Signature Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club present Dominique Morisseau's (Confederates, Paradise Blue, Sunset Baby at Signature; Skeleton Crew at MTC) beautiful world premiere play about interrogating cultura…

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate, The Comeuppance), and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad (Skeleton Cr…

The previously reported world premiere production of Bad Kreyol by Dominique Morisseau (Skeleton Crew) has its full cast. The show is a co-production from Signature Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club, playin…

Noël Coward; Donmar Warehouse; Almeida, LondonJeremy O Harris’s gloves-off Broadway hit is overladen yet thought-provoking; sound design speaks loudest in a wordy Detroit story; and a last-minute lead shines…

A fine cast spell out the cost of survival in today's ailing industries For a long stretch of its first half, Dominique Morrisseau’s 2016 award-winner, Skeleton Crew, seems a conventional workplace drama, th…

Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, set during the 2008 recession when automotive factories closed and jobs disappeared, elevates the personal stories some might seek to forget In the late 2000s, Detroit went from bei…

Donmar Warehouse, LondonAn infectious soundtrack and a bubbling script boost Dominique Morisseau’s drama as the spectre of closure looms over the lives of four assembly-line workers When in 2015 Lynn Nottage�…

Matthew Xia directs Dominique Morisseau's Tony-nominated play.

Plays take center stage in London this July after a musicals-heavy June, with a host of heavy-hitting American titles leading the charge. A Broadway phenomenon, Slave Play, crosses the Atlantic, this time boast…

Matthew Xia directs Dominique Morisseau's Tony-nominated play.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced three more world premieres for the off-Broadway stage in its upcoming 2024-25 season. MTC will produce Dakar 2000 written by Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph (Bengal Tiger at …

The fourth annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth Concert will take place in Times Square on June 19 and honor the actress Phylicia Rashad. The free event, hosted by Michael James Scott, will run from 11 AM to 1…

Matthew Xia will direct Dominique Morisseau's Tony-nominated play.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Samm-Art Williams' Home, directed by Kenny Leon, has its complete cast. Performances will begin at the Todd Haimes Theatre on May 17, with an official opening se…

The Tony-nominated play replaces the previously announced production of Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust.

Actress, director and teacher Lynda Gravátt, best known for her extensive work off-Broadway, died on February 23. The cause of her death has not been publicized. She was 77. Born in Harlem in 1946, Gravátt b…

Additional casting has been announced for The Outsiders. Joining the cast are Joshua Boone as Dallas Winston, Emma Pittman as Cherry Valance, Daryl Tofa as Two-Bit Mathews and Kevin William Paul as Bob Sheldon…

By: David Sheward October 3, 2023: The workplace play is a tried and true template affording opportunities for dramatic conflict and comic interplay among staff and customers in a single setting. The formula…

Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) has announced the full cast and creative team for the company’s world-premiere production of Jocelyn Bioh’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. The cast will feature Brittany Adebu…

Costume designer (and Project Runway alum) Emilio Sosa designed a staggering five shows this Broadway season. But he didn’t start out wanting to do costume design, he wanted to work in fashion. For this entry…

The Minnesota theatre will also present Bill Irwin's Samuel Beckett solo show, Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, and more.

The two-time Tony nominee is busier than ever with 1776, A Beautiful Noise and Ain't No Mo' --- Emilio Sosa is making up for lost time. The 55-year-old costume designer admits he wasn't a theatre kid while grow…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Phylicia Rashad to Lend Voice to Into the Woods Two-time Tony winner Phylicia Rashad is heading into the woods. Rashad is set to voice the Giant in the …

While this fall is full of new Broadway productions, there is also a bevy of stage stars hitting the big screen. From play and musical adaptations and filmed stage productions to theater directors, playwrights…

Skeleton Crew is Dominique Morisseau’s best play so far. It’s the most streamlined work in her celebrated Detroit trilogy, more tightly plotted, surprising, and moving than either Detroit ’67 (2013) or Pa…

Check out photos from A Jazzman's Blues, written, directed and produced by Academy Award honoree Tyler Perry, the film stars Joshua Boone (Skeleton Crew) and Solea Pfeiffer (Almost Famous) alongside a cast that…

