Broadway Tops Its Biggest Week Ever
Thanks to star power and soaring ticket prices, Broadway brought in $50.3 million at the box office last week.
Thanks to star power and soaring ticket prices, Broadway brought in $50.3 million at the box office last week.
The jukebox musical will arrive in April, with three actresses playing the disco star.
The Emmy-nominated actress from "This is Us" has been cast in an updated version of Neil LaBute's play.
The revival, directed by Julie Taymor and starring Clive Owen, failed to draw an audience and will end its run even earlier than expected.
The critically acclaimed show written by Young Jean Lee will be the first work by an Asian-American female playwright on Broadway.
Lin-Manuel Miranda guest stars in the season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." And CBS celebrates Carol Burnett.
Many shows, like "Dear Evan Hansen," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Come From Away," set grosses records over the Thanksgiving week.
The season will feature a project from the Civilians and a depiction of the Battle of the Sexes.
Erykah Badu hosts the Soul Train Awards. And Sandra Bullock fights for survival in space in "Gravity."
The show, starring Christian Borle as Willy Wonka, opened in April with high hopes after a London production was retooled.
The Tony-winning play about a middle-class family will stop in 13 cities around the country.
"Rocktopia," created by the Broadway actor and Trans-Siberian Orchestra member Rob Evan, will mix classical and rock songs at the Broadway Theater.
For every performance of Bruce Springsteen's solo Broadway show, 26 tickets will be available for $75 each.
They will receive $50,000 each for the award, which is given to rising American playwrights.
The musical starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole will have its final show on Dec. 30 after 30 performances.
The writer of "In a Word" and "The Hatmaker's Wife" will win $25,000 from the National Arts Club.
High school composers can submit their musical theater songs for a chance to spend a weekend in workshops in New York.
"John Lithgow: Stories by Heart," a meditation on storytelling and family, will begin Broadway previews in December.
The Tony-nominated Ms. Rashad will star in 'Saint Joan,' Bernard Shaw's classic play.
Also awarded for lifetime achievement were El Anatsui, Rafael Moneo and Youssou N'Dour.
The "La La Land" creator is executive producing and directing a new Netflix series set in France called "The Eddy."
The theater will no longer show the film as part of its summer series because of concerns of the film's racial insensitivity.
After taking a year off, the New York International Fringe Festival will come back next October as it continues to look for a permanent home.
The play is transferring from London and so will the star Tom Hollander.
The post-World War II swing musical will close after 166 performances.