Terrence McNally, the revered playwright behind such Broadway shows as Master Class and Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune who also wrote the books for Kiss of the Spider Woman, The F…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:14PMZoe Caldwell, a veteran stage, TV and film actress who won four Tony Awards and originated the Broadway roles of Maria Callas in Master Class and the title character in The Prime of Miss J…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:37PMSony’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Netflix’s Marriage Story, Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit and Lionsgate’s Knives Out were among the film winners as the Casting Society of America ha…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:30AMEXCLUSIVE: Tonight’s performance of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway ended abruptly after backfire sounds heard on the street outside the Shubert Theatre were mistaken for gunshots. A wi…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:37PMHarold Prince, the Broadway icon who produced and/or directed some of the 20th century’s most famous musicals West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Damn Yankees, Cabaret, Evita and The Pha…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:50AMIt’s not one fine day for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The hit show’s producers said it will end its nearly six-year Broadway run on October 27. Based on the songs of its titula…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:53PMRip Torn, who played the Garry Shandling’s profane, fiercely loyal producer on HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show, co-starred in the original Men in Black films and won a Tony during a long Br…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:40PMMany a true word hath been spoken in jest, but this is legit: Glenda Jackson’s King Lear will end its Broadway run on June 9. It originally was pegged to run through July 7. Producer Scot…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:59PMKatherine Helmond, who played the ditzy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy Soap and later starred on Who’s the Boss? among many other roles, died February 23 of Alzheimer’…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:23PMOnce on This Island is shoving off for good soon. The show, which won this year’s Tony Award for Best Revival, will stage its final Broadway performance January 6, its producers said t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:55PMThese boots were made for Broadway, and that’s just where they’ll be — until the spring. Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig said today that Kinky Boots, which won six Tony…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:56PMEXCLUSIVE: Here’s your morning report: A host of Broadway actors have been recruited for guest voice roles on Season 3 of Disney Junior’s The Lion Guard. Among those headed from …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AMThree weeks before its scheduled trial date, the lawsuit over the Aaron Sorkin-penned Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird has been settled. The estate of book author Harper Lee and …
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:05PMAaron Sorkin’s adaptation of the Great American Novel To Kill a Mockingbird appears headed to court before it can head to Broadway. A New York judge has set a June 4 trial date for the…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:05PMRoy Dotrice, who played Leopold Mozart in Best Picture Oscar winner Amadeus and won a Tony Award for Best Actor in A Moon for the Misbegotten, died today in London. He was 94. His family c…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:58PMThere soon will be a new Evan Hansen on Broadway — and then another. Dear Evan Hansen producer Stacey Mindich said today that Taylor Trensch, who plays Barnaby Tucker in the Main S…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:26PMAbsorbent and yellow and porous is he — and soon a Broadway star to boot. A new SpongeBob SquarePants musical is headed to the Main Stem, which previews starting November 6 at the Pal…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:53PMNBC’s Bye Bye Birdie is saying bye-bye to 2017. The network said today that its live musical starring Jennifer Lopez that was set for December has been pushed to 2018. The news comes t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:05PMEd Sherin, an Emmy winner who executive produced more than 160 Law & Order episodes, directed three dozen and acted in and/or directed more than 20 Broadway shows during his six-decade …
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:25PM“Is there some reason that my coffee isn’t here? Has she died or something?” That’s a snippet of Meryl Streep’s dialogue from the 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Pr…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMThe Broadway smash Hamilton with feature some new faces for the new year. Producer Jeffrey Seller said today that Saturday Night Live‘s Taran Killam will join the cast as King George n…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:07PMThe Wizarding World in headed for the Great White Way. The same day Cirque du Soleil said its big-budget Paramour will end its run at the Lyric Theatre in April, word surfaces that London s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:47PMCBS said today that it will air the 71st annual Tony Awards on June 11 from the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom. Broadway’s trophy show will be live at 8 PM in the East and delayed in t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:12PMAre they about to take new clients at McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak? L.A. Law co-creator Steven Bochco said this morning that he and 20th Television are developing a new take on t…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:30PMDarcie Denkert, a longtime MGM/United Artists executive and pioneer for women in entertainment law, has died. She was 64. Her family said she died June 9 at her home in West Los Angeles …
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:36PMNBC’s summer variety series Maya & Marty on Tuesday will air the first nonstudio performance of “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” the new single benefiting the Orland…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:21PMTonight’s Tony Awards were dedicated to the victims of the abhorrent mass murder in Orlando, and two of the night’s big winners addressed the incident in their acceptance speeche…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:41AMRefresh for updates… The Broadway community has a heavy heart as it hands out the Tony Awards tonight. Nominees, presenters, fans and the rest of the country are thinking about the vic…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:15PMLaura Linney and Cynthia Nixon are set to topline the Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of The Little Foxes — with a twist: The veteran actresses will trade off playing the lead …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMAre you ready, kids? Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Bikini Bottom (Eventually) Goes Broadway — otherwise known as The SpongeBob Musical. The clip focuses on the songs and s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:25PMAnne Jackson, whose Broadway career spanned 50 years — including many shows with her late husband Eli Wallach — and also had dozens of TV and film credits, has died. She was 90…
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