Michael Riedel

Barry Manilow, back on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne for a few weeks, came onstage at Tuesday’s opening night and cracked: “You weren’t expecting Faye Dunaway, were you?” Big laughs from a crowd wh…

If you tried too hard to be funny, Don Imus wouldn’t help you with fake laughter. If you tried to poke fun at him and he wasn’t in the mood, he’d flatten you.

Ready for my favorite “Hee Haw” joke? Q: What do you call a man who doesn’t believe in birth control? A: Daddy! Exactly six years ago, I was picking up good buzz about “Moonshine,” a Broadway-bound…

Bob Avian will never forget the moment Michael Bennett told him he had AIDS. The two had been friends since 1959, when they met as dancers on a tour of “West Side Story.” “We were like brothers, re…

9/11 brought Broadway to a standstill — until New York’s mayor revived it just two days later.

How the inspired “I Love New York” campaign lured crowds to Broadway — and a modern-day commercial could do the same again.

The three-minute montage “This Is Broadway,” narrated by Oprah Winfrey, captures the history — and excitement — of live theater and heralds the return of the Great White Way.

There is going to be fury on Broadway tomorrow, and a lot of sighing, privately, from the people who run the real show.

“Tick, Tick…Boom!” — an early musical by Jonathan Larson, who created “Rent” — was born of sadness, anger and frustration, friends and family members tell The Post.

In 1972, the hit Broadway musical “Grease” was ready to go on the road, which meant that a new cast had to be put together. In Los Angeles, an 18-year-old actor just breaking into the business audi…