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Veteran stage actor Julien Arnold died after suffering a medical emergency onstage during a performance of A Christmas Carol at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Canada.

Arnold, who died Sunday, was 59, according to the Edmonton Journal, which noted that he was playing the role of jovial Fezziwig, Scrooge’s mentor who was the opposite of his miserly apprentice. According to the Citadel’s website, he also played the role of Marley and other ensemble parts in this production.

According to CBC, paramedics were called to the scene and made resuscitation attempts, but Arnold died in the theater.

The Citadel announced his death on Instagram but did not reveal the cause of death.

“It is with heavy hearts we share the news of the sudden passing of Julien Arnold, a beloved actor and dear friend of the Citadel Theatre,” the caption read. “A cherished member of the Edmonton theatre community, Julien...

The ongoing feud between Eric Idle and John Cleese has gotten a lot of attention this year. It’s basically the Drake-Kendrick beef, but for comedy lovers who can’t sleep through the night without getting up to pee at least once.

Monty Python fans who have been disappointed by their comedy heroes’ incessant online squabbling aren’t alone. Idle appeared on the most recent episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, and the former Late Night host revealed that, he too, has been bummed at the troupe’s recent acrimony.

Conan is obviously a huge Python fan, so it’s perhaps no surprise that, during his chat with Idle, he brought up the spat. Prefacing his line of inquiry by noting “we don't have to talk about this,” he admitted that as someone who’s been “influenced and awed by Python, I think of it as sort of (like) Santa Claus.

I think it's fair to say that Monty Python movies, much like the TV show from which they sprung, are all great. The absurdist brilliance of "Monty Python's Flying Circus," which ran on the BBC from 1969 to 1974, saw comedians John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam rewrite the rules of comedy. Alongside regular collaborators Carol Cleveland and Connie Booth, the Monty Python troupe established themselves as true comedic geniuses, leading to a run of feature films that remain just as beloved to this day as the "Flying Circus" itself.

Chief among those films is 1975's "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," a deconstruction of the British national identity by way of an irreverent retelling of Arthurian legend. The film was and is much more than its oft-quoted catchphrases would suggest, with the Python boys turning their subversive eye towards British history and sending up...

I’m not sure anyone I knew made a single original joke in 2004.I wasn’t innocent. As a child, my parents coaxed me into doing Honeymooners bits, filming them gleefully onto VHS tapes that would be screened for every significant other I was unfortunate enough to bring home. My...

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The Arthurian legends wax and wane through the years and 2024 is shaping up to be a year of revival. Specifically, on Tuesday, Lev Grossman’s new novel The Bright Sword, will tell of the days after Camelot fell. It follows the May release of this charming and witty graphic novel, also set in the years after Arthur.

The legend has morphed and changed and been retconned since the first stories were set in print. Some know the tales first from Disney’s 1963 Sword in the Stone and Theodore White’s Once and Future King. Others know it from the BBC young adult series Merlin or, more likely, Monty Python and the Holy Grail or its Broadway adaptation Spamalot. As a result, conflicting details have emerged giving contemporary writers license to be freewheeling with the various sources of material.

A few months back, the producers of The Simpsons were confused when they heard Hank Azaria’s latest batch of voice-acting recordings. For 36 years, he’s brought to life a substantial chunk of Springfield’s animated population, from Chief Wiggum to Comic Book Guy to Moe the bartender. Now, though, all of those guys were sounding kind of… hoarse. Azaria knew exactly what was wrong, but kept his explanation vague. “I’m working on a thing,” he said, and eventually re-recorded some of the performances.

The thing in question is Azaria’s current obsession,...

Close races and sharp elbows are likely when the 2024 Tony Award nominations are announced Tuesday morning. With so many shows opening during the onslaught of the past two weeks, nominators might still be clearing their minds — and maybe taking a moment to eat and breathe — as they ponder and re-ponder the 36 productions that opened on Broadway between April 28, 2023, and April 25, 2024.

Some of the nominations are no-brainers: The much-praised and hugely popular Merrily We Roll Along is a sure bet for all concerned, but what about more polarizing fare? Cabaret, Here Lies Love, Water for Elephants, I’m looking at you.

A selection of categories will be read live on CBS Mornings at 8:30 am Et, and a full livestream of the announcements will follow at 9 a.m. Et on the official Tony Awards YouTube page.

Related: 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar – Dates For Oscars, Tonys, Guilds, BAFTAs, Spirits & More

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Nominations for the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 23. The stars of the hit Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, read off the nominees live from the Museum of Broadway.

