Greg joined the Deadline staff in 2017 from Bloomberg News, where he was the TV and Film critic. He previously was a staff editor and/or reporter at Variety, Daily Variety and TV Guide Magazine. His features and criticism on arts and entertainment have appeared in the New York Times, Vulture, Slate, Newsweek, Yahoo News and Guitar World Magazine.
UPDATED with video New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed skepticism about Broadway’s just-announced June 7 reopening date. “I wouldn’t use what Broadway thinks as a barometer of anything unless they’re in the public health business and have seen better numbers and models,” Cuomo said at his daily COVID-19…
UPDATE, with specific show detailsBroadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that could mean the retroactive end of the 2019-2020 Broadway season to the March 12 shutdown.
No mention was made in the Broadway League’s announcement today of officially closing…
New York’s 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will announce winners online this year, skipping the yearly gathering of theater artists and critics for the bestowal of awards. Only Broadway, Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions that opened prior to the March 12 COVID-19 shutdown will be eligible.
The winners of…
Hal Willner, a longtime sketch music producer for Saturday Night Live and a music producer and compiler of tribute albums and concerts, died Monday of complications related to COVID-19, according to multiple reports. He was 64.
Willner, who joined SNL in 1981, also produced albums for such artists as Lou Reed, Laurie…
Another Broadway production has nixed plans for this season: The Manhattan Theater Club’s anticipated staging of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, with Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse reprising roles they originated 23 years ago, has been postponed.
MTC says it’s finalizing plans to mount…
The American Theatre Wing has announced the first phase of its National COVID-19 Response Effort, including rapid funding mechanisms to support Off and Off Off Broadway as well as the nation’s regional theater community.
"When the arts get lost or diminished in the conversation about federal relief, we rely on the…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
UPDATE, with “Don’t Touch Grandma” Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon teamed up last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a new COVID-19 anthem, warning grandchildren of all ages to keep away from their beloved nanas during the pandemic.
While the song doesn’t rival Sandler’s “Quarantine Song” – and finds…
Bruce Springsteen, who has been posting past concerts on YouTube and Apple Music during the COVID-19 shutdowns, will be a sort of guest DJ tomorrow on SiriusXM's E Street Radio, sharing songs he’s been listening to while isolating at home.
Previous news reports that Springsteen would be performing music live from home…
Honor Blackman, best known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore in 1964’s Goldfinger, has died of natural causes unrelated to coronavirus at her home in Sussex, England. She was 94.
Her death was announced by her family to UK’s The Guardian.
"It's with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman…
John Krasinski, with a little help from Lin-Manuel Miranda and some friends, Zoom-reunited the original cast of Broadway’s Hamilton Sunday for a Florida fan whose now-canceled ninth birthday plans were to include a visit to the musical.
After reading about the girl, Aubrey of Jacksonville, Florida, on social media…
