Wednesday, May 15, 2019
"My Fair Lady" announced it will play its last performance on July 7. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on March 15, 2018. The show currently star…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:29PM[SHARE]In Daniel Fish's "Oklahoma!," Curly plays guitar and a seven-piece bluegrass band accompanies him as crockpots bubble on the edge of the stage. Those are just a few of the noticeable changes…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AM[SHARE]Monday, May 13, 2019
Three Broadway theaters will dim their lights on May 20 in memory of the late general manager Alan Wasser. The Majestic, Marquis and St. James Theatres, all of which had shows that were a si…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:01PM[SHARE]"Oklahoma!" will launch a North American tour in the fall of 2020. The tour will begin at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. This will be the first time a first-class Equity produ…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:55AM[SHARE]"Hadestown" was voted outstanding new musical and topped the Outer Critics Circle list of winners. The Outer Critics Circle is an organization of writers and commentators covering New York t…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:01AM[SHARE]For the past few years, Heidi Schreck has been sharing personal stories about her family, as seen through the lens of the U.S. Constitution, on stages across New York City. Her play, "What t…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AM[SHARE]Friday, May 10, 2019
Composer Eddie Perfect had been taking meetings in New York for close to two years before he got his big Broadway breakthrough. Thanks to frequent flights between Melbourne and the U.S., som…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 8, 2019
"Rain " A Tribute to the Beatles" will perform as part of the "In Residence on Broadway" series this summer. The Beatles tribute band will play at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on July 16 throug…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:29PM[SHARE]"Pretty Woman" will launch a North American tour in 2020. The first stop will be in Providence, Rhode Island in October 2020. Additional cities will be announced at a later date. The musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:30AM[SHARE]Jez Butterworth did not set out to write "The Ferryman." Rather, as is the case with many of his plays, inspiration took hold and would not let go until a cast of more than 20, live animals …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 6, 2019
A revival of "1776" is coming to Broadway in the spring of 2021. The production will be directed by Diane Paulus and play the American Airlines Theatre. Before coming to Broadway, the produc…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:00PM[SHARE]Joe Iconis likes his musicals to be a little weird. A little weirdness, after all, means that the audience won't know what to expect when they come to the theater. That idea brought Iconis t…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AM[SHARE]Friday, May 3, 2019
"Jagged Little Pill" will open at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway this fall. Previews are set to begin Nov. 3, 2019, with an opening night on Dec. 5. The musical, featuring the songs of A…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:15AM[SHARE]In "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," the stage is filled with mountains of dummy corpses that are alternatively used as playthings, stepping stones for Nathan Lane and Kristine Nielsen a…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 2, 2019
The Theatre World Awards has named its honorees for 2019. The Theatre World Awards are given to 12 "outstanding" performers who made their Broadway or off-Broadway debut this season. In addi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:17PM[SHARE]A private workshop of the Magic Mike musical taking place this week has been postponed, a spokesperson for the production confirmed. The reason for the postponement was the departure of the …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Members of the Broadway industry had been preparing for April 30 for months. That meant that when Tony nominations were announced at 8:30 a.m., advertising agencies had already prepared digi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30PM[SHARE]As the Tony Award nominations were announced early Tuesday, many nominees took only a brief pause to receive the news before resuming a hectic schedule. There were cast recordings to finish,…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:36PM[SHARE]"Hadestown" topped the Tony nominations list Tuesday with 14 nominations. "Ain't Too Proud" followed with 12 nominations and "Tootsie" received 11. There were 34 eligible productions this se…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:54AM[SHARE]Monday, April 29, 2019
Laura Linney is returning to Broadway next season in Elizabeth Strout's "My Name is Lucy Barton." The play will run at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre beginning Jan. …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:00PM[SHARE]The Tony Awards Administration Committee is giving out special Tony Awards this year to the late actor Marin Mazzie, to the creators of the puppet at the center of "King Kong" and to arrange…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:10PM[SHARE]The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced the four recipients of the 2019 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. The honorary Tony Awards will be given to Broadway Inspirati…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:20AM[SHARE]TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will receive the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The Equity/LORT theater was founded in 1970 and produces eight shows annually, in addition to workshopping and …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:56AM[SHARE]"Oklahoma!" will extend through January 2020, producer Eva Price announced Monday. The revival was originally slated for a limited engagement ending on Sept. 1 at the Circle in the Square Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:22AM[SHARE]Friday, April 26, 2019
The Tony Awards Administration Committee made its final eligibility determinations Friday ahead of next week's nominations. In the fourth and final meeting of the season, the committee discu…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:36PM[SHARE]Judith Light will receive the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Award from the Tony Awards committee. The Isabelle Stevenson Award is given out by the Tony Awards to a member of the theater community …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:36AM[SHARE]Designer David Rockwell is hoping to bring the behind-the-scenes players of the Broadway industry to the forefront with his design for the upcoming Olio hotel. Rockwell Group is designing th…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:11AM[SHARE]"To Kill a Mockingbird" has recouped its entire investment, producer Scott Rudin announced Friday morning. The play was capitalized for up to $7.5 million, according to documents filed with …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 25, 2019
The revival of "Oklahoma!" led the Drama Desk list with 12 nominations Thursday. "Tootsie" and "Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future" followed, with 11 and nine nominations respective…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:51PM[SHARE]Playwright Terrence McNally, actor Rosemary Harris and orchestrator and composer Harold Wheeler will be the recipients of this year's lifetime achievement awards from the Tony Awards. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 23, 2019
"Hadestown" led the Outer Critics Circle nominations Tuesday, with 12 nominations. The Broadway musical was followed by "Tootsie" with 10 nominations and the Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!" …
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