Friday, April 27, 2018
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…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 26, 2018
“Carousel” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” topped the list of Drama Desk nominations Thursday. The Drama Desk Awards honor shows and artists on Broadway, off Broadway and…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 25, 2018
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced a longtime theater photographer, a costume beader and a dry-cleaning business used by Broadway since 1908 as the recipients of its 2018…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 24, 2018
"SpongeBob SquarePants" leads the 2017-2018 Outer Critics Circle list with 11 nominations. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" followed with 10 nominations and "My Fair Lady" brought in nine…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:13PM[SHARE]Nick Scandalios, executive vice president of the Nederlander Organization, will receive this year’s Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. The special Tony Award is given each year to a member…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:33AM[SHARE]Christiani Pitts will take on the lead role of Ann Darrow and Eric William Morris will play Carl Denham in upcoming Broadway musical “King Kong.” “King Kong” will ope…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:14AM[SHARE]Monday, April 23, 2018
Scott Rudin's production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has to prove that it is in trouble. In a declaration filed with the Southern District Court of New York Monday, Joey Parnes, executive pro…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:37PM[SHARE]Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing his own work partly as a way to receive his Equity card. "I was in college, and I realized I didn't dance well enough to play Paul in 'A Chorus Line' nor Ber…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:30PM[SHARE]Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera will each receive a 2018 special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. The lifetime achievement award is given to “honor an indivi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:39PM[SHARE]Friday, April 20, 2018
Bette Midler is returning to star in "Hello, Dolly!" for six weeks this summer. Midler will return to the show from July 17 through the end of the show, which producer Scott Rudin said will …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 19, 2018
The Anaïs Mitchell musical “Hadestown” will play the National Theatre in London this November before transferring to Broadway in 2019, the show’s producers announced …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 18, 2018
A few Broadway shows have begun racking up nominations ahead of the Tony Awards. The Drama League, which honors off Broadway and Broadway musicals and plays, announced its nominations includ…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:41PM[SHARE]The Gypsy Robe is changing its name. After hearing concerns about the insensitivity of the name, the Actors' Equity Association has voted to rename the robe that is awarded to the chorus mem…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:00PM[SHARE]Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban are hosting the 2018 Tony Awards, the pair announced in a video on Twitter Wednesday. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:04AM[SHARE]Reviews never bothered Disney anyway. Though "Frozen" received mixed reviews from critics, the show has maintained a popular resonance that translated into a record-breaking advance of $62.6…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond are joining Stephanie J. Block to play the role of Cher in the Chicago run of ‘The Cher Show.’ Cher will be depicted by the three actors at differe…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:58AM[SHARE]Monday, April 16, 2018
Two civilians were seriously injured in a fire that occurred Monday afternoon at 520 8th Avenue, home of Ripley-Grier Studios and other theater offices. The fire, which was called in at 3:31…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:29PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 12, 2018
"1984" will now be considered for all Tony Awards categories after a nominator recused himself from the committee, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Thursday. In its first m…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:55PM[SHARE]Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee will announce the Tony nominees the morning of May 1. The event, which takes place at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Cent…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 11, 2018
The Actors' Equity Association is pushing to create two new Tony Award categories that honor equity choruses and ensembles in musicals or plays. Actors' Equity is championing the two propose…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:39PM[SHARE]Scott Rudin is bringing Kenneth Lonergan’s play “The Waverly Gallery” to Broadway next season. The revival will star Elaine May, Lucas Hedges and Michael Cera, in his third…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 10, 2018
"Come From Away" will begin its North American tour at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in October 2018. The show will play 60 cities overall, including stops in Canada, in cities such as Vancou…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:30AM[SHARE]Monday, April 9, 2018
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" broke the record for highest weekly gross for a play, bringing in $2.14 million last week. That amount, brought in across eight preview performances, best…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:44PM[SHARE]Janet McTeer will star in the world premiere of "Bernhardt/Hamlet" on Broadway this September as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's 2018-2019 season. The play written by Theresa Rebeck was…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 6, 2018
Producer Bill Weiner has acquired the theatrical stage rights to "Empire Records," with plans to turn it into a Broadway musical. The musical will be written by Carol Heikkinen, who wrote th…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 5, 2018
Theatre Communications Group has appointed Gordon Lane as its chief technology officer. Lane comes to TCG, the national organization for American theater, from Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zo…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:25PM[SHARE]“Jesus Christ Superstar” will launch a North American tour of the Regent Park Open Air Theatre production in fall 2019. Produced by Stephen Gabriel, the tour comes after a West E…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:23PM[SHARE]StubHub, the resale ticket company that recently announced a partnership with Roundabout Theatre Company, announced Sukhinder Singh Cassidy will be its new president and senior vice presiden…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 4, 2018
"KPOP" is the most-nominated show of the Lucille Lortel awards, with nine nominations announced Wednesday, including Outstanding Musical. Following "KPOP," "Bella: An American Tale" and "Mar…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:26PM[SHARE]Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit and Danny Burstein will star in the world premiere of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. Additional casting includes Sahr Ngaujah, Tam …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Joseph Meli was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding 130 investors in a proposed ticket resale scheme that included popular Br…
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