theatre in October, and its creators are marking the show’s return with, not surprisingly, two provocative events. The box office for Slam Frank, which reimagines Anne Frank’s story through an “intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens,” according to the producers, opens on June 12, the birthday of the Jewish teen whose diary…

#Ellen Holly, Pioneering Black Actress on ‘One Life to Live,’ Dies at 92

Admin3 years ago016 mins

Ellen Holly, whose long-running turn as Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live made her the first Black actress to gain stardom on a daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died in her sleep Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, publicist Cheryl L. Duncan announced. A member of The Actors Studio…

#Maude Apatow Says She Suffered Concussion in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Onstage Accident

Admin3 years ago04 mins

Maude Apatow is revealing details about an onstage accident that she suffered earlier this year during her current run in the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors. The Euphoria actress recently visited NBC’s Late Night, where she spoke with host Seth Meyers about playing Audrey in the theatrical production. After Meyers asked if she…

#Charles Kimbrough, Anchorman Jim Dial on ‘Murphy Brown,’ Dies at 86

Admin3 years ago09 mins

Charles Kimbrough, Anchorman Jim Dial on ‘Murphy Brown,’ Dies at 86 Charles Kimbrough, the Emmy-nominated actor best known for his splendid decade-long portrayal of staid network anchorman Jim Dial on Murphy Brown, has died. He was 86. Kimbrough died Jan. 11 in Culver City, his son, John Kimbrough, told The New York Times. A veteran…

#Broadway star Quentin Oliver Lee dead at 34

Admin4 years ago05 mins

“Broadway star Quentin Oliver Lee dead at 34” Quentin Oliver Lee, best known for his role as the Phantom in the US tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” and an off-Broadway role in “Oratorio for Living Things,” has died. He was 34. His wife, Angie Lee Graham, broke the news in an Instagram post,…

#Groucho Marx impersonator keeps the comedian’s legacy going

Admin4 years ago06 mins

“Groucho Marx impersonator keeps the comedian’s legacy going” He’s truly Marx-ed his spot “All people are born alike. Except Democrats and Republicans.” “He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot. But don’t let that fool you, he really is an idiot.” This is from another non-Tony show. They’re Groucho Marx grouches from…

#Barry Manilow’s musical has flaws, but stellar singing

Admin4 years ago07 mins

“Barry Manilow’s musical has flaws, but stellar singing” Barry Manilow’s new musical “Harmony” could begin with the lyric: His name was Josef! He was a rabbi! The melody from “Copacabana” isn’t found here — this isn’t a jukebox show — but the tunefulness the singer is known for abounds. It’s some of the better quality…

#Off-Broadway musical is a mess

Admin4 years ago010 mins

“#Off-Broadway musical is a mess” Two very different musicals are wrapped up into one bewildering package with the New Group’s “Black No More,” which opened Tuesday night off-Broadway. Part of the show is an occasionally on-the-money satire about a fictitious device from the 1930s that can turn black people white. The poetic opening narration brings…

#Judith Ivey climbing back on stage in off-Broadway production

Admin5 years ago07 mins

“#Judith Ivey climbing back on stage in off-Broadway production” Broadway’s “Morning’s at Seven,” which opened in 1939, is now reopening in off-B’way’s Theatre at St. Clement’s. Its star Judith Ivey: “I saw it in 1980. Again, 2002. Now, during rehearsal, our temperature’s taken daily. Your time to talk, you take the mask off. Wait your turn….

#Off-broadway play asks its audience to vote on Nixon’s complicity in Watergate

Admin5 years ago07 mins

“#Off-broadway play asks its audience to vote on Nixon’s complicity in Watergate” He’s not a crook. At least that is what most audiences of an off-Broadway play about President Richard M. Nixon — starring famed impersonator Rich Little — think of the late, disgraced Watergate figure. The show puts the audience of “Trial on the…