Off-Broadway productions ultimately out-paced Broadway with this critics group. The new David Yazbek musical “Dead Outlaw” led the pack with nine nominations. It was followed by “The Connector,” another Off-Broadway musical, and “Stereophonic,” a lauded Broadway play, with seven nominations each.

While there are no Tony nominators in the Outer Critics Circle membership, these nominations can provide some clues as to how theater aficionados are thinking about this season’s Tony race. Of the five productions cited for Best New Broadway Musical, only “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Suffs” made the cut in the all-important Best Score category. They were joined by two Off-Broadway entries, as well as...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third time during the 2023-2024 Broadway season on April 19, to discuss eligibility of 8 productions for the 77th Annual Tony Awards in 2024.

They discussed eight productions: “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Doubt,” “The Notebook,” “An Enemy of the People,” “Water for Elephants,” “The Who’s Tommy,” “The Outsiders” and “Lempicka.” The group also met during the winter to discuss late fall and winter openings, but those determinations were not made public until now. Those shows include: “I Need That,” “Harmony,” “Spamalot,” “How to Dance in Ohio,” “Appropriate” and “Prayer for the French Republic.”

The most notable ruling is that “Appropriate” will compete as a revival. The hit play from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has never been seen on Broadway before this season, but previously enjoyed a successful Off-Broadway run with a different director and cast. Since it is the play’s Broadway debut, Jacobs-Jenkins will appear...

I thought I was safe to boldly pronounce my initial 2024 Tony Awards predictions, but then Sufjan Stevens appeared to stomp all over them. As David Buchanan and I convened to discuss where we thought the musical nominations were headed this season, news broke that Off-Broadway’s dreamy dance show “Illinoise” will transfer to the St. James Theatre just in time to compete at this year’s ceremony. The show, based on Stevens’ seminal album, has thrown our Tony predictions into disarray. Watch our full video slugfest above.

“Illinoise” marks the 15th new musical of the 2023-2024 season. That’s more new tuners than any Broadway season since 1975-1976. Theatergoers this year are indeed spoiled with a glut of new shows, but predicting the coveted Best Musical category has become a titanic task.

See 2024 Tony Awards nominations predictions: Big tallies for musicals ‘Lempicka,’ ‘The Notebook,’ ‘Cabaret’ …

David believes “Illinoise” will be...

Broadway’s insanely busy spring doesn’t really kick into full gear until next month when 14 new shows have their official openings, but with March as a sort of sign of things to come – five shows have opened or will soon this month – box office was strong last week.

In all, the 25 productions grossed $28,059,463 during the week ending March 17, a bump of 14% over the previous week, with attendance of 219,954 at a solid 94% of capacity.

Recent arrivals on the list found a welcoming Broadway. Some of the notable entries:

The Notebook, which opened to decidedly mixed reviews, proved steadily popular with audiences. Opening night and press comps barely dented receipts: The show grossed $767,281, filling 98% of seats at the Schoenfeld. A new block of tickets just went on sale through November 24; An Enemy of the People,...

In the two weeks since Gold Derby launched the 2024 Tony Awards nominations predictions center, over 600 users have made their preliminary picks for which shows, performers and creatives will land coveted nominations. This season, 20 musicals and musical revivals will compete for only a handful of slots in each category, making this one of the most competitive seasons in recent memory. Scroll to the bottom of the article for a tally of nominations by show in 10 of the 15 musical categories based on our current combined odds.

In the top category of Best Musical, our savvy users predict three shows are out front: “Suffs,” with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, “The Notebook,” with score by Ingrid Michaelson and “Here Lies Love,” featuring a score by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. Rounding out our current top five are “Days of Wine and Roses” by Tony-winning composer Adam Guettel and the incoming “Lempicka,” directed by Tony winner Rachel Chavkin.

Days of Wine and Roses, the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of the 1962 film, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, March 31, just about two months after its January 28 opening night.

The production becomes the third in recent weeks to announce that it would vacate the Broadway boards just as the industry gears up for one of the busiest springs in memory. Spamalot, which opened last November, announced yesterday that it would close Sunday, April 7, while A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 30; the production opened December 4, 2022.

All three of the soon-to-close shows have been struggling at the box office in recent weeks. Last week, Days of Wine and Roses, with a book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, grossed just $364,686, filling only 55% of seats at Broadway’s Studio 54.

The musical, which began previews on Broadway January 6 and...

The Broadway revival of Monty Python’s Spamalot will play its final performance on Sunday, April 7, completing a 24-week run at the St. James Theatre.

