Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Nicki Hunter has been appointed artistic producer of Manhattan Theatre Club. In that role, Hunter will work with the theater company’s artistic team on season programming and on producing …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 03:14PMCarmen Cusack, Harry Hadden-Paton and Tony Yazbeck will star in the new Broadway musical “Flying Over Sunset” this spring. Presented by Lincoln Center Theater, the new musical features…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:15PMMonday, August 19, 2019
Roundabout Theatre Company will bring a revival of “Caroline, or Change” and “A Soldier’s Play” to Broadway this season. The production of “Caroline, or Change” will transfer t…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 01:00PMBook writer Dominique Morriseau, choreographer Camille A. Brown and director Kamilah Forbes are teaming up to create a musical based on the television series “Soul Train.” The musical, w…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:04AMThe full company of “The Lightning Thief” tour will come to Broadway with the production. The musical stars Chris McCarrell as Percy Jackson, with Izzy Figueroa, Jorrel Javier, Ryan Kn…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 09:25AMWhen developing “Fiddler on the Roof,” lyricist Sheldon Harnick and composer Jerry Bock worked separately, with Bock sending Harnick recorded melodies, or as he called them, “melodic g…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 06:30AMThursday, August 15, 2019
“The Inheritance” will transfer to Broadway with five of its London cast members. The two-part play, written by Matthew Lopez, will feature Andrew Burnap, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Hilt…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:00AMTuesday, August 13, 2019
Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “How I Learned to Drive” will premiere on Broadway this spring. The play, which had its world premiere at the Vineyard Theatre in 1997 and then t…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 01:30PM“Hadestown” will launch a national tour beginning in the fall of 2020, the producers announced Tuesday. Winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical, the “Hadestown” tour will vi…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:06AM“A Christmas Carol” will transfer to Broadway this winter from the West End. Written by Jack Thorne, the book writer of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and directed by Matthew …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:31AM“Slave Play” will bring the majority of its Off-Broadway cast to Broadway this fall. The Broadway cast will feature Paul Alexander Nolan, Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Sulliva…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:17AMMonday, August 12, 2019
“Diana,” a musical about the life of the late Lady Diana Spencer, is coming to Broadway this spring. The musical will play the Longacre Theatre beginning March 2, 2020, with an opening n…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:48PM“The Great Society” has announced complete casting for its Broadway run. Newly announced cast members for the Robert Schenkkan play include Marchánt Davis as Stokely Carmichael, Brian…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:00PM“The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” will come to Broadway this fall. The musical, which features a book by “Be More Chill” book writer Joe Tracz and a score by Rob Rok…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:15AMTuesday, August 6, 2019
Broadway-bound “Six” is expanding its empire to the sea. The concert-style musical, about the wives of Henry VIII, will run aboard three of the Norwegian Cruise Line ships beginning ne…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 06:03PMMonday, August 5, 2019
Bess Wohl’s “Grand Horizons” has announced principal casting for its Broadway run. The play, which had its world premiere at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July, will star Pris…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 01:00PM“The Illusionists — Magic of the Holidays” will return to Broadway for the fifth time this winter. The holiday-themed show, featuring seven illusionists with varying specialties, wi…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:13AMThursday, August 1, 2019
“Six,” a musical about the six wives of Henry VIII, is coming to Broadway. The musical will begin performances on Feb. 13 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, with an opening night on March …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:06AMWednesday, July 31, 2019
All Broadway theaters will dim their lights for one minute Wednesday in commemoration of producer and director Hal Prince. Prince died Wednesday at the age of 91, following a brief illness. …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 03:23PMVeteran Broadway producer and director Hal Prince has died at age 91. Over his long career in the theater, Prince received 21 Tony Awards, including three special Tonys, marking the most Ton…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:33AMTuesday, July 30, 2019
“The Rose Tattoo,” starring Marisa Tomei, has announced complete casting for the Broadway production. In addition to Tomei, the Tennessee Williams’ play will feature Cassie Beck Alex…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:30AMMonday, July 29, 2019
Four additional cast members have been announced for Florian Zeller’s “The Height of the Storm.” Joining the previously announced Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are Amanda Drew and …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 01:40PMSunday, July 28, 2019
“Moulin Rouge!” will launch a production in Melbourne, Australia in 2021. The production will play Melbourne’s Regent Theatre in 2021, Gerry Ryan and Carmen Pavlovic of Global Creatu…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:43PMThursday, July 25, 2019
Harry Connick, Jr. will perform the songs of Cole Porter at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway this winter. The show, entitled “Harry Connick, Jr. — A Celebration of Cole Porter,” wil…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:12AMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Daniel J. Watts will star opposite Adrienne Warren in the Broadway cast of “Tina.” Watts, who last appeared on Broadway in “Hamilton,” will play Ike Turner. He’s joined by Dawnn Le…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:00AMMonday, July 22, 2019
“The Great Society” has announced additional casting for its Broadway run this fall. Gordon Clapp will play J. Edgar Hoover, Bryce Pinkham will play Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Frank W…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:00AMWithin the “Moulin Rouge!” musical universe, the film has left an indelible impact. Many of the Broadway cast members idolized the film. Members of the creative team had used it as ins…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 06:30AMThursday, July 18, 2019
Playwright Robert Schenkkan is returning to Broadway with “The Great Society,” a sequel to his previous play about former president Lyndon B. Johnson. Directed by Bill Rauch, the artis…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:30AMWednesday, July 17, 2019
“Beautiful” will play its final performance on Oct. 27. At that time, the musical, chronicling the life of Carole King, will have been on Broadway for close to six years. It will have pl…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 07:56PMTuesday, July 16, 2019
“Waitress” will end its run on Broadway in January, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Tuesday. The musical, with a score by Sara Bareilles, will play its final performance on …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:16AMMonday, July 15, 2019
“What the Constitution Means to Me” has recouped its investment on Broadway, the production announced Monday. The play, starring and written by Heidi Schreck, has recouped its full cap…
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