Thomas Schumacher is relinquishing his role overseeing the division’s business operations.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:19AMStarting with the next academic year, the drama school will eliminate an “unrealistic burden” for graduate acting students.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:13AMHow hotshot directors are reimagining “Cats,” “Evita,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Sunset Boulevard.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:13AMSondheim said days before his death in 2021 that he did not know when it would be finished, but the musical, now called “Here We Are,” begins performances Thursday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:13AMThe position is one of the few nonunion segments of the theater industry’s work force.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:19PMHis pending departure, in 2025, means that there are job openings for the top artistic positions at three of the four nonprofits operating Broadway theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:19AMThe nonprofit, a singular institution in New York’s theatrical ecosystem, has presented acclaimed works like “Between Riverside and Crazy” and “Next to Normal.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:19AMThe Congresswoman was asked to leave after being accused of being loud and recording the show at a moment when many theaters are debating how to deal with raucous audience behavior.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:49PMKelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James will reprise the roles they played Off Broadway earlier this year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:07AMThe prominent Los Angeles nonprofit chose the playwright to oversee its artistic programming at a time of crisis for American theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:04PMThe show, with a group of circus artists as part of the cast, is adapted from Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:37AMThe theme “No Place Like Home” will drive shows and festivals in both large cities and rural locales of this country on July 27, 2024.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:13AMThe play, by Amy Herzog, is about a mother caring for a chronically ill child.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PM“Mother Play,” set in the 1960s, will feature Lange as a mother raising two children, played by Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMThe subscription model, in which theatergoers buy a season’s worth of shows at a time, had long been waning, but it fell off a cliff during the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:25PMThe show, which was capitalized for $20 million, will end its Broadway run on Sept. 3 after 123 performances. Its producers say they are planning a national tour.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:37PMThe show, which opened in the spring of 2022, has had a remarkable box office turnaround after Michele replaced its original star.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:37AMThe new production, directed by Josh Rhodes, had a brief run at the Kennedy Center in Washington in May. Casting has not yet been announced.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:19AMThe big-budget musical that tried to position itself as a nostalgic love letter to the city will close after a summer of dropping sales.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:19PMAs they struggle to recover after the pandemic, regional theaters are staging fewer shows, giving fewer performances, laying off staff and, in some cases, closing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:13AMA teenage ritual takes on deeper significance as a setting where autistic young people can blossom — and exercise their social skills along the way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:13AMThe institution, a titan among nonprofit theaters, is suffering from the combined effects of falling revenue and rising costs plaguing the arts world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:49AMThe production opened in London with Eddie Redmayne in a starring role; the New York cast has not yet been announced but he is expected to join it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:13AMAt a time when lawmakers and parents are seeking to restrict what can and cannot be taught in classrooms, many teachers are seeing efforts to limit what can be staged in their auditoriums.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:25AMThe Theater Development Fund’s departing director reflects on two decades of work expanding access to theater and the paths that lie ahead for Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:04AMThe pair, who were the original co-stars of “The Book of Mormon,” will return to Broadway this fall in a two-man musical comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:55AM“Leopoldstadt,” which was named best play, and “Kimberly Akimbo,” which won best musical, saw considerable increases in ticket sales.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMSecond Stage, a nonprofit with a focus on living American dramatists, said it will present works by the playwrights on Broadway this season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:07PMThe Tony Awards went off with out a hitch despite a screenwriters’ strike. Among the highlights: The first acting awards for out nonbinary performers, and prizes for two shows about antise…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:25AMThe Tony Awards went off with out a hitch despite a screenwriters’ strike. Among the highlights: The first acting awards for out nonbinary performers, and prizes for two shows about antise…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:49PMGhee became the first out nonbinary performer to win a Tony for best leading actor in a musical, for ‘Some Like It Hot.’
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