Watch the official trailer for the highly anticipated series A League of Their Own. The series features Rosie O'Donnell, who starred in the original film as Doris Murphy, Robert Colindrez (Fun Home) as Lupe, M…

There's a fresh new batch of Tony winners in the world and Broadway.com is taking you into the winner's circle! Once a Tony hopeful becomes a 2022 Tony winner, they get whisked away to have sweet snaps taken of…

Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad is congratulated by Andrew Keenan-Bolger at the Tony Awards First Impressions Cam presented by City National Bank, backstage at the 75th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, …

There's a fresh new batch of Tony winners in the world and Broadway.com is taking you into the winner's circle! Once a Tony hopeful becomes a 2022 Tony winner, they get whisked away to have sweet snaps taken of…

The Lehman Trilogy has been named winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play. The show triumphed at the 75th Annual Tonys ceremony on June 12 at Radio City Music Hall beating out fellow nominees Clyde’s…

“It’s wonderful to present humanity in its fullness and to feel it received,” said Rashad, who played the factory worker Faye.

Phylicia Rashad earned her second Tony Award for her performance in Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew. The win was announced at the 2022 Tony Awards ceremony on June 12 at Radio City Music Hall. She beat ou…

A constantly updated list of winners --- Time to celebrate Broadway's return season! Produced by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the 75th annual Tony Awards take place at Radio City Music Hal…

Who took home prizes --- The Lehman Trilogy and Company were the big winners at the 75th annual Tony Awards, which took place at Radio City Music Hall. The Lehman Trilogy won five prizes, including best play, b…

In the last few days of every Tony Awards season, prognosticators have the tendency to overthink some races that are likely done deals. That could be the case this year with the Featured Actress in a Play categ…

Winners have been announced for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring the best in Broadway, off and off-off-Broadway theater in the 2021-22 season. Six, Company and Clyde's earned the most awards with fo…

Clyde's, Company and SIX win four awards each --- Talk about spreading the love! No one production dominated the 2022 Drama Desk Awards, which honor shows on Broadway and beyond in NYC. The Broadway productions…

Ruben Santiago-Hudson is Broadway's jack of all trades this season. Not only did he direct MTC's Tony-nominated Skeleton Crew, but he wrote, directed and starred in Lackwanna Blues- the latter of which earned …

In 2008 Detroit, a small automotive factory is on the brink of foreclosure, and a tight knit family of workers hangs in the balance. With uncertainty everywhere, the line between blue collar and white collar be…

SIX: Abby Mueller (Jane Seymour), Samantha Pauly (Katherine Howard), Adrianna Hicks (Catherine of Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Anne Boleyn), Brittney Mack (Anna of Cleves) and Anna Uzele (Catherine Parr). Photo: J…

Nominations have been announced for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring the best in Broadway, off and off-off-Broadway theater in the 2021-22 season. George Takei announced the nominations on May 16. W…

Theatre's return season has been triumphant and rocky. Because of COVID-19, schedules are constantly changing, not just for individual productions but for theatre awards, too. Traditionally, the Drama Desk nomi…

Get a first look at Tony winner Phylicia Rashad in the Manhattan Theatre Club production.

The complete list of nominees for Broadway's return season --- Earlier this morning, Broadway favorites Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry announced the 2022 Tony Award nominees on YouTube, and there were surpris…

The 2021-2022 Broadway season has been quite a busy one for actor Brandon J. Dirden. First he appeared opposite Phylicia Rashad in Manhattan Theatre Club’s presentation of Dominique Morisseau‘s play “Skel…

In the opening monologue of Confederates, now running at the Pershing Square Signature Center through April 24, a college professor runs down a list of popular culture centered around slavery.  “I have,” s…

By Melissa Griegel . . . The 2022 Theatre Forward Gala took place on April 4th at the Edison Ballroom. The celebration honored Tony and Obie Award winning director, producer, and actor Kenny Leon (Director: …

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on March 18 to confirm the eligibility status of seven Broadway productions for the 2021-2022 season. This was the second time the committee met to decide the eligib…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the second time this season to determine the eligibility of seven productions. The productions discussed Friday were: “Clyde’s,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “C…

Eligibility decisions were made for Clyde's, Mrs. Doubtfire, Company, Flying Over Sunset, Skeleton Crew, MJ, and The Music Man.

Catch Tony nominee Keith David as Frederick Douglass, a drag parody of The Bad Seed, a new production from The Civilians and more --- Adventurous audiences know that some of the biggest theatrical thrills are f…

Catch new musicals and revivals as well as compelling new plays --- In addition to seven new musicals, March's Off-Broadway calendar features revivals of two undersung musicals and seven new plays, including th…

For many audiences, Phylicia Rashad will always be the elegant unflappable TV wife/mother/lawyer in The Cosby Show. She came into their homes every Thursday like a welcome friend. After the conclusion of her te…

Joshua Boone, who stars in Dominique Morisseau's play “Skeleton Crew,” discusses the lessons he's learned that have brought him to Broadway.

Phylicia Rashad and Brandon J. Dirden star in the Manhattan Theatre Club production by Tony nominee Dominique Morisseau.

Dominique Morisseau on how her Broadway play 'Skeleton Crew' starring Phylicia Rashad captured a historic moment in Detroit and New York.

Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence Carl Hancock Rux moderates a rich conversation highlighting MTC’s Skeleton Crew, which is now running on Broadway. Join us for this insider’s lo…

Be on the lookout for The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater news program, on your local TV station. Featured this week: - Go inside the Broadway opening night of S…

Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/SkeletonCrewInterviews Skeleton Crew, the new play by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, is taking…

Dominique Morisseau's play is the centerpiece of her "Detroit Project" trilogy, and also its heart. Patrick J. Maley reviews. The post Review: Skeleton Crew at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre appeared first on …

Hot off the press from filming in A Journal For Jordan, starring opposite Michael B. Jordan and directed by the one and only Denzel Washington, Chante Adams joins Black Hair in the Big Leagues! Some of

Broadway is back, and with it comes The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. Before The Broadway Show airs nationwide this weekend, we're offering a first look at the episode. Hosted by Emmy-winning anchor Fadal, …

By Carol Rocamora . . . Compassion is such a precious commodity these days, isn’t it?  That’s what makes the revival of Skeleton Crew, Dominique Morriseau’s heartwarming 2016 play, so welcome and so watc…

The Motor City is coming to Broadway! Special guests from Detroit and New York City will come together for an extraordinary evening to celebrate the people, the culture, and the city of Detroit with Skeleton C…

One week ago today, #SkeletonCrewOnBroadway opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre to great acclaim. Here’s an inside look on that exciting night! Tickets are available at www.SkeletonCrewThePlay.com #Skel…

We're on the Skeleton Crew red carpet for this week's episode of bwaySHO: The Podcast! Hear from special guests as they head into Opening Night, as well as Dominique Morisseau & Ruben Santiago-Hudson's

  (Vinson Cunningham’s article appeared in The New Yorker, 1/21/22; Phylicia Rashad plays Faye, a tough, wisecracking union leader and matriarch.Illustration by Owen D. Pomery.) Dominique Morisseau’s new p…

“I feel completely safe in the theatre, and I’m looking forward to us all getting back and trusting the protocols, that we’re all pretty safe.” We couldn’t agree more with LaChanze! The health and sa…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Skeleton Crew, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, A Streetcar Named Desire @ Arden Theatre Company, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and The Hang …

The Broadway premiere of Manhattan Theatre Club’s Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, present…

Set in the breakroom of a stamping plant in 2008, Ms. Morisseau achieves a high level of dramatic writing with this well observed exploration of Black working-class life. Each of the short scenes is perfectly c…

By: David Sheward January 28, 2022: When patrons enter the Samuel J. Friedman Theater for Manhattan Theater Club’s Broadway premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, they are greeted with prominen…

Read more or buy tickets at http://www.SkeletonCrewThePlay.com/ #SkeletonCrewOnBroadway - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SKELETON CREW Written by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Ruben Santia…

Ten days after her first Broadway show ended an acclaimed run, playwright Dominique Morisseau has just opened another. The Tony-nominee penned the libretto for musical “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times o…

Opening night guests included Anthony Ramos, LaChanze, Charles Randolph-Wright, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

Manhattan Theatre Club is now presenting the Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The show opened last …

Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production opened jus…

“Skeleton Crew” Opens on Broadway, Chip Zien and Sierra Boggess to Star in Manilow Musical, Ogunquit Announces Its 2022 Season “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the …