Last week, previews began for the Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show.  As you know, the production is led by a very sexy Luke Evans as Frank-N-Furter, who in the released photos seemed to be wearing a black Lycra, high-thigh-cut bodysuit with a fishnet body stocking.  But in the video we got from one of the first previews, we can see the show indeed ends with him in a sexy corset and a black leather jock strap which quite clearly shows his penis bouncing about.  And, of course, you can follow the bouncing bob on BillyMasters.com.

We recently reported that Lea Michele will be leaving the Broadway production of Chess on June 21^st (days after she wins – or loses – a Tony Award).  When someone told me Lea would be replaced by JoJo, I was appalled.  Surely if there is anyone I’d like to see less in Chess, it’s JoJo Siwa.  Therefore, I’m both pleased and relieved to report that the actual replacement is Joanna “JoJo” Levesque.  This JoJo previously appeared on Broadway in Moulin Rouge!  The Musical.  And in one of those coincidences that people love so much, she went back into Moulin Rouge a second time for a 12-week run alongside her new Chess co-star, Aaron Tveit.

Picture it – Boston, 2019.  Faye Dunaway starred as Katharine Hepburn in the play Tea at Five at the Huntington Theatre.  She could have given a stupendous performance on opening night, but she was already loathed by everyone connected with the show – which is hard to do in a one-woman show.  Let’s just say the rehearsal period made the Master Class national tour look like a Disney show.  After Faye allegedly slapped a crew member, the possibility of a Broadway transfer disappeared.  Eventually, playwright Matthew Lombardo was able to see the absurdity of the situation and use it as a starting point for a new comedy – When Playwrights Kill.  This play is about a writer (the delightful Matt Doyle) of a play doing a pre-Broadway tryout starring a very difficult diva (the delicious Beth Leavel) who could jeopardize the entire venture.  How can the situation be salvaged?  You’ll have to see “When Playwrights Kill” to find out.  BTW, the stage manager is played by the ebullient Marissa Jaret Winokur.  And in a moment of art-imitating life-imitating art, the world premiere takes place at the Huntington Theatre in Boston!  It runs April 3^rd through the 18^th.  Grab tix at WhenPlaywrightsKillBoston.com.