The production, which opened to favorable critical notices, failed to attract the strong audience figures that the original 2005 production drew. Last week, the production grossed just $589,970, with attendance at about 59% of the St. James’ capacity.

Sources tell Deadline that cost-cutting measures attempted in recent weeks have made little significant impact on the bottom line.

The revival opened on Thursday, November 16, 2023. A national tour is set to launch in fall of 2025.

“I am so proud of the entire cast, creative team, musicians and crew for their hard work and for delivering the highest level of joy and laughter back on Broadway when we need this more than ever,” said producer Jeffrey Finn. “I’m also honored to continue the long legacy of Kennedy Center productions transferring...

Broadway box office held its own following the Presidents Day holiday highs, slipping only about 3% in overall receipts and keeping steady with a total attendance for 24 shows at 205,020 (about 94% of capacity).

In all, the productions grossed $26,049,492 for the week ending February 25. Average ticket price of $127.06 was down from the holiday week’s average of $133.91.

While most shows – 17 of the 24 – reported box office decreases from the holiday week, the addition of newcomer Water For Elephants contributed $344,493 to the overall tally; the circus-themed musical performed two previews at the Imperial, filling 94% of seats at the venue. Opening night is March 21.

Another recent arrival, The Notebook musical, adapted from the bestseller and hit movie, continued pulling in big audiences in previews at the Schoenfeld, with 99.7% of seats filled and a gross of $880,360. Opening night is March 14.

Doubt, the other previewing show (starring Amy Ryan and Liev Schreiber) took in $555,197 for seven performances at...

Clockwise from left: Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, and Anne Hathaway; Atmosphere inside the Shrine Auditorium during the ceremony; Lily Gladstone; Idris Elba and Hannah Waddingham (All photos: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)Graphic: The A.V. Club

Of all the awards shows on the calendar, the SAG Awards has a special place,...

The Presidents Day Weekend was like a little Christmas gift for Broadway, with grosses for the 23 productions posting a hefty 27% increase over the previous week, topping out at $26,946,864.

More than 94% of available seats were filled during the week ending February 18, with total attendance at 201,227, a modest 7% bump over the previous week.

Twenty of the 23 productions filled at least 90% of their seats, with The Notebook particularly impressive among the recent arrivals. In previews at the Schoenfeld, the musical based on the Nicholas Sparks bestseller played to standing room only crowds, and grossed a mighty $1,013,563 for just seven shows. Opening night is March 14.

The three productions falling below the 90% capacity mark were A Beautiful Noise (65%), Days of Wine and Roses (54%) and Spamalot (87%). Could be a cold winter as...

To borrow a phrase from Paddy Chayefsky, Eric Idle is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. The founding member of Monty Python, 80, has taken to X in recent days to clear the air on a number of matters regarding the legendary British troupe — whose catalog (four seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus plus five feature films, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life of Brian) have elevated them to “Beatles of comedy” status. (Idle, it’s worth noting, is also the mind behind the 1978 Beatles parody The Rutles.) The claims — which many fans say are ruining their cherished Python memories — are as follows:

Idle is Out of Money — and Blames the Gilliams

We own everything we ever made in Python and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously. But I...

John Cleese took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond to Eric Idle after the latter went viral for some heated comments related to Monty Python, the legendary British comedy troupe that Idle and Cleese co-founded in 1969 alongside Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Idle made headlines for saying he still has to “work for my living” and heavily suggesting that Monty Python funds are being mismanaged.

“I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded,” Idle posted on X. “Python is a disaster. ‘Spamalot’ made money 20 years ago. I have to work for my living. Not easy at this age.”

“We own everything we ever made in ‘Python’ and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously,” he added. “But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.

Update: John Cleese has responded to Eric Idle’s recent comments, and there doesn’t appear to be any love lost between the former Monty Python performers. Cleese defended Python manager Holly Gilliam, who Idle had suggested was responsible for dwindling income streams.

“I have worked with Holly for the last ten years,” Cleese tweeted, “and I find her very efficient, clear-minded, hard-working, and pleasant to have dealings with. Michael Palin has asked me to make it clear that he shares this opinion. Terry Gilliam is also in agreement with this.” Just in case there was any confusion over the status of the relationship between himself and Idle, Cleese drove the point home by saying, “We always loathed and despised each other, but it’s only recently that the truth has begun to emerge.” Yikes.

—Original article follows below—

Eric Idle may have written “Always Look on the Bright Side...

