Daniel Radcliffe: ‘I like spotting celebs in New York’

Posted on August 9, 2011 (stef)

Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that he loves celebrity spotting in New York. The 21-year-old Harry Potter star is currently living in the city while he stars on Broadway, and said that while people don’t seem to recognise him, he enjoys recognising all the other A-Listers. “It’s very rare that I get stopped or get asked [...]

Daniel Radcliffe dedicates Trevor Award to ‘the real heroes’

Posted on June 30, 2011 (Tammy)

Daniel Radcliffe has dedicated his Trevor Project Hero Award to ‘the real heroes’ behind the charity. The 21-year-old Harry Potter star took time out from Broadway musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying to attend the Trevor Live gala in New York on Monday night. The event honours those who inspire lesbian, gay, [...]

Blair Underwood to make Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire

Posted on June 17, 2011 (Tammy)

Blair Underwood is set to make his Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire. The 46-year-old actor is best known for his role in the NBC show The Event, which was recently cancelled. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he will be making his debut on Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams’ play A [...]

The Book of Mormon Rockets into Billboard 200

Posted on June 16, 2011 (Tammy)

Adele’s monster of a second album “21” is back at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a tenth non-consecutive week. In the runner up spot is the princess of pop herself, Lady Gaga with “Born This Way”. In the third spot is the soundtrack to the Broadway hit musical “The [...]

Jesse Eisenberg to make Off-Broadway debut in New York

Posted on June 3, 2011 (Tammy)

The Social Network actor Jesse Eisenberg is set to make his Off-Broadway debut with his new play Asuncion this autumn. The Oscar-nominated star, who also wrote the script for the production, will appear in the play which is scheduled to debut at New York’s Cherry Lane Theatre in October. The Hollywood Reporter says the show [...]

Matthew Morrison to Sing One of His Songs on Glee

Posted on May 11, 2011 (Tammy)

For the first time in the history of “Glee”, a cast member will be performing one of their own songs on the hit TV show. Matthew Morrison, whose debut self-titled album came out this week, is singing “Still Got Tonight” on the show’s New York-themed season 2 finale. The decision to let the actor/singer perform [...]

Oprah Winfrey to perform on Broadway?

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  Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is considering a stint on Broadway when she ends The Oprah Winfrey Show’s 25-year run at the end of the month. The star has always wanted to perform on stage in New York but has been too busy with her show. But when her programme comes to an end [...]

Daniel Radcliffe reveals dance lesson struggle

Posted on April 19, 2011 (Tammy)

Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that he found dance training for his role on Broadway so strenuous that he had to take a nap on the toilet. The 21-year-old Harry Potter star plays J Pierrepont Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and said that perfecting his dance moves for the musical was [...]

American Idiot Headed to Silver Screen

Posted on April 14, 2011 (Tammy)

Universal Pictures is reportedly looking into making the Green Day Broadway musical “American Idiot” into a full blown musical feature film. While nothing is set in stone yet, sources are saying that Dustin Lance Black is being courted to write the script, Michael Mayer to direct and the rock band’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong [...]

Christie Brinkley, 57, demos moves from her new Chicago role

Posted on April 6, 2011 (Tammy)

At the age of 57 supermodel Christie Brinkley has landed a role as Roxy in the new Broadway version of Chicago. Brinkley, who has been on the cover of over 500 magazines and used to be married to Billy Joel appeared on US TV programme Good Morning America to show off a few of her [...]

Jason Patrick Talks Lady Gaga

Posted on March 25, 2011 (Tammy)

Jason Patrick had a couple of things to say about Lady Gaga. If you dont know who he is, Jason is currently a Broadway actor but some of you might remember him from the 1987 film Lost Boys. As for what he said about the pop singer, Jason said This Lady GaGa is absolutely preposterous. [...]

Julie Taymor leaves Spider-Man musical

Posted on March 15, 2011 (Tammy)

Julie Taymor has stepped down as the director of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark after the official opening of the musical was delayed for a sixth time. Taymor will be replaced by a new creative team to oversee rewrites on the musical, which was set to open on March 15. Producers said Taymor’s previous commitments [...]

Sienna Miller ‘enjoyed being detestable’

Posted on March 11, 2011 (Tammy)

Sienna Miller has admitted that she enjoyed playing a ‘vile woman’ on Broadway. The 29-year-old actress starred alongside Jonny Lee Miller in After Miss Julie, and said that it was great to be hated by the audiences. She told Stylist, “In New York, the audiences were very vocal, which was quite difficult because my character [...]

Green Day Singer Wants to Write More Musicals

Posted on January 14, 2011 (Tammy)

Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong has confessed to sources that he is eager to get to work on a new Broadway musical, following the success of his first show American Idiot. The rock star explained that hes really interested in writing songs specifically for a show and feels that his talent is best [...]

Actress Julia Stiles joins Broadway cast of Fat Pig

Posted on January 5, 2011 (Tammy)

Dexter star Julia Stiles is heading to Broadway to star in an adaptation of the hit West End play Fat Pig. According to Daily Variety, the 29-year-old actress will appear in a spring run of the play at the Belasco Theatre in New York. The Neil LaBute-directed play, which also stars comedian Dane Cook in [...]

Halle Berry to make Broadway debut

Posted on December 1, 2010 (Tammy)

Actress Halle Berry is set to make her Broadway debut in new play The Mountaintop. The Hollywood star revealed yesterday to Entertainment Tonight that she now wants to establish herself as a thespian. Halle, 44, will star in the play alongside Samuel L. Jackson. Berry revealed the news at the premiere of her new flick [...]

TV commercial airs for new Spider-Man musical

Posted on November 30, 2010 (Tammy)

American TV viewers got a sneak peek at the new Spider-Man musical the most expensive in Broadway history. A television commercial for the $65million USD show, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, shows Reeve Carney in the role of the webslinger. He can be seen sharing a kiss with love interest Mary Jane, whose role is [...]

Daniel Radcliffe lands Broadway role

Posted on November 23, 2010 (Tammy)

Daniel Radcliffe will star in Broadway musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The 21-year-old actor has been getting dancing lessons to play J. Pierrepont Finch in the revival of the 1961 show. He plays a bow-tie-wearing window cleaner who works his way up in the corporate world at the World Wide Wicket [...]

Kylie Minogue on Broadway

Posted on November 12, 2010 (Tammy)

There are serious rumblings that Kylie Minogue is collaborating with the director of Londons version of Rent, William Baker, on a new Broadway show that would use her music. The piece is apparently going be in the same vein as Mamma Mia! where the story is written to fit the lyrics of the songs. The [...]

Dee Snider Joins Rock of Ages

Posted on October 4, 2010 (Tammy)

Broadway musical Rock of Ages will be getting an unusual addition to the cast as Twisted Sister lead singer Dee Snider will be making his Broadway debut in the musical as the character Dennis for an 11-week run, which starts on October 11. On top of that, the rock star is also set to host [...]