Monday, December 5, 2022
A copy of what’s being called Stephen Sondheim’s first original cast recording has been found. "Phinney's Rainbow" was a student-led musical at Williams College in 1948.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 10:25AMMonday, November 7, 2022
Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath has died at age 64. His solo off-Broadway show, "Everything's Fine," had opened last month.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 01:00PMWednesday, June 22, 2022
James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:44AMTuesday, June 21, 2022
In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 02:08PMMonday, June 13, 2022
"A Strange Loop," a sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness won best new musical, as voters celebrated Broadway’s most racially diverse season.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 12:13AMMonday, May 23, 2022
The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 11:01AMMonday, May 9, 2022
“A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson’s critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:46AM“A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson’s drama about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man is an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:45AMMonday, April 25, 2022
Dozens of notebooks, scripts, speeches, drafts of letters, artwork and even signed baseballs owned by the late playwright Neil Simon have been donated to the Library of Congress.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 08:43AMWednesday, March 9, 2022
In another sign that show business is snapping back to its pre-pandemic rhythm, the Tony Awards will once again take place in June and at a familiar location, Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:41PMMonday, September 27, 2021
The show was expanded to four hours, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first half and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a "Broadway’s Back!" celebration for the second half.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:23AM“Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a Sunday night when Broadway looked bac…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:18AMSunday, September 26, 2021
"Moulin Rouge," the show set in a turn-of-the-century Paris nightclub, features songs “Single Ladies” and “Firework” alongside the big hit “Lady Marmalade." Its producer sharing th…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 03:00AMTuesday, September 14, 2021
Eighteen months after the global pandemic shuttered live theater in March 2020, Broadway takes a step forward Tuesday when “The Lion King,” “Hamilton” and “Wicked” open with new …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:57PMTuesday's reopening of three powerhouse shows — “The Lion King,” "Hamilton" and “Wicked” — feels like the real reopening of Broadway after New York's live theater scene was close…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 11:17AMMonday, September 13, 2021
The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies — Tony- and Grammy-winning singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr. will host a splashy TV special and the awards will …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 10:02AMFriday, August 27, 2021
Examining every aspect of their productions has led New York's theaters to everything from touchless bathroom facilities to scrapping the tradition of actors signing autographs after shows.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 10:33AMFriday, August 6, 2021
Musician Lisa Loeb logged onto a Zoom of former Brown musical theater students and listened as people reminisced about shows and talked about how COVID-19 had affected their plans and hopes.…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:13PMThursday, May 27, 2021
The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. announced Thursday that it will stage “Once Upon a One More Time,” featuring Spears’ tunes, including “Oops!… I Did It Again,”…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:35AMMonday, May 24, 2021
Producers announced Monday that tickets will go on sale June 11 for the eight-time Tony Award winning musical and that the production will resume playing the Walter Kerr Theatre weeks before…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:27AMTuesday, May 4, 2021
Kristin Chenoweth, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Santino Fontana, Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, Norm Lewis, Kelli O’Hara and Sally Wilfert will perform in …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:23AMWednesday, April 28, 2021
The Grammy-nominated leader of Florence + The Machine is supplying the lyrics and co-writing music for a stage musical adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” it was announced Wednesday. No ca…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:51AMSaturday, April 17, 2021
The move comes more than a week after The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story on Rudin contained accounts of the producing heavyweight throwing glass bowls, staples and baked potatoes at form…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:54AMSunday, April 11, 2021
How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets.
SOURCE: apnews.com at 09:00AMTuesday, March 23, 2021
The series kicks off Thursday with “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse, directed by Leigh Silverman starring Reeves, Bobby Cannavale, Heidi Schreck and Alia Shawkat.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:11PMFriday, January 8, 2021
Monday, December 14, 2020
Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has di…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 07:31PMWednesday, November 25, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Jawan M. Jackson recently got to do something he’s been yearning to do for months — sing and dance again with his Broadway cast. Jackson is one of the stars of “Ain…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 10:57AMFriday, October 30, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Lloyd Webber is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of his “Jesus Christ Superstar” album with the first single from his latest musical, “Cinderell…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 03:30PMThursday, October 22, 2020
The hourlong, nonpartisan “Act Out: Vote 2020” will be performed by Yvette Nicole Brown, Ryan J. Haddad, Brian Tyree Henry, Lloyd Knight, Sandra Oh and Ephraim Skyes.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:50AMFriday, October 9, 2020
Although an exact date for various performances to resume has yet to be determined, Broadway producers are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through May 30.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:43AM 
