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Scott Rudin is a lead producer of “Death of a Salesman,” but he kept a low profile this awards season after a four-year hiatus prompted by bullying allegations.
The Broadway revival of “Salesman” led with six Tony Awards. “Schmigadoon!” won best new musical, and “Ragtime” and “Liberation” also took home major prizes.
The knowing, and loving, musical theater satire won the coveted award of the night.
The ceremony, at Radio City Music Hall, will be broadcast on CBS starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, and livestreamed on Paramount+ for premium subscribers.
This year’s annual celebration of the best on Broadway is being hosted by Pink.
Expect wins for the musical “Schmigadoon!” and the play “Liberation,” and for the “Ragtime” stars Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy.
Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos will star in the Manhattan Theater Club production of Clifford Odets’s 1935 play.
The Broadway musical had planned to keep going, but box-office sales made clear Michele’s appeal was essential. It will now close June 21.
The revival, also featuring Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery, will begin performances in September at the Hudson Theater.
A musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker will close months earlier than planned after opening in April to negative reviews and soft sales.
The fast success of this play, about the children’s author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.
“Just in Time,” which for a year starred Jonathan Groff, is the first new musical from last season to make money for investors.
Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.
The long-running musical, one of Broadway’s biggest hits, will be closed through at least May 17 after an electrical fire in its lighting booth.
The first batch of nominees included best new musical: “The Lost Boys,” “Titaníque,” “Schmigadoon!” and “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” were selected.
The prize board called the playwright Bess Wohl’s work “a striking blend of comedy and sincerity.”
A buzzy revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit 1970s musical will transfer to New York next spring, but without its signature outdoor scene.
The Manhattan Theater Club production will bring the actress back to the stage next spring, four years after her last Broadway production.
The latest trend on Broadway is celebrity co-producing: A-listers who now have credits as backers of plays and musicals.
Roundabout Theater Company, one of the four nonprofits with Broadway houses, plans three Broadway shows next season.
The actor-comedian said he will return to Broadway this fall with a new solo show called "860," named for the address of his destroyed family home.
