Monday, April 16, 2018
A talent-packed cast has been announced to lead the first major New York revival of the 1995 Tony-nominated musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe. The hit compilation of songs written by …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Casting is complete for Dan Cody's Yacht, a new play by Anthony Giardina scheduled to make its world premiere with Manhattan Theatre Club at off-Broadway venue, New York City Center…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Power-voiced stage alum Ben Crawford begins his run in Broadway's longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, on April 16. The talented actor takes …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 12, 2018
The Tony Awards administration committee met today for the third time to confirm the eligibility status of seven Broadway productions for the American Theatre Wing's 2018 Tony Award…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PM[SHARE]Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre has announced a variety-filled lineup of productions for its 2018-2019 season. Highlights include Octet, a new musical by the Tony-nominated creator of N…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AM[SHARE]Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. and current Waitress star Katharine McPhee will host the 2018 Tony Award nominations announcement on May 1 at 8:30am. The pair of Smash alums will break the excit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:19AM[SHARE]The starry new revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel celebrates opening night at the Imperial Theatre on April 12. Jack O'Brien directs and Justin Peck choreographs th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming main-stem transfer of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl. The work will play its original Broadway h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM[SHARE]Tyler Glenn, the lead singer of the multi-platinum rock band Neon Trees, will make his Broadway debut in the role of Charlie Price in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots on May 6 for a limi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Actors' Equity Association has announced the launch of a new national campaign to create two new Tony Award categories, Best Chorus in a Musical or Play and Best Ensemble in a Musical or…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PM[SHARE]Donald McKayle, a modern dance choreographer who made history on Broadway as the first black male director and choreographer of a Broadway musical, passed away on April 6, according to The N…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PM[SHARE]The Waverly Gallery, a Pulitzer-nominated play by Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan (Lobby Hero), will appear on Broadway for the first time this fall. Oscar nominee Elaine May will co-star…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AM[SHARE]A new Broadway production of Mark Medoff's Tony-winning 1980 play Children of a Lesser God opens at Studio 54 on April 11. Kenny Leon directs the revival, which began previews on March 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The New York premiere production of the new musical Miss You Like Hell has received an extension by off-Broadway's Public Theater. Originally slated for a run through May 6, the show wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM[SHARE]Tony winner Anika Noni Rose will return to the stage this spring in a new production of Carmen Jones, a 1943 musical featuring book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Georges Bi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PM[SHARE]Super-talented Tony nominee Norm Lewis (Once On This Island) will take on the role of suave conman Harold Hill in a 2019 production of The Music Man in Washington, D.C. The newly announced m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PM[SHARE]Leapin' lizards! Tony nominee Jennifer Simard has been cast as the evil Miss Hannigan in a new production of Annie at the Muny in St. Louis. The recent Hello, Dolly! star will be joined …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM[SHARE]Katharine McPhee, the strong-voiced star who gained legions of fans as Karen Cartwright on the Broadway-themed TV series Smash, makes her official Great White Way debut in the lead role of J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 9, 2018
The beloved score for the new stage adaptation of Frozen will be preserved on an original Broadway cast album, Disney shared today. Frozen's orchestra of 21 will be expanded to 44 musici…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PM[SHARE]Robert O'Hara has been announced as the director of BLKS, a New York premiere play that will appear as part of MCC Theater's 2018-2019 season. The previously announced off-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Two-time Tony nominee Johanna Day (Sweat) is among the newly announced stars of The New Group's world premiere play Peace for Mary Frances by Lily Thorne. Lila Neugebauer directs the wor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AM[SHARE]Tony winner Janet McTeer and Emmy winner Uzo Aduba will tell the stories of a pair of groundbreaking women in two newly announced world-premiere plays as part of Roundabout Theatre Comp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Dee Snider, lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling band Twisted Sister, makes his Broadway return as a special guest vocalist in Rocktopia on April 9. Snider plays a limited engagement in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 8, 2018
The Broadway-premiere production of the new musical Mean Girls celebrates its official opening night at the August Wilson Theatre on April 8. Featuring a book by the film's scr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 6, 2018
Producer Bill Weiner has announced the acquisition of the theatrical stage rights to the 1995 cult-hit film Empire Records, with plans to adapt the story for the Broadway stage as a musical.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PM[SHARE]The global smash-hit musical Mamma Mia! celebrates its 19th birthday in London today, April 6, with the announcement of a new slate of stars. Mamma Mia! originally opened in London at the Pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PM[SHARE]A trio of New York stage stars has been announced to lead a highly anticipated Chicago mounting of Jesus Christ Superstar. The transfer of the Olivier-winning production from London'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM[SHARE]A trio of New York stage stars has been announced to lead a highly anticipated Chicago mounting of Jesus Christ Superstar. The transfer of the Olivier-winning production from London'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM[SHARE]Former artistic director of the Young Vic, director and playwright David Lan will be presented a special award at the 2018 Oliviers on April 8 at London's Royal Albert Hall. The award wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 5, 2018
Golden Globe and two-time Emmy nominee Josh Charles, Kate Bornstein and Ty DeFoe have been announced to join the upcoming Broadway production of Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men. Anna…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:23PM[SHARE]Open your umbrella and put on your dancing shoes! Fancy-footed Broadway alum Corbin Bleu has been cast in a summer mounting of Singin' in the Rain at the Muny in St. Louis. Bleu wil…
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