Thursday, May 24, 2018
Betting on the Tony Awards could become more mainstream after a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 14, the Supreme Court declared the Professional and Amateur Sports Protectio…
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Andy Karl will play the leading role of Edward in “Pretty Woman: The Musical” on Broadway, taking over the part from Steve Kazee. Kazee, who played the role in the show’s C…
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Music Theatre International has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to the musical “Groundhog Day.” The Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, opened at the …
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“The Band’s Visit” took home the prize for outstanding production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway musical Friday afternoon at the Drama League Awards. The Drama League, which…
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Alan Menken has signed a global publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing group announced Thursday. Warner/Chappell Music, an arm of Warner Music Group, will admi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:43PM[SHARE]A musical adaptation of "The Secret Life of Bees," with a book by Lynn Nottage and music by Duncan Sheik, will have its world premiere as part of the Atlantic Theater Company's 2018-2019 sea…
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Second Stage Theater has named Sara Danielson as its general manager. Danielson previously worked as associate general manager at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for 10 years…
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The Broadway musical “Frozen” is going on tour in the fall of 2019, beginning in Schenectady, New York. After Schenectady, the tour will officially open at The Hollywood Pantages…
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Susan Krajsa has been promoted to president of Broadway Across America. Krajsa has been working at the touring company, which is owned by the John Gore Organization, for 27 years, most recen…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:10PM[SHARE]“The Play That Goes Wrong” will close on August 26 after playing 585 regular performances and 27 preview performances. After closing, the play will launch a national tour beginni…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:27PM[SHARE]The Shubert Organization and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have teamed up to bring a musical adaptation of “Some Like it Hot” to Broadway. The musical will feature a score…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:19PM[SHARE]Friday, May 11, 2018
The Lincoln Center’s production of “My Fair Lady” is going on tour. Produced by Nederlander Presentations Inc., the tour will launch in fall 2019, with cities and casting t…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:56AM[SHARE]“Mean Girls” is going on tour. The Broadway musical announced Friday that it will launch a national tour in the fall of 2019. Dates, cities and the cast have yet to be announced.…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 10, 2018
Scott Rudin’s production company, Rudinplay, and the estate of Nelle Harper Lee have settled litigation that threatened the future of the Broadway play “To Kill a Mockingbird.…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:39PM[SHARE]Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman” has announced principal casting for its Broadway run, bringing over many of its same cast members from London. The show, which is a transfe…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 9, 2018
"Superhero," a new musical with music and lyrics by Tom Kitt, will have its world premiere in winter 2019 at Second Stage Theater's Off Broadway home. The musical, which is written by John L…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:45PM[SHARE]Despite working more than 60 years on Broadway, Chita Rivera never thought she would receive a lifetime achievement Tony Award, much less one alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber. "It kind of makes…
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‘Children of a Lesser God’ will close on May 27 after having played 23 preview performances and 54 regular performances. This news comes after the play only received one Tony nom…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:49PM[SHARE]The Theatre World Awards has named its 2018 honorees. The honorees, who are being recognized for an “outstanding Broadway or Off Broadway debut,” include Tony Award nominees N…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:38PM[SHARE]Monday, May 7, 2018
The case of "To Kill A Mockingbird" will officially be adjudicated in New York. A U.S. District Judge in Alabama ruled Monday that while his court had jurisdiction over a lawsuit between the…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:45PM[SHARE]“Beautiful” has a new Carole King. Melissa Benoist, who currently stars as the title character in the TV show “Supergirl,” will take on the role beginning June 7 thro…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:03AM[SHARE]Show-Score is updating how reviews appear on its site and providing new data on its members to producers. The site, which assigns scores to Broadway and off Broadway shows based on reviews f…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:00AM[SHARE]The Tony Award categories for sound design are back with a boom. Eleven sound designers of plays and musicals were nominated for Tony Awards this season, five years after the categories had …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 3, 2018
Director Bartlett Sher has not changed the ending of "My Fair Lady." Rather he says he has "interpreted" the ending in a manner that Bernard Shaw, who wrote the source material the musical i…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Immediately following the Tony Award nominations, Broadway producers sprang into action. With brief pauses for celebration Tuesday, producers and the marketing teams behind their shows were …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:00PM[SHARE]“SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Mean Girls” both topped the Tony nominations list with 12 nominations each. Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom, Jr. announced the Ton…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:02AM[SHARE]The Tony Awards is adding even more competition to the night " fantasy football-style Tony predictions. Audience Rewards has teamed up with the Tony Awards to launch an interactive game, the…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:45AM[SHARE]Monday, April 30, 2018
An Alabama court will decide whether the case involving the upcoming Broadway play "To Kill a Mockingbird" will be adjudicated in Alabama or in New York. That was the determination made by M…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:28PM[SHARE]Manhattan Theater Club is bringing the play "Ink" to Broadway as part of its 2018-2019 season. "Ink," written by James Graham and directed by Rupert Goold, the artistic director of the Almei…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, April 27, 2018
Director George C. Wolfe does not typically do revivals, but when presented with the opportunity to work with Denzel Washington on "The Iceman Cometh" he felt inspired. "I like to do new wor…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:11PM[SHARE]Each competitive category of the Tony Awards will include five nominees if there at least nine eligible candidates, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Friday. That determinat…
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