Friday, April 20, 2018
Bette Midler is returning to star in “Hello, Dolly!” for six weeks this summer. Midler will return to the show from July 17 through the end of the show, which producer Scott Rudin said w…
Linked From broadway.news at 07:21AMThursday, April 19, 2018
The Anaïs Mitchell musical “Hadestown” will play the National Theatre in London this November before transferring to Broadway in 2019, the show’s producers announced Thur…
Linked From broadway.news at 07:48AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
A few Broadway shows have begun racking up nominations ahead of the Tony Awards. The Drama League, which honors off Broadway and Broadway musicals and plays, announced its nominations includ…
Linked From broadway.news at 04:41PMThe Gypsy Robe is changing its name. After hearing concerns about the insensitivity of the name, the Actors’ Equity Association has voted to rename the robe that is awarded to the chorus m…
Linked From broadway.news at 02:00PMSara Bareilles and Josh Groban are hosting the 2018 Tony Awards, the pair announced in a video on Twitter Wednesday. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨CRAZY AMAZING NEW…
Linked From broadway.news at 11:04AMReviews never bothered Disney anyway. Though “Frozen” received mixed reviews from critics, the show has maintained a popular resonance that translated into a record-breaking advance of $…
Linked From broadway.news at 09:02AMTuesday, April 17, 2018
Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond are joining Stephanie J. Block to play the role of Cher in the Chicago run of ‘The Cher Show.’ Cher will be depicted by the three actors at differe…
Linked From broadway.news at 09:58AMMonday, April 16, 2018
Two civilians were seriously injured in a fire that occurred Monday afternoon at 520 8th Avenue, home of Ripley-Grier Studios and other theater offices. The fire, which was called in at 3:31…
Linked From broadway.news at 06:29PMThursday, April 12, 2018
“1984” will now be considered for all Tony Awards categories after a nominator recused himself from the committee, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Thursday. In its fir…
Linked From broadway.news at 05:55PMLeslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee will announce the Tony nominees the morning of May 1. The event, which takes place at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Cent…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:18AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
The Actors’ Equity Association is pushing to create two new Tony Award categories that honor equity choruses and ensembles in musicals or plays. Actors’ Equity is championing the two pro…
Linked From broadway.news at 12:39PMScott Rudin is bringing Kenneth Lonergan’s play “The Waverly Gallery” to Broadway next season. The revival will star Elaine May, Lucas Hedges and Michael Cera, in his third…
Linked From broadway.news at 11:41AMTuesday, April 10, 2018
“Come From Away” will begin its North American tour at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre in October 2018. The show will play 60 cities overall, including stops in Canada, in cities such as …
Linked From broadway.news at 08:30AMMonday, April 9, 2018
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” broke the record for highest weekly gross for a play, bringing in $2.14 million last week. That amount, brought in across eight preview performances, …
Linked From broadway.news at 04:44PMJanet McTeer will star in the world premiere of “Bernhardt/Hamlet” on Broadway this September as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2018-2019 season. The play written by Theresa Rebe…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:00AMFriday, April 6, 2018
Producer Bill Weiner has acquired the theatrical stage rights to “Empire Records,” with plans to turn it into a Broadway musical. The musical will be written by Carol Heikkinen, who wrot…
Linked From broadway.news at 12:58PMThursday, April 5, 2018
Theatre Communications Group has appointed Gordon Lane as its chief technology officer. Lane comes to TCG, the national organization for American theater, from Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zo…
Linked From broadway.news at 04:25PM“Jesus Christ Superstar” will launch a North American tour of the Regent Park Open Air Theatre production in fall 2019. Produced by Stephen Gabriel, the tour comes after a West E…
Linked From broadway.news at 02:23PMStubHub, the resale ticket company that recently announced a partnership with Roundabout Theatre Company, announced Sukhinder Singh Cassidy will be its new president and senior vice presiden…
Linked From broadway.news at 11:04AMWednesday, April 4, 2018
“KPOP” is the most-nominated show of the Lucille Lortel awards, with nine nominations announced Wednesday, including Outstanding Musical. Following “KPOP,” “Bella: An American Tale…
Linked From broadway.news at 01:26PMKaren Olivo, Aaron Tveit and Danny Burstein will star in the world premiere of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. Additional casting includes Sahr Ngaujah, Ta…
Linked From broadway.news at 12:00PMTuesday, April 3, 2018
Joseph Meli was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding 130 investors in a proposed ticket resale scheme that included popular Br…
Linked From broadway.news at 06:22PMRoundabout Theatre Company has teamed up with StubHub as its official secondary ticketing partner. The partnership, which the companies are calling “the first of its kind,” will …
Linked From broadway.news at 05:03PMMonday, April 2, 2018
As Broadway welcomes more first-time theatergoers, Mike Rafael is trying to figure out how to get them to come back a second time. Rafael, an independent sales and ticketing analyst and owne…
Linked From broadway.news at 11:45PMThe Lucille Lortel Awards have changed the nomination announcement date to April 4 from the previously announced date of April 3. Rachel Bay Jones and Steven Pasquale will announce the nomin…
Linked From broadway.news at 05:38PMWednesday, March 28, 2018
The musical adaptation of “Beetlejuice” will have its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. this October, the production announced Wednesday. “Beetleju…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:00AMTuesday, March 27, 2018
Playwrights Welcome has broadened its free ticketing initiative for playwrights to include 100 theaters across the country. The Playwrights Welcome initiative, created by Samuel French with …
Linked From broadway.news at 05:07PMStephanie J. Block will star as Cher in the Broadway-bound musical “The Cher Show,” the show’s press team confirmed Tuesday. “The Cher Show” is playing a pre-Br…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:44AMMonday, March 26, 2018
Ken Davenport and Kurt Deutsch are developing a new musical based on the characters in the “Vacation” franchise. Deutsch and Davenport announced Monday that they had optioned the…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:35AM“Farinelli and the King” has recouped its capitalization costs following a limited run on Broadway, the show’s producers announced Monday. The play, which began previews at…
Linked From broadway.news at 08:25AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Actors’ Equity Association announced the formation of a committee Friday to prevent sexual harassment in theater. The committee is meant to come up with strategies to end harassment and bu…
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