Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Extreme loss shakes a Texas family as it comes to terms with a tragic act of violence. A new play by Dewey Moss.
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 03:36PMMonday, June 26, 2017
Based on Henry Fielding's bawdy 18th-century novel, Bastard Jones is a rollicking adventure of deception, misunderstanding and bed-hopping.
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 06:18PMSunday, June 25, 2017
Watch scenes from some of our favorite LGBT-themed musicals.
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 12:33PMThursday, June 22, 2017
Winners of the 2016 Fred Ebb Award for excellence in musical theater songwriting, Mizer and Moore present a one-night-only concert of their work.
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 05:42PMWednesday, June 21, 2017
Mamie Parris in ‘CATS’ on Broadway. (Photo: Matthew Murphy via The Broadway Blog.) Producers The Shubert Organization and The Nederlander Organization announced today that the…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 06:42PMTuesday, June 20, 2017
Cover photo: Aizzah Fatima as Zahida Zaman in ‘Acquittal’ at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. By Ryan Leeds Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, which began in 1977…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 08:54AMMonday, June 19, 2017
Cast members from three of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit Broadway shows will come together on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Central…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 08:33AMFriday, June 16, 2017
By Ryan Leeds Before attending the Off-Broadway show Attack of the Elvis Impersonators, I met a friend at a nearby café. When the check arrived, I offered her money for the iced coffee I h…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:06AMThursday, June 15, 2017
Multi-platinum recording artist Ingrid Michaelson will join the cast of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 as ‘Sonya’ beginning July 3,…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 12:33PMWednesday, June 14, 2017
The Public Theater took a major hit this week as Delta Air Lines and Bank of America both pulled sponsorships in response to the theater’s controversial production of Julius Caesar. H…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:33AMTuesday, June 13, 2017
On Monday, June 26, 2017, Broadway Sings for Pride will premiere their 7th anniversary benefit concert in New York City at the JCC Manhattan. This milestone event will be filled with singing…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:24AMMonday, June 12, 2017
Last night’s broadcast of the 71st Annual Tony Awards revealed a few surprises, some unexpected wins, and a couple of sigh-worthy missteps that had theatergoers wondering where the the…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 01:24PMFriday, June 9, 2017
Hamilton, winner of 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a collaboration with the 150-year-old Faribault Woolen Mill of two distinctive new products: Hamilton-themed pillows…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:36AMThe Broadway Blog continues our partnership with ShowTickets.com, one of the best online resources for choosing, purchasing, and saving on the most popular shows nationwide. We’ve combin…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 08:42AMThursday, June 8, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter You can feel the influence of Little Shop of Horrors on Charles Ludlam’s The Artificial Jungle, a campy takeoff on film noir and B-movies, the minute you see Bert Scott…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:04PMBroadway Barks co-founder Bernadette Peters announces her Mozart in the Jungle co-star, Malcolm McDowell, to co-host the 19th annual dog & cat adoption event with her on July 8, 2017. Th…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 03:12PMWednesday, June 7, 2017
Producers Fox Stage Productions and Aged In Wood Productions are pleased to announce plans to adapt the blockbuster film Working Girl into a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Grammy…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:54AMTuesday, June 6, 2017
Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman, and Beth Williams announced this week that Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-autho…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 04:06PMMonday, June 5, 2017
Winners for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk’s mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 08:48AMFriday, June 2, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter If your theatergoing sweet tooth craves a sugar bun of a rags-to-riches show business musical, you might consider tasting Sweetee at the Pershing Square Signature Center.…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 12:36PMThursday, June 1, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter Jesse Berger, director of Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 Russian classic, The Government Inspector (a.k.a. The Inspector General, as in the 1949 Danny Kaye movie version), must h…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:33PMBy Ryan Leeds Composer Tim Rosser and book writer/lyricist Charlie Sohne are relative newcomers to the musical theater scene, but their New York debut of The Boy Who Danced on Air proves tha…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:33AMTuesday, May 30, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter It’s not even six months since Donald J. Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States, but New Yorkers are already seeing a mainstream play, Building th…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 01:12PMSunday, May 28, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter At the opening of The Whirligig, Hamish Linklater’s rambling but often richly listenable new play presented by The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center, Ju…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:54AMFriday, May 26, 2017
By April Stamm When the whole point is inane, frustrating, and annoying repetition, how could there possibly be hope for entertainment? Moviegoers asked themselves the same question in 1993,…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:12AMThursday, May 25, 2017
Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. “The heat i…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:06AMWednesday, May 24, 2017
Kate Shindle, President of Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers, released the following statement in reaction to Pre…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 03:18PMTuesday, May 23, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter Gina Gionfriddo’s dark comedy, Can You Forgive Her?, now at the Vineyard Theatre after premiering last year at Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company, takes its title fr…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:42PMMark Cortale, Producing Artistic Director of Provincetown’s famed Art House theater, has announced four more additions to his largest music and comedy lineup yet. Alice Ripley, winner of t…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:24AMFriday, May 19, 2017
Broadway-caliber technology is raising the bar for at-sea entertainment. Take a look!
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 02:06PMThursday, May 18, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter By 1922, British writer A.A. Milne (1882-1956), soon to become world-famous for his Winnie the Pooh children’s stories, was already recognized as a promising, prolific …
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