Thursday, January 16, 2020
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The controversial and widely advised-against production of Crystal Meth and Bear with Knife Shakespeare, a spinoff production of the Off-Broadway …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:46AMWednesday, January 15, 2020
by Kath Dunham. @kathdunham. NEW YORK, NY - Theater critics around the world have come forward today to emphasize that they still consider Tony Kushner’s revered, seminal 1991 play Angels …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:35AMTuesday, January 14, 2020
by Dan Kozuh. @dankozuh. CHICAGO - A local man’s seasonal depression, which opened in early October, has announced that due to a successful run through the Fall and Winter, the production …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:17AMMonday, January 13, 2020
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. ROCKLAND, ME - The cast of Rockland High School drama club’s Fall production of South Pacific expressed their disbelief this morning after a video of the perfo…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:49AMSunday, January 12, 2020
by Emmy Pratt. @gimmiemmy. QUEENS, NY - Help! Pasek and Paul, the visionary musical minds behind such hits as Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, and The Greatest Showman, have taken a break from …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:27AMFriday, January 10, 2020
by Erin Corbo. NEW YORK, NY - The Tony Awards Administration Committee shocked fans around the world today when they announced that the 2020 Tony Awards will include a new category celebrati…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:55AMThursday, January 9, 2020
by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. MILLBURN, NJ - Reports are surfacing of an outbreak of venereal diseases at the Shady Pines Retirement Home for Classic Broadway Musicals, with the culprits r…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:57AMTuesday, January 7, 2020
by Chloe Hechter. @chloehechter_. NEW YORK, NY - Clothing retailer H&M recently announced that they would no longer be including tan khaki pants in their spring collection, resulting i…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:29AMMonday, January 6, 2020
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The crew of Broadway’s limited run, cult-bloved The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical began to strike the set following the show’s cl…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:02PMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. LOS ANGELES - Disney announced yesterday that they’ve acquired the rights to a June 2016 filming of the acclaimed Broadway phenomenon Hamilton, featuring the f…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:23AMFriday, January 3, 2020
by Kath Dunham. @kathdunham. NEW YORK, NY - Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim announced today the development of his latest musical, sharing, exclusively with The Broadway Beat, that hi…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:23AMThursday, January 2, 2020
by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. BOSTON - Claims that a non-union tour of the acclaimed Broadway play The Inheritance began performances in Boston yesterday have been proven false after Conno…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:25AMWednesday, January 1, 2020
by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - New Year’s Day. For many, it’s a time to reflect on the triumphs and disappointments of the previous year, and to create goals for what t…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 01:45PMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. BRIDGEWATER, Conn. - Local resident Allen Rollens shared his 2020 New Year’s resolutions earlier this week, including a goal to “see more live theatre” - w…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:33AMTuesday, December 31, 2019
by Justin Ayer. @JustAyer (Instagram), @JustinAyer (Twitter). NEW YORK, NY - Anyone who’s ever hosted a New Year’s Eve party knows that it’s nearly impossible to get the guests to leav…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:48AMMonday, December 30, 2019
by Roxy Arecco. @roxyarecco. NEW YORK, NY - Beloved Off-Broadway comedy The Play That Goes Wrong went wrong last night, ultimately forcing the mad cap show, in which a local production faces…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:42AMTuesday, December 24, 2019
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. ATLANTA - Local playwright Hillary Lewis spent her Christmas Eve preparing a plate of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and an accompanying glass of cold milk…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:38AMMonday, December 23, 2019
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Tragedy struck the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular this week after local teen Brandon Morton was charged with manslaughter for putting a p…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:27AMFriday, December 20, 2019
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved musical Cats has pounced into theaters this weekend, facing harsh criticism from critics and moviego…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 01:36PMThursday, December 19, 2019
by Nick Brigis. @nickbrigis. NEW YORK, NY - NYU Tisch Junior Mary Kate Daehler was shocked to discover the newest member of her friend group, Anna, a sophomore who saw Hamilton on Broadway …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:43AMWednesday, December 18, 2019
by Elizabeth Pellegrino. @lizwrotewhat. LOS ANGELES, Ca - Representatives from Universal Pictures revealed today that they are halting the press tour for the much-anticipated Cats film hitti…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:14PMTuesday, December 17, 2019
by Rebecca Salzhauer. KENT, Conn. - Grieving family members found themselves shocked this past weekend when NYU Performance Studies Minor Evelyn Hurley halted the funeral of local pediatric …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:54AMMonday, December 16, 2019
by Sara Detrik. @sara_detrik. NEW YORK, NY - This past Monday, famously the one day per week in which almost all Broadway theaters go “dark” with no performances or marquees lit up, sa…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:27AMSaturday, December 14, 2019
by Justin Ayer. @JustinAyer (Twitter), @JustAyer (Instagram). New York, NY - Midtown Manhattan found itself overwhelmed Saturday morning by flocks of fans of Broadway’s Mean Girls, with gr…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:22AMThursday, December 12, 2019
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The first trailer was just released for next summer’s highly anticipated film adaptation of In The Heights, revealing for the first time that, d…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 01:08PMWednesday, December 11, 2019
by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. The unsung hero of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen doesn’t fit into any Tony category - but that doesn’t mean their work isn’t just as challenging or inte…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:12AMTuesday, December 10, 2019
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - He’s at it again! Reports are surfacing that famed con man Harold Hill has arrived in New York City, successfully pulling off one of his infamou…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:27AMMonday, December 9, 2019
by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. HOBOKEN, NJ - Self proclaimed “obsessed theatre nerd” Bethany Price, 24, has found herself truly devastated after her Spotify Wrapped, logging her most…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:18AMFriday, December 6, 2019
by Andrew Gillespie. @andrewg5000. FAIR HAVEN, NJ - Local accounting assistant and Marymount Manhattan musical theatre BFA Clara Barrett was witnessed last evening at their company’s weekl…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:50AMThursday, December 5, 2019
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Broadway’s improvised hip-hop extravaganza Freestyle Love Supreme is facing controversy this week after the performers, who create a fresh, full…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:00AMWednesday, December 4, 2019
by Steven Hayet. @NotScubaSteve. NEW YORK, NY - After exhausting the catalogue of American & British popular music, Broadway producers, scrambling to find a popular musical artist with t…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:26AM 