Eric Idle has set the record straight for anyone who thought he had a cushy life from his earnings as a member of Monty Python, saying that he still has to work for a living.

“I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded. Python is a disaster,” the 80-year-old actor and comedian wrote on Twitter. “Spamalot made money 20 years ago. I have to work for my living. Not easy at this age.”

Later on, Idle clarified that though the British comedy troupe owns “everything” they ever made as part of the group, changes to royalty distribution — and what he sees as mismanagement of the company — have made a drastic impact on their earnings.

“I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously,” he wrote. “But I guess if you put a Gilliam child in as your manager you should not be so surprised.

“Monty Python” alum Eric Idle addressed an apparent fan misconception on Friday: that he and the rest of the legendary British comedy troupe’s members aren’t swimming in cash from their productions. As he put it, “I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded. Python is a disaster. Spamalot made money 20 years ago. I have to work for my living. Not easy at this age.” Idle is 80 years old.

I don’t know why people always assume we’re loaded. Python is a disaster. Spamalot made money 20 years ago. I have to work for my living. Not easy at this age. https://t.co/nFDbV9BOfC

— Eric Idle (@EricIdle) February 9, 2024

Hours later, Idle added, “We own everything we ever made in Python and I never dreamed that at this age the income streams would tail off so disastrously. But I guess if you put a Gilliam...

A constellation of renowned Broadway stars is set to grace the stage for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s (Pff) 14th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! on March 18 at Sony Hall in New York City.

The 14th annual Broadway Belts for Pff! benefit for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation will take place on March 18

The benefit concert promises an evening of unforgettable performances aimed at raising funds and awareness for the more than 250,000 Americans living with pulmonary fibrosis.

The Broadway Belts for Pff! 2024 starring line-up will feature:

Liz Callaway

Robert Creighton

Jose Llana

Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer

Benjamin Pajek

Jasmine Amy Rogers

Raena White

Additional cast members will be announced soon. All performances are based on professional availability.

Led by Tony-award winning actress and comedienne Julie Halston, Broadway Belts for Pff! showcases Broadway’s top talent performing their favorite show tunes in a magical and memorable celebration.

“The Broadway community is deeply committed...

Hannah Waddingham, the Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star, says the words of a teacher helped fuel her ambition to become a star of the screen.

Waddingham told a BBC podcast that a teacher insulted her appearance, but instead of it being a dispiriting experience, she used it to galvanize her work ethic.

“I had one drama teacher that said to the whole class: ‘Oh Hannah will never work on screen because she looks like one side of her face has had a stroke,'” the actress said. “I thought, I will do. Come hell or high water, I will work on screen.”

Waddingham told Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers podcast that the words did give her a complex and that the teacher must have known the remarks were “not helpful or positive or aspirational.”

The actress, who plays Richmond Fc owner Rebecca Welton in Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, said the...

A man who stalked pop singer Ariana Grande for years is facing considerable jail time for his actions.

Aharon Zebulun Israel Brown, who admitted to the charges, is facing more than three years in prison. He will also be banned from having any contact with Grande for ten years following his release.

Brown is believed to have forcefully entered Grande’s home almost 100 times in an eight-month period in 2021, which led to her being granted a five-year restraining order against him. However, Brown is said to have broken the agreement a year later when he was found again in her home in Montecito, California, with a knife.

Authorities were called to the property after Brown slashed wires connected to her alarm system.

Grande herself made a written statement in court about Brown’s actions against her. “The fact that Mr. Brown has been regularly coming to my home for over six months terrifies me,...

Broadway box office was back on earth last week following the previous week’s unusual double-holiday surge, when both Christmas and New Year’s Eve fell within the same theatrical window.

For the week ending January 7, Broadway’s 26 productions grossed a total $29,681,396, a 35% drop from the previous week‘s $45,413,789. Attendance was down about 14% to 219,787; the discrepancy between the percentages attributable to the holiday week’s high ticket prices.

Last week’s average ticket price was $135.05, $42 lower than the holiday week.

Despite the total box office drop-off, most shows continued pulling in decent numbers, with 15 of the 26 productions grossing more than $1 million (and three of those taking in more than $2 million).

Members of the $1M Club were & Juliet, Aladdin; Back to the Future; Gutenberg!; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Merrily We Roll Along; Mj; Moulin Rouge!; Six; Spamalot; and The Book of Mormon. The highest earners were The Lion King...

The Wicked movies only had two more weeks of filming remaining when the SAG-AFTRA strike impacted production last year.

The cast was unable to work during the strike and production was paused with only days remaining in the filming process.

