Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The Texas church that staged two performances of a highly altered and “Christianized” version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton has apologized for the unauthorized productions a…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:06PMMonday, August 22, 2022
The upcoming Broadway production of KPOP, a new musical about the global phenomenon, will feature real-life K-pop stars BoHyung, Min and Kevin Woo in addition to the previously announced Lun…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:47PMTonya Pinkins and Francois Battiste are among the cast announced today for the Public Theater’s upcoming production of A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s classic drama to be direc…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:20PMSinger-actress Maureen McGovern says she will no longer perform live concerts after being diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy with “symptoms of Alzheimer’s and/or Dementia.” McGo…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:31AMFriday, August 12, 2022
The recently extended Broadway production of Into The Woods has announced its new cast for the additional weeks, with Stephanie J. Block taking over from Sara Bareilles as the Baker’s Wife…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:34AMThursday, August 11, 2022
The September Broadway residency of rock band Weezer has been canceled due to “low ticket sales and unbelievably high expenses,” frontman Rivers Cuomo announced online last night. “I j…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:15PMWednesday, August 10, 2022
Chase Mishkin, the Broadway producer whose roster of productions scored two Tony Awards (for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Memphis), died July 24 at her home in Manhattan. She was 85. Her de…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:35PMTuesday, August 9, 2022
Broadway’s heavy hitters withstood New York’s heatwave last week, with MJ, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton selling out and Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods, Mou…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:28PMBroadway’s The Kite Runner will require audiences to wear masks at Friday night performances beginning August 19, producers announced today, becoming the first Broadway production to adopt…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:36PMEXCLUSIVE: Playwright Theresa Rebeck, who created the stage musical-themed NBC series Smash, has joined the real-life Broadway-bound musical adaptation of the 1988 film comedy Working Girl, …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMJane Lynch will depart Broadway’s Funny Girl even earlier than expected, producers announced today. The former Glee actor will end her run as “Mrs. Brice” on Sunday, August 14, several…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:33AMFriday, July 29, 2022
To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin’s hit stage adaptation of the Harper Lee novel currently on a lengthy Covid-prompted hiatus, will not return to Broadway after all, and both Sorkin and …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:41PMWednesday, July 27, 2022
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Broadway will get a Western play for the first time in decades next year when High Noon, a world premiere stage adaptation by Forrest Gump scribe Eric Roth of the Stanle…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:30PMAs widely expected, the smash revival of Into The Woods will extend its limited engagement at Broadway’s St. James Theatre, producers announced today. Initially scheduled to close on Augus…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:26AMTuesday, July 26, 2022
Broadway box office held steady last week, with most productions keeping pace, for better or worse, with their recent trends. In all, the 25 shows took in a total $29,531,601 for the week en…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:47PMEXCLUSIVE: The Piano Lesson has a new Broadway home: The much anticipated production, which begins performances this fall and will star Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle …
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00AMMonday, July 25, 2022
Cost of Living, Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, will begin Broadway previews at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Tuesday, September 13, ahead of an official opening on Monda…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PMThursday, July 21, 2022
Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 bestselling novel The Kite Runner is the sort of compelling, epic morality tale that spans eras and cultures, depicts friendship and betrayal, loyalty and cowardice,…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PMThe Broadway musical Beetlejuice has canceled tonight’s performance due to cases of Covid within the company. “We apologize for the inconvenience this causes ticket holders, and apprecia…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:21PMThe family of Frida Kahlo has authorized the development of Frida, The Musical, a new stage work based on the life story of the groundbreaking 20th Century artist. “Frida still has so much…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:20PMTuesday, July 19, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Tony nominee Stark Sands, currently starring in the Toronto production of the Broadway-bound musical & Juliet, has signed with Bill Butler & Michelle Kittrell at …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:12PMBox office for most Broadway shows – Funny Girl and Mr. Saturday Night included – was up a bit last week, as the hits – Into The Woods and MJ included – stayed strong and even some s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:43PMBroadway theaters will continue their recently adopted mask-optional policy for audiences at least through August, the Broadway League announced today. The mask-optional policy – in which …
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:19PMChristopher Durang, one of American theaters most accomplished and acclaimed playwrights, has been diagnosed with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare disorder of language wh…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:35AMMonday, July 18, 2022
Broadway’s long-running musical Chicago has cast Madam Secretary actor Erich Bergen in the role of Billy Flynn, producers announced today. Bergen will join the show on Monday, August 1, an…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:51PMFriday, July 15, 2022
Beanie Feldstein will miss this weekend’s performances of Broadway’s Funny Girl due to a case of tonsillitis and being “extremely contagious.” Feldstein’s standby Julie Benko will …
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:46PMThursday, July 14, 2022
Contrary to internet rumors and some published reports, producers of Broadway’s Funny Girl say they were not “blindsided” by star Beanie Feldstein’s Sunday night Instagram post annou…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:48AMTuesday, July 12, 2022
News of Lea Michele’s upcoming arrival in Broadway’s Funny Girl will certainly hand the musical a revival in advance ticket sales, welcome news for producers who saw last week’s box of…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:33PMEXCLUSIVE: Cheyenne Jackson will step into the roles of Cinderella’s Prince and Red Ridinghood’s Wolf for a weeklong stint in Broadway’s hit revival Into The Woods, taking over for Gav…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:00PMMonday, July 11, 2022
As expected, or at least widely rumored, Lea Michele is Broadway’s new Funny Girl, taking over the coveted role of Fanny Brice from the departing Beanie Feldstein. Tovah Feldshuh will take…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMAin’t No Mo’, the comedy written by and starring Jordan E. Cooper, will be produced on Broadway this fall by Lee Daniels and Brian Anthony Moreland. Director Stevie Walker-Webb will make…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:48AM 
