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…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:22PM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre Company has teamed up with StubHub as its official secondary ticketing partner. The partnership, which the companies are calling “the first of its kind,” will …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:03PM[SHARE]Monday, April 2, 2018
As Broadway welcomes more first-time theatergoers, Mike Rafael is trying to figure out how to get them to come back a second time. Rafael, an independent sales and ticketing analyst and owne…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:45PM[SHARE]The Lucille Lortel Awards have changed the nomination announcement date to April 4 from the previously announced date of April 3. Rachel Bay Jones and Steven Pasquale will announce the nomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The musical adaptation of “Beetlejuice” will have its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. this October, the production announced Wednesday. “Beetleju…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Playwrights Welcome has broadened its free ticketing initiative for playwrights to include 100 theaters across the country. The Playwrights Welcome initiative, created by Samuel French with …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:07PM[SHARE]Stephanie J. Block will star as Cher in the Broadway-bound musical “The Cher Show,” the show’s press team confirmed Tuesday. “The Cher Show” is playing a pre-Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:44AM[SHARE]Monday, March 26, 2018
Ken Davenport and Kurt Deutsch are developing a new musical based on the characters in the “Vacation” franchise. Deutsch and Davenport announced Monday that they had optioned the…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:35AM[SHARE]“Farinelli and the King” has recouped its capitalization costs following a limited run on Broadway, the show’s producers announced Monday. The play, which began previews at…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:25AM[SHARE]Friday, March 23, 2018
Actors' Equity Association announced the formation of a committee Friday to prevent sexual harassment in theater. The committee is meant to come up with strategies to end harassment and bull…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:05PM[SHARE]Music Theatre International has teamed up with Broadway Media Distribution to offer digital scenery packages for more than 30 musicals alongside the scripts. The scenic packages include opti…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:00PM[SHARE]“Anastasia” announced the launch of its national tour Friday, which will begin in Schenectady. The tour will span 30 cities in the first year, including the Golden Gate Theatre i…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Theater and football may have something in common. The League of Professional Theatre Women, an advocacy group for women in theater, is taking a note from the National Football League and as…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:03PM[SHARE]“The Boss” appears to be sticking around for another season. Jordan Roth, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, tweeted Tuesday that Springsteen would be extending his run on Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:20AM[SHARE]Jim Edwards is retiring and stepping down as chief executive of SpotCo this June, the marketing agency announced Wednesday. As Edwards steps down, Shelby Ladd and Stephen Santore will lead t…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:27AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 20, 2018
“Rocktopia” has reached a tentative agreement with The Actors’ Equity Association, the union said Tuesday. The concert, which begins previews at the Broadway Theatre Tuesda…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:31PM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre Company will bring "True West" to Broadway next season, starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano. The Sam Shepard play will be directed by James Macdonald, who most recently dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:00PM[SHARE]Monday, March 19, 2018
Cynthia Nixon announced her run for governor of New York Monday. After months of hinting at the move, Nixon officially announced her candidacy in a tweet Monday, stating "I love New York, an…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 15, 2018
Despite changes to its operations in the United Kingdom, StubHub will not be disrupting the way it does business in the U.S. Last week the Advertising Standards Authority, a regulatory ag…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:09PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Bob Mackie, who designed looks for Cher, Carol Burnett and other stars, will be the costume designer on “The Cher Show.” In addition to Mackie, producers Flody Suarez and Jeffrey…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The 84th annual Drama League Awards will honor Idina Menzel, Casey Nicholaw and the National Endowment for the Arts. The awards are set for the afternoon of May 18 at the Marriott Marquis Ti…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:24PM[SHARE]Laura Benanti and Jason Jones will hosts Rhe Lucille Lortel Awards this spring. The awards, which are slated for March 6 at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts, celebrate off Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:38PM[SHARE]In Donna Summer's songs, women take center stage. In turn, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" is made up of a largely female cast that takes on both male and female roles during the biopic m…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:51AM[SHARE]Friday, March 9, 2018
Darko Tresnjak is taking over as director of “This Ain’t No Disco,” which will have its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company this summer. Tresnjak, artistic direc…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 6, 2018
The Actors' Equity Association is taking aim at "Rocktopia" after it has not provided an Equity contract for its chorus members. "Rocktopia," a concert that features mashups of classical and…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:05PM[SHARE]The Broadway community is rallying behind actor Ruthie Ann Blumenstein, whose stage name is Ruthie Ann Miles, after a car struck and injured Blumenstein and killed her four-year-old daughter…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:45AM[SHARE]Everyone already knows who Cher is. So when Drew Hodges set out to create the artwork for "The Cher Show," which will premiere in Chicago before heading to Broadway in the fall, he knew he d…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 2, 2018
The Broadway League is hoping to bring a younger generation, and their parents, to Broadway shows using discounts and experiential activities. Fifteen Broadway shows are currently participat…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:33PM[SHARE]“Gettin’ the Band Back Together” has cast four of its five lead band members. The musical, directed by John Rando, has cast Mitchell Jarvis as the lead singer of the band, …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds has new leadership. Laura Penn, head of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and D. Joseph Hartnett of the International Alliance of Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Dariush Kashani is taking over the lead role of Tewfiq in “The Band’s Visit” as Tony Shalhoub steps away to shoot a television show. Kashani will start in the role on March…
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