Theatre Nerd Godot’s Excellent Adventure Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Waiting for Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter opened on Broadway last night. Broadway openings always draw a crowd but because of Keanu and Winter, last night’s crowd was especially starry. Besides Keanu and Winter, the premiere drew out Ethan Hawke, Chris Pine, By Sarah • Sep 29, 2025 04:27 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media, August 22, 2025 I have so much FOMO right now because I desperately want to see Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park in New York, directed by Saheen Ali featuring a star-studded cast that includes: Lupita Nyong’o as Viola and her little brother, Junior, as Sebastian Peter Dinklage as Malvolio Sandra By Lainey • Aug 22, 2025 02:10 pm
Style Lupita and Chanel before Matthieu Matthieu Blazy will present his first Chanel collection in late September/October which will kick off a new era at the house. It will likely be the most highly scrutinised runway of Paris Fashion Week in the fall because, well, this is the designer Chanel is hoping will remain a By Lainey • Jul 08, 2025 01:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews How Chris Evans proposed At the Materialists premiere the other night where Pedro Pascal was a no-show so Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans held up a cutout of his face instead and periodically kissed and posed with it on the carpet. Likely a scheduling issue, it’s not like Pedro would skip this event By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 02:27 pm
Theatre Nerd The Cynthia Erivo Show For a few years there, until they were able to confirm and score a huge win in Conan O’Brien, finding a host for the Oscars was a major challenge. “It’s a thankless job” was a common refrain – the pay is sh-t, it’s a mountain of work, and By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 11:03 am
Theatre Nerd Intro for June 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, For a few years there in the second half of the last decade, Hamilton was Duana’s entire personality. She managed to somehow work it into every conversation we had, especially when we were doing the Show Your Work podcast. So I texted her after the Tony Awards By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 09:33 am
Theatre Nerd George Clooney, Tony nominee The Tony nominations were announced yesterday, and as Lainey said, it was a historic day for Daniel Dae Kim—most successful Lost alum: discuss—but now we turn to his fellow nominee, George Clooney. George hit the pitch yesterday for a Broadway Show League softball game in Central Park, they By Sarah • May 02, 2025 09:51 am
Theatre Nerd Daniel’s historic nomination Daniel Dae Kim is a Tony Award nominee! He’s the first ever AAPI performer to be nominated in the lead actor in a play category… on the first day of Asian Heritage Month in Canada and AAPI Month the United States! Daniel is being recognised for his performance in By Lainey • May 01, 2025 04:03 pm
Hair George Clooney opens on Broadway The Broadway adaptation of Good Night, and Good Luck celebrated its opening night last night (the reviews are mostly good), and because the play stars George Clooney, EVERYONE came out in support. First there was Clooney himself, sporting a truly bad dye job. I know it’s for the play, By Sarah • Apr 04, 2025 04:04 pm
Theatre Nerd The Stars come out for Othello The new staging of Othello, the first on Broadway since 1982, set a box office record for a play in previews. They’re coming for Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Shakespeare, probably in that order. Some tickets are going for as much as US$920 – which shouldn’t be a By Lainey • Mar 24, 2025 11:00 am
Hair George and his dark hair Here are some shots from a couple of days ago of George Clooney in New York where he is currently performing in previews for Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway. Opening night is April 3. George and his producing partner Grant Heslov co-wrote the play based on their own By Lainey • Mar 18, 2025 04:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Kaia Gerber, gradually I keep seeing these photos over the last few weeks of Kaia Gerber outside the Matrix Theatre in LA – leaving at night with flowers, hanging out with fans… and it’s especially interesting right now when so many people are at Paris Fashion Week which is where you’d presume By Lainey • Mar 06, 2025 11:44 am
Theatre Nerd Michelle Williams’ journey back Michelle Williams appeared on Good Morning America yesterday and spoke about her current role in the Broadway show, Death Becomes Her. During her conversation with Robin Roberts, she reflected on the highs and lows of her Broadway career, which began more than 20 years ago when she replaced Toni Braxton By Stephanie • Feb 04, 2025 01:32 pm
Break Ups Sutton supports Hugh Hugh Jackman’s residency at Radio City Music Hall began on Friday night. Lainey previously wondered if Sutton Foster would show up to support him, and the answer is yes. She was there, as was Ryan Reynolds, who was featured in a bit during the show. But back to Sutton, By Sarah • Jan 27, 2025 10:40 am
TV Updates Award Season Jake? Jake Gyllenhaal had two pretty big wins this year. Road House, despite Sarah’s hesitations about it prior to the release, turned out to be a good movie (you can read her review here) and at the time became Amazon’s biggest streaming debut. Presumed Innocent was also well received By Lainey • Dec 03, 2024 01:29 pm
Theatre Nerd Katie and Zoey on Broadway Katie Holmes is currently starring alongside Jim Parsons in a revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town on Broadway. She’s getting pretty good reviews, which makes me happy for her. Katie Holmes’ talent and ability as an actor have never really been the focus of her fame, but starring By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 01:24 pm
