‘Jersey Boys’ Musical Sets November For Off Broadway Return

Hugh Jackman is running some errands in NYC!

Antonio Ferme editorPaul Rudnick‘s “Playing The Palace” has been years in the making. The novel follows a New York City event planner named Carter Ogden who unexpectedly sparks a love affair with Edgar, the openly gay Crown Prince of England.After working on the first draft for almost a year, Rudnick revealed that he spent many months revising the romantic comedy with editor Cindy Wong during the pandemic.

Rosario Dawson, 42, and Cory Booker, 52, moved in together last year — and their relationship seems to be stronger than ever! “It was an amazing adventure,” the Men In Black II alum said to People magazine. “My family are all in New York. It felt really beautiful and good to start a new chapter of my life in the driver’s seat,” she added of moving in with the New Jersey senator.

Fascinating Rhythm,” the next film from “Once” director John Carney that is a musical inspired by the life of George Gershwin. Martin Scorsese and Irwin Winkler are set to produce the film, which Carney is directing and co-writing with Chris Cluess.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate prevailed in an auction for worldwide rights to make Fascinating Rhythm, the John Carney-directed musical drama based inspired by the life of American composer George Gershwin. Carney co-wrote the script with Chris Cluess (SCTV and Night Court). The deal was locked down by Joe Drake, Chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.

NEW YORK -- Disney’s iconic “Winnie the Pooh” will travel from the forest to find a home off-Broadway this fall.“Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation” will bring together Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Tigger, and the gang in a new production developed by Jonathon Rockefeller.The show will feature songs by the Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers with additional music from A.A. Milne, and will be told using life-size puppetry.

More than one year after Broadway closed its curtains due to the pandemic, we woke up to the HollyGOOD news that three major Broadway shows––The Lion King, Hamilton, and Wicked–– are returning to Broadway in New York City starting September 14, and tickets are on sale now.Broadway stars L. Steven Taylor (Mufasa in The Lion King), Krystal Joy Brown (Eliza in Hamilton), and Alexandra Billings (Madame Morrible in Wicked) announced the return of Broadway on Tuesday morning’s Good Morning America.The

return to the Great White Way in September.Stars from “Hamilton,” “The Lion King” and “Wicked” appeared together on “Good Morning America” to confirm that each show will return when Broadway is set to raise the curtain again Sept.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo cleared the way for Broadway productions to reopen May 19, announcing Monday that most novel coronavirus-related capacity restrictions in New York and New Jersey will be lifted on that date, including those that have prevented Broadway theaters from operating for more than a year.

UPDATE, with video New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that all state-mandated capacity restrictions in New York City will be lifted May 19, including Broadway theaters.

New York City's entertainment scene was officially jolted out of the sleep it succumbed to last year when Pose took over the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Centeron Thursday night for the world premiere of the FX show's third and final season. The screening marked the first major in-person red carpet event to take place since the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown began last year.

Based on creator Crystal Moselle’s 2018 Sundance hit “Skate Kitchen,” the spiritual spin-off series—which in a way restarted the film as a series with much of the same cast— will return to HBO for a second season this June. Still helmed and created by Moselle, “Betty” follows five young women on journeys of self-discovery against the backdrop of New York City’s male-dominated skateboarding scene.

Apple has landed the previously announced live, filmed version of the Broadway musical “Come From Away,” the production directed by Tony winner Christopher Ashley, that will air on Apple TV+. The cast will reunite this May for a performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City, and Entertainment One (eOne) will produce the live, filmed version of the performance.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said today that he expects the city to be back “full strength” from the yearlong Covid shutdown in July – not including Broadway.

Gallery: Celine Dion: Vampire Queen to the most influential artist in history (BANG Showbiz)The memoir is set to trace her meteoric rise from the streets of New York City to the top of the charts. A statement about the memoir explained: "Lil' Kim not only blazed trails for women in hip-hop, but also inspired the careers of those who followed.

Based on creator Crystal Moselle’s 2018 Sundance hit “Skate Kitchen,” the spiritual spin-off series—which in a way restarted the film as a series with much of the same cast— will return to HBO for a second season this June. Still helmed and created by Moselle, “Betty” follows five young women on journeys of self-discovery against the backdrop of New York City’s male-dominated skateboarding scene.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN examined the 1990s Chicago Bulls in a celebrated documentary series and probed the fortunes of the 1970s New York Yankees in a serialized drama. Now the sports-media giant has big plans for the New York Mets.ESPN Films plans to release “Once Upon a Time in Queens,” a four-part series on the 1986 Mets, later this year on both ESPN and ESPN Plus.

NEW YORK -- Film and theater producer Scott Rudin is resigning from the powerful Broadway League as he faces allegations of decades of abusive and violent behavior.“I know apologizing is not, by any means, enough," Rudin, whose credits include “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Book of Mormon” and a revival of “West Side Story,” wrote this week in an email to The New York Times.