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Monday, July 11, 2022

Lee Daniels To Present Jordan E. Cooper’s ‘Ain’t No Mo’ On Broadway This Fall by Greg Evans

Ain’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

‘Paradise Square’ To End Broadway Run; Producer Garth Drabinsky Says Show Didn’t Catch On With “Ticket Buying Public” by Greg Evans

Paradise Square, the musical that marked producer Garth H. Drabinsky’s Broadway return and won its lead actress a Tony but failed to catch on at the box office, will conclude its run at th…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:24AM
Sunday, July 10, 2022

‘Into The Woods’ Broadway Review: Treats Galore In A Magical Production by Greg Evans

Even in a second- or third-rate production, Into the Woods is delightful, big and lovable and accessible and loaded with some of Stephen Sondheim’s most gorgeous and endearing songs. In a …

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:30PM

Beanie Feldstein Announces Surprise Early Departure From Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ by Greg Evans

Beanie Feldstein announced tonight that she’ll depart the starring role of Broadway’s Funny Girl even earlier than previously announced: Her last performance in the show will be July 31.…

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:15PM
Thursday, July 7, 2022

Warhol-Basquiat Play ‘The Collaboration’ Sets Winter Broadway Opening; Paul Bettany & Jeremy Pope To Star by Greg Evans

The Collaboration, Anthony McCarten’s hit London play about artists Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, will make its American premiere on Broadway this winter, with Paul Bettany and Jer…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PM

‘Almost Famous’ Musical Sets New Broadway Opening Date, Lands Venue by Greg Evans

Almost Famous, the stage musical based on Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film, will begin previews at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on October 3, ahead of a November 3 opening night. The ne…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:08AM

‘& Juliet’ Musical Heading To Broadway This Fall, With Book By ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Writer David West Read & Music By Max Martin by Greg Evans

& Juliet, the Olivier Award-winning musical with a book by Schitt’s Creek writer David West Read, will make its Broadway debut this fall, with previews beginning October 28 at the Step…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Broadway Box Office Stays Even At $29.9M; ‘Into The Woods’ Scores A Big $1.3M by Greg Evans

Following its sold-out Off Broadway Encores! run this past spring, the revival of Into The Woods continued drawing audiences in the first performances of its Broadway transfer, filling 94% o…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:50AM
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Bill Targeting Hidden Ticket Fees For Live Events Signed Into Law By New York Gov. Kathy Hochul by Greg Evans

New legislation targeting hidden fees and predatory “anti-consumer ticketing practices” in New York State’s live event industry, including theater, sports events and concerts, was sign…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:30PM

‘The Minutes’ Is Latest Broadway Production To Continue Audience Masking Beyond July 1 by Greg Evans

At the request of company members of Broadway’s The Minutes, producers announced today that audiences will be required to continue masking through the play’s final performance on Sunday,…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:07PM
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Tony-Winning ‘MJ’ Star Myles Frost Signs With UTA by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Myles Frost, the moonwalking star of Broadway’s MJ The Musical who recently, at age 22, became the youngest-ever recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical,…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:00PM

Aaron Sorkin ‘Camelot’ Postpones Broadway Opening Until Spring 2023 by Greg Evans

The Lincoln Center Theater production of Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot with a new book by Aaron Sorkin will arrive on Broadway next spring rather than this fall, producers announced today. …

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:22AM

Broadway Cast Announced For Tom Stoppard’s ‘Leopoldstadt’ by Greg Evans

Most of the 38-member cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning Leopoldstadt was announced today, with four members of the original West End company …

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Broadway Box Office Holds Steady At $31M; ‘A Strange Loop’, ‘MJ’ Set House Records by Greg Evans

Broadway box office held steady last week, with total grosses of $30,789,627 showing a 4% increase over the previous week even with two fewer shows on the boards. Of particular note, A Stran…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:15PM

Jim Parsons To Lead Off-Broadway Fall Revival Of ‘A Man Of No Importance’ Musical by Greg Evans

Jim Parsons will star in an Off Broadway revival of A Man of No Importance, the 2002 musical featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. The C…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:59PM
Monday, June 27, 2022

Ralph Fiennes To Star As Robert Moses In New York Staging Of David Hare’s ‘Straight Line Crazy’; Nicholas Hytner & Jamie Armitage Direct by Greg Evans

