Tuesday, August 14, 2018
We all love a Broadway success story, and the road to stardom is paved with a lot of hard work, heartache, and a configuration of talent and timing that is akin to planets lining up. Of cour…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:14AMMonday, August 13, 2018
Pretty Woman: The Musical, poised to open on Broadway on August 16, 2018, has shattered box office records at the Nederlander Theatre. Based on an eight-performance week, the new musical wit…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:39PMThursday, August 9, 2018
The National Tour of the current Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! will commence on September 30, 2018, in the Connor Palace at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, ahead of an official openin…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:49PMBallroom dance professional Mark Ballas, star of the TV reality hit show Dancing with the Stars, will join the Broadway cast of Kinky Boots in the role of Charlie Price. An Emmy-nominated, M…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:33PMDavid Yazbek, coming off his Tony-win for Best Score for this season’s Best Musical winner The Band’s Visit, is readying his next offering for the Broadway stage. Tootsie, based on the p…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:11AMWednesday, August 8, 2018
The critically acclaimed revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel will end its run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on Sunday, September 16, 2018. The Tony-winning production directed…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:05AMTuesday, August 7, 2018
As we make our way through the hot month of August, the summer concert series Broadway in Bryant Park continues to sizzle in its own right. This week’s August 9, 2018 offering is bursting …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:43PMWednesday, August 1, 2018
Garry Marshall, the producer, writer, and director behind such hit films as Beaches, Runaway Bride, Valentine’s Day, The Flamingo Kid, Overboard, Young Doctors In Love, The Princess Diarie…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:54PMTuesday, July 31, 2018
Disney fans should be especially excited about this week’s installment of Broadway in Bryant Park. Three Broadway productions adapted from hit animated films from the House of Mouse will t…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:17PMThe hit Broadway musical Come From Away, the story of how a small Canadian community came to the rescue on 9/11 and the harrowing days that followed, hosting over 7,000 stranded passengers w…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:35PMMonday, July 30, 2018
The popular PBS show Great Performances will return for a second year of its “Broadway’s Best” series, complete with two musical theatre productions and two theatre-related documentari…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:02PMWednesday, July 25, 2018
Anastasia, the hit family-friendly musical currently running on Broadway, will soon embark on its North American tour. With the October 9, 2018 launch creeping closer and closer, audiences w…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:11AMTuesday, July 24, 2018
What better way to spend a summer afternoon than basking in the sunshine and enjoying a Broadway show tune or two? You can do just that on Thursday, July 26th when Broadway in Bryant Park fe…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:23PMMonday, July 23, 2018
Abby Mueller, who originated the role of Carole King in the First National tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical and subsequently played the role on Broadway, will return to the prod…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:10PMFriday, July 20, 2018
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, the Broadway musical that tells the story of disco sensation Donna Summer, now has a cast recording. Republic Records, in partnership with producers Tommy …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:05AMWednesday, July 18, 2018
Singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, whose Broadway debut Springsteen on Broadway turned into a 236 performance sold-out run, will find his concert available on Netflix. On December 15, 2018…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:39PMTuesday, July 17, 2018
Chicago, the longest-running revival to play Broadway, will welcome back star John O’Hurley who will return to the production in the role of Billy Flynn. The actor, comedian, and TV perso…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:42PMBroadway in Bryant Park continues this week with an array of offerings from some of Broadway’s and Off-Broadway’s hit shows. This week’s concert, scheduled for July 19, 2018, will be h…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:05PMSchool of Rock, the Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Glenn Slater (lyrics), and Julian Fellowes (book) musical based on the 2003 film of the same name, will end its run on at the Winter Garden T…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:32PMSo many of the musicals that originate on Broadway eventually make their way to London’s West End. It is, however, somewhat taken for granted that a great many musicals come to us from Gre…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:44AMWednesday, July 11, 2018
The Play That Goes Wrong, the longest-running play currently on Broadway, was originally scheduled to end its run at the Lyceum Theatre on Sunday, August 26. Good news for fans of the farcic…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:59PMThe American premiere of The Nap, a play by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors), has found its initial cast. Set to open at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Thursday, September 27,…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:36PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Broadway in Bryant Park, the exciting series of summer concerts aimed at the Broadway lover in us all, will commence with its first event this Thursday, July 12. Audiences are encouraged to …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:29AMJeremy Jordan, the triple-threat performer who starred in Newsies and Bonnie & Clyde, is returning to Broadway in Christopher Demos-Brown’s new play American Son. Jordan will join the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:00AMMonday, July 9, 2018
The critically-lauded and audience-favorite SpongeBob SquarePants, a Tony Award-nominee and Drama Desk winner for Best Musical, has announced that it will play its final performance on Sunda…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:32AMTuesday, July 3, 2018
How does one reconcile their love of Broadway musicals with the need to soak up as much sun as possible during these glorious days of summer? Broadway in Bryant Park has the answer to both o…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:51PMFriday, June 29, 2018
The mystery is over! The answer to who would play Fred Graham/Petruchio to Kelli O’Hara’s Lilli Vanessi/Kate in the 2019 Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Kiss Me, Kate has been …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:22PMThursday, June 28, 2018
Fresh off her Tony win for Best Actress in a Play for her unforgettable turn in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, Glenda Jackson will next tackle one of Shakespeare’s most-challenging rol…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:14AMA Bronx Tale, the musical based on the popular 1993 film which was in turn adapted from Chazz Palminteri’s 1989 play, has set the date for its final performance on Broadway. On August 5, 2…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:56AMTuesday, June 26, 2018
The inaugural season of Broadway Buskers, a series of concerts with Broadway actors and composers, is proving to be a popular program in the Theatre District. The concerts, which take place …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:17PMMonday, June 25, 2018
Denis Arndt, Tony-nominee for his performance in the Broadway production of Heisenberg, has joined the cast of Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men. Arndt, who replaces Tom Skerritt who has…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:42PM 
