Thursday, September 13, 2012
Dead Accounts has announced that two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes will be joined by Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton, and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell on …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:38AMTuesday, September 11, 2012
New musical Chaplin, starring Rob McClure and featuring songs by Christopher Curtis and a book by Mr. Curtis and Thomas Meehan, opened on Monday night at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. Reviews…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:15AMThe Book of Mormon trumps all the week ending September 9, 2012, officially dethroning The Lion King and banishing Wicked to the third spot. Spider-man Turn Off The Dark and Evita complete…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:03AMFriday, September 7, 2012
War Horse, the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Play and international sensation seen by over 2 million people worldwide, will conclude its Broadway run Sunday, January 6, 2013 as the longest-ru…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:08AMThursday, September 6, 2012
The producers of Flashdance- The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 smash hit movie that defined a generation, have announced that the production will arrive on Broadway in August 201…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:19PMWednesday, September 5, 2012
The majority of Broadway productions saw a slight rise in ticket sales over the Labor Day weekend. Long-running Disney musical The Lion King again found itself on top with Wicked coming in a…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:30AMTuesday, September 4, 2012
Multi-talented actress, singer, television host, playwright, songwriter and author, Kathie Lee Gifford, will host the 20th Broadway on Broadway concert. The free outdoor concert in the heart…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:23AMThe producers of Peter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony Award-winning play by Rick Elice, will celebrate the 10th annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day on Wednesday, September 1…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:49AMEdward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will begin rehearsals today, September 4, 2012, in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where this production originally began in De…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:38AMThursday, August 30, 2012
Candy Buckley Celebrated stage veteran Candy Buckley completes the cast of this fall’s highly anticipated new Broadway musical SCANDALOUS: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple Mc…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:21AMWednesday, August 29, 2012
Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon and Valisia LeKae have been cast in the leading roles of Berry Gordy and Diana Ross in the upcoming Motown: The Musical, scheduled to begin preview pe…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:14AMTuesday, August 28, 2012
The producers of The Heiress have announced full casting for the Broadway-bound production that stars Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Davi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:06PMTalk about timing! Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, the critically-acclaimed revival about dirty tricks and double-dealing at a political convention, has recouped its investment just as the 2012…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:46PMThe Lion King tops the charts again. The production is making regular practice of beating out former front runner Wicked. Both shows are securely into this week’s Millionaire Club. Pro…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:45PMThursday, August 23, 2012
Bob Boyett and the National Theatre of Great Britain’s acclaimed Broadway production of One Man, Two Guvnors recouped its $3.25 million capitalization, during the week ending August 19, 20…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:00AMUnited Airlines’ Taste of Broadway concert will take place in lower Manhattan on Thursday, August 23rd at 12:30pm – 1:15pm at the World Financial Center Plaza (220 Vesey Street between N…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 06:30AMTuesday, August 21, 2012
The Lion King comes out on top yet again. The production, which became the fifth longest running production in Broadway history, grossed $1,958,780 and played at just more than 100% capacity…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:12PMChaplin begins previews today at 8pm and officially opens September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre. Chaplin is a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyri…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMThe Off Broadway Alliance will again sponsor 20at20, the bi-annual celebration of Off Broadway. The popular promotion, which begins September 4th and continues through September 23, makes …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:00AMMonday, August 20, 2012
Emmy Award winning actor Sean Hayes will reunite with his “Will and Grace” co-star in a multi-episode arc on NBC’s “Smash.” Hayes will play Terrence Falls, a comedic television and…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMSo Kristen Chenoweth is out and her GCB co-star is in—of course, not as a replacement for her former cast-mate. Just days after Chenoweth announced that she would resign from further filmi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:00AMBradley Cooper who raised eyebrows when he twisted, contorted and stripped down in a stage version of The Elephant Man, eyes his return to the stage—this time Broadway. According to E! Onl…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:00AMNYC & Company, New York City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, has announced Broadway Week Fall 2012 will run September 4 to 16, offering two-for-one tickets …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:30AMFriday, August 17, 2012
For the third time this year, cast members from the Broadway musical Newsies will chat with fans live on YouTube. This Saturday, August 18th at 6:00PM EST, Newsies’ Andrew Keenan-Bolger, …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:58AMThe inspiration behind Broadway’s hit musical Jersey Boys, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, will celebrate their 50th anniversary at the Broadway Theatre in a new concert production for…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:48AMThursday, August 16, 2012
Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig have announced that Kinky Boots, the new musical that combines the forces of four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:16AMWednesday, August 15, 2012
The Lion King will play its 6138th performance today, August 15th, at 2:00pm, becoming the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. The production will surpass the original Broadway p…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:08AMDermot Mulroney is set to star as the corrupt businessman Steve in the forthcoming film adaptation of August: Osage County, Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize winning play. Meryl Streep and Juli…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:53AMTony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan has officially set his departure date from Broadway’s Newsies. Jordan will play his last bout as leader of the Manhatten Newsies September 4. Corey Cott, a…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:29AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Kristen Chenoweth’s recurring role on “The Good Wife” will have to be put on hold. The head injry Chenoweth sustained while filimg the CBS drama has sidelined the actress f…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:02PMOverall, Broadway grosses are down. With fewer productions playing, grosses slip about $2.5 million, while average capacity remains the same. The Lion King holds onto the top spot this week …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:39AM 
