When hit Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” turned a spotlight on teen suicide and the challenges of responsibly telling stories about it, Broadway fans took note, because “De…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMPatti LuPone, Kevin Kline, Bartlett Sher: There are plenty of Broadway veterans among this year’s Tony nominees, but there are plenty of newbies on the list, too. In fact, several people w…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThe small town of Ashland, Ore., lies just over the California border in the forested foothills of the Siskiyou and Cascade mountain ranges. It has a population of 20,000, a bustling restaur…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMAs far back as last fall, there were those in the New York theater industry whispering that the new musical “Come From Away” might turn into the 2016-17 season’s sleeper su…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMCyndi Lauper will write the songs for a new stage musical adaptation of “Working Girl,” the hit 1988 screen comedy that starred Melanie Griffith. Fox Stage Productions, the studi…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:48PMJason Alexander, the “Seinfeld” alum who won a 1989 Tony Award for “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway,” will return to the New York stage this fall, starring in the worl…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMPsychodrama was a fun fad back in the over-sharing era of the 1970s. Well, now therapeutic theater is back, raised from the dead by onetime “Friends” fave Matthew Perry, who w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PMThe Broadway box office turnaround at “A Doll’s House, Part 2” has prompted producers to give the show a lengthy extension, with the new play, initially announced for 16 we…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:38PMBikini Bottom hits Broadway later this year, when “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the stage musical that premiered in Chicago in 2016 as “The SpongeBob Musical,” opens at th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47PMAfter a career spent mostly in TV, Matthew Perry, best known for “Friends” and fresh off three seasons in CBS’s recently cancelled “The Odd Couple,” is starring…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AM“Escape to Margaritaville,” the Jimmy Buffett musical currently running at the La Jolla Playhouse in California, will escape to Broadway next year, landing at the Marquis Theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:22AMBette Midler and the Broadway revival in which she stars, “Hello, Dolly!,” were among the Tony nominees anointed by the Drama Desk Awards, which also handed another top play crow…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32PMViolence begets violence in Gary Owen’s “Killology” — whether it’s real or represented. Entering the debate about the effects of explicit computer games, Owen’s dark three-ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:27AM“On Your Feet!,” the Broadway bio-musical based on the lives and music of Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan, will finish up its Broadway run this summer, in advance of a North Am…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51PMThe pop stardom of Brendon Urie has made the Panic! at the Disco frontman a star at the Broadway box office, too, with the start of Urie’s stint in “Kinky Boots” goosing th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:44PMAlanis Morissette's Grammy-winning 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill" will soon hit the stage, with the premiere of a new musical featuring Morisette and Glen Ballard's tunes and a book by Diab…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:24PMAlanis Morissette’s Grammy-winning 1995 album “Jagged Little Pill” will soon hit the stage, with the premiere of a new musical featuring Morisette and Glen Ballard’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AMAmong the many subjects of speculation about the Tony Awards this year: Bette Midler, and when she’ll perform during the awards telecast. At the start, kicking off the show with a bang…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMPanic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie is moving from the concert stage to the Broadway stage later this week, stepping into one of the lead roles in “Kinky Boots” this Friday…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMThere’s a hold-your-breath inevitability to what is finally disclosed in “Building the Wall,” the powerful dystopian drama about life in the Donald Trump era by Robert Schenkkan. Y…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05PMThe paradox of “Woyzeck” is simple: Georg Büchner’s play is unfinished, but unimprovable. Based on a real-life murder case, a story of a soldier who self-destructs, it is bri…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:42PM“The Band’s Visit,” the Off Broadway musical that’s picked up a slew of trophies this year, has locked in the details of its Broadway run, opening at the Barrymore Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM“Can You Forgive Her?,” a whimsical piece of work by Gina Gionfriddo (“Becky Shaw,” “Rapture, Blister, Burn”), looks like a play, talks like a play, and s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMWith “Hamilton” pushing premium ticket prices to new highs and a fresh crop of popular titles like “Dear Evan Hansen” powering hearty sales, the 2016-17 Broadway sea…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:53PM“Oslo” scored yet another playwriting trophy — as well as an ensemble acting honor — on its way to the Tonys, taking one of two 2017 Obie Awards for best new American…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PMWriter-actor Hamish Linklater’s new play “The Whirligig,” expressionistic in form and melancholy in tone, examines the whirling emotions of the friends and family who are k…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:26PMGlenda Jackson, the Oscar winner who hasn’t appeared on the New York stage in almost 30 years, will star on Broadway next year in Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women,” p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:09PMBroadway producers may have spent much of this week courting the theater industry’s Tony Awards voters at the Broadway League’s annual spring conference, but fans have signaled t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM“Come From Away,” the musical that slipped into the Broadway season to give “Dear Evan Hansen” a run for its money at the Tony Awards, picked up four trophies at the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PMIdina Menzel, the “Frozen” star and “Wicked” Tony winner who was also one of the leads in Lifetime’s “Beaches,” will star Off Broadway in “Ski…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AMThe Tony nominations have seemingly helped “Groundhog Day” turn heads, with the Broadway musical lifted to its highest weekly tally yet in the wake of seven nods including best m…
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