Following its acclaimed run at The Bridge Theatre in London, David Hare’s Straight Line Crazy starring Ralph Fiennes as New York powerbroker Robert Moses will make its Big Apple Off Broadw…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PM

Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ Star Sutton Foster Tests Covid-Positive For Second Time by Greg Evans

Sutton Foster, who stars opposite Hugh Jackman in the Broadway hit revival The Music Man, has tested positive for Covid for the second time since December and will miss performances until We…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:18AM

‘Ozark’ Actor McKinley Belcher III Joins Broadway’s ‘Death Of A Salesman’ Revival by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE Ozark actor McKinley Belcher III will join the cast of Broadway’s upcoming Death of a Salesman revival starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke this fall, producers announced …

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AM
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Final Curtains: Broadway Shows About To Close – A Photo Gallery by Greg Evans

With the end nearing for some of Broadway’s limited engagements and the annual post-Tony Awards ax-fallings, the roster of summertime departures is heating up along with the temperatures. …

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:30AM
Friday, June 24, 2022

Broadway’s ‘American Buffalo’ Will Require Audience Masking Until July 10 Closing by Greg Evans

The Broadway revival of American Buffalo, performed at the in-the-round Circle in the Square Theatre, will continue to require audience masking through July 10, the production’s closing da…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:56PM
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Actors’ Equity Not Consulted By Broadway League In Setting Mask-Optional Policy by Greg Evans

In a letter to members of Actors’ Equity Association, obtained by Deadline, the union says that the Broadway League’s decision to adopt a “mask optional” policy for audience members …

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:17PM

Skylar Astin To Miss ‘Little Shop Of Horror’ Performances After Positive Covid Test by Greg Evans

Skylar Astin, currently starring in the Off Broadway hit Little Shop of Horrors, will be out of the show until June 29 due to a positive Covid test. His absence from the musical revival is j…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:18AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Steve Fickinger Dies: Producer On Broadway’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’, Former Disney Theatrical Exec Was 62 by Greg Evans

Steve Fickinger, a Tony Award-winning producer of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen who, as a longtime creative executive with Disney Theatrical Group helped spearhead the development of such st…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:49PM

Shubert Foundation Awards Record $37.6M In Grants To Non-Profit Arts, $2M For HBCU Scholarships by Greg Evans

The Shubert Foundation has awarded a record $37.6 million in unrestricted grants to not-for-profit theaters, dance companies, academic theater training programs, and related service agencies…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:36PM

‘Back To The Future’ Musical Confirms Broadway 2023 Opening by Greg Evans

The West End hit musical Back to the Future will, as widely expected, get a Broadway staging in 2023, producers confirmed in a tweet today. “Synchronize Your Watches — The Future’s com…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:19AM

Weezer On Broadway: Band Announces Weeklong Fall New York Residency by Greg Evans

Rock band Weezer, fronted by singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo, will stage a week-long residency on Broadway this fall, the band has announced. The band’s five-show SZNZ: In Residence on Broad…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:39AM

James Rado Dies: ‘Hair’ Co-Creator & Star Of Broadway’s Groundbreaking Rock Musical Was 90 by Greg Evans

James Rado, who along with his friend and writing partner Gerome Ragni created Broadway’s seminal Age of Aquarius musical Hair, died peacefully Tuesday evening of cardio respiratory arrest…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:01AM
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

‘MJ’, ‘A Strange Loop’ & ‘Six’ Among Big Post-Tony Box Office Winners by Greg Evans

MJ and A Strange Loop saw Tony Award glory translate into box office surges in the week after the June 12 ceremony, with MJ leaping by $216,921 over the previous week’s take to a huge $1,6…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:03PM

Tony-Winning ‘Company’ Revival Announces Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

The Tony Award-winning revival of Company will play its final Broadway performance at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Sunday, July 31, producers said in a surprise announcement today. Produ…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:31PM

‘The Pianist’ Stage Adaptation In Development; Tony Winner Santino Fontana To Star In NYC Reading by Greg Evans

A stage adaptation of The Pianist, based on the Władysław Szpilman memoir that was the source of the Oscar-nominated 2002 film, is being developed by director Emily Mann with an eye toward…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:54PM

Broadway To Go “Mask Optional” In July by Greg Evans

Broadway will adopt a “mask optional” policy for audiences in July, the Broadway League announced today. Audience members will be encouraged, but not mandated, to wear masks in theaters.…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:15PM

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