It now appears that the Wicked cast is getting ready to resume filming and fans have noticed some clues!

Keep reading to find out more…

The cast of the movie includes Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, and Ethan Slater as Boq.

Cynthia just left a comment on Jonathan‘s Instagram account that seemingly hints at the cast getting back together on set. After he attended the Golden Globes over the weekend, Cynthia commented on his January 8 post and said, “We live for it all. You look gorgeous darling!!! See you soon!

A double-holiday week on Broadway – the final week of 2023 – saw a surge in box office, with many shows posting record numbers.

Winner of the week? Disney’s The Lion King, which grossed a massive $4,316,629, not only setting a house record at the Minskoff but a Broadway record for the highest single-week gross ever, a big achievement even when noting that the long-running musical played nine performances, as did other productions over the holidays.

Broadway’s final week of the calendar year included both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, with tourists and high ticket prices sending the total weekly gross for the 27 shows to $45,413,789, a 36% increase over the previous week but about 13% lower than last year’s New Year’s Eve week tally when 33 productions were on the boards.

Total attendance for the week ending December 31 was 256,751, a 14% bump over the previous week (but down 18% from last year). About 96% of all seats were filled,...

Jonathan Bennett has announced a major new role!

The 42-year-old Hallmark Channel star is headed to Broadway to star in the revival of Spamalot, replacing one of the show’s original actors just two months after it’s opening.

Keep reading to find out more…

“It’s my dream come true. I’m so pumped,” he told People of his new role.

The musical, featuring a book and lyrics by Eric Idle, is “lovingly ripped off” from the classic movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “Everything that makes a great knight in the theatre is here, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and of course, the Lady of the Lake,” the synopsis reads.

Jonathan will be taking over the role of Sir Robin. Michael Urie is currently performing in the role, with his final performance set for Sunday, January 21st.

Jonathan Bennett, the Mean Girls heartthrob and star of the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas House franchise, will make his Broadway debut when he takes over the role of Spamalot‘s Sir Robin from Michael Urie on January 23.

Urie, as previously announced, is jumping over to co-star (with Sutton Foster) in the New York City Center’s Encores! production of Once Upon a Mattress. Urie, who got raves for his very funny Spamalot turn, will play his final performance in that revival on January 21; Once Upon A Mattress will run from January 24 to February 4.

Bennett’s limited engagement in Spamalot runs January 23 through April 28. He’s yet another high-profile replacement in the show: Beetlejuice‘s Alex Brightman, as previously announced, takes over the role of Sir Lancelot after Taran Killam ends his limited engagement on January 7.

Continuing their Spamalot performances from the original principal cast are Christopher Fitzgerald, James Monroe Iglehart,...

Singer-songwriter Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater were spotted together in New York City. The singer and the Broadway star, still have their own homes, but they have been living under one roof as their romance heats up. A source shared that the pair “vibe together” and enjoy each other’s company, reports ‘Female First UK’.

The insider shared the development with TMZ. The ‘Thank U, Next’ hitmaker is due to head back to England next year to resume filming her pair of ‘Wicked’ films, whilst Ethan is starring in a stage production of ‘Spamalot’ back on Broadway.

It’s unclear if Ethan will jet across the pond to be with his girlfriend in London.

As per ‘Female First UK’, Ariana split from her husband Dalton Gomez in January after two years of marriage before moving on with Ethan, who she has been working with on ‘Wicked’. Meanwhile, Ariana has been...

Ariana Grande and boyfriend Ethan Slater spent some time together with her family ahead of the holidays!

The 30-year-old songstress and the 31-year-old Broadway star were spotted out to dinner just a few days before Christmas, alongside her dad Ed Butera and her cousin Halle.

Keep reading to find out more…

According to Page Six, Ariana and co went out to her family’s favorite Italian restaurant in NYC for the dinner.

The “Into You” pop star shared a video of herself, her dad and cousin leaving the restaurant, where he could be seen waving a popular Italian hand gesture at paparazzi, which means “What the heck do you want?” according to CNN.

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“he couldn’t wait to do this i’m crying,” Ariana captioned the video on her Instagram story Tuesday (December 26) evening.

They were also seen attending a performance of Spamalot, to support Ethan in the Broadway revival!

Ariana Grande is showing off her Christmas decorations!

On Thursday (December 21), the 31-year-old “7 Rings” singer and Wicked actress took to Instagram to share with fans a glimpse inside her life.

In the post, Ariana shared some cute mirror selfies, a screenshot while FaceTiming with her family, pictures with friends, and her dogs.

