New Amsterdam Hosts Ghost Disney has restored the New Amsterdam in a way that is the envy of Broadway. It is an elegant house rich in history, style, and comes complete with the absolute true theater bona fide: a real ghost. In this case it is Olive Thomas , and she died a horrible death in Paris

Rosie O’Donnell’s live show will be in a Broadway theater this year. She has put it together in the Schubert theater this year so she will be able to perform in front of a live audience of famous New Yorkers.

All Star Panel Discusses Art and Educational Justice We were at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting this week for part of the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts. Click here to see an amazing panel conversation with Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez,Phlicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith.

Thomas Wolfe Novel To Hit Broadway A new stage adaptation of Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel Look Homeward, Angel is heading to Broadway in the Fall of 2009. Ironically, Wolfe began as a playwright but found success as a novelist. The author of the short story  “Only The Dead Know Brooklyn,” Wolfe was a prolific writer

American Buffalo Meets Broadway Ghost No one could touch David Belasco.

Big Hair Hits Gets Thumbs Up Looks like Rock Of Ages really does rock. It seemed only natural that the theatricality and wild style of the hair bands of the 1980s would lend themselves to a musical show. What is quite fun is how responsive critics have been to this particular staging.

A Staple in New York Theater Culture We have photos from Primary Stages 24th Birthday celebration. Click here to see the slide show . Primary Stages is one of the places where new theater work happens so it is fitting that actors from Gypsy, producers, directors and playwrights attended the event

Stamina and Comic Flare Stand Out Cloris Leachman is an actress of great range and skill. Watch The Last Picture Show and Young Frankenstein the movie in a double feature, and you’ll see what we mean. Now, with her recent successful run…or dance… in Dancing With The Stars , it could be that Cloris Leachman may be heading to Broadway in the Mel Brooks’ Broadway musical Young Frankenstein

Chicago Star Rocking Shaw and Shakespeare We’ve been long advocating a 3-D movie musical. Last July, thought it would be WICKED , but alas Catherine Zeta Jones has scooped the team from Oz. Word is that she is starring in an upcoming rock musical movie in 3-D. According to multiple reports the film comes from director Steven Soderbergh and will be called “Cleo.” The story is set in the 1920s.

  The Broadway Blog reports that several long-running Broadway shows will be closing their doors at the beginning of the year. The first to be reported was Spamalot