Broadway box office held its own following the Presidents Day holiday highs, slipping only about 3% in overall receipts and keeping steady with a total attendance for 24 shows at 205,020 (ab…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:56PMTanya Grubich, a pioneering marketer of Broadway and touring productions whose clients included the musicals Grand Hotel, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Mamma Mia!, died February 16 of Early Onset …
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:48PMTina Fey and Amy Poehler are New York City record-breakers: The duo’s Restless Leg comedy tour broke the record for most consecutive shows by any comedian at the famed Beacon Theatre, sell…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:41AMGame of Thrones star Kit Harington will return to the London stage in the upcoming production of Jeremy O. Harris’ acclaimed and controversial Slave Play. Despite the star casting, Slave P…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AMLynda Gravátt, a mainstay of the New York stage, a seminal figure in the Washington D.C. theater community and a familiar presence on television through appearances in the Law & Order f…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:14AMBroadway in Hollywood at the Pantages Theatre has announced its 2024-25 season, with offerings including the Los Angeles premieres of Tony-winning musical Kimberly Akimbo, the stage adaptati…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AMBroadway’s A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 30, before launching a national tour this fall, producers announced today. The musica…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMElla Beatty, currently appearing in the FX series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, will make her Broadway debut in Appropriate when the hit Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play transfers to the Belasco Th…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMThe Presidents Day Weekend was like a little Christmas gift for Broadway, with grosses for the 23 productions posting a hefty 27% increase over the previous week, topping out at $26,946,864.…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:09PMElton’s Prada has found its Devil: Vanessa Williams has been cast as Miranda Priestly in the upcoming West End production of the Elton John-Shaina Taub stage musical adaptation of The Devi…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:22PMProduction is officially underway for Obsessed, a new, Broadway-bound Diane Warren bio-musical: Producers announced today that licensing deals are set for songs that will be featured in the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:38PMActors’ Equity will hand out leaflets outside a workshop of the Broadway-bound Smash musical this week, “warning of the possibility of a strike” in light of ongoing negotiations with t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:33PMWinter had a chilling effect on Broadway last week, with most shows reporting at least some downturn at the box office and overall receipts dropping nearly 10% from the previous week. In all…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:52PMThousands of Tom Holland fans hoping to witness the actor’s West End return might be wondering where for art all the tickets went. The Spider-Man actor’s limited engagement in Jamie Lloy…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:41PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins’ critically acclaimed play Appropriate, starring Sarah Paulson and Corey Stoll, will extend its limited engagement by 13 weeks with a transfer from its current home …
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:21AMMy Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), playwright/performer Rob Madge’s acclaimed West End play, has canceled its imminent Broadway run. Producers say that the production will open on …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:10PMThe acclaimed Off Broadway cast of the Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen will make the move to Broadway when the show begins previews next month, producers announced today. Starring in th…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AMTyne Daly was unexpectedly hospitalized on Friday and has withdrawn from her starring role in the Broadway revival of Doubt. She’ll be replaced by Amy Ryan. The news was announced this aft…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:13PMPurple Rain, the stage musical adaptation of the classic Prince album and film, will make its pre-Broadway premiere next year in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, producers announced today…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:30PMBroadway will dim its marquee lights next week to honor the late, great Chita Rivera, the two-time Tony-winning star of the original West Side Story who died January 30 at the age of 91. The…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:01PMBroadway said goodbye last week to two well-regarded but underperforming productions, with both Harmony and Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch posting better-…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:32PMTom Holland will tackle the Bard this spring when he plays Romeo in director Jamie Lloyd’s West End production of Romeo & Juliet. Lloyd and Holland made the announcement this morning. …
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:36AMWaitress composer Sara Bareilles and Pulitzer finalist playwright Sarah Ruhl are teaming up on a stage musical adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling 2013 novel The Interestings. Bareill…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:24AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company tonight renamed its Broadway venue – a 104-year-old building that began as the Selwyn and most recently went by the prosaic American Airlines Theatre – to …
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:00PMHinton Battle, a three-time Tony Award winning actor who originated the role of Scarecrow in Broadway’s The Wiz, died yesterday. He was 67. His death was confirmed by his friend, the actor…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:56PMChita Rivera, the beloved Broadway star of West Side Story, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman, died today in New York following a brief illness. She was 91. Her death was announced by her…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:29PMBroadway box office held fairly steady last week, with Sweeney Todd‘s post-Groban slide at least partially offset by gains from most other shows. In all, the 25 productions grossed $24,615…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:35PMEXCLUSIVE: British award-winning writer and director Robert Icke has signed with CAA. Icke, who has worked in theater, television, and film, won the Olivier Award in 2016 for his production …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMGutenberg! The Musical! ended its Broadway run last night, but not before recouping its initial $6.75 million investment, producers have announced. The musical starring Josh Gad and Andrew R…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMIt’s easy to feel a bit smug early on in Days of Wine and Roses, as we know so much more – or at least have so much greater vocabularies – when it comes to things like toxic relationsh…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PMThe Obie Awards, the venerable honors for outstanding Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions, is doing away with its annual ceremony and will instead use the funds to provide winners …
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