She also shared a some photos of her of Christmas decorations, which featured a sweet nod to her boyfriend Ethan Slater.

Keep reading to find out more…

Ariana shared a photo of a tree made out of green garland up a wall with an ornament of a can of Spam hanging from it.

If you didn’t know, Ethan, 31, currently stars in the Broadway musical Spamalot.

Last month, Ariana supported Ethan at opening night of Spamalot.

If you missed it, we recently got some big updates on new music from Ariana!

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Broadway held steady as it continued through the holiday season, with a total gross of $30,723,247 for the 26 productions up a small 4% from the previous week, and attendance of 227,099 up about the same percentage.

Year over year, though, the news isn’t quite so cheery. The $30.7M weekly figure is about 17% lower than the figure from this week last year and the total attendance figure is off about 20% from last year’s 283,548. The 26-show roster is skinnier too: Last year had 35 shows running at this time.

Individually, this year’s productions are, overall, doing well, with 18 of the 26 shows filling 90% or more of their seats during the week ending Dec. 10: & Juliet; Aladdin; Appropriate; Back to the Future; Gutenberg! The Musical!; Hadestown; Hamilton (101%); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; I Need That; Merrily We Roll Along (100%); Mj; Moulin Rouge! (100%); Shucked; Six; Sweeney Todd; The Book of Mormon; The Lion King; Wicked...

New legal documents reveal that a divorce settlement has been made between pop singer Ariana Grande and real estate agent Dalton Gomez, who officially filed for divorce on September 18.

The settlement contained a confidentiality clause, which stated that both Grande and Gomez would agree that no one except the two of them would know about certain aspects surrounding the conclusion of their two-year marriage.

Both parties seem to have ended the marriage on amicable terms.

The confidentiality clause specifically forbade Grande and Gomez from publishing photographs, tapes, film or recordings that could reveal anything about their life together.

Grande and Gomez were also forbidden from writing tell-all books or doing interviews in any publication about their marriage.

In addition to this clause, the legal documents explained that Grande and Gomez signed a prenuptial agreement. Thanks to this agreement, Gomez was granted a tax-free $1.25 million check from his ex-wife. Grande will...

If you want a risk-taking Broadway musical that weaponizes disco-glamour to tell a story of crumbling democracy, I hope you already invested in a ticket to the immersion of "Here Lies Love" in its dying breath. If you want a work of artistic and personal self-reflection, see the "Merrily We Roll Along" revival. But if you hunger for Broadway-based belly laughs, you have two musical options: "Gutenberg! The Musical!" or the "Monty Python's Spamalot" revival.

"Lovingly ripped off" from the 1975 "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" as well as other "Monty Python" media, "Spamalot" reigned for 1,575 performances from its 2005 Broadway premiere. Transported from the Kennedy Center run in May 2023, this Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre serves up the oldies with adequate variance to its secondhand Pythonesque humor.

From the moment the Arthurian tale opens with an irrelevant Finland number, anyone who has not seen anything "Monty Python" is in for hijinks.

Beyoncé made a surprise appearance via video today during NBC’s telecast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with a first look at the trailer for her upcoming concert film Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.

“Hey, it’s Beyoncé wishing you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving. I’m so honored to share with you the first look at the Renaissance film trailer,” said Beyoncé in the video.

The teaser trailer kicks off with Beyoncé’s daughter Rumi manning the camera filming her mom. Rumi, can I teach you a trick? You have to turn it (the camera) to the side. Yeah, there we go,” Beyoncé says.

The clip included some of the first footage from the film, along with a voiceover by Beyoncé, saying “We are creating our own world. This is my reward, nobody can take that away from me.”

The film’s official synopis reads...

Cher will appear at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in her six-decade career. The muti-hyphenate is scheduled to perform a song from her holiday album Christmas. When is the ageless entertainer expected to sing during the traditional parade of stars, musicians, Broadway performers, and iconic balloons? Here are all the details.

When can Cher fans see her performance?

Cher is set to close out the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She takes the place of honor just before the event’s biggest star, Santa Claus.

The multi-hyphenate will sing a song off of Christmas. This release is her first-holiday album in a six-decade career in the music industry.

Cher’s addition to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade comes on the heels of two releases for the star: Believe’s forthcoming 25th-anniversary re-release, which took place on November 3, and her first-ever Christmas album, Christmas, released...

