Monday, June 26, 2023
A stage musical adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel Imitation of Life and its film versions is under development at Universal Theatrical Group, with Lynn Nottage writing the book and John L…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:00PM[SHARE]Friday, June 23, 2023
Sheldon Harnick, whose lyrics for the acclaimed stage and film musical Fiddler on the Roof are some of the most recognizable and beloved in Broadway history, died today at his home in Manhat…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:07AM[SHARE]EXCLUSIVE: Swept Away, the Broadway-aimed musical with music and lyrics by roots rock band The Avett Brothers, has announced principal cast for its fall-winter 2023 production at Arena Stage…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 22, 2023
Bad Cinderella could have been the poison apple that killed off revisionist fairy tales once and for all, but Britney Spears and Once Upon A One More Time, the new Broadway musical opening t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PM[SHARE]EXCLUSIVE: Reboot Studios, the production arm of the arts and culture nonprofit Reboot that's funded in part by Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg's Righteous Persons Foundation, has joined t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PM[SHARE]Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, who first shared a stage in The Book of Mormon, will return to Broadway together this fall in Gutenberg! The Musical!, the Scott Brown-Anthony King musical to b…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Strong showings at the June 11 Tony Awards " both in terms of trophies and on-air performances " seem to have made an equally sturdy impact at the box office, with best musical Kimberly Akim…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's stage adaptation of Yann Martel's best-selling novel, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, July 23. The closing date was announced by producer…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:30PM[SHARE]Broadway's Prima Face, the Suzie Miller play staring Jodie Comer, has recouped its $4.1 million capitalization costs as of June 18, ten weeks after the start of performances. The recoup anno…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:56AM[SHARE]Beetlejuice's Alex Brightman and Chicago Med's Colin Donnell will portray Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider, respectively, in the upcoming Broadway making-of-Jaws comedy The Shark Is Broken,…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 19, 2023
Paxton Whitehead, the prolific and acclaimed actor whose career stretched from 17 Broadway productions, a recurring role on the hit 1990s sitcom Mad About You and a memorable turn as a snoot…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:30PM[SHARE]Friday, June 16, 2023
Actors' Equity Association has joined with other unions of the AFL-CIO in endorsing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential campaign. "President Biden a…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 15, 2023
New plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning Paula Vogel and Obie-winning Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be among the Broadway offering of the Second Stage Theater 2023-24 season, the company announced …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PM[SHARE]Sierra Boggess will reprise her role as 'Mary' in the Broadway production of Harmony, the new musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman that premiered Off Broadway last spring. The Broadway…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:29AM[SHARE]EXCLUSIVE: Stand-up comedian and Easter Sunday actor Jo Koy has joined the Broadway producing team of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love ahead of the show's first preview per…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AM[SHARE]The previously announced Broadway revival of the Ossie Davis comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch starring Leslie Odom, Jr. will begin previews on Thursd…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 14, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: In a move designed to "extend the intersection" of Hollywood, Broadway, London's West End and regional theater, the movie-ticket site Hollywood.com and theater producer Nederlande…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:40PM[SHARE]Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where Tina " The Tina Turner Musical ran from 2019 to 2022, will dim its marquee lights for the iconic singer on Wednesday, June 21. The one-minute dimming,…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 13, 2023
With the Tony Awards " and a seriously orange New York City sky " prompting some Broadway productions to reduce their playing schedules last week, total box office and attendance was down a …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:55PM[SHARE]Recording artist Deborah Cox and Chicago-based actress and singer Melody A. Betts have joined the Broadway-bound cast of The Wiz, with Cox taking the role of Glinda and Betts cast as Aunt Em…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:27AM[SHARE]Friday, June 9, 2023
Twelve musicians will be included in the upcoming Broadway production of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love, an agreement reached today in a labor dispute over the use of pre…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:29PM[SHARE]The 76th annual Tony Awards are set for Sunday, June 11, with plenty of musical performances, returning host Ariana DeBose, a new location venue " and no writers. Airing live from the United…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:00PM[SHARE]Has there ever been a less predictable Tony Awards? Just a few weeks ago there were doubts that a televised ceremony would even happen, due to the ongoing WGA strike. That problem proved to …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:58PM[SHARE]Broadway will dim its lights on Saturday, June 17, to honor the memory of Robin Wagner, the triple Tony Award-winning scenic designer who died May 29 at age 89. The traditional memorial marq…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 8, 2023
Ellie Kemper will join the cast " temporarily " of Broadway's Peter Pan Goes Wrong for a one-week guest-starring engagement. The star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Great American Baki…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:42PM[SHARE]The Tony Awards broadcast this Sunday will feature performances from the casts of Tony Award nominated best musicals and revivals including Camelot, Into The Woods, & Juliet, Kimberly Ak…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PM[SHARE]The show went on at Broadway's Shucked last night, though New York City's bad air quality did have an impact on the staging: Book writer Robert Horn and composer Brandy Clark stepped in to p…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Broadway's Hamilton and Camelot are the latest New York City productions canceling performances tonight due to issues caused by the region's historically bad air quality. "The hazardous air …
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:34PM[SHARE]Just hours after Broadway star Jodie Comer left the stage of the hit one-person show Prima Facie due to breathing issues caused by New York City's poor air quality today, Actors' Equity is u…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:57PM[SHARE]Lorna Courtney was barely out of the University of Michigan when Broadway first came calling. A native New Yorker " Queens, to be exact " and graduate of Manhattan's performing arts LaGuardi…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:24PM[SHARE]Actor Jodie Comer halted today's matinee of Broadway's Prima Facie due to New York City's bad, smokey air, telling audience members she was having difficulty breathing. An audience member te…
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