Filming for Richard LaGravenese’s big screen adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years is underway! The movie’s leading lady Anna Kendrick Instagrammed a photo of her and co-star Jeremy Jordan on set writing, “Cathy and Jamie 4ever #LastFiveYears #DayOne.” Agreed! The duo looks adorable (loving the blonde locks, Ms. Kendrick!). Our guess is Jordan and ...

My Big Gay Italian Funeral, the off-Broadway sequel to Anthony J. Wilkinson’s wacky comedy My Big Gay Italian Wedding, has arrived at St. Luke’s Theatre, with more wild hijinks and zany characters. The sequel, playing in repertory with Wedding, opened officially on June 16, starring Wilkinson, Marissa Perry, Brett Douglas, Donna Castellano, Brian Murphy and more. Directed by ...

On June 11, the Public Theater rocked its annual Central Park summer gala with a one-night-only benefit performance of The Pirates of Penzance. Original star Kevin Kline reprised his Tony-winning role as the Pirate King (created in Central Park in 1980!) in the concert, and  filling out the cast were Glenn Close as the spurned maid Ruth, Martin Short as ...

Back in 1984, Candice Bergen replaced Sigourney Weaver in the original Broadway production of David Rabe’s Hurlyburly. Almost three decades later, these talented ladies are still friends, and Bergen (who returned to Broadway last year in Gore Vidal's The Best Man) headed to the Golden Theatre on June 12 to see Weaver in the newly crowned Best Play ...

Family drama abounds in Sidney Howard’s 1926 play The Silver Cord, which centers around a female villain named Mrs. Phelps. In the first major New York revival, which opened off-Broadway on June 11, veteran actor Dale Carman offers a unique spin on the role of the manipulative mother. Directed by Obie winner Dan Wackerman, the Peccadillo Theater Company production ...

Film and sitcom stars and, more importantly, theater enthusiasts Carol Kane, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman hitched a ride over to the Classic Stage Company to catch up with old friend and Taxi co-star, Christopher Lloyd. The four actors appeared together on the series, which debuted in 1978 and won 18 Emmy Awards (including three for Outstanding Comedy Series and ...

MCC Theater had reasons to be celebrating on June 11 as they presented the latest work from playwright and screenwriter Neil LaBute. Reasons to Be Happy, a companion piece to his Tony-nominated play Reasons to Be Pretty, officially opened at the Lucille Lortel Theatre starring stage vet Josh Hamilton as Greg, The Office star Jenna Fischer as his ex-girlfriend Steph ...

The big winner at the 2013 Tony Awards was the Cyndi Lauper/Harvey Fierstein musical Kinky Boots. A stage adaptation of the British indie film, this heartwarming tale of a Northampton factory that specializes in shoes for drag queens won over Tony voters and walked away with six awards, including Best Musical. After the June 9 ceremony ended, the cast ...

One of the big winners on Tony night was the acclaimed revival of Pippin, and two of the ladies responsible for the much-loved musical were both big winners on their own! Leading actress Patina Miller and director Diane Paulus each earned their first Tony for the circus extravaganza, and so they had plenty of reason to celebrate with the rest ...

When Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, the entire theatrical community cheered for Christopher Durang—and so did his cast members! Broadway.com photographer Bruce Glikas caught up with the Vanya company at the show's after-party at Rockefeller Center's Sea Grill, where Durang felt the love from Tony nominees ...