Put on your hats and gloves and get ready to join the throngs on the streets of New York for the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Airing on both NBC and CBS beginning at 8:30 a.m. Et on Thursday, Nov. 23, the annual tradition filled with balloons, bands, Broadway, and more has been supersized this year kicking off 30 minutes earlier than normal. This year’s parade will have dozens of stars and performances, and — of course — it all leads up to the appearance of Santa Claus to get the Christmas season officially underway! You can watch NBC and CBS with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream. You can also watch with Paramount Plus, Hulu Live TV, Fubo, Peacock, or YouTube TV.

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A revival of Monty Python’s classic musical Spamalot officially opened on November 16 at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.

The musical began performances on October 31 and stars Tony award-winning actor James Monroe Iglehart, known for his roles in Aladdin and Hamilton, who portrays the character of King Arthur. He is joined by Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer from Beetlejuice as The Lady of the Lake, Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald from Waitress as Patsy, Tony nominee Ethan Slater from SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical as The Historian/Prince Herbert, Taran Killam from Hamilton and Saturday Night Live as Lancelot, Jimmy Smagula from Billy Elliot as Sir Bedevere, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie from Shrinking and Torch Song as Sir Robin, and Nik Walker from Hamilton as Sir Galahad.

The musical is based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and follows King Arther and the Knights of the Round Table...

Let’s have a parade! The 97th edition of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will wend down the streets of Manhattan on Thursday, November 23, with live coverage on NBC and Peacock starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern and spanning three and a half hours for the first time in the parade’s history. This 2023 show will involve 5,000 volunteers, 16 featured character balloons, 26 fantastic floats, 32 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 12 marching bands, and nine performance groups. Performers this year, meanwhile, include Cher, Brandy, Katharine McPhee, Ashley Park, and Pentatonix, as well as the casts of Broadway’s & Juliet, Back to the Future: The Musical, How to Dance in Ohio, Shucked, and Spamalot. And you can’t kick off the holiday season without the high-kicking Radio City Rockettes, of course. But do you know how much work — and helium — goes into the annual event? (Talk about inflation!) Read on for...

A beloved holiday tradition returns to the streets of New York City this Thanksgiving – and unofficially kicks off the holiday season. The 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place on Thursday, Nov. 23 and we have all the details about what time the fun begins, how to watch on NBC and Peacock, and who will be performing.

What time is the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Stuart The Minion balloon during the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade | Noam Galai/Getty Images

The 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begins at 8:30 a.m. Et with a performance by Grammy-winner Jon Batiste. That’s 30 minutes earlier than it’s begun in past years. The parade ends at 12 p.m. Et.

The 2½-mile Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route begins on the Upper West Side and continues south on Central Park West to Midtown. It turns onto Central Park South and then heads...

There was a lot of star power at the Broadway opening of Spamalot!

Brie Larson and Iman Vellani, two of the stars of The Marvels, sat together inside the theatre for the opening night performance on Thursday (November 16) at the St. James Theatre in New York City.

Cobie Smulders, who is also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was in attendance to support her husband Taran Killam, who stars in the revival of the Tony-winning musical.

Some of the other celebs in attendance included Zachary Levi, Loot‘s Stephanie Styles, longtime friends Victor Garber and Andrea Martin, Kate Miccuci, theater owner Jordan Roth, American Idol‘s Constantine Maroulis, Broadway stars Adam Pascal, Patti Murin, and Montego Glover, and Broadway’s Potus cast members Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, Julie White, and Lea DeLaria.

Monty Python’s Eric Idle also posed on the red carpet.

Ariana Grande was also there to support her boyfriend,...

Ariana Grande showed support for her boyfriend Ethan Slater at the opening night performance of his Broadway musical Spamalot!

The 30-year-old singer and Wicked actress wore a black and matching overcoat while arriving at the St. James Theatre on Thursday night (November 16) in New York City.

Ariana was spotted with her blonde Glinda hair along with a red lip and pearl earrings.

Ethan is playing a bunch of roles in the revival of the Tony-winning musical, including Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert. He was joined on the red carpet by co-stars James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Taran Killam, Michael Urie, Christopher Fitzgerald, Nik Walker, and Jimmy Smagula.

Ariana has already attended several performances of Spamalot, including the first preview on Halloween.

For those who don’t know, Ariana and Ethan met on the set of the Wicked movies and they just spent a night at another Broadway show this past weekend.

“Just think,” Sir Lancelot (Taran Killam) muses as he celebrates his gay wedding at the end of Monty Python’s Spamalot. “In a thousand-and-eighteen years time, this will still be controversial.” Killam puts special emphasis on the “eighteen,” an addition to the script that nods to the supposed ways in which Spamalot remains relevant nearly two decades after the Tony-winning musical adaptation of Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam’s 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail tore up the 2004-2005 Broadway season.

