Monday, November 4, 2019
Music Theatre International has obtained the worldwide licensing rights to “Beetlejuice,” the licensor announced Monday. Drew Cohen, president and chief executive of MTI, said the compan…
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The revival of Tracy Letts’ “The Minutes” has set a first preview date for its Broadway run this winter. According to an email sent to press Friday, the revival’s first preview will …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:18PMPatrick J. Adams, star of the television show “Suits,” will join the cast of “Take Me Out,” alongside Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams. The revival of Richard Greenberg’s …
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Katharine McPhee will return as Jenna in “Waitress” for the final weeks of the Broadway run. McPhee made her Broadway debut in “Waitress” in April 2018 and then originated the role…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:30PM“To Kill a Mockingbird” will open a production on the West End, to be produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and Sonia Friedman Productions. The production will open at London’s Gielgud…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:09AMPaul Blake has a reputation for being able to broker difficult agreements. The former executive producer of the Muny in St. Louis had made his Broadway debut producing and writing the book…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:00AMWednesday, October 30, 2019
Alex Finke, who has been playing Janice and others in the Broadway company of “Come From Away,” will depart the musical on Nov. 10, the production confirmed Wednesday. Emily Walton, wh…
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“Wicked” will become the fifth longest-running Broadway show in history Monday night. Monday night will mark “Wicked’s” 6,681st performance, which surpasses the previous record-h…
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“Freestyle Love Supreme” has added four Wednesday performances in place of Monday night performances in the coming months. The improv show, which did not typically have Wednesday night…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:22PMFundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS begins Oct. 25. The fundraising campaign, during which time volunteers and cast members collect donations from audience members in red buc…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:32AMThursday, October 24, 2019
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time this season to decide on eligibility for six productions. The committee discussed “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:47PM“Slava’s Snowshow” has announced the cast for its Broadway run. The show will star the eponymous Slava Polunion, creator of the show, alongside a series of rotating clowns including Ar…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:01PMDarren Criss will join the cast of “American Buffalo” on Broadway this spring. The actor, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner for his role in FX’s “The Assassination of Giann…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:08AMA blockchain startup is coming to Broadway in the hopes of developing deeper relationships with ticket buyers. True Tickets, a Boston-based startup that launched in 2017, is partnering wit…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:25AMWednesday, October 23, 2019
“David Byrne’s American Utopia” has extended its Broadway run through Feb. 16. The show, which opened at the Hudson Theatre on Oct. 20, was originally scheduled to end its run on Jan. …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:27PMTuesday, October 22, 2019
Jane Alexander and James Cromwell will join the cast of “Grand Horizons” on Broadway. Alexander, a Tony and Emmy Award winner and four time Oscar nominee for films including “Kramer …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:32AMBecky Gulsvig will take over the role of Beverley in “Come From Away,” the production confirmed Tuesday. Gulsvig, who played the role on the national tour, begins with the Broadway c…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:26AMMonday, October 21, 2019
Zachary Noah Piser is joining the Broadway company of “Dear Evan Hansen” as the Evan alternate. Piser, who played Evan in the Toronto production of the musical, will play his first per…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:58PM“The Who’s Tommy” is returning to Broadway. Directed by Des McAnuff, the original director of the rock opera, the revival plans to come to Broadway in 2021. This is the first Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:11PMA newly configured tour of “Aladdin” will launch in fall 2021, Disney Theatrical Productions said Monday. The new North American tour will add more cities and venues, which previously …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:55AM“Company” has announced additional cast members for the Broadway run this spring. Joining Katrina Lenk, playing Bobbie, and Patti LuPone as Joanne, are Matt Doyle as Jamie (known as Amy …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 07:38AMJamie Lloyd did not grow up seeing theater. But, as the British director of “Betrayal” reflects on his childhood living on the southern coast of England, he sees the foundations of a l…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:00AMFriday, October 18, 2019
“Moulin Rouge!” will debut on the West End in 2021. The musical, which opened on Broadway on July 25, will play London’s Piccadilly Theatre in March 2021. This adds on to the already a…
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Matt Upshaw, currently a managing director at Serino Coyne, has been appointed chief executive of the ad agency. He takes over the post from Angelo Desimini, who has held the role since 20…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:30PMAfter five years with the production, Jenn Colella will play her final performance in “Come From Away” on Nov. 10. Playing the role of Captain Beverly Bass, among others, Colella is an o…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:09PMThe Broadway cast of the “SpongeBob Squarepants” musical will reunite for a filmed version of the musical to air on Nickelodeon. The filmed performance, which will be performed in front …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:00PMWednesday, October 16, 2019
“Lempicka,” a new musical about the life of artist Tamara de Lempicka, will play the La Jolla Playhouse this spring. The musical, which premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:24PMActors’ Equity members have voted to approve a new production contract with the Broadway League, the actors’ union said Wednesday. The two groups had reached a tentative agreement on t…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:05PM“Mrs. Doubtfire” is coming to Broadway this season. The musical, based on the Twentieth Century Fox film, will play the Stephen Sondheim Theatre beginning March 9, 2020, with an opening …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:00AMTuesday, October 15, 2019
Maria Dizzia, a Tony Award nominee for “The Next Room, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play),” will star in the first two stops of the “What the Constitution Means to Me” tour. Diz…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:34PM“To Kill a Mockingbird” has once more broken its box office record, reaching a gross of $2.24 million for the week ended Oct. 13. This is the ninth time the production has broken its o…
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