Thursday, November 8, 2012
Hurricane Sandy hit hard the week ending November 4. All Broadway productions were forced to cancel at least one scheduled performance, as New York City transportation systems shut down and …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:10AMWednesday, November 7, 2012
The Broadway revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s classic play The Heiress opened on November 1 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The production stars Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain in…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:32PMThursday, November 1, 2012
Grosses are down about $2 million for the week ending October 28, 2012. Revenue per seat is fell about $10 and total attendance is dropped 13,440 people, however not every show experienced t…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:08PMAs of Thursday, November 1st, all Broadway shows are back up and running and all regular schedules have been resumed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Dire…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:55AMWednesday, October 31, 2012
It’s Halloween! And to get you in the spirit of giving—candy, that is, we put together a list of ten spook-filled Broadway musicals. These shows take you to a different world filled with…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:12PMTuesday, October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy has had Broadway out of commission for the last few days, as NYC and surrounding areas deal with the devastation. But starting tomorrow, Broadway is back in business. On Wedn…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:21PMFriday, October 26, 2012
The Casting Society of America (CSA) has announced the host and presenters for the organization’s New Y0rk 28th Annual Artios Awards for outstanding achievement in casting given in 22 …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:00PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time of the season to decide the eligibility of four Broadway productions for the 2013 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards. The …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:30PMAustin Pendleton will step into the role of Lebedev beginning today, Friday, October 26, in his production of Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov at Classic Stage Company. He will replace veteran ac…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:00PMThursday, October 25, 2012
Signature Theatre has announced a one-week extension for The Piano Lesson by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production will play through Sunday, D…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:22PMWednesday, October 24, 2012
Glen Berger, the playwright who penned Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, has signed with Simon & Schuster to write a book about his experience with the Broadway musical that became media fo…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:06AMTuesday, October 23, 2012
The revival of David Henry Hwang’s Golden Child begins performances today, October 23, at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. The production stars Greg Watanabe and Jennif…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:15PMAbby Lee, David B. Brode and Executive Producer Tom Viertel have announced the return of the hit 1982 Tony nominated Best Musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. Conceived and written by the ori…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:05AMMonday, October 22, 2012
Grosses are up for the week ending October 21, 2012. Though there were a few more empty seats than last week’s end, total attendance was up about $1.5 million because of the addition of se…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:49PMLiza Colon-Zayas (Second Stage’s Living Out, Our Lady of 121st Street), Tony Award nominee Frankie R. Faison (The Wire, Tony nominee for Fences), Bill Heck (Angels in America), and more…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:19AMThe Gypsy of the Year Competition will be back for its 24th year on Monday, December 3 (4:30 PM) and Tuesday, December 4 (2 PM) at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street). Th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:36AMFriday, October 19, 2012
The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its anniversary with a special gala performance on January 26, 2013. For the special event, Broadway star Sierra Boggess will assume the role of Chris…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:06PMThursday, October 18, 2012
Despite somewhat slow ticket sales, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? has extended its run through February 24, 2013. The production was originally scheduled to close January 27. Last week&…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:13PM Kinky Boots is in solid shape as it gears up for its springtime Broadway premiere. The production, which sits somewhere between Billy Elliot and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, opened …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:03AMWednesday, October 17, 2012
International best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) will participate in a post-show conversation about the play as it relates to issues of faith directly following the Wed…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:13PMAnton Chekhov’s Ivanov begins performances today, October 17, at off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company. The Classic Stage Company’s new production has already been extended by two…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:58PMBring It On: The Musical has set a new closing date. It will not play its final performance on December 30, 2012, instead of the previously announced January 20, 2013. At the time of its clo…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:15AMTuesday, October 16, 2012
Broadway grosses held steady for the week ending October 14, 2012. The Lion King maintained its hold on the top spot, grossing more than $1.7M, and the usual suspects, Wicked and The Book of…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:37AMMonday, October 15, 2012
Tony Award winning musical, Memphis, is headed for the big screen. Mark Gordon and Molly Smith are producing the film, which revolved around the star-crossed lovers living in segregated Tenn…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:47AMMark Hotton, the Long Island businessman was arrested Monday on two counts of wire fraud in relation to Rebecca: The Musical. Hotton is accused of fabricating the prospect of $4.5 million in…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:27AMIt’s been exactly 50 years since Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee’s modern classic, first opened on Broadway. On October 13th a searing revival opened at the Booth Theatre…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:25AMFriday, October 12, 2012
It’s a mixed bag for the most recent revival of Cyrano de Bergerac. While Ben Brantley of The New York Times falls head over heals for Douglas Hodge’s performance, AMNY is nearly…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:39PMThursday, October 11, 2012
Tom Hanks will make his Broadway debut in March playing the New York tabloid columnist Mike McAlary in the world premiere production of Luck Guy, bio-play by Nora Ephron, producers announced…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:50PMProducers have announced that Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Douglas Hodge will play Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which opens at the Theatre Royal …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:13AMAcademy Award winner, Estelle Parsons and Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella are teaming up on a new project. The Velocity of Autumn, a new play by Eric Coble, hopes to make its Broadway deb…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:56AMThe world premiere of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s new play, Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, will begin performances at a Shubert th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:42AM 
