Monday, April 21, 2025
A shocking and true tale of the American West comes to life on Broadway tonight as FLOYD COLLINS, opens at Lincoln Center Theater, in a new production starring Tony-nominee Jeremy Jordan. Re…
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The two actors, who are frequently mixed up, finally met at Death Becomes Her.
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Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.”
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An actor, musician and writer, White is also now an in-demand stage director. “I am looking, I am hungry, I am searching,” she said.
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The moral dilemma at the center of one of the greatest dramas of all-time comes to life on Broadway in John Proctor is the Villain, opening tonight! The new play stars Stranger Things break…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldA big opening scene that took about two-and-a-half years to perfect plunges theatergoers into the sci-fi world of the hit Netflix series.
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Back on Broadway for “Old Friends,” the actress reflects on the art she saw with Sondheim and the delights of the High Line and Central Park.
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Read reviews for Broadway’s SMASH, opening tonight at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre. The new musical, inspired by the hit NBC television series, takes audiences inside the backstage pande…
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It's a celebration of all things Steve as Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldAn acclaimed musical theater writer, he won for both his score and his book and later had a huge hit with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionThe composer/lyricist was responsible for some of the most popular cult musicals of all time, including Falsettos, A New Brain, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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At a gathering in the Broadway theater renamed to honor the star, speakers including Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad described Jones as an inspiration.
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionBetty's on Broadway! Animation icon Betty Boop leaps off of the screen and takes the stage live in living color in BOOP! The Musical, opening tonight at the Broadhurst Theatre. Read reviews…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldThe show’s star, Jonathan Groff, and members of the creative team on how songs like “Splish Splash” and “If I Were a Carpenter” illuminate Darin’s life.
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The first ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, starring Grammy and Golden Globe Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldThe 2025 Olivier Awards, held Sunday at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter, saw big wins for actors like John Lithgow, Lesley Manville and Imelda Sta…
SOURCE: DeadlineThe play, about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, took home three awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys. So did a “Fiddler on the Roof” revival and a folk rock “Benjamin Button.”
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EXCLUSIVE: The London Barbican Theatre’s scintillating production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, boasting an all-star ensemble led by Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke and Emma Corrin and di…
SOURCE: DeadlineNew short plays by Caryl Churchill, a comedy with one erstwhile Derry Girl and a musical starring Anika Noni Rose — here’s what’s on New York stages this month.
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Good Night, and Good Luck opens on Broadway starring Hollywood icon, George Clooney in his long-awaited Broadway debut in a new production directed by David Cromer. Read the reviews!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldSarah Snook, camera operators and other crew members bring to life multitudes on Broadway via an elaborate synthesis of live action, live video and recorded video.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross returns in a starry new Broadway revival, opening tonight at the Palace Theatre! David Mamet's timeless exploration of the intersectio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldOn stages across the country, there is no shortage of adventurous work, including plays by Lauren Yee, Larissa FastHorse and Zora Howard.
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Rudin stepped away from show business four years ago amid reports that he had bullied assistants. He says he has “a lot more self-control” now.
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionOn stages across the country, there is no shortage of adventurous work, including plays by Lauren Yee, Larissa FastHorse and Zora Howard.
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Oscar Wilde’s tale of beauty, excess, and a deal with the devil comes to Broadway in The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Emmy Award-winner Sarah Snook. Check out what the critics had to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldElizabeth LeCompte and Kate Valk reflect on their decades of making daring theater together. Just don’t call it a nostalgic exercise.
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The cancellation is the latest to befall the Washington, D.C. venue.
SOURCE: PlaybillPreviously the theatrical group's chief strategy officer, Daniel will serve alongside Chairman and CEO Robert E. Wankel.
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“Good Night, and Good Luck” grossed $3.3 million last week, breaking a record that was set earlier this month by Denzel Washington’s “Othello.”
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionAfter decades of ups and downs in Hollywood—including consistent brushes with industry homophobia—the Tony-winning icon comes full-circle with the queer sitcom Mid-Century Modern: “Onc…
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In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute.
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionFive decades into her career, the Tony Award-winning actress and TV icon, making her Broadway directing debut, feels like “part of something bigger.”
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionJenifer Ringer, the celebrated New York City Ballet principal, is back at the School of American Ballet in a new role: teacher and guiding light.
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A British satirical comedy, a Tennessee Williams classic, a soundscape of Havana: These are productions worth knowing about.
