“Junk,” Mr. Akthtar’s ambitious study of 1980s Wall Street, receives an honor previously won by Taylor Mac and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01AMGet to know the playwright Hammaad Chaudry, the 13-year-old actress Rileigh McDonald and the actor Andrew Burnap.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:22PMJamie Brewer stars in “Amy and the Orphans,” about three siblings who reunite after their father’s death, and the road trip that follows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:52AMTom Hanks will be making his Los Angeles stage debut, trying his hand as the comedic Falstaff in “Henry IV” alongside his wife, Rita Wilson.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMAfter Ithaca High School canceled its production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” because of students’ pushback, an online mob targeted the town.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:47PMSam Crane and Iestyn Davies both play a famed opera singer in “Farinelli and the King.” But off hours, their passion for soccer takes hold.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:07AMMr. Pally, best known for television series like “Happy Endings” and “The Mindy Project,” is taking on his first Off Broadway play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMMr. McCraney, the playwright who won an Oscar for “Moonlight,” will make his Broadway debut in 2019 as part of the upcoming Manhattan Theater Club season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:46PMAfter a New York Daily News report detailed sexual misconduct allegations against Mr. Vereen, Broadway San Diego removed his name from an awards program.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:50PMThe adaptation of “Fiddler” will debut next summer, with the lyricist Sheldon Harnick consulting on the production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMTo capture the spirit of its relentlessly cheerful animated hero and his underwater world, a $20 million musical that “explodes off the stage.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AM“It’s a little freaky” how much the energetic actor Ethan Slater seems like the title character he plays in “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical.”
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMA play about Lenny Bruce-style comedy that was to be performed on the Brandeis campus was canceled amid backlash from students and faculty.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18PMRoland Scahill admitted to bilking investors of more than $205,000 to back a Broadway play that didn’t exist.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMThe Upright Citizens Brigade will be leaving its famed space in Chelsea and moving to a location on West 42nd Street by early December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33AMA relative unknown, Harry Hadden-Paton, will be Henry Higgins to her Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway production, the musical’s first revival in decades.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMThe physical training required for the theatrical version of “A Clockwork Orange” rivals that of professional athletes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMMr. Nye said in a lawsuit that he was deprived of $9 million in profits from his children’s show, “Bill Nye the Science Guy.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:30PMThis is the latest parody musical — from Steven Christopher Parker and Steven Brandon — that riffs on a pop-culture phenomenon.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:33AMJohn Leguizamo’s latest solo show, “Latin History for Morons,” will move from Off Broadway to Studio 54 starting in October.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:04AMMr. Platt, who became a star as a result of “Dear Evan Hansen,” is departing the show in the fall. He’ll be replaced by Taylor Trensch and Noah Galvin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:06PMVanessa Williams, Norm Lewis, and others came to sing by Ms. Cook’s bedside as she lay dying. Others sent audio and video recordings to say goodbye.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PMBill Murray took in the musical “Groundhog Day” for the second night in a row. This time, he went alone.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AMMr. Murray attended the musical for the first time on Tuesday night.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24PMThe Public Theater unexpectedly canceled the rest of its Saturday matinee performances of “Hamlet,” citing the toll of the show on its actors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:12PMMr. Shepard, one of the most important and influential early writers in the Off Broadway movement, specialized in capturing the darker sides of American family life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMIn his first interview since being ousted as Kermit, Steve Whitmire said he had been given little warning. Disney painted a different picture.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PMCirque du Soleil, known for its acrobatic acts, announced that it had purchased Blue Man Productions with an eye toward expanding it to China.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMMore than 60 artists, including the Pulitzer winner Annie Baker and the actress Greta Gerwig, asked that the play “To the End of the Land” be canceled.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMA new music video for a song off the “Hamilton Mixtape” soundtrack takes direct aim at President Trump’s immigration rhetoric.
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