Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Investors 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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Fox has announced its cast for the live television musical of “Rent,” including Jordan Fisher, Brandon Victor Dixon and Vanessa Hudgens. Fisher will play Mark Cohen, Hudgens will play Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:50PM“King Kong” has cancelled its Oct. 31 matinee to allow for “final adjustments” to the show before it opens on Nov. 8. Producers Carmen Pavlovic and Roy Furman said the performance wa…
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Todd London has joined the staff of The Dramatists Guild of America in the new role of director of theater relations. London, who is also the co-head of MFA Playwriting at the New School, wi…
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The theater community is reaching out to support the Drama Book Shop after a rent increase has priced the store out of its current location. Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by the store Thursday …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:48PMProducer Scott Rudin has changed the location of “King Lear,” which was previously announced to play the Golden Theatre. On Thursday, he announced that “King Lear” wi…
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The Time Warner Center near Columbus Circle was evacuated Wednesday morning after a suspicious package was mailed to CNN, one of the building occupants. In response to the package, which pol…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:15PMHollywood payroll company Cast & Crew has acquired Checks & Balances Payroll Inc., the New York-based firm that provides payroll and accounting services for many Broadway shows. The …
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Patrick Daly has been hired to oversee the theater production arm of EON Productions, the British production company which makes the James Bond films. Daly has been a producer of stage to sc…
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“The Boys in the Band” will be considered a revival of a play for this year’s Tony Awards. The Tony Awards Administration Committee met Thursday for the first time this season and disc…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:53PMFormer American Idol contestants Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken will appear in a holiday show on Broadway this December. The show, entitled “Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christ…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:18PMThe 73rd Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on June 9, 2019. The eligibility cut-off for show’s to be eligible for this year’s Tony Awards will be Thurs., April 25, 2019. Tony …
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“Hamilton” is expanding its lottery program for Halloween night. The Broadway show will play an 8 p.m. performance on Oct. 31 in which all available tickets will be sold for $10 …
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Danny Burstein will take on the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in “My Fair Lady,” beginning Jan. 8. Burstein takes over the role from Norbert Leo Butz, who originated the role in th…
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“Choir Boy” has changed the dates of its opening night date and first preview for the second time. The Tarell Alvin McCarney play will now begin previews on Dec. 12, 2018, with …
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Bertie Carvel will reprise his role of Rupert Murdoch in “Ink” on Broadway this spring. Jonny Lee Miller, an Olivier Award winner for “Frankenstein,” joins the West E…
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ “Gypsy of the Year” competition has been renamed the “Red Bucket Follies.” The name change comes after Actors’ Equity changed the name of t…
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“Jagged Little Pill” is putting on a developmental lab this winter, following its world premiere in Boston this past summer. The musical, which features the songs of Alanis Moris…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:12PMCorbin Bleu will star alongside Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase in the revival of “Kiss Me, Kate,” which is being updated for the 21st century. Amanda Green, who wrote music and lyrics for…
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“Dear Evan Hansen” will launch a West End production in the fall of 2019. The musical will play the Noël Coward Theatre. Exact dates and casting have not yet been announced. “…
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Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow will star in ‘Hillary and Clinton’ on Broadway this season. The play, written by Lucas Hnath, will be produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Joe …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:08PM“Torch Song” is heading back to Broadway thanks to an idea that almost simultaneously struck producer Richie Jackson and director Moisés Kauffman: Michael Urie should play Arnold. Write…
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“Tina: the Tina Turner Musical” is coming to Broadway in the fall of 2019. Stage Entertainment, the producers of the musical, made the announcement Wednesday but did not specify …
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Joe Barnes has been named the national director of organizing for Actors’ Equity. Barnes previously worked for three years as the national representative for SAG-AFTRA and as a campaign ma…
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The Theatre Development Fund will now display ticket prices, rather than percentage discounts at all of TKTS booths. The move, which began Oct. 1, follows a trial program that began at the L…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:13PMMorgan Stanley executive Nadine Wong has been appointed to the American Theatre Wing Board of Trustees. Wong, an executive director, private wealth advisor and global sports and entertainmen…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:43PM“Choir Boy” has set its full cast ahead of a new opening night date. In addition to previously announced cast members Chuck Cooper, Austin Pendleton and Jeremy Pope, the full cas…
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“Kinky Boots” will end its Broadway run on April 7, 2019, after 2,507 regular performances and 34 previews. At the end of its run, “Kinky Boots” will be the 25th-lon…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:19PMLibrettist Joseph Masteroff, known for writing the books of musicals “Cabaret” and “She Loves Me,” died on Sept. 28 at the age of 98. Masteroff made his Broadway debut as a librettis…
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Tony Goldwyn is joining the cast of “Network,” playing alongside Bryan Cranston and Tatiana Maslany. Goldwyn, who recently completed seven seasons starring on the television show…
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Mike Birbiglia’s one-man show “The New One” will transfer to Broadway’s Cort Theatre this fall. The show, which will be produced by Kevin McCollum, begins preview on …
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