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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Video Flash: Watch Daniel Breaker, Rachel Dratch, and More Party Like Frat Boys in Love's Labour's Lost by Bethany Rickwald

Get amped up to wait in line for your free tickets to Shakespeare in the Park's production of Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers' new version of Love's Labour's Lost, now playing at The Delac…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PM

Theater News: My Name Is Asher Lev, Starring Ari Brand and Mark Nelson, to End Its Run at The Westside Theatre by Bethany Rickwald

The Gordon Edelstein-directed production of My Name Is Asher Lev, which has been playing since last fall at The Westside Theatre, has announced that it will end its run September 1 after 341…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:34PM
Monday, August 5, 2013

Film News: Ed Harris and Ethan Hawke to Star in a New Modern Film Version of Shakespeare's Cymbeline by Bethany Rickwald

Michael Almereyda (Hamlet) is set to write and direct a new film adaptation of the Shakespeare classic Cymbeline, starring Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Ethan Hawke (soon to appear on Broadwa…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:58PM

Theater News: 54 Below to Present Broadway Trivia Night on August 7 by Bethany Rickwald

Broadway's favorite nightclub, 54 Below, has announced that it will be hosting an evening of Broadway trivia on August 7. There will be no cover and a two-drink minimum. The event will feat…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:50PM

Theater News: Woman Pushes Husband Off a West End Theater Balcony as "Joke" by Bethany Rickwald

At last Saturday night's West End performance of his show Infamous, illusionist and mind control expert Derren Brown witnessed something shocking. An audience member fell from the theater's …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:36PM

Theater News: Stephen Carrasco, Paloma Garcia-Lee, and Courtney Reed Talk Replacements on The Ensemblist by Bethany Rickwald

Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone's newest episode of The Ensemblist, an inside look at the experience of being a Broadway performer, has been released. This fourth episode features intervi…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PM
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Theater News: Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll Will Star in A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway by Bethany Rickwald

Just as TheaterMania predicted yesterday, Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll will star in an upcoming Broadway production of the Lorraine Hansberry classic A Raisin in the Sun, according …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:52PM

Theater News: Anthony Rapp to Join Idina Menzel and LaChanze in Broadway's If/Then by Bethany Rickwald

Broadway favorite Anthony Rapp has been announced to join the cast of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's If/Then starring Idina Menzel when it hits Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2014.…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PM

Theater News: The Araca Project Announces Six Original Productions, Including Plays by Kevin Slack and Chad Eschman by Bethany Rickwald

The Araca Group has announced the six original works that will be produced as part of the annual Araca Project, an initiative that aims to foster young entrepreneurs from Syracuse University…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:27PM

Theater News: Take a First Look at Shakespeare in the Park's Love's Labour's Lost by Bethany Rickwald

Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, the duo that created Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, have penned a new musical version of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost that is currently in previews at…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PM

Theater News: Original Cast Members Bertie Carvel and Lauren Ward to Exit Matilda The Musical by Bethany Rickwald

Matilda The Musical has announced that Broadway veterans Craig Bierko (Guys and Dolls) and Jill Paice (Curtains) will join the cast in the roles of Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey respectivel…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:02PM
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Theater News: Kinky Boots' Billy Porter and Stark Sands Dish on Their Post-Tony Life in TheaterMania Magazine by Bethany Rickwald

The newest issue of TheaterMania Magazine is now available for download on your iPad, iPhone, or other mobile device. This summer issue features a perfect playlist to pass these hot afternoo…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:59PM

Theater News: We Like Spike: Billy Magnussen to Exit Broadway's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Bethany Rickwald

Tony Award nominee Billy Magnussen is exiting his role in the Tony Award-winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike on August 4, amid reports that he has been cast in the upcoming film vers…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:58PM

Theater News: T.R. Knight and Oscar Winner William Hurt to Join the Cast of Classic Stage's Romeo and Juliet by Bethany Rickwald

Classic Stage Company has announced addition casting for its upcoming production of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, which will play September 27-November 3 with an official opening October 16.…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:57PM

Theater News: Foremost "Popular"-ity Expert Kristin Chenoweth Has Some Wicked Helpful Hints for Anthony Weiner by Bethany Rickwald

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno recently decided to address the Anthony Weiner sexting debacle head on — by inviting tiny musical-theater superstar and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AM
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Theater News: Michael Cumpsty and Alessandro Nivola to Join Roger Rees in The Winslow Boy by Bethany Rickwald

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that Tony nominee Michael Cumpsty (End of the Rainbow), Alessandro Nivola (A Month in the Country), Zachary Booth (The Mound Builders), Spencer Davis…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM

Theater News: Ultimate Bro Adam Chanler-Berat to Star in Bromance: The Dude-sical at Joe's Pub by Bethany Rickwald

Joe's Pub at The Public will present a concert performance of Michael I. Walker and Kyle Ewalt's Bromance: The Dude-sical, starring Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and The Starcatcher), on August …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:34PM

Theater News: Peter Friedman, David Margulies, and More Cast in Lauren Yee's The Hatmaker's Wife by Bethany Rickwald

The Playwrights Realm has announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming New York premiere production of Lauren Yee's The Hatmaker's Wife, which will play August 27-September 21.…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:25PM

Broadway Gives Back: Broadway's Paige Davis Doesn't Mind Using Her Trading Spaces Cred to Get You to Help With Operation Backpack by Bethany Rickwald

TheaterMania is proud to begin a new feature entitled "Broadway Gives Back." Each segment will highlight the service work of our friends in the theater community. Broadway veteran Paige Dav…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM
Monday, July 29, 2013

Theater News: Theater District Merch Mainstays Broadway New York and Broadway Baby to Close by Bethany Rickwald

Two theater shops, Broadway New York and Broadway Baby, located in the Marriott Marquis Hotel, will close their doors September 30, according to Theatre Circle partner Julian Rubin. The The…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:08PM

Theater News: Joel Grey, BD Wong, Finn Wittrock, and More Join the Cast of HBO's The Normal Heart Film by Bethany Rickwald

HBO has announced that Broadway veterans Joel Grey (Broadway's The Normal Heart), BD Wong (Pacific Overtures), Finn Wittrock (Death of a Salesman), Stephen Spinella (Spring Awakening), and D…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:59PM

Theater News: Second Stage's Murder for Two Extends Again by Bethany Rickwald

The Second Stage production of Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair's Murder for Two, which was originally set to close August 10, has been extended a second time and will now play through August 2…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:52PM

Theater News: Broadway Darling and Former Bunheads Star Sutton Foster to Take It to the Road by Bethany Rickwald

Sutton Foster, who won a Tony Award in 2011 for playing Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes and 2002 for the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, has announced a series of concerts that will ta…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:47PM

Theater News: Bryce Pinkham to Star Opposite Jefferson Mays in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway by Bethany Rickwald

The producers of the upcoming Broadway production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, which will play at the Walter Kerr Theatre beginning October 22, have announced that Bryce Pinkh…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:16PM
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Reviews: Crossing Swords; Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist; Homo: The Musical by Bethany Rickwald

Crossing Swords by Zachary Stewart Hormone-addled Catholic-school students put on a classic play and learn a lot of valuable lessons about life in the process: We've seen this conceit befor…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58AM
Friday, July 26, 2013

Theater News: David and Joseph Zellnik are Kickstarting a Yank! Cast Album by Bethany Rickwald

David and Joseph Zellnik's hit musical Yank!, which ran off-Broadway at the York Theatre Company in 2010, will now receive an original cast album. Members of the original cast will be record…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:18AM
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Theater News: Tracy Letts' Killer Joe Coming to Broadway by Bethany Rickwald

The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning actor and playwright Tracy Letts (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, August: Osage County) is coming back to Broadway this season. Letts' play Killer Joe w…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PM

Theater News: Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin Will Star in the Musical Big Fish on Broadway; Full Cast Announced by Bethany Rickwald

John August and Andrew Lippa's new musical Big Fish, based on the 2003 film of the same name, has announced full casting for its upcoming Broadway production, which will begin performances o…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:21PM

Theater News: The Normal Heart Playwright Larry Kramer Weds While in Hospital by Bethany Rickwald

Larry Kramer, gay rights advocate and The Normal Heart playwright, married his partner David Webster in an in-hospital ceremony on July 24, according to The New York Times. The wedding had a…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PM

Theater News: Grammy Winner Luis Fonsi to Headline Broadway's Forever Tango by Bethany Rickwald

Luis Fonsi, a Grammy-winning musician who has collaborated with artists such as Christina Aguilera and Martina McBride, is set to join the company of Luis Bravo's Forever Tango for two weeks…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:17PM

Theater News: Next to Normal's MacKenzie Mauzy Joins Cast of Into The Woods Film by Bethany Rickwald

MacKenzie Mauzy (A Tale of Two Cities) will join the cast of Disney's upcoming movie version of the Stephen Sondheim musical Into The Woods, according to Deadline. Mauzy will star alongside …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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