Tuesday, December 11, 2018
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has voted to renew the contract of executive director Laura Penn through 2024. Penn joined the union in 2008, following a 25-year career workin…
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Despite penning multiple award-winning television series and films, Aaron Sorkin still feels more at-home writing plays. “To me, corny as it sounds, theaters are like cathedrals and the Sh…
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Sara Bareilles will play the lead role in “Waitress” on Broadway for the third time this winter. Bareilles, the composer of “Waitress,” will star as Jenna from Jan. 7…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:00AM“The Band’s Visit,” “Carousel,” “My Fair Lady,” “Once on This Island“ and “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” received Grammy nominations in the Best Musical Theat…
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Academy Award-winner Faye Dunaway will return to Broadway this summer to take on the role of Katharine Hepburn. Dunaway will star in the Broadway premiere of “Tea at Five,” a new…
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“Torch Song” is ending its limited run on Broadway on Jan. 6, a little more than a month earlier than scheduled. Directed by Moisés Kaufman and written by Harvey Fierstein, the reviva…
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Former press agent Michael Hartman, the founder of The Hartman Group and co-founder of Barlow-Hartman, has been hired as a managing director of ad agency Serino Coyne. Hartman joins a new le…
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“Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” will close on Broadway on Dec. 30, 2018. The musical will have played 27 previews and 289 regular performances at the time of its closing at the Lunt-F…
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“Once on This Island” will play its last performance on Jan. 6, after 29 previews and 458 performances. The musical, which won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, beating …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:15PM“Hadestown” will open on Broadway this season at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The Anaïs Mitchell musical will take over the theater from “Springsteen on Broadway,” whic…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:12PM“Burn This” will take over the Hudson Theatre this spring, following the departure of “Head Over Heels.” In addition to Keri Russell and Adam Driver, the revival will feature Brandon…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:00AMKristine Nielsen will star alongside Nathan Lane and Andrea Martin in “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.” Nielson, a Tony Award nominee for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and…
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‘Head Over Heels’ will play its final performance on Jan. 6, after playing 188 regular performances and 37 preview performances. The musical, which opened at the Hudson Theatre on July 2…
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“The Prom” appears to have made history with its performance during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. At the culmination of “The Prom’s” musical number “It’s Time To Dance&…
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‘Celebrity Autobiography’ will no longer play its Dec. 3 performance because of “scheduling reasons,” the show announced Tuesday. The comedy show, featuring celebriti…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:44PMAt the 2017 Tony Award nominee luncheon, “Dear Evan Hansen” producer Stacey Mindich received some sage advice from Stuart Thompson. “If you win the Tony, step on the gas and never stop…
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Norbert Leo Butz and other Broadway stars have been tapped to portray iconic Broadway figures in the upcoming television series “Fosse/Verdon.” In the eight-episode FX limited se…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:04PM“The Ferryman” announced an extension of its Broadway engagement through July 7, 2019. The Jez Butterworth play, directed by Sam Mendes, received positive reviews after opening a…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:22PM“Moulin Rouge!” is coming to Broadway next season with the cast from its Boston tryout. The musical, produced by Carmen Pavlovic, chief executive of Global Creatures and lead producer of…
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Broadway producer Jerry Frankel passed away Saturday morning. Frankel, the recipient of nine Tony Awards, produced more than 50 Broadway productions since he began his career in 1997, includ…
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“Head Over Heels,” will join “Dear Evan Hansen” and “King Kong” to perform on CBS broadcast of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, who have also produced…
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Actors’ Equity has launched a social media campaign and petition calling for changes to the developmental lab agreement as the union begins negotiations with The Broadway League. The Equit…
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2018 Jimmy Award-winner Andrew Barth Feldman will make his Broadway debut as Evan in “Dear Evan Hansen” this winter. Feldman, who is currently a high school junior, will take ove…
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Production company Lively McCabe Entertainment has gained the rights to BMG’s music publishing catalog, the fourth largest music publisher in the world. . As part of the deal, Lively McCab…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:57PM“Celebrity Autobiography,” a comedy show in which celebrities act out the memoirs of other celebrities, is coming to Broadway for four nights over the holiday season. The show, which fea…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:00PM“Ain’t Too Proud” will bring its existing cast to Broadway. The Temptations musical, which has played several out-of-town performances, will star Derrick Baskin as Otis W…
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“Mean Girls,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Prom” and “Summer” will perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. The parade will be broadcast nationally from 9 a.m. to n…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:30PMJune Squibb, an Academy Award nominee for “Nebraska,” is joining the Broadway cast of “Waitress” in the role of “Josie,” which was formerly the role of &#…
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“Hillary and Clinton” has completed casting, with Zak Orth as campaign manager “Mark Penn” and Peter Francis James as “Barack.” Orth and James join Lauri…
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” will partner with the New York City Department of Education to make $10 tickets available to middle and high school students in public schools across the …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:06PMInvestors of the failed “Nerds” musical are suing lead producers Carl Levin and Vicki Halmos claiming they mislead them into believing the musical had the needed funding in place. The 13…
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