Geoffrey Johnson, whose Johnson-Liff Casting was behind the roles for Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s three longest-running shows, died Friday, Nov. 26. He was…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:52PMThe unexpected death today of songwriter Stephen Sondheim at his Connecticut home will no doubt catch many by surprise, given his relatively robust persona, even at age 91. But while his pas…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:15PMStephen Sondheim, one of the giants of Broadway songwriting, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91. Attorney F. Richard Pappas, announced the death, which he described as…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:16PMBetty Lynn, a veteran actress who was best known as the girlfriend of bumbling sheriff’s deputy Barney Fife on television classic The Andy Griffith Show, has died at age 95. She passed on …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:52PMMark Lin-Manuel Miranda as grateful for Broadway’s return. The creator of smash-hit musical Hamilton went all-out to welcome the returning audience, singing outside the theater and then ma…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:42PMSinger/actress Alanis Morissette said she was raped by multiple men when she was a 15-year-old Canadian pop star in a new documentary for HBO, reports the Washington Post. “It took me year…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:06PMUPDATE: Confusion among prosecutors almost led to the release of the man charged in the New York hit-and-run death of actress Lisa Banes, who appeared in the films Gone Girl and Cocktail, as…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:20PMClarence Williams III, who was a Black power icon in the 1960s and 1970s as the cool detective “Linc Hayes” on television’s The Mod Squad, has died. Williams died in Los Angeles on Fri…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:51PMActress/singer Rita Wilson has joined the outcry against producer Scott Rudin, claiming he tried to find a way to legally fire her from a Broadway show when she was diagnosed with breast can…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:48AMIn the wake of a Thursday protest march that called for the Broadway League to take action, producer Scott Rudin has said he will resign from the trade organization. Broadway actors and Acto…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:37PMLos Angeles agent Anthony Boyer has been named a partner in the Theatrical Division at DDO Artists Agency. A graduate of Kent State University, Boyer began his career on the stage as a music…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:44PMRadio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, nightclubs and music venues can reopen as of April 2, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. The Broadway announcement was tipped by Deadline e…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:47PMStewart Talent has announced it has signed Daphne Rubin-Vega and Brooke Smith for representation. Brooke Smith can currently be seen on David E. Kelley’s Big Sky. She was recently seen in …
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:33PMStewart Talent has two new additions to its star stable, adding Gina Gershon and Laila Odom for representation. Gershon recently wrapped up a supporting role in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look U…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:39PMPeter Mark Richman, a star of Broadway, film and television who had guest starring roles on more than 500 TV shows, including a recurring role as Rev. Snow on the classic sitcom Three’s Co…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:37PMLee Wallace, who starred in several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, died Dec. 20 in New York after along illness. Born Leo Melis in Brooklyn, he moved with his family to the Lower East Side…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:14PMAmanda Kloots has shared a video today of a ring that incorporates some of her late husband Nick Cordero’s ashes. “Something very special arrived yesterday,” she captioned the post. �…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:32PMThe third edition of Disney’s singing franchise has announced its first round of appearances. The Disney Holiday Singalong will have Andrea Bocelli, BTS, Michael Bublé, Ciara, Chloe x Hal…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMAnthony Chisholm, whose long career spanned Broadway, film and television, died today at age 77. No cause was given by The Katz Company, his talent management. Chisholm earned a 2007 Tony no…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:48PMThe final film of Chadwick Boseman’s incandescent career has released its first images of the late star. Director George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of August Wilson’s stage play Ma Rainey�…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:11PMHowell Binkley, considered one of Broadway’s premier lighting designers, died Friday, Aug. 14 in North Carolina, his wife, Joyce, told the Winston-Salem Journal.. He was 64 and had lung ca…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:44PMWidow Amanda Kloots said to her Instagram audience on Thursday that she has received a sign from her late husband. Kloots said she asked for a “sign that you’re here” and she claimed i…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:55PMAmanda Kloots, wife of the late Broadway actor Nick Cordero, has posted details of his memorial service online today, a week after he died from coronavirus complications. Kloots shared the �…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:44PMThere’s nowhere to go and little to do this July 4 weekend (thanks, coronavirus!). But Disney+ has capitalized on the downtime to bring a streaming treat to masses with the debut last nigh…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:57AMBruce Jay Friedman, an author, playwright and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer for Tom Hanks’s 1984 ilm Splash, died today in New York City. He was 90 and no cause of death was given by h…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:04PMThe 65th Drama Desk Awards has postponed its plan to stream its awards tonight during a presentation of Spectrum News NY1’s On Stage. The organization cited “breaking news events in New …
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:40PMBroadway star Nick Cordero’s has had a positive uptick in his health as he continues to battle coronavirus at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. His wife, Amanda Kloots, issued a positi…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:07PMActor Nick Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, has once again posted on her husband’s condition as he battles the COVID-19 virus. Cordero has had horrible complications since being hospitaliz…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:38PMA new streaming service, Broadway on Demand, will have its US launch next month. The membership-based streaming service promises a library of content, exclusive livestream events, interactiv…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:02PMRosie O’Donnell and actor/producer Erich Bergen will bring back the Emmy-winning The Rosie O’Donnell Show this Sunday. The special event is a live, one-night-only streaming fundraiser fo…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:49PMThe world is turned upside down, but Lin-Manuel Miranda is offering something to help us all get through it. The Hamilton creator has issued a free cut from the Broadway smash musical calle…
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