James Monroe Iglehart will join the Broadway company of “Chicago” as Billy Flynn, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Tuesday. Iglehart steps into the show Jan. 17, taking over f…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:33AMManhattan Theatre Club has canceled additional performances of “Skeleton Crew” and pushed its opening night date for a second time due to the detection of COVID-19 cases within the compa…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:16PMBaize Buzan will rejoin the Broadway company of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in the role of Scout Finch starting Jan. 5, producer Barry Diller announced Friday. Buzan takes on the role after …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:43PM“Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations” will play its final Broadway performance Jan. 16, producers Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce announced Tuesday. The show canceled…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:13AMIn 2021, Senator Chuck Schumer worked behind the scenes in Washington and on the stages in New York to help support and then sell Broadway’s reopening. Schumer pushed for the Shuttered Ven…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:20AMPerformances of “The Lion King” are canceled through Dec. 26 and “Six” will be dark through Dec. 28, the respective productions announced Tuesday. The announcements follow the detect…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:35PMPreview performances of “Skeleton Crew” will now begin six days later than scheduled after breakthrough COVID-19 cases were discovered in the company, Manhattan Theatre Club announced Mo…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:45PMKadeem Ali Harris, Reynaldo Piniella and Christian Thompson will join the cast of “Thoughts of a Colored Man” on Jan. 4, 2022, producers announced Monday. The three additions to the cast…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:49AMEmilie Kouatchou, Broadway’s current Christine alternate in “The Phantom of the Opera,” will step into the role full-time next year, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron M…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:27PMThe first preview of “Take Me Out” is now set for March 10, 2022, the production announced Friday. Originally scheduled to begin previews March 9, the production cited “a change in the…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:33PMThe Broadway production of “Hamilton” canceled its Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 performances due to breakthrough COVID–19 cases within the company, the production said Thursday. The production …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:03PMEric Anderson will take over the role of Harold Zidler in the Broadway company of “Moulin Rouge!” starting Jan. 18, 2022, producers announced Thursday. He replaces original cast member D…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:40AMThe Dec. 15 matinee of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has been canceled due to the detection of breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company, the production announced Wednesday. The s…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:12PMThe Dec. 15 matinee and evening performances of “Tina” have been canceled after “a limited number” of company members tested positive for COVID-19, the production said Wednesday. The…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:11AMThe Dec. 14 performance of “Ain’t Too Proud” has been canceled “due to a breakthrough COVID-19 case” found in the company, the production said Tuesday. In the statement, posted to …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:49PMThe Monday, Dec. 13 performance of “Freestyle Love Supreme” has been canceled, the show announced Monday on social media. The decision was made “out of an abundance of caution,” acco…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:03PMTwo performances of “Freestyle Love Supreme” scheduled for Dec. 11 were canceled due to breakthrough cases of COVID-19 found within the company. In a statement posted to the show’s soc…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:37PMA national tour of “Freestyle Love Supreme” will launch at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater on Jan. 21, 2022, producers announced Thursday. After San Francisco, the produc…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:00AMCharles Randolph-Wright has penned a new play about the life of activist and filmmaker Sidney Poitier. The play, entitled “Sidney,” is based on Poitier’s autobiography “The Measure o…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:02PMBrittney Johnson will become the first Black actress to assume the role Glinda in “Wicked” history, when she takes over the role this winter. Johnson is currently the Glinda standby in…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:04AMAna Villafañe, Bianca Marroquín and Lillias White have extended their runs in “Chicago,” producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Monday. Villafañe and Marroquín will continue to …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:14AMThe Thursday, Dec. 2 performance of “American Utopia” has been canceled due to a non-COVID-19 illness in the company, according to producers. The production had also canceled Wednesday e…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:03PMThe Wednesday evening performance of “American Utopia” has been canceled “due to a non-COVID-related illness in the company,” according to a statement from producers. Performances ar…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:36PMThe final two weeks of Broadway performances of “Clyde’s” will be simultaneously streamed online, Second Stage Theater announced Monday. In partnership with production company Assemble…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:59PMThe 88th Annual Drama League awards will take place at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 20, 2022, the Drama League announced Monday. Nominations for the awards, which will honor Broadway and Off…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:22PMStephan Paridaen will assume the role of chief executive at Production Resource Group, the company announced Wednesday. Paridaen, who has been serving as PRG’s president and chief operatio…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:52PMHBO will release a documentary about the “Spring Awakening” reunion concert taking place Monday night. RadicalMedia is producing the documentary film, which will debut on HBO and then st…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:47PMDevin Kawaoka and Jonathan Chad Higginbotham will join the cast of Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play”, producers announced Tuesday. They join returning cast members Ato Blankson-Wood, Chal…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:29PMThe Tony Awards will present the Excellence in Theatre Education Award as part of the 2022 ceremony, after the honor was omitted from this year’s presentation. The award, which was co-foun…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:42PMJoshua Henry and Tyrone Davis, Jr. will join the company of “Waitress” starting Nov. 29, producers announced Monday. Henry will take over the role of Dr. Pomatter and Davis, Jr. will pla…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:09PMGreg Kinnear will take over the starring role of Atticus Finch in “To Kill A Mockingbird” on Jan. 5, producer Barry Diller announced Wednesday. He assumes the role from original cast mem…
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