Friday, April 6, 2012
According to the New York Times, performer Richard Kobak is taking legal action against the Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark producers for injuries sustained while working on the show. Kobak pl…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:22PMSupermodel Christie Brinkley returns to Broadway musical Chicago today, April 6. Brinkley will play a limited run as Roxie Hart through April 27 at the Ambassador Theatre. Brinkley is also s…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:24PMHow you might feel about this show depends on where you’ve set the bar. Evita, which opened on Thursday night at the Marquis Theatre, has returned to Broadway after thirty years, and the e…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:56AMThursday, April 5, 2012
Tony Award winner Jennifer Holiday has recorded a single version of “Hold On”, the inspirational song from the Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones. It will be included as a Bonus Track on …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:44PMWednesday, April 4, 2012
Clybourne Park, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and London’s Oliver Award winner for Best Play, is celebrating their Broadway arrival with the “Heart of the Neighborhood” contest. Producer Jor…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:59AMPotted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience—A Parody by Dan and Jess will play a limited engagement at off-Broadway’s Little Shubert Theatre beginning May 19. The 2012 Oliver nomine…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:04AMTuesday, April 3, 2012
Tony Award winners Stockard Channing and John Larroquette will be this year’s hosts for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards, scheduled for Friday, May 18 at the Marriott Marquis Times Squa…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:44PMGolden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, has signed on to host the 2012 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10th, live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Harr…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:24PMEnd of the Rainbow has officially opened on Broadway after a successful run in the West End. The acclaimed bio-play with music stars Tracie Bennett as the pop culture icon Judy Garland in th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:22AMMonday, April 2, 2012
The Lion King jumps in front of Wicked this week end. The show grossed $1,843,641, about $100,000 more than last, and played at just more than 100% capacity. Wicked, however, is not far behi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:37PMThe Signature Theatre Company has announced that Tony Award –winning playwright David Henry Hwang will be the Residency One Playwright for the 2012-2013. Residency One is Signature Theatre…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:51PMThe Best Man, which opened on Sunday, April 1, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, is set in Philadelphia hotel during the 1960 presidential nominating conventions of an unnamed political part…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:42AMFriday, March 30, 2012
Nominations for the Lucille Lortel Awards are in. The 14 categories, which recognize outstanding achievement off Broadway, were announced yesterday, March 29. The ceremony, set to take place…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:39PMIf pirouettes impress, Newsies is your show. The new musical, which had an overwhelmingly successful debut last year at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, opened March 29 at the Nederla…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:13AMWednesday, March 28, 2012
Grammy Award nominee Deborah Cox will star as Lucy in the upcoming incarnation of Jekyll & Hyde that plans a return to Broadway in April 2013, following a 25-week National Tour. The tour…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:11PMDespite its hasty closure after only 34 previews and 30 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre, Lysistrata Jones, had a healthy audience response, particularly in regard to the musi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:42AMTuesday, March 27, 2012
According to the Hollywood reporter, Smash star, Megan Hilty, will soon add recording artist to her resumé. The Broadway vet has signed to Colombia Records through Sony subsidiary Masterwor…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:13PMLeap of Faith, the new Broadway musical from eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, is offering New York area choirs the chance to win up to 50 tickets to see the show. The c…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:00PMOff Broadway musical comedy, Rated P for Parenthood, has announced its closing. The production will play its final performance on Sunday, April 8. Producers Andrew Asnes and Timothy Schmidt …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:30AMMonday, March 26, 2012
Broadway grosses are inching up, with Wicked again taking the top spot. This week the tried and true grossed $1.8 million, just a bit less than last week end. The Lion King, Spider-man, The …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:38PMFollowing the evening performance on Sunday, April 8, 2012, after 34 previews and 46 performances, Carrie will end its run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The show had been previously extende…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:30PMStar of “High School Musical” and In The Heights, Corbin Bleu will be joining the cast of Godspell on April 17th. Bleu will take over the role of Jesus from the original star Hunter Pari…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:30AMFriday, March 23, 2012
According to Deadline, NBC has renewed its new musical drama series SMASH. However, a key player from the show’s first season will not be making the journey to season 2. Theresa Rebeck wil…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:35PMMixed reviews for the revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The flashy revival does not settle well with all critics, particularly Charles Isherwood …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:13PMThursday, March 22, 2012
They’re back already. Naked Boys Singing, the musical celebration of the male form, resumes performances March 22 at Theatre Row’s Kirk Theatre. The show played its final off Broadway pe…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 04:13PMIt’s Mach 22, the birthday of two legendary Broadway composers: Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Once upon a time, the two came together to celebrate theater producer Cameron …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:55PMThe new production that Ben Brantley calls “A smart, lively and beautifully acted new play that asks us to hear how we hear, in silence as well as in speech,” has extended its run at the…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:43AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
Andrew Chappelle, also known as Mr. Mamma Mia!, took home the prize at this year’s Broadway Beauty Pageant. The event raised an unprecedented $75,000 for the Ali Forney Center, which provi…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:59PMThe New York Post reports that The Jonas Brothers are preparing a reality show of their own. The famous family—Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas—have a development deal with E! Television and ha…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:49AMTuesday, March 20, 2012
Casting has been announced for Old Jews Telling Jokes, a new off-Broadway play. Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe will be featured in the production. …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:31PMPriscilla Queen of the Desert celebrates its first year on Broadway today, March 20, at the Palace Theatre. The Tony Award-winning production will mark the achievement with the “Priscilla …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:13PM 
