While Charlie Sheen sold out Radio City Music Hall in minutes, his Two and A Half Men co-star Jon Cryer was busy making a deal to take a role on the New York stage as well. Of course, he’s not in anything nearly as flashy as the Violent Torpedo Of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option [...]
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Famous Loner, Rebel Pee-Wee Herman Debuts Broadway Show
We don’t usually cover the Broadway beat here at TheFABLife, but for Pee-Wee Herman, we will make an exception. In case you hadn’t heard, Pee Wee (played by Paul Reubens) is bringing his legendary Pee-Wee Herman Show stage show to the Great White Way for a few months so that those of us who grew [...]
Lily Allen To Write Music For Bridget Jones Musical
In the most British-girl-power-y perfect storm of events we can think of, it’s been announced that Lily Allen will write the music for a Bridget Jones’ Diary musical. Our excitement for this is only eclipsed by the forthcoming Spice Girls musical that’s also in production. The musical has already been workshopped and the producers are [...]
Zach Braff And Fellow Thespians Celebrate The Public Theater
Just  the other day, we were thinking how it really takes a special person to be able to pull off a fedora. On some people, the hats look fresh, summery and cool. On others, they’re just kinda douchey. Maybe we have an irrational hate because Scrubs got so effing bad these past couple years, [...]
Broadway Rules At The Drama Desk Awards
As far as we can tell, the Drama Desk Awards—where Broadway plays compete with Off-Broadway ones for top honors—are a bit like the Golden Globes if a TV movie could plausibly knock its way to Best Picture if it was really, really awesome. But even this lackluster season, Broadway walked off with all the big [...]
Denzel Washington Can’t Bother To Dress Up For Tonys Crap
While yesterday’s Meet The Nominees reception for the Tonys wasn’t a formal affair—only folks like Catherine Zeta-Jones really went for glamor—Denzel Washington‘s decision to wear a baseball cap and heavy windbreaker to the party (on a warm day in May, no less) made the Fences star look like a movie star planning to split this [...]
Spidey Musical Loses Another Star—Will It Even Come Out?
Will the most expensive Broadway musical of all time even hit the stage? Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, the $54 million Julie Taymor-Bono collaboration has suffered another set back, with Tony winner Alan Cumming dropping out to star on the TV drama The Good Wife instead (ouch!). “It’s like a lover who dumped you and [...]
Visions of Love, Glitter And Butterflies: The Mariah Carey Musical
If the Spice Girls can have a musical made about their lives, then why not Mariah Carey? BroadwayWorld.com is reporting that Mariah is hoping to bring the story of her life to the Great White Way in the near future, but it’s unclear whether Mimi will star herself. A source explained that if Mariah doesn’t [...]
Spice Girls Musical In The Works
Are you a Spice Girls fan who longs to see their hit songs brought to life onstage, and you’re willing to pay around eighty bucks for the experience? Then we have some good news! Theater producer Judy Craymer, the mastermind behind the stage and film versions of Mamma Mia!, has struck a deal with Spice [...]
Simpson Family Attends Ashlee’s Broadway Debut
The Great White Way welcomed Ashlee Simpson-Wentz to its ranks last night, with the “Pieces Of Me” star making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago (she previously performed the role on London’s West End three years ago). Naturally, sister Jessica, husband Pete and father Joe were there to cheer her on. “Roxie was [...]
