Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next month’s Tony Award telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for so…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:58PMAriana DeBose will host the June 11 awards celebration from New York City’s United Palace theater live on CBS and on Paramount+.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:29PM“Some Like It Hot,” a musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy that starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, waltzed away with a leading 13 Tony Award nominations.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:18AM“Some Like It Hot,” a musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy that starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, has waltzed away Tuesday with the most number of Tony Award nominati…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:38AMThe final curtain came down Sunday on New York’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera,” ending Broadway’s longest-running show.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:55AMA 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 10:25AMStage, 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 01:00PMJames 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 09:44AMIn 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 02:08PM"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 12:13AMThe folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 11:01AM“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 12:45AMDozens 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 08:43AMIn 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 04:41PMThe 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 12:18AM"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 03:00AMEighteen 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 11:17AMThe 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 10:02AMExamining 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 10:33AMMusician 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 12:13PMThe 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 11:35AMProducers 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 10:27AMKristin 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 11:23AMThe 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 09:51AMThe 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 11:54AMHow have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets.
SOURCE: apnews.com at 09:00AMThe 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 03:11PMSidelined ‘Mean Girls’ musical won’t reopen on Broadway
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