The construction of the joke suggests that not much has changed—either for good or ill—in the past decades. That’s hardly true, because when Hank Azaria delivered the punchline in 2005, gay marriage wouldn’t be legalized in New York State for another six years. It’s surprising how much of Spamalot’s humor, especially the gay jokes, now feels rooted in an earlier time. Even peppered...

Broadway began its trek into the lucrative holiday season last week at a steady clip, with the 28 shows grossing a total of $29,163,440 for the week ending November 12. That’s up about 10% over the previous week, though down about the same percentage from last year at this time.

Last year’s take at this point in the fall – $32,314,920 for 34 shows – was closer to pre-Covid pandemic levels: The week ending November 11, 2018, saw Broadway receipts of $36,501,888, while the week ending November 10, 2019 was at $35,399,366. In 2021, when Broadway returned from its year-plus shutdown, the comparable November week was down to $25,565,641.

The better news is that the majority of shows currently on the boards are doing pretty good business, with only six of the 28 shows pulling in audiences of less than 90% capacity.

Twelve of the 28 shows grossed...

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have seemingly made their Instagram debut as a couple.

The Wicked costars have been romantically linked since July, around the time that we learned Ariana was divorcing Dalton Gomez.

Since then, they’ve been seen together several times. However, on Monday (November 13), a famous friend shared what appears to be the first formal pic of them as a couple.

Head inside to see the photo of Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater…

Andrew Rannells hopped on Instagram on Monday to share a photo of himself with costar Josh Gad at Ethan‘s new show Spamalot.

His post included photos of him and Josh posing with Ethan and his costar Michael Urie. He ended with a photo of himself, Josh, Ethan and Ariana.

“We had some big fun in Schlimmer yesterday! Spamalot’s Ethan Slater And Michael Urie! Two great guys to eat dreams with. Plus Ariana Grande!

Jason Sudeikis and his old Saturday Night Live cast mate Will Forte were all set for a reunion duet at a Kansas City benefit concert over the weekend when one of Sudeikis’ more recent costars arrived to, musically at least, save the day: Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham.

Appearing at Steps of Faith’s Thundergong!, an annual Kansas City benefit event to raise funds for amputees, host Sudeikis began to sing A Star is Born‘s “Shallow” with special guest Forte when Waddingham muscled her way into the duet and stole the show.

Waddingham’s vocal chops might have surprised folks who only know the actress from her Emmy-winning turn as Rebecca Welton on Ted Lasso. In truth, she’s been nominated for three Olivier Awards for her West End musical performances in Spamalot, A Little Night Music and Kiss Me, Kate.

Now in its seventh year, Thundergong! 2023 raised more than $800,000 for Steps of Faith,...

Merrily We Roll Along, the Sondheim musical revival starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, was Broadway’s sole sell-out last week, filling every last seat at the Hudson Theatre with an eye-popping average ticket price of $234.40.

The critically acclaimed revival added a hefty $1,811,423 to Broadway’s overall weekly box office take of $26,546,735. Total weekly attendance for the 28 shows on Broadway was 223,151 for the week ending November 5; both the total gross and attendance figures held fairly steady from the previous week.

Though Merrily was the only show at 100% of capacity, a few others came close. Both Hamilton and The Lion King were at 99%, Moulin Rouge! was 97% and I Need That, the just-opened comedy starring Danny DeVito from the subscription-based non-profit Roundabout Theatre Co., filled 98% of seats at the American Airlines Theatre.

Making news today was Here Lies Love, the immersive David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical that announced a...

Blackbear and Mike Posner are explaining the meaning behind the Ariana Grande reference in their new song, “… The Green Spangled Banner.”

The musicians recently teamed up to release their second album together, Mansionz 2.

The opening track, which has the Ariana reference, sets the tone for an intentionally chaotic and experimental project.

The duo explained their reasoning behind that lyric during a Thursday (November 2) interview on The Zach Sang Show.

Keep reading to find out more…

In the song, they rap, “We’re gonna treat you like an Ariana Grande song.”

When asked about the line during their interview, Blackbear replied, “Well, she has, like, the ’69′ song, and she has all these songs, like, ‘I’m gonna ride it’ and ‘I can’t walk for weeks.’”

“Yeah she does,” Mike agreed. Blackbear added, “‘Side to side,’ ’69.’”

Mike noted, “They’re really intense.”

Ariana recently supported her boyfriend Ethan Slater at the...