Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Add Off Broadway to the awards-season reach of the American Theatre Wing, the long-standing nonprofit that founded and co-produces Broadway’s Tony Awards: As of this season, the Wing will …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMMonday, September 8, 2014
The week after Labor Day is always a tough one on Broadway. But although this year did see some sales slippage, the falloff looks a lot less dire than it would have five or 10 years ago, as…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:25PM“Dexter” and “Six Feet Under” star Michael C. Hall will step into the platform boots of the titular East German transgender rocker in Broadway’s “Hedwig…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThe 2015 Tony Awards have marked the calendar for June 7, when CBS will broadcast the annual Broadway kudofest live from Radio City Music Hall. The eligibility cutoff for the 2014-15 season …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:57AMFriday, September 5, 2014
Aurora Productions, the prominent Broadway company that specializes in theatrical production management and technical supervision, has a new president in Ben Heller, who steps into the pos…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM“Beautiful,” the Carole King musical that has snowballed into one of the top-selling titles on Broadway, has lined up plans to open a West End production early next year ahead …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30AMThursday, September 4, 2014
Time's up for Broadway's "Cinderella," which will close at the end of the year following a guest stint by "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes.The upcoming closing looked to be …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:59AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Time’s up for Broadway’s “Cinderella,” which will close at the end of the year following a guest stint by “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes. The upcoming closing …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:19PMLondon hit “Skylight” will get a Broadway transfer this spring, with stars Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy reprising their roles in Stephen Daldry’s staging of the 1995 play …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:06PMManhattan Theater Club, the New York nonprofit theater company, will round out its Broadway season with “Airline Highway,” the new play by Lisa D’Amour (“Detroit̶…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMStar-heavy Broadway comedy "It's Only a Play" went from zero to 60 last week, launching out of the gate with a strong tally in a week that saw overall Main Stem sales hold steady ahead of th…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:23AMTuesday, September 2, 2014
Star-heavy Broadway comedy “It’s Only a Play” went from zero to 60 last week, launching out of the gate with a strong tally in a week that saw overall Main Stem sales hold…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:15PM“Fish in the Dark,” the new play written by and starring Larry David, has lined up its Broadway dates, theater and initial casting, tapping actors including Rosie Perez, Jayne H…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:12PMThursday, August 28, 2014
Any Broadway producer will tell you there’s no magic formula for Broadway success. But that doesn’t stop some people from trying to find one. Particularly statisticians. Suspecti…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMDirector Darren Aronofsky (“Noah,” “Black Swan”) will take home the 2014 Honorary Maverick Award, the annual kudo handed out every year by the Woodstock Film Festival…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:58AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
"Mad Men" actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in "Billy and Ray," the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall.
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:04PM“Mad Men” actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in “Billy and Ray,” the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall. Ka…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:17PMWith Scotland voting next month on whether to claim independence from the rest of the United Kingdom, polls suggest that the unionist No voters hold the majority. But to judge from this year…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PMThe 2014 New York Film Festival will present a special screening of “This Is Spinal Tap” in celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, with writer-star Christopher Guest o…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PMMonday, August 25, 2014
Be so kind as to hand me the straight razor. “And I And Silence,” a new, politically potent historical drama from Naomi Wallace, deals with the casually racist and purposely crue…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMTwo shows closed, one began previews and one got a new star as Broadway shifted some pieces around last week in advance of the fall season. Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “The B…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:20PMT.R. Knight will star in the world premiere of “Pocatello,” the new play by Samuel D. Hunter getting its world premiere at Off Broadway’s Playwrights Horizons. “Grey&…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMFriday, August 22, 2014
Broadway's "Motown" is taking a breather.Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York -- but only temporarily, planning to bring the show back to th…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:07PMThursday, August 21, 2014
Broadway’s “Motown” is taking a breather. Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York — but only temporarily, planning to b…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:24PMWednesday, August 20, 2014
There’s no direct flight from New York to Ashland, Ore. But more and more people in the entertainment industry have decided to make the trek all the way there — thanks to “All the …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMEmma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in "Cabaret," stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November.The deal -- reached following earlier reports of negot…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:19PMEmma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in “Cabaret,” stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November. The deal — reached following earl…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMMonday, August 18, 2014
As the slow summer attrition of the Broadway slate continues, the musical adaptation of “Rocky” hit the mat with a final box office bump — but only a relatively modest one,…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:32PMThe Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan musical “On Your Feet!” has locked in its Broadway timeline, with a Chicago tryout in the summer of 2015 planned ahead of a November opening…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50AMSunday, August 17, 2014
We’ve all been there — at another couple’s house in the country when too many bottles of wine are consumed over dinner and a sexually charged quarrel breaks out to ruin the…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PM 
