New York City Allocates $2 Million to Increase Diversity in Theater
The city's Theater Subdistrict Council will provide funding for paid training and mentorship opportunities.
The city's Theater Subdistrict Council will provide funding for paid training and mentorship opportunities.
The Ambassador Theater Group has acquired the 117-year-old theater, which is to reopen in 2018 after a multimillion renovation.
The 1975 movie is being turned into a play by Sharyn Rothstein.
After years of fits and starts, this project about the director and producer Harold Prince is to open next summer at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater.
Regina Spector, Andra Day and members of the Roots performed songs from "Hamilton" a day before the album's