Sunday, June 10, 2018
“The Band’s Visit” swept the Tony Awards Sunday night, taking home the big prize for best musical, as well as best director, best score and the two leading acting awards f…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:03PMThe 72nd annual Tony Awards take place Sunday night at 8 p.m. Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles will host the show at Radio City Music Hall, where we can expect performances from all nominated …
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Going to the Tony Awards could cost some attendees up to $4,000, and that’s not counting the hundreds of thousands of dollars it took to get there. These are the costs that many co-produce…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:30AMKerry Washington and Steven Pasquale will star in the Broadway premiere of “American Son” this fall. Kenny Leon will direct the play, written by Christopher Demos-Brown. “…
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Bruce Springsteen will perform at the Tony Awards on Sunday, the show announced Wednesday. In addition to performing, Springsteen will receive a special Tony Award for his ongoing show, �…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:08AMDaniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale will star in the world premiere of the play “The Lifespan of a Fact” this fall. The play, written by Jeremy Kareken and David M…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:00AMAfter close to six weeks of working the Tony Awards circuit, nominees can see an end in sight. At the Tony Honors party Monday night, one of the last major events before the awards show itse…
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Music Theatre International has acquired the licensing rights to “Waitress.” The musical, with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on April …
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A few behind-the-scenes members of the Broadway community took a brief pause from work Monday night to celebrate their Tony Honors. At the Tony Awards Honors cocktail party, New York Times …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:47PMBroadway casting directors and the Broadway League have made “significant progress” toward a settlement in the lawsuit concerning the unionization of the casting directors. In a …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:35PMAfter more than 15 years producing the Tony Awards, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss have learned the tips and tricks of putting on the show at Radio City Music Hall. One trick: adding a false…
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“SpongeBob SquarePants” won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Sunday night, with its director Tina Landau, star Ethan Slater and supporting actor Gavin Lee also taking…
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“Three Tall Women” has added an additional performance before the show ends its limited run on June 24. The show announced that it will now add an evening show at 7 p.m. on June …
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Melody Herzfeld, director of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Drama Department, will receive a Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education Award. Herzfeld has been working at Sto…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:08PM“The Band’s Visit” will launch a national tour next summer, beginning in Providence, Rhode Island. The Providence stop will take place in June 2019. Exact dates and more ci…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:00AMIn “Mean Girls,” a large white wall can instantly transform from an African savanna to the hallway of a suburban American high school and then to a visualization of the world of social m…
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“Escape to Margaritaville” will play its final performance on July 1, after 29 preview and 124 regular performances. The musical, which was produced by Frank Marshall, Mindy Ri…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:35PM“Hamilton” will hold auditions in Puerto Rico this June ahead of the show’s January 2019 opening in San Juan. The casting call will be for the company in Puerto Rico, which…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:51PMMusic Theatre International has acquired the licensing rights to “The Band’s Visit.” The musical opened on at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on Nov. 9, 2017, after…
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Broadway has yet again hit its highest-grossing season on record. Across the 2017-2018 season, Broadway shows brought in $1.7 billion with total attendance of 13.8 million. This marked a 17.…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:08PMWhen Bette Midler returns to “Hello, Dolly!” later this summer, so will Donna Murphy. Murphy, who was the Dolly Gallagher Levi alternate during Midler’s original run, will …
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“Hair Live!” will be the next NBC live musical, coming to television screens in the spring of 2019. The musical will be executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who hav…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:30PMActors’ Equity Association announced the results of their 2018 National Council election Thursday, voting in 55 council seats across three regions. Kate Shindle, who ran unopposed, wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:15PMBetting on the Tony Awards could become more mainstream after a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 14, the Supreme Court declared the Professional and Amateur Sports Protectio…
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Andy Karl will play the leading role of Edward in “Pretty Woman: The Musical” on Broadway, taking over the part from Steve Kazee. Kazee, who played the role in the show’s C…
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Music Theatre International has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to the musical “Groundhog Day.” The Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, opened at the …
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“The Band’s Visit” took home the prize for outstanding production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway musical Friday afternoon at the Drama League Awards. The Drama League, which…
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Alan Menken has signed a global publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing group announced Thursday. Warner/Chappell Music, an arm of Warner Music Group, will admi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:43PMA musical adaptation of “The Secret Life of Bees,” with a book by Lynn Nottage and music by Duncan Sheik, will have its world premiere as part of the Atlantic Theater Company’s 2018-20…
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Second Stage Theater has named Sara Danielson as its general manager. Danielson previously worked as associate general manager at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for 10 years…
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The Broadway musical “Frozen” is going on tour in the fall of 2019, beginning in Schenectady, New York. After Schenectady, the tour will officially open at The Hollywood Pantages…
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