Tuesday, July 26, 2016
NEW YORK — One of the best moments in the carefully crafted Broadway show "Motown: The Musical" is when the unpredictable happens.That's when actress Allison Semmes, who plays Diana Ross, …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:10PMMonday, July 25, 2016
LONDON — The David Bowie musical "Lazarus" is headed to London, with star Michael C. Hall on board.Producers said Monday that the show will run at the King's Cross Theatre from Oct. 25 un…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:40PMMonday, July 11, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Broadway smash "Hamilton," made a subdued final bow Saturday alongside two other departing stars in the show that has become a cultural phenom…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:27AMSunday, July 10, 2016
NEW YORK — Tony Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon will replace Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr on Broadway in the smash hit "Hamilton," and Lexi Lawson will take over fro…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:05PMNEW YORK — She was spending a sweltering afternoon on the streets of New York but Caitlin Goddard was nearing her prize, inch by inch.She'd been in line for three nights and two days and …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:05PMNEW YORK — Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Broadway smash "Hamilton," made a subdued final bow Saturday alongside two other departing stars in the show that has become a c…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:03PMWednesday, July 6, 2016
NEW YORK — Many Broadway stars have joined together to sing and raise money to help the survivors of the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. Now, one Broadway show is going furthe…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:37AMThursday, June 30, 2016
NEW YORK — Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and 11 Tony Awards, "Hamilton" is a cultural phenomenon that stands as the most celebrated work of art ever inspired by the American Revolution.The …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:28AMTuesday, June 28, 2016
Spain’s National Court judge has shelved an investigation into two puppeteers for allegedly praising terrorism in a theater show.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:32AMNEW YORK — "In Transit," a long-gestating, a cappella romantic comedy set in the New York City subway, has found the express train to Broadway.Producer Janet B. Rosen said Monday that the…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:22AMMonday, June 20, 2016
BOSTON — The bar where everybody knows your name is coming to the stage."Cheers Live on Stage" is a comedy based on some of the most memorable moments of the celebrated TV show's first se…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:33AMThursday, June 16, 2016
NEW YORK — The news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan — or anyone who hasn't seen the Broadway smash yet — wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator and star, is leavin…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:10PMNEW YORK — Josh Radnor of "How I Met Your Mother" and F. Murray Abraham of "Homeland" are the latest actors to volunteer putting themselves in an unfamiliar place onstage with "White Rabbi…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:10PMThe creator and star of the musical “Hamilton” will appear alongside two other creative forces of the Broadway smash at the National Archives Foundation’s upcoming annual gala.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:47AMWednesday, June 15, 2016
Israel’s polarizing culture minister has dispatched a contested questionnaire to theaters and dance troupes to find out whether they are performing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:56AMMonday, June 13, 2016
Jayne Houdyshell, a mainstay of the New York stage, won her first Tony Award at 62 for playing a gossipy, gently needling mom in "The Humans." That play has a strong St. Louis connection.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:28AMA kiss between two male actors has been removed from a production of the musical “Les Miserables” in Singapore following complaints from the public.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:21AM“Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new musical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community ra…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:31AMSunday, June 12, 2016
New York theatre community mourns loss of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, the youngest person to play the role of Valjean in Les MisérablesKyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African American and younges…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08PMPartial list of select winners for the 2016 Tony Awards, announced Sunday.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:52PMThe Latest on the Tony Awards (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PMThey were supposed to be a secret, but when word leaked that the new "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" in London was using real owls during performances, fans of the saga went wild on soci…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:29AMNEW YORK — The one thing that fuels most awards shows won't really be present at the Tony Awards on Sunday — suspense.The night's top award for best musical is a virtual lock for "Hamilt…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:29AMFriday, June 10, 2016
NEW YORK — Going from a harrowing stage play about sex slaves in a hut in a war-torn African country to the icy, lyrical Disney world of "Frozen" would be far too much of a stretch for mos…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:46AMWednesday, June 8, 2016
LONDON — The curtain has risen on Harry Potter's latest adventure — and J.K. Rowling is urging fans not to ruin the magic by letting its secrets out."Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:42PMTuesday, June 7, 2016
NEW YORK — Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie," playing a part she has tackled before but never managed to shake.F…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:17PMThe Emmy and Oscar-winning actor says the Tennessee Williams role is one of just ‘a handful of great female roles’ in theatreSally Field will return to Broadway next spring in a revival …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMMonday, June 6, 2016
LONDON — Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90.Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, says Shaffer died Monday while…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:42PMPlaywright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included “Equus” and “Amadeus,” has died at the age of 90.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36PMAgent: Peter Shaffer, playwright of hits ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ dies at 90.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36PM 
