Tim Teeman

The young Brit is in the hottest show on Broadway, and sings through throngs of tourists every night. He tells the Beast about the wild experience starring in this phenomenon.

In the school library of Eureka Day, a beyond-liberal California elementary school, a “Community Activated Conversation” is underway. There has been an outbreak of mumps, and the school’s board of directors are having an open meeting—the directors in the school library, many parents online listening and typing—to figure out what to do. Insist on vaccinations for all? Allow some parents/children to opt out? How to institute the quarantine local health officials are insisting on? A healthy, robust

Jonathan Spector's play is a powder keg of debate, liberal niceties, and hidden agendas, as parents at a so-called “woke” California elementary school fight about vaccine policy.

The Tony-winning legend is a ferocious, unforgettable Mama Rose. But the production around her lacks the electric charge that she brings to every song and line reading.

The glitzy advertising for the Broadway revival of Gypsy (Majestic Theatre, booking through June 29, 2025) starring Audra McDonald as Mama Rose says it all: AUDRA GYPSY—two words, banner-sized, McDonald's first name fringed with flashing bulbs, the name of the musical in dramatic red. The promise to the Broadway devoted is emphatic: two icons are being brought thrillingly together.

“All In” is a series of short stories by writer Simon Rich, in which a rotating cast including Mulaney play toddlers, detectives, dogs, pirates, and more.

What are toddlers really thinking? Could it be that they see the mysterious, coming-in-and-out-of-focus world around them as if through the eyes of a hardboiled, noir-era detective? That is one of the very funny conceits New Yorker writer Simon Rich comes up with in one of the stories in the Broadway celebrity comedy charabanc All In: Comedy About Love (Hudson Theatre, booking to Feb. 16, 2025). This 90-minute show, directed by Alex Timbers with Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Micha

There was joy, laughter, hugs, tears, the return of Kathie Lee Gifford , a benediction from Oprah —and emphatically advertised brand extensions.

A rundown of the big moments—Kathie Lee! Kermit! Oprah!—and puddles of tears on the beloved host’s last episode of “Today,” a reminder of what made her run on the show so special.

There was joy, laughter, hugs, tears, the return of Kathie Lee Gifford, a benediction from Oprah—and emphatically advertised brand extensions. In the chaotic spirit of the day, Donald Trump even briefly ruined the party. Friday’s farewell to Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb—the culmination of a “Hoda-bration” that has lasted all week—was everything a Today fan, and morning show Kremlinologist, would have expected: surprise-strewn, heartfelt, drenched in tears, and yet also sharply, commercially fo