Michael Riedel News

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Broadway audiences may be able to expect adaptations of both Dumbo and Newsies in the near future. Disney continues to fuel this speculation, as stitchkingdom.com is now revealing that Disney Theatricals has registered website domains for both productions.

There may soon be a new Disney neighbor on the Great White Way, Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post this morning. According to his report, Disney Theatricals has begun making plans to bring 'Dumbo' to the stage, the classic children's story about a baby elephant born with oversized ears that allow him to fly, making him the target of ridicule amongst his peers.

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

SCOTTSBORO BOYS cast members Brandon Victor Dixon and Colman Domingo joined John Kander and Susan Stroman in an appearance on Theater Talk on February 26. See a portion of the interview, along with Dixon singing the song 'Go Back Home', in the video below.

Manhattan Theatre Club's acclaimed hit production of TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies, directed by Daniel Sullivan will be featured on 'CW11 Morning News' and this weekend on 'Theater Talk.'

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, the highly anticipated new Kander and Ebb musical now in previews at the Vineyard Theatre, may be preparing itself for a Broadway transfer as early as this season, pending the availability of a theater. Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post this morning that heavy-hitting producers Fran and Barry Weissler have invested $400,000 into THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, and writes that 'If the reviews are strong, they'll move it to a small Broadway house, very possibly before this year's Tony cutoff date, should a theater become available.'

Theater Talk is the TV series featuring in-depth conversations with actors, directors, writers and others working in the New York theater.

Theater Talk is the TV series featuring in-depth conversations with actors, directors, writers and others working in the New York theater.

As BroadwayWorld announced this morning, having broken the news first on February 9 thanks to the site's international reach, EVITA is indeed headed back to Broadway in 2011 starring Olivier Award winner Elena Roger as Eva Peron. BroadwayWorld brings you a clip of the star performing 'Buenos Aires' with the London cast from the production circa 2006 on the televised Children in Need in the U.K.

BroadwayWorld.com had the news first on February 9, thanks to its International reach, but Michael Riedel has confirmed the news and provided more details this morning in the New York Post, that EVITA is indeed headed back to Broadway in 2011 starring Olivier Award winner Elena Roger as Eva Peron.

Theater Talk is the TV series featuring in-depth conversations with actors, directors, writers and others working in the New York theater.

Brooke Shields and New York Post columnist Michael Riedel join the February cast of the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

Theater Talk is the TV series featuring in-depth conversations with actors, directors, writers and others working in the New York theater. The show is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post, and the show's Executive Producer, Susan Haskins, and is jointly produced by Theater Talk Productions and CUNY TV, the station of The City University of New York. In an upcoming episode, Riedel and Haskins discuss the truth behind gossip columnists - like those portrayed in Mr. & Mrs. Fitch - with the play's scribe, Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed, Give It Up!). BroadwayWorld brings you a preview of the conversation.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the 2009 Drama Desk Award winner, continues its sit-down, open-ended run at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, Monday, February 22, at 7:30pm, with a cast that includes Craig Bierko, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, Susie Essman, Kristen Johnston, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Michael Riedel, Brooke Shields, Sherri Shepherd, and Alan Zweibel.

Take part in a ST. PATRICK'S DAY GALA!WEDNESDAY March 17th at 6pm at THE PLAYERS, located at 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av).

There was a lot of purple hair and glitter in the house when Scott Mason, a Dame Edna look-a-like from Delaware, was named the Dame's Honorary Understudy Wednesday morning at Henry Miller's Theatre.

ALL ABOUT ME will be holding auditions for an honorary understudy to Dame Edna Everage, the toast of Melbourne society and an international gigastar.

Theater Talk is the TV series featuring in-depth conversations with actors, directors, writers and others working in the New York theater.