Workers say the move is overdue, but theater companies fear it will drive up costs in a wounded sector that has yet to recover from the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMThe musical, based on the life of Alicia Keys and featuring her music, is running on Broadway and begins a national tour this fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:03PMMenzel, a fan favorite since “Rent,” is back on Broadway in “Redwood,” and this time she’s climbing conifers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMSeaview, whose buzzy shows include “Romeo + Juliet,” has seized a chance to have its own theater by taking over Second Stage’s former Off Broadway home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMThe stage employees union accused the nonprofit theater of stalling talks. The strike forced the cancellation of Sunday performances of two new plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMOver three decades, Sally Vahle has played Scrooge, ghosts and many of the other characters in Dallas Theater Center’s annual production of the Dickens classic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01AM“Dead Outlaw,” a musical about the mummified body of a bandit, will open at the Longacre next spring, following a successful Off Broadway run.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:02AMOnly the women who’ve played Elphaba and Glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing — and so rewarding, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMThe new musical, about a shipwreck and its aftermath, opened Nov. 19 at the Longacre Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMThe Broadway League, an industry trade organization, named Jason Laks as its new president. “I think our mission has to be more than to make it 2019 again,” Laks said.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMThe troupe is also closing its Chicago company, but continues to perform in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and, soon, Orlando.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMWith less touring, it’s been a while since all the world has been its stage, but the troupe is working with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater — where it has family ties.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMWell-reviewed in London but poorly received in New York, the musical with an Elton John score will end its run on Dec. 8.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMThe first domestic TKTS outpost outside New York comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMThe award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s next season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMTheatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AMThe enduring Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will begin a multiyear tour in Baltimore in November 2025.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:02AMThe musical, which opened in London three years ago, is still going strong there and touring North America, while productions are planned in Japan and on a cruise ship.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:31PMThe Connelly Theater has suspended operations after its church landlord began more carefully scrutinizing show scripts and its general manager resigned.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:31AMHe collaborated with Eisa Davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. One big change: the main gang is made up of women.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMKimberly Belflower’s “John Proctor Is the Villain” will be directed by Danya Taymor, who won a Tony this year for “The Outsiders.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:12AMJames Morgan, who has been with the small New York theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMThe musical, created by Shania Taub, announced that it will play its final performance on Jan. 5 and start a national tour next fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:36PMThe landlords also said they would reconsider their process for determining who to honor with full and partial dimmings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12PM“Just in Time,” a new musical about the “Mack the Knife” pop singer, will open next spring at Circle in the Square in Manhattan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24AMThe “Succession” actress plays all 26 characters in a London stage production of the Oscar Wilde novel.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:32AMThe musical, based on the best-selling novel, featured dazzling acrobatics and puppetry. Its final performance will be Dec. 8.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMThe show is about a real World War II episode in which British intelligence planted disinformation on a dead body to fool the Germans.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMHe won the award playing a Yonkers feed store clerk in “Hello, Dolly!” and was also nominated for roles in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Hair.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PMThe Olivier Award-winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews March 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMFor the second year in a row, a play about the Constitution is the most-staged in America. And a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular.
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