Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Three-time Grammy Award nominated singer/songwriter Vanessa Carlton is about to add “Broadway Musical Star” to her resume. The celebrated performer will join the Broadway production of B…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:41PMIn Residence on Broadway, a curated series of concerts and acts performed in the intimate setting of a Broadway house, keeps the summer excitement coming at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:51PMPretty Woman, the new musical romantic comedy that opened at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre late last summer, will launch a North American Tour in 2020. The musical, which is based on the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:20AMTuesday, May 7, 2019
A cold front is about to travel across North America as Disney Theatrical Productions readies for a tour of the hit Broadway musical Frozen. The tour, which will open officially in Los Angel…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:59AMMonday, May 6, 2019
Spring of 2021 is going to feel more like July of 1776, with a Broadway revival of the classic Sherman Edwards (music and lyrics) and Peter Stone (book) musical 1776. Roundabout Theatre Comp…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:02PMThursday, May 2, 2019
BroadwayHD, which has proven to be the premier streaming platform for live theatre, continues to add to the list of its exciting offerings with the acclaimed production of 42nd Street. Known…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:30PMTuesday, April 30, 2019
The Tony Awards are just around the corner, that sparkling night when Broadway celebrates the best and the brightest of its season. Like clockwork each spring, the glitterati and talent of t…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:50AMMonday, April 29, 2019
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that star of stage and screen, Laura Linney, will return to Broadway in the American premiere of Elizabeth Strout’s My Name Is Lucy Barton. The product…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:45PMThe hit Broadway revival of Oklahoma! has offered audiences a reimagined classic for the 21st Century. The Bard SummerScape production, which came to Broadway via an acclaimed production at …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:09PMFriday, April 26, 2019
Two-time Tony Award winner Judith Light will receive a special accolade at this year’s Tony Award’s ceremony. Light will be bestowed the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, which is presented…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:03PMTuesday, April 23, 2019
Though it does not officially open until Wednesday, April 24th, the Manhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of James Graham’s Ink is already a hot ticket. Due to popular demand, the p…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:52AMProducers of the hit Broadway musical Waitress have announced that two of its current stars have extended their stay at the diner. Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan will continue their runs…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:52AMMonday, April 22, 2019
Broadway’s second Evan Hansen and recent cast member of Off-Broadway’s Alice By Heart, Noah Galvin, will be joining the Broadway production of Waitress. He will play the role of Ogie, jo…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:35PMTony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun) will make her Broadway directorial debut in the spring of 2020. She will stage a production of Charles Randolph-Wright’s pl…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:18PMThe In Residence On Broadway series has announced its latest installment and this one is guaranteed to keep audiences in stitches. Mel Brooks On Broadway will play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre�…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:00AMFriday, April 19, 2019
This summer the play-pairing Sea Wall/A Life, which just completed a run at The Public Theatre, will transfer to Broadway for a limited engagement. Following the production to Broadway’s H…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:44AMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Matt Crowley’s play The Boys in the Band, one of the first cutting-edge American dramas about homosexuality that premiered Off-Broadway in 1968, will be adapted into a film for Netflix. Ry…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:28PMMonday, April 15, 2019
One of theatre’s most-celebrated plays, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, is making its way back to Broadway. Starring in the production will be two-time Tony-winner Lauri…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:04AMThursday, April 11, 2019
Audible, the world’s largest producer and provider of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment has announced that the Broadway hit An Act of God will be released on thei…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:46PMLin-Manuel Miranda is finally letting the cat out of the bag, bit by bit, with some details on the forthcoming In the Heights film. According to Miranda’s Twitter account, In the Heights w…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:55PMThe musical sensation Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, which is currently wowing audiences in Britain’s West End, will officially make the trek to Broadway and open at the Lunt-Fontanne Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:57AMTuesday, April 9, 2019
It’s that time of year again when excellence in high school musical theatre is celebrated with the annual Jimmy Awards ceremony. On Monday, June 24, 2019 at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre, …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:01AMMonday, April 8, 2019
Jessica Vosk’s well-received tenure with the Broadway production of Wicked is coming to its end. The actress will depart the acclaimed production this May, playing her final performance on…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:50AMMagician and illusionist extraordinaire Criss Angel is headed to Broadway with Criss Angel Raw – The Mindfreak Unplugged. As part of the In Residence on Broadway series produced by Live Na…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:00AMFriday, April 5, 2019
The bio musical of iconic pop star Cher is currently lighting up Broadway. The Cher Show, housed at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre, features a book Rick Elice, direction by Jason Moore, and…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:23PMMonday, April 1, 2019
Tony Award winner John Leguizamo, known for his one-man Broadway shows that humorously celebrate his Latin heritage, will be touring the country in his acclaimed Broadway hit Latin History f…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:29AMThursday, March 28, 2019
Producer Scott Rudin announced today that the critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, currently dazzling and inspiring Broadway audiences, will launch …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:19PMWednesday, March 27, 2019
The forthcoming Broadway musical comedy Tootsie, scheduled to begin preview on March 29, 2019 ahead of an April 23 opening at the Marquis Theatre, has announced its digital lottery and gener…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:32PMSecond Stage Theatre has announced five plays in the docket for its 2019-2020 Season, two of which are world premieres and three of which are slated to play at Broadway’s Hayes Theater. Ca…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:41AMTuesday, March 26, 2019
An on again/off again stage musical adaptation of the 1973 William Goldman novel and the subsequent 1987 film The Princess Bride appears to be on again and moving forward. Though the prospec…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:07PMMonday, March 25, 2019
Coming on the heels of the announcement that international music sensation Yanni will be performing as part of the In Residence On Broadway Series, we have now learned that world renowned si…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:44PM 
