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Wilson Chapman editorJustin Bartha’s getting back into the treasure hunting game. The actor will return to the “National Treasure” series for the upcoming series of the same name, Disney Plus announced Monday.Bartha starred in the two “National Treasure” films, released in 2004 and 2007 as Riley Poole, the best friend and computer expert sidekick of treasure hunting lead Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage).

The second shoe has dropped at "Plaza Suite" on Broadway. First Matthew Broderick tested positive for COVID-19 and a few days later his wife and co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker, has done so herself. Parker tested positive Thursday and the show has been canceled.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the latest celebs to test positive for COVID-19. The couple's positive diagnosis was revealed on the official Instagram account for their Broadway show, , on Thursday.«Today, Sarah Jessica Parker tested positive for COVID with a second test confirming the diagnosis,» the post began, before announcing that Thursday night's performance of the Neil Simon production would be cancelled.

Tonight’s performance of Broadway’s Plaza Suite has been canceled after Sarah Jessica Parker tested positive for Covid today. A second test confirmed the diagnosis.

Matthew Broderick will not be stepping onstage for the Tuesday, April 5 Broadway performance of “Plaza Suite”.

Matthew Broderick has tested positive for COVID-19.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaOne of the biggest hits on Broadway is down a star. Matthew Broderick will miss an unspecified number of performances of “Plaza Suite” after testing positive for COVID-19. A second test confirmed the diagnosis.

Matthew Broderick wasn't sure what to expect when he signed up to work with his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, who he has been married to since 1997, on a two person Broadway show, and the grueling hours that came with it.MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick celebrate 23rd wedding anniversary in the sweetest wayThe two first started with their show, Plaza Suite, back in 2020, but production was put to a halt due to the pandemic just a few weeks after they had started. He, like many, thought they would go on break for just a few weeks.Plaza Suite is a comedy play originally written by Neil Simon in 1969, and it follows a wife and husband staying in the same suite they stayed in for their honeymoon 23 years earlier.WATCH: SJP takes viewers behind the scenes on And Just Like That...MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker's $15m New York townhouse is better than Carrie Bradshaw'sNow it's back, and they perform a whopping eight shows a week.The Ferris Bueller's Day Off actor stopped by Live! With Kelly and Ryan to chat with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest about the Broadway show, and what it's really like working with one's wife, particularly under such an intense schedule.Ryan hilariously started the conversation by saying: "You have a co-star who's a real up and comer, do you have good chemistry?" The couple looked dazzling during the premiere's red carpetKelly then didn't hesitate to ask him what everyone wanted to know: "How do you get away from each other?"MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker asks fans for help following surprising backstage momentMORE: Matthew Broderick responds to Robert Downey Jr's request to reconnect with SJPMatthew's answer was surprising, and even he wasn't expecting it.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s three children made a rare appearance on the red carpet to support their parents’ Broadway show, Plaza Suite. On Monday, the couple’s son, James, 19, and 12-year-old twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha, attended the opening of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. The three teenagers walked the red carpet and posed for photos together, a rare occurance for the typically private family.

Sarah Jessica Parker's children are all grown up as the trio walked the red carpet for the opening night of the Neil Simon play Plaza Suite on Monday 28 March. The Sex and the City star, 57, whose frizz-free curls are down to a £28 hair towel, shares James, 19, and twins Marion and Tabitha, both 12, with her Hollywood actor husband Matthew Broderick, 60.Their eldest child, James, looked the perfect mix of his parents as he donned a simple black suit that featured gold buttons, which he paired with a matching black tie and dark shoes.

Michael Appler On Monday evening in New York City, “Plaza Suite,” a Neil Simon comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, opened on Broadway with a comedic crash nearly three years in the making.Set in the late-1960s, “Plaza Suite” comprises three one act plays in which Broderick and Parker — married in real life — portray couples staying in a suite at the Plaza Hotel. In the final act — a grand farce in which the pair play parents whose bride-to-be daughter has barricaded herself in the bathroom — Broderick takes a slapstick run at the locked-shut door. On Monday, in front of a star-studded crowd including Mayor Eric Adams, Broderick busted right through the set in an opening night gaff for the Broadway books.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick had three very special guests in attendance during the opening night of their Broadway show, Neil Simon's on Monday. The A-list couple’s children, John, 19, and 12-year-old twins Marion and Tabitha, walked the red carpet for the event held at New York City’s Hudson Theater.  For their rare appearance, the Broderick trio walked the carpet together and posed for pictures, sans their parents.

The kids are growing up so fast! Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s son James Wilkie Broderick, 19, and twin daughters Tabitha Hodge Broderick and Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick, both 12, smiled for a photo together at the opening night of their parents’ Broadway show Plaza Suite on Monday March 28. The kids were dressed up nice to see the revival of the classic play by Neil Simon.

Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite revival was a family affair for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.

NEW YORK -- The very setting of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” is under threat, right from the opening scene.The mighty Plaza Hotel — an elegant castle overlooking Central Park — has a date with the wrecking ball. “Today it has to be new.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Plaza Suite” practically demands to be played straight.Neil Simon’s look at three romantic couples facing down the passage of time is sharp and knowing, but it is, crucially, earnest. Each character gives direct and explicit voice to what’s on their mind; relationship dynamics are explored with an openness of heart that isn’t remotely trying to be cool or distanced.

Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite couldn’t seem better suited to the long-in-coming stage-taking of real-life couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. What better way for two actors who got their early starts in the theater – she as a young star of Annie, he in Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues – than a vintage Broadway comedy with multiple roles for its leading man and woman?

Sarah Jessica Parker looks lovely in a rosy pink dress for opening night of Plaza Suite in New York City on Monday (March 28).

Woody Harrelson is the epitome of a television actor making a successful transition to the big screen. The 60-year-old Texas native became a household name in the late 80s with his hilarious turn as the dim-witted, good-natured Woody on the sitcom Cheers before heading off for the movies. It wasn’t long before he was awarded with Oscar nominations for his work in 1997’s The People Vs. Larry Flynt, 2010’s The Messenger and 2018’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. While he may not have taken home the big prize, he certainly cemented himself as an A-list actor. More recently, he can be seen in Solo: A Stars Wars Story and the superhero flick Venom.

Sasha Urban editorScoey Mitchell, the actor best known for his work on the one-season run of the sitcom “Barefoot in the Park,” died on March 19 in Torrance, Calif., his brother, Billy Mitchell, confirmed to Variety. He was 92.In a Facebook post Monday, Mitchell’s brother wrote, “He sacrificed much in the struggle to get Blacks behind the camera, into production and into positions that are taken for granted today.

Scoey Mitchell, the comedian and actor whose busy television career in the 1970s including a co-starring role in a groundbreaking comedy series adaptation of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, died March 19 at a health care facility in Torrance, California. He was 92.

Johnny Brown, best known for his role as the housing project superintendent Nathan Bookman on the TV show Good Times, has died. He was 84 and no cause of death was given by his family, who announced his death on Instagram.

Broadway continued its 2022 rebound last week, with 92% of available seats filled and box office receipts climbing 5% over the previous week to $23,004,259.

to TMZ on Monday.“As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma [bile duct cancer] and ocular melanoma. Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family,” Patricia told the news outlet.His rep Jeremy Leiner announced that he died Sunday at his home in New York.Eisenberg is best known for portraying defense lawyer Roger Kressler in “Law & Order” (1997 to 2009) and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (1999 to 2019) and most recently played Detective Hauser in the 2021 HBO series “Mare of Easttown.”The prolific actor was born and raised in New York City and studied acting at Fiorello H.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorNed Eisenberg, a stage and screen actor who played defense attorney Roger Kressler on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and Detective Hauser in “Mare of Easttown,” has died. He was 65.His agents at Nicolosi & Co.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were full of gratitude during the opening preview of their Broadway show, Neil Simon’s. On Saturday, the couple took the stage at the Hudson Theater before a sold-out crowd. During the curtain call, the 56-year-old actress gave a passionate thank you to the audience.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are taking a bow!

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterSally Kellerman, who was Oscar nominated for her supporting role as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s “MASH” feature film, died Thursday in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 84.Her publicist Alan Eichler confirmed her death.Among her other roles were a cameo in Altman’s “The Player,” a professor in Rodney Dangerfield’s “Back to School” and a Starfleet officer in the “Star Trek” episode, “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”The willowy blonde actress with the characteristically throaty voice appeared in two Altman films in 1970; the other was the more experimental “Brewster McCloud,” in which she starred with Bud Cort and Michael Murphy.

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker will be joined in Broadway’s upcoming revival of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite by Danny Bolero (In The Heights), Molly Ranson (Prayer for the French Republic) and, in his Broadway debut, Eric Wiegand, producers announced today.

Jon Stewart, the comedian, activist and former host of “The Daily Show,” will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center. Stewart will be recognized in a gala ceremony and performance April 24 that will be broadcast nationally.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next year.The upcoming revival of Neil Simon’s play “Plaza Suite,” in which the real-life couple will portray a series of dysfunctional duos, is scheduled to begin preview performances on Feb.

After a lengthy delay due to the pandemic shutdown, the Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker has locked in a 2022 opening date. Plaza Suite will begin preview performances on Friday, February 25, 2022, with the official opening night set for Monday, March 28, 2022, at Hudson Theatre.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe legendary Ann Roth is looking like a frontrunner for the costume design Oscar for her costumes for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”With over 130 film and television credits, Roth is set to make Oscar history beating out the late Christopher Plummer as the oldest nominee, should she land the nomination.Roth has worked with Meryl Streep, George C. Wolfe, Scott Rudin, Sidney Lumet, Neil Simon, Mike Nichols and Todd Black.

coronavirus pandemic.Broadway theaters abruptly closed on March 12, knocking out all shows, including 16 that were still scheduled to open. Late May is the earliest Broadway will reopen, according to the Broadway League.Some scheduled spring 2020 shows — like a musical about Michael Jackson and a revival of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker — pushed their productions to 2021.

GoFundMe page set up in her husband, John Hubbell's, honor says she died «very suddenly.» Royana landed a Broadway role in Neil Simon's at the age of 10. She also played the title role on the short-lived sitcom, in 1988.

GoFundMe page set up in her husband John Hubbell's honor says she died «very suddenly.» Royana landed a Broadway role in Neil Simon's at the age of 10. She also played the title role on the short-lived sitcom, in 1988.