Monday, June 5, 2017
The Broadway box office turnaround at “A Doll’s House, Part 2” has prompted producers to give the show a lengthy extension, with the new play, initially announced for 16 we…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:38PMBikini Bottom hits Broadway later this year, when “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the stage musical that premiered in Chicago in 2016 as “The SpongeBob Musical,” opens at th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47PMAfter a career spent mostly in TV, Matthew Perry, best known for “Friends” and fresh off three seasons in CBS’s recently cancelled “The Odd Couple,” is starring…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AM“Escape to Margaritaville,” the Jimmy Buffett musical currently running at the La Jolla Playhouse in California, will escape to Broadway next year, landing at the Marquis Theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:22AMSunday, June 4, 2017
Bette Midler and the Broadway revival in which she stars, “Hello, Dolly!,” were among the Tony nominees anointed by the Drama Desk Awards, which also handed another top play crow…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32PMThursday, June 1, 2017
Violence begets violence in Gary Owen’s “Killology” — whether it’s real or represented. Entering the debate about the effects of explicit computer games, Owen’s dark three-ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:27AMTuesday, May 30, 2017
“On Your Feet!,” the Broadway bio-musical based on the lives and music of Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan, will finish up its Broadway run this summer, in advance of a North Am…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51PMThe pop stardom of Brendon Urie has made the Panic! at the Disco frontman a star at the Broadway box office, too, with the start of Urie’s stint in “Kinky Boots” goosing th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:44PMAlanis Morissette's Grammy-winning 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill" will soon hit the stage, with the premiere of a new musical featuring Morisette and Glen Ballard's tunes and a book by Diab…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:24PMAlanis Morissette’s Grammy-winning 1995 album “Jagged Little Pill” will soon hit the stage, with the premiere of a new musical featuring Morisette and Glen Ballard’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AMMonday, May 29, 2017
Among the many subjects of speculation about the Tony Awards this year: Bette Midler, and when she’ll perform during the awards telecast. At the start, kicking off the show with a bang…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMThursday, May 25, 2017
Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie is moving from the concert stage to the Broadway stage later this week, stepping into one of the lead roles in “Kinky Boots” this Friday…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, May 24, 2017
There’s a hold-your-breath inevitability to what is finally disclosed in “Building the Wall,” the powerful dystopian drama about life in the Donald Trump era by Robert Schenkkan. Y…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05PMThe paradox of “Woyzeck” is simple: Georg Büchner’s play is unfinished, but unimprovable. Based on a real-life murder case, a story of a soldier who self-destructs, it is bri…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:42PM“The Band’s Visit,” the Off Broadway musical that’s picked up a slew of trophies this year, has locked in the details of its Broadway run, opening at the Barrymore Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, May 23, 2017
“Can You Forgive Her?,” a whimsical piece of work by Gina Gionfriddo (“Becky Shaw,” “Rapture, Blister, Burn”), looks like a play, talks like a play, and s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMWith “Hamilton” pushing premium ticket prices to new highs and a fresh crop of popular titles like “Dear Evan Hansen” powering hearty sales, the 2016-17 Broadway sea…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:53PMMonday, May 22, 2017
“Oslo” scored yet another playwriting trophy — as well as an ensemble acting honor — on its way to the Tonys, taking one of two 2017 Obie Awards for best new American…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PMSunday, May 21, 2017
Writer-actor Hamish Linklater’s new play “The Whirligig,” expressionistic in form and melancholy in tone, examines the whirling emotions of the friends and family who are k…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:26PMFriday, May 19, 2017
Glenda Jackson, the Oscar winner who hasn’t appeared on the New York stage in almost 30 years, will star on Broadway next year in Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women,” p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:09PMBroadway producers may have spent much of this week courting the theater industry’s Tony Awards voters at the Broadway League’s annual spring conference, but fans have signaled t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, May 16, 2017
“Come From Away,” the musical that slipped into the Broadway season to give “Dear Evan Hansen” a run for its money at the Tony Awards, picked up four trophies at the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PMIdina Menzel, the “Frozen” star and “Wicked” Tony winner who was also one of the leads in Lifetime’s “Beaches,” will star Off Broadway in “Ski…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AMMonday, May 15, 2017
The Tony nominations have seemingly helped “Groundhog Day” turn heads, with the Broadway musical lifted to its highest weekly tally yet in the wake of seven nods including best m…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:56PMThursday, May 11, 2017
Running a nice little family restaurant in New York isn’t what it used to be, what with spiking rent prices, competition with hipster eateries and ever-changing food tastes. These and more…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:05PMWednesday, May 10, 2017
The Broadway musical “School of Rock” has turned a profit, with producers of the show announcing the recoupment of its capitalization cost of $15 million. The Andrew Lloyd Webber…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AMAfter six seasons on “Downton Abbey,” Elizabeth McGovern will head back to Broadway in “Time and the Conways,” a revival of the 1937 J.B. Priestley play to be produce…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AMTuesday, May 9, 2017
Despite the mishap that saw this year’s Oscar ceremony end with the temporary announcement of the incorrect best picture winner, Michael De Luca, one of the producers of the 2017 Acade…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:23PMThe Broadway revival of “The Glass Menagerie,” with a cast led by Sally Field, has thrown in the towel earlier than initially expected, with the production, which had been schedu…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:38PMMonday, May 8, 2017
The Tony-nominated Broadway play “Oslo” made it a hat-trick, winning the award for best play from the New York Drama Critics Circle after snagging the same honor from the Lortel…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06PMWith Tony nominations dropping early last week to add a jolt of awards-season buzz to the Broadway box office, plays were the biggest beneficiaries in an overall steady week as both “O…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PM 