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With a storied stage and screen career behind him, Harvey Fierstein is denouncing Donald Trump‘s takeover of the Kennedy Center. The 4x Tony winner, who has starred in several Kennedy Cent…
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Sonia Friedman has “created her own theater studio system,” balancing big properties like “Harry Potter” and “Stranger Things” with more prestige work by Stoppard and Sondheim.
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President Donald Trump, in his first board meeting as Kennedy Center chairman, questioned the use of Actors' Equity performers, suggesting a shift in programming that could bring 'more optio…
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Tony and Pulitzer winner Tracy Letts will pen the book, with David Cromer directing.
SOURCE: PlaybillSuch a production was announced for a 2019 Broadway bow, but it never materialized.
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Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal play Shakespeare has set a record in a year when big stars have been driving up the prices of Broadway plays.
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Fresh off his Sunset Blvd. Broadway opening, Lloyd is revisiting the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical after directing it in 2019.
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The statement comes after a number of shows were canceled at the Kennedy Center after Trump's overhaul of the board.
SOURCE: The Hollywood ReporterBroadway is almost back, and pop music tours and sports events are booming. But Hollywood, museums and other cultural sectors have yet to bounce back.
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionThe Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards recognize excellence in preservation.
SOURCE: PlaybillWith a revival starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran in Brooklyn, a look at the carefully weighted balance that actors playing Blanche and Stanley need to strike.
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The star-studded evening benefited Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.
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Kristin Chenoweth has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for representation in all areas. The Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer and actor is starring in and producing ”The Queen of…
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The deal will be scrutinized by New York’s other Off Broadway theaters, which the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has been working to unionize.
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionEXCLUSIVE: A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for Hal Luftig Co. that gives the busy producer breathing room in his six-year court battle against a deep-pocketed i…
SOURCE: Broadway JournalEXCLUSIVE: Punch, the acclaimed new play by the Olivier Award winning James Graham, will open on Broadway this fall as part of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2025-2026 season. The play, base…
SOURCE: DeadlineThe musical, starring Kristin Chenoweth ad F. Murray Abraham, will start performances in October.
SOURCE: The Hollywood ReporterProlific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.
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Lady Gaga revealed her hopes to write a Broadway musical during a Q&A with influencers that was webcast Thursday. “I would really love to write a musical. I think that would bring me s…
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The Roundabout Theater Company will also present Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels,” starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara.
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The show, developed by Disney with a Tony-winning creative team, will have an initial production in Bristol, England in the spring of 2026.
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The 2025 Olivier Awards nominations have positioned “Fiddler on the Roof” as the frontrunner with a commanding 13 nods, the most for any production this year. The Jordan Fein-directed mu…
SOURCE: VarietyThe acclaimed revival, which is about to transfer to London’s Barbican, scored 13 nominations at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys.
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionThe international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, will again play the Winter Garden Theatre.
SOURCE: PlaybillThe musical’s original run was the ninth-longest in Broadway history; a six-month return engagement will start in August.
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
The limited engagement will shut its cameras down in July.
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Broadway expert Jennifer Ashley Tepper takes us through the places where the ‘Rent’ creator lived, worked and wrote.
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“The Jonathan Larson Project,” a years-in-the-making musical collage of Larson’s life, features songs he wrote before he died. Now it’s onstage at the Orpheum.
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Nick Jonas, Sadie Sink and Christian Slater are among this year’s unusually large cohort of stars who first appeared onstage as tweens or even younger.
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For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private dona…
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionHe is making his Broadway debut with a stage version of his 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck.” He’s ready, but also terrified.
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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of Broadway music director, conductor, and arranger, Paul Ford.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorldThe actress won a Tony Award for “The Color Purple,” and is now nominated for an Oscar for playing Elphaba in the film adaptation of “Wicked.”
SOURCE: The New York Times SubscriptionThe Oscar-nominated Wicked star will preside over Broadway's biggest night of the year, set for June 8 at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: PlaybillAct 1 was a constant struggle for rent and opportunity. But now that these emerging dramatists have emerged, what will they make of Act 2?
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Cynthia Erivo is set to play Jesus Christ this summer in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Hollywood Bowl. Erivo shared the news via In…
SOURCE: VarietyA letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription“Let Me Be Your Star,” which evokes an actor’s longing to shine, has come a long way from its TV days. Here’s how the song evolved on its way to the stage.
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