Monday, April 29, 2019
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will receive the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The Equity/LORT theater was founded in 1970 and produces eight shows annually, in addition to workshopping and …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:56AM“Oklahoma!” will extend through January 2020, producer Eva Price announced Monday. The revival was originally slated for a limited engagement ending on Sept. 1 at the Circle in the Squar…
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The Tony Awards Administration Committee made its final eligibility determinations Friday ahead of next week’s nominations. In the fourth and final meeting of the season, the committee dis…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:36PMJudith Light will receive the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Award from the Tony Awards committee. The Isabelle Stevenson Award is given out by the Tony Awards to a member of the theater community …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:36AMDesigner David Rockwell is hoping to bring the behind-the-scenes players of the Broadway industry to the forefront with his design for the upcoming Olio hotel. Rockwell Group is designing th…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:11AM“To Kill a Mockingbird” has recouped its entire investment, producer Scott Rudin announced Friday morning. The play was capitalized for up to $7.5 million, according to documents filed w…
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The revival of “Oklahoma!” led the Drama Desk list with 12 nominations Thursday. “Tootsie” and “Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future” followed, with 11 and nine nomination…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:51PMPlaywright Terrence McNally, actor Rosemary Harris and orchestrator and composer Harold Wheeler will be the recipients of this year’s lifetime achievement awards from the Tony Awards. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:38AMTuesday, April 23, 2019
“Hadestown” led the Outer Critics Circle nominations Tuesday, with 12 nominations. The Broadway musical was followed by “Tootsie” with 10 nominations and the Broadway revival of “O…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:35AMManhattan Theatre Club’s “Ink” has announced a second extension ahead of opening on Wednesday. “Ink,” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, will now play an extra week to run through …
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Mel Brooks is coming to Broadway for two nights in June as part of the “In Residence on Broadway” series. Brooks will star in an unscripted show, entitled “Mel Brooks on Broadway,” f…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:00PMCharles Randolph-Wright’s play “Blue,” is coming to Broadway under the direction of Phylicia Rashad. The play will come to Broadway in spring 2020 at a theater to be announced. Produce…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:43AMFollowing the news of a Netflix adaptation, “The Prom” has announced it will also be adapted into a young adult novel. Saundra Mitchell, an author of young adult novels , has written the…
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge will reprise their roles in “Sea Wall/A Life,” as the plays transfer to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre this summer. The two plays, which are distinct, but …
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Ryan Murphy will bring a film adaptation of “The Boys in the Band” to Netflix, the television producer announced Wednesday. The film will be an adaptation of the Mart Crowley play, of wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:41PMThe Drama League announced its 2019 nominees Wednesday, which include off-Broadway and Broadway productions. In addition to category-specific awards, the Drama League, made up of industry pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:22AMSean Cercone, president of Playscripts Inc., has purchased Broadway Licensing, an imprint of the Playscripts company. With the backing of The Antelope Group, a private live-entertainment inv…
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Alan Wasser, a veteran Broadway general manager and founder of Foresight Theatrical, passed away on April 14 at the age of 70. Wasser died due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. A…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:22PM“Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, with “What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Schreck and “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron named as f…
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Laurie Metcalf will return to Broadway next season to star in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” alongside Eddie Izzard. The revival will be directed by Joe Mantello and will also star …
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The Tony Awards Administration committee set new rules Thursday that could offer authors and composers of revivals a first or second chance at a Tony Award. Effective immediately, the commit…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:52PMThe Tina Turner musical, entitled “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical,” will open at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in the fall, the producers announced Thursday. The musical, which is currentl…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:07AMTuesday, April 9, 2019
Television producer Ryan Murphy is creating a film adaptation of “The Prom” for Netflix. Murphy, the creator and producer of shows such as “Glee” and “American Horror Story,” wil…
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Illusionist Criss Angel is the latest artist to join the “In Residence on Broadway” series at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. He will play the Lunt-Fontanne for eight performances from July 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:00PMMichael Urie will host the Drama Desk Awards for the fourth consecutive year. The Drama Desk Awards, which recognize Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway shows and performers, will ta…
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Eva Price likes her art to be political. It’s not that it has to address politics directly, but rather it has to resonate with what’s going on in the world. With that framework in mind, …
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” currently has an advance of more than $22 million, producer Scott Rudin announced Monday. The Aaron Sorkin play has been playing the Shubert Theatre since Nov. 1,…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:56AMJohn Leguizamo’s one-man play “Latin History for Morons” will launch a North American tour this June. The first stop on the tour will be the Apollo Theater in Harlem on June 20. Other …
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Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” will embark on a national tour starting in August 2020. The first stop on the tour, which will traveling for more than two years, will be the Joh…
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Second Stage has announced three Broadway productions at the Hayes Theater for the 2019-2020 season. The theater will start off its season with the Broadway debut of Tracy Letts’ “Linda …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:12PMDeciding which Disney property to bring to Broadway is a two-part process: there’s a brief, discerning look at the company’s empire, and then gut instinct takes over. “Alan Menken says…
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