He has made hit movies such as: Stranger Than Fiction, Talladega Nights, Bewitched, Blades of Glory, Anchorman, Old School,  and Elf.  He has wowed television audiences on Saturday Night Live.  He has even had a hit internet video (click HERE to see it - you can be one of the 52 million people who have watched it on Funny or Die).  NOW the wildly funny Will Ferrell is going to try "the Broadway".  Our friend Michael Riedel over at the NY Post reported yesterday that Mr. Funnyman Will Ferrell is in the process of writing a one man show for himself and is eyeing a Fall 2008 debut on Broadway.  Apparently Mr. Ferrell was very impressed with Billy Crystal's hit show 700 Sundays and hopes t...

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In the words of Neil Simon's Star Spangled Girl "I have tried to be neighborly, I have tried to be friendly and I have tried to be cordial...I don't know what it is that you [Clay Aiken] are trying to be!"  Has anyone seen THIS.  Clay Aiken sat down for an interview with Newsweek to talk about his upcoming stint on Broadway in the hit musical Spamalot.  The results are TERRIBLE.  Mr. Aiken is grumpy and down right rude.  Now, before we get into the details, I would like to set the record straight.  I watch American Idol.  I watched the season Clay was on.  I liked Clay Aiken on the show.  I may have even voted for him (yes, I vote sometimes).  To tell you the truth, I may have even...

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Get your cell phones out and start warming up your dialing finger; America is going to get a chance to vote for the next Elle Woods.  They did it with Maria in the Sound of Music in the U.K., they did it for Grease and the new B'way production with Max and Laura and now, it appears, that the producers of Legally Blonde are going to search for the next blonde beauty with an amazing set of pipes and then drop her into the big shoes of Laura Bell Bundy - and they are going to do it on a new MTV reality television show.  OH MY GOD!  That is awesome.  Don't you think?  Once again the producers of LB have come up with another fun and exciting way to market their show.  Broadcasting the show,...

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Check out Big BW's digs in Trump Tower.  When he is not knocking  out powerhouse shows that bring in the Benjamins; he is home at his pad kicking back with the Picassos, rockin' views of Central Park South, a fully stocked wet bar, his wife FW a...

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I have often admitted, here in this blog, to having the tastes of a 14 year old.  I have shared with you my obsession for The Hills and Legally Blonde and I have come clean about my passion for American Idol singer Carrie Underwood and TRL.  Now, I am afraid I must disclose yet another unhealthy addiction; I can not get enough of the new television show Gossip Girl.  Have you seen it?  Gossip Girl is the night time soap opera that explores the lives of a group of very wealthy school children in New York City.  There is Serena (the pretty one with a tattered past who has fallen for the low rent boy from the wrong side of the tracks), there is Blair (the pretty one who is at the top of th...

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I have a very vivid memory from my childhood.  As a young boy living in Florida, I remember going to the local pool with my family.  At the pool was a swim instructor; an older out of shape gentleman who smoked a cigar (I guess in those days it was ok to smoke a cigar at a pool?).  He had a very particular method for teaching children to swim.  He would take very young children (3 or 4) and simply toss them into the deep end of the pool.  They would be FORCED to swim in order to save their lives.  The children would scream and cry - as if they were going to be attacked by sharks and die!  Last night Disney's The Little Mermaid opened and the reviews are out; and I am instantly reminde...

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Last night I was "out and about" with one of my director friends.  We met for dinner at the ever popular Film Center Café (situated in the heart of Hell's Kitchen and seconds away from the throngs of Times Square) where we caught up and gossiped before we headed to see Edward II at the Red Bull Theater Company.  My friend, who we will refer to as"Silver" (don't ask - I just thought that sounded secretive and glamorous) and I dished about theater and politics.  It was a great NYC evening.  We mused about the opening of The Little Mermaid tonight.  Can you believe that it is finally opening?  Thanks to the strike; Disney had to push back the officially opening to January 10th and now it...

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As the holiday haze wears off and students head back to school, I thought a little bit of theater schooling might be in order.  So, get out your trapper keepers and your #2 pencils for your first class in Theater 101.  Today, class, I would like to discuss how you can buy theater tickets.  I know this seems simple, but there are actually a variety of ways to pick up tixs.  FYI - there will be a pop quiz tomorrow (the words "pop quiz" actually send shivers up my spine). **Paying Full Price**Let's say that you are coming to the Big Apple, you know you definitely have to see Young Frankenstein and your daughter will never speak to you again if you can't get her tickets to Wicked - then you...

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If an awards show fell in the woods and no one was there to hear it - would it make a noise?  The pseudo-cancellation of the Golden Globes has put me in a reflective mood today.  I love a good awards show (especially the often spontaneous and wacky Golden Globes) so as you can imagine I was disappointed to learn that (due to the on going Writer's Strike) the presentation on NBC this Sunday would be pseudo-cancelled.  I say pseudo because it seems that there will be a "Golden Globes Party", but there will be no broadcast of it (thus avoiding any conflicts with the currently striking writers).  So, we will get to see the actors walk down the red carpet and wave and smile and then they will...

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