Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Royal Caribbean International will partner with the Tony Awards to include a live broadcast from the middle of the Caribbean Seas, where the line’s Oasis of the Seas’ cast of Hairspray w…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:57AMProducers of the Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man have announced that Obie Award winner Mark Blum will permanently assume the role of Dick Jensen, the par…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:43AMOverall, Broadway grosses were $24.2 million for the week ending 6-3-12, as opposed to $26.6 million the week before. While many shows saw a drop in their weekly grosses, Wicked was able to …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:22AMMonday, June 4, 2012
There is less than a week to go before the big night and, finally, we have a complete list of Tony Award performances! The 2012 Tony Awards will feature more performances than ever before! …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:14AMAnthony Warlow, the Australian actor currently playing Daddy Warbucks in an Australian production of Annie at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, will assume the role on Broadway this October. The…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:53AMGreg Pierce’s new play, Slowgirl begins performances today, June 4. The two-person play stars Emmy winner and Sarah Steele and Zeljko Ivanek. This is the world premiere production and o…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:37AMThe acclaimed new musical Once led the Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, earning four awards, including the prize for best musical. This top honor adds to its recent success and gives it momentum…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:24AMFriday, June 1, 2012
The 2012 Tony Awards Ceremony is quickly approaching, and we want to see your picks. Take our Tony Award Poll and see how your selections match up with the winners after the show. And enter …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:02PMThe 2012 Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 8/7c.. On June 1, several of the events…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:42AMThis June, 54 Below, a new New York City performance venue opens its doors to the public. The venue, located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents a standup…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:46AMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Following its premiere at the Hackney Empire last month, the Tina Turner musical Soul Sister will makes its transfer to the West End’s Savoy Theatre. Performances begin August 20, with an …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:30PMTuesday, May 29, 2012
Grosses are up! The unofficial start of summer is here, the Tony Awards are near and the week ending 5-27-12 shows healthy box office results. Death of a Salesman broke the house record at t…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 06:20PMHands on a Hardbody, a new musical based on a 1997 documentary film of the same name, will bow on Broadway in the 2012-2013 season, producers announced today. The La Jolla Playhouse producti…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:08PMThe upcoming revival of Annie secures its Miss Hannigan. Katie Finneran will play the tyrannical head of the orphanage. The musical, which will be directed by James Lapine, will begin previe…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:31AMFriday, May 25, 2012
The Antoinette Perry Award
The Tony Awards will host the second annual Tony Awards Showcase at the Times Square Museum and Visitor Center. The Tony Awards Showcase will run from today thro…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:33PMFor the first time ever, HowStuffWorks goes behind the scenes of Broadway. The expert in answering the questions of curious minds goes behind the scenes of the Tony Award nominated productio…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:36AMThursday, May 24, 2012
Season 3 “American Idol” runner-up and former star of the Broadway revival of Hair got quite the surprise last night at the Season 11 “Idol” finale—a public proposal. Diana DeGarmo…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:26AMWednesday, May 23, 2012
James Lecesne
Producers of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man just announced that Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Academy Award winner James Lecesne will…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 06:07PMTuesday, May 22, 2012
Actor Michael McKean, currently starring on Broadway in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, was recovering Tuesday night in Manhattan hospital after having been struck by a car on the upper West Si…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:21PMJaime Cepero, Raza Jaffrey
NBC series Smash, which details the development of a Broadway production about Marilyn Monroe will be getting a makeover in its second season. Raza Jaffrey (Dev), …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00PMPS Classics released the two-disc Broadway revival cast recording of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, featuring four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, May 22. The album w…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:30PMAcclaimed film, stage and television stars Oscar and Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone, “The Office,” On the Mountain at Playwrights Horizons) and Emmy Award nominee David Schw…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:30AMLila Crawford
Annie, the revival of the Tony Award winning classic, will play the Palace Theatre on Broadway. Previews of the production will begin Wednesday October 2 and Annie will open Th…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:45AMMonday, May 21, 2012
The Drama League has announced its winners for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. Four-time Tony award winner Audra McDonald won the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award on May 18 …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:04PMThe Lion King comes out on top again, with Wicked closely behind. But the biggest story might be Evita. The production has broken the house record at the Marquis Theatre for the seventh time…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:26PM
Will Eno
Title and Deed, a new play by Will Eno and directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett, opened May 20 at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:12PMFriday, May 18, 2012
Onscreen and onstage stars Brooke Shields and Brian d’Arcy James are all set to host the 57th annual Drama Desk Awards. The awards will take place on Sunday, June 3 at 8 PM at The Town Hal…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:30AMArthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman has broken the Barrymore Theatre box office record six times during its run with a seven performance a week schedule, instead of the standard eight. And…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 08:03AMThursday, May 17, 2012
The Tony Award winning production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday evening, June 24 at the Palace Theatre after a total of 549 performan…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:44AMExtra Extra! This just in! Newsies, the breakout new musical, starring Tony Award nominated Jeremy Jordan, has announced that its Broadway run will be open ended. The production will release…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:21AMWednesday, May 16, 2012
Producers Scott Landis and Philip Morgaman have announced that Ever After, a new musical based on the 20th Century Fox Film, will open on Broadway in the 2013-2014 season following a pre-Bro…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:31AM 
