Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The American Theatre Wing has announced the date for the 2017 Tony Awards: Sunday, June 11. The official eligibility cutoff date will be April 27 for all Broadway productions opening in the…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:12PMTuesday, September 20, 2016
Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Pittsfield, MA, will host its annual New York City Benefit, BSC In NYC, October 13 at ViceVersa Restaurant (325 West 51st Street) to ce…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 02:59PMThe Dramatists Guild Fund and Program Chairs Michael Korie, Laurence O’Keefe, and Diana Son are proud to announce the 2016-2017 class of DG Fellows James Christy, Khiyon Hursey, Patricia I…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:07PMThursday, September 8, 2016
Samuel French, Playbill and HowlRound are partnering to present #IdentityWeek, a four-day panel event, September 27 – 30, exploring racial, cultural, sexual, and gender identity in the the…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:47AMTuesday, September 6, 2016
The Lilly Awards Foundation will present its fourth BROADWAY CABARET: BROADWAY STARS PERFORMING THE WORK OF WOMEN SONGRWITERS on Monday, October 17 at The Cutting Room (44 East 32nd Street).…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 05:13PMWednesday, August 31, 2016
Complete casting has been announced for the new musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, featuring the Broadway debuts of 24 cast and creative team members including Josh Gr…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:55PMTuesday, August 23, 2016
The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund (“DLDF”) is pleased to present “Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret” as a part of Banned Books Week (September 25-October 1st), the annual celebra…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:06PMFriday, August 19, 2016
Tickets went on sale yesterday for NYC’s Broadway Week, two-for-one ticket promotion for participating Broadway shows from September 5-8. Tickets are now on sale at nycgo.com/broad…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:54AMThursday, August 18, 2016
Producers of the Broadway bound Significant Other, a new play by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews), are excited to announce the show will play at The Booth Theatre (222 West 45th St.) with previews…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:06PMTuesday, August 16, 2016
The national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home will star Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret) as Alison, with Broadway cast member Alessandra Baldacchino as Small Alison and …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:32AMMonday, August 15, 2016
Samuel French is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2016 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s premier short play competition. The six winning plays wer…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 05:05PMFriday, August 12, 2016
Samuel French announces their representation for performance rights of the acclaimed musical Tuck Everlasting. With a book by Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde) and Tim Federle (Better Nate Than…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:21AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Sarah Ruhl’s newest play, For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday, will have its Chicago debut at the Shattered Globe Theatre in May of 2017. The play was written for the playwright’s mot…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:33PMTuesday, August 2, 2016
The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s premier short play competition, takes place August 9 – 14 at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Company). Ch…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:25PMTuesday, July 26, 2016
During their one-night-only benefit concert on Sunday night, the cast of Fun Home raised $113,000 in ticket sales and additional donations in support of Equality Florida and the LGBTQ commun…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:37PMFriday, July 22, 2016
Center Theatre Group has announced casting for its upcoming production of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the Mark Taper Forum. Performances are set to run from Augus…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:02AMGet ready to time warp. The 1975 cult classic, based on the hit stage musical, is being revamped on Fox with a broadcast on October 20 from 8pm-10pm ET/PT. The two-hour special, which is cal…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:50AMWednesday, July 20, 2016
On Tuesday Garry Marshall, one of the greatest influences on American entertainment in the last half-century, passed away in Burbank, California. Mr. Marshall may be best known for his work …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:24AMTuesday, July 19, 2016
The upcoming film adaptation of August Wilson’s Fences will hit theaters on December 16 in an exclusive engagement in New York and Los Angeles. The movie stars Tony winners Denzel Wa…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:18AMMonday, July 11, 2016
We are thrilled to welcome Tuck Everlasting into the Samuel French family, and can’t wait to celebrate their album release this Thursday! Join members of original Broadway Cast Record…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:06PMThe New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York State affiliate of the ACLU, announced today a star-studded lineup of performers for its annual benefit concert. “Broadway Stands Up for Fr…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:48PMThursday, July 7, 2016
Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will play a one-night-only benefit concert performance at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (445 S Magnolia Ave) …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 02:57PMThis past January, 150 people gathered together for an evening performance for invited guests of THE WIZ - held at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the only maximum security prison f…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:45PMTuesday, June 28, 2016
Lincoln Center Theater, in association with Jujamcyn Theaters, has announced that Anthony Rosenthal (as Jason), Tracie Thoms (as Dr. Charlotte), Brandon Uranowitz (as Mendel), and Betsy Wolf…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:05PMWednesday, June 15, 2016
Next Saturday, June 25, tune into VH1 and LogoTV at 8pm for their third annual Trailblazer Honors, a television special that celebrates pioneers “at the forefront of LGBT equality.” Ton…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:09AMTuesday, May 17, 2016
Debit or Credit. Paper or Plastic. Sex or Drugs.
When who we are and what we do has been reduced to a transaction, the receipt on our commercialized life is Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and F…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:46AMRoad trips, nations at war, Greek mythology and even aliens fill the pages of our latest Top Ten List. Come embark an epic adventure for the hero inside us all.
The post Top 10 Plays About …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:39AMMonday, May 16, 2016
August Wilson's American Century Cycle is comprised of ten plays, but only nine of them have been produced on Broadway thus far. This winter, Manhattan Theater Club says it plans to make it …
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:09PMAugust Wilson’s American Century Cycle is comprised of ten plays, but only nine of them have been produced on Broadway thus far. This winter, Manhattan Theater Club says it plans to ma…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:09PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
The 70th Annual Tony Awards nominations have been announced! See the full list here.
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SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:04AMMonday, May 2, 2016
The first of the awards have been announced for the 2016 season! Last night at the NYU Skirball Center in New York City, Zachary Levi, star of Broadway’s She Loves Me, hosted the 31st …
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:54AM 
