Friday, October 19, 2018
Patrick Daly has been hired to oversee the theater production arm of EON Productions, the British production company which makes the James Bond films. Daly has been a producer of stage to sc…
Linked From broadway.news at 06:06PMThursday, October 18, 2018
“The Boys in the Band” will be considered a revival of a play for this year’s Tony Awards. The Tony Awards Administration Committee met Thursday for the first time this season and disc…
Linked From broadway.news at 02:53PMFormer American Idol contestants Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken will appear in a holiday show on Broadway this December. The show, entitled “Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christ…
Linked From broadway.news at 12:18PMThe 73rd Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on June 9, 2019. The eligibility cut-off for show’s to be eligible for this year’s Tony Awards will be Thurs., April 25, 2019. Tony …
Linked From broadway.news at 11:06AMWednesday, October 17, 2018
“Hamilton” is expanding its lottery program for Halloween night. The Broadway show will play an 8 p.m. performance on Oct. 31 in which all available tickets will be sold for $10 …
Linked From broadway.news at 03:35PMTuesday, October 16, 2018
Danny Burstein will take on the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in “My Fair Lady,” beginning Jan. 8. Burstein takes over the role from Norbert Leo Butz, who originated the role in th…
Linked From broadway.news at 06:41PMMonday, October 15, 2018
“Choir Boy” has changed the dates of its opening night date and first preview for the second time. The Tarell Alvin McCarney play will now begin previews on Dec. 12, 2018, with …
Linked From broadway.news at 11:22AMFriday, October 12, 2018
Bertie Carvel will reprise his role of Rupert Murdoch in “Ink” on Broadway this spring. Jonny Lee Miller, an Olivier Award winner for “Frankenstein,” joins the West E…
Linked From broadway.news at 12:00PMThursday, October 11, 2018
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ “Gypsy of the Year” competition has been renamed the “Red Bucket Follies.” The name change comes after Actors’ Equity changed the name of t…
Linked From broadway.news at 05:28PMWednesday, October 10, 2018
“Jagged Little Pill” is putting on a developmental lab this winter, following its world premiere in Boston this past summer. The musical, which features the songs of Alanis Moris…
Linked From broadway.news at 04:12PMCorbin Bleu will star alongside Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase in the revival of “Kiss Me, Kate,” which is being updated for the 21st century. Amanda Green, who wrote music and lyrics for…
Linked From broadway.news at 08:00AMFriday, October 5, 2018
“Dear Evan Hansen” will launch a West End production in the fall of 2019. The musical will play the Noël Coward Theatre. Exact dates and casting have not yet been announced. “…
Linked From broadway.news at 08:13AMThursday, October 4, 2018
Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow will star in ‘Hillary and Clinton’ on Broadway this season. The play, written by Lucas Hnath, will be produced by Scott Rudin and directed by Joe …
Linked From broadway.news at 12:08PM“Torch Song” is heading back to Broadway thanks to an idea that almost simultaneously struck producer Richie Jackson and director Moisés Kauffman: Michael Urie should play Arnold. Write…
Linked From broadway.news at 06:00AMWednesday, October 3, 2018
“Tina: the Tina Turner Musical” is coming to Broadway in the fall of 2019. Stage Entertainment, the producers of the musical, made the announcement Wednesday but did not specify …
Linked From broadway.news at 09:37AMTuesday, October 2, 2018
Joe Barnes has been named the national director of organizing for Actors’ Equity. Barnes previously worked for three years as the national representative for SAG-AFTRA and as a campaign ma…
Linked From broadway.news at 02:05PMMonday, October 1, 2018
The Theatre Development Fund will now display ticket prices, rather than percentage discounts at all of TKTS booths. The move, which began Oct. 1, follows a trial program that began at the L…
Linked From broadway.news at 02:13PMMorgan Stanley executive Nadine Wong has been appointed to the American Theatre Wing Board of Trustees. Wong, an executive director, private wealth advisor and global sports and entertainmen…
Linked From broadway.news at 01:43PM“Choir Boy” has set its full cast ahead of a new opening night date. In addition to previously announced cast members Chuck Cooper, Austin Pendleton and Jeremy Pope, the full cas…
Linked From broadway.news at 11:04AMFriday, September 28, 2018
“Kinky Boots” will end its Broadway run on April 7, 2019, after 2,507 regular performances and 34 previews. At the end of its run, “Kinky Boots” will be the 25th-lon…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:19PMLibrettist Joseph Masteroff, known for writing the books of musicals “Cabaret” and “She Loves Me,” died on Sept. 28 at the age of 98. Masteroff made his Broadway debut as a librettis…
Linked From broadway.news at 05:21PMThursday, September 27, 2018
Tony Goldwyn is joining the cast of “Network,” playing alongside Bryan Cranston and Tatiana Maslany. Goldwyn, who recently completed seven seasons starring on the television show…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:00AMWednesday, September 26, 2018
Mike Birbiglia’s one-man show “The New One” will transfer to Broadway’s Cort Theatre this fall. The show, which will be produced by Kevin McCollum, begins preview on …
Linked From broadway.news at 01:01PMTuesday, September 25, 2018
A musical adaptation of “Almost Famous” is in development and will feature music by Tom Kitt. The musical is produced by Lia Vollack, on behalf of Columbia Live Stage, Joey Parne…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:22AMShonda Rhimes, Jada Pinkett Smith and Gabrielle Union-Wade have joined “American Son” as co-producers. They join Simpson Street, the producing company of star Kerry Washington, as well a…
Linked From broadway.news at 10:00AMA new musical about the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is in development. Producers Alan D. Marks and Barbara Marks have obtained the rights to Basquiat’s art work and personal archiv…
Linked From broadway.news at 09:52AMMonday, September 24, 2018
“The Nap” has come to Broadway with a mission to popularize the sport of snooker. The first challenge: explaining what it is. Simply put, snooker is a version of pool that originated wit…
Linked From broadway.news at 06:00AMThursday, September 20, 2018
Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” is returning to Broadway this spring, starring Annette Bening and Tracy Letts. The Roundabout Theatre Company production will be directed by Gregory Moshe…
Linked From broadway.news at 04:00PMSecond Stage Theater has voted in two co-chairs to lead its board of trustees, replacing Chairman Stephen C. Sherrill who has held the position for more than three decades. Terry Lindsay, cu…
Linked From broadway.news at 12:32PMWednesday, September 19, 2018
Tom Kinney has joined streaming platform BroadwayHD as its vice president of operations. Kinney comes to BroadwayHD after working at Spectrum and Freeport Metrics, a digital product developm…
Linked From broadway.news at 05:21PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
On an average Tuesday at Sardi’s, playwrights, producers and theater owners are sprinkled across the expansive dining room enveloped in deep red. They lunch on salads paired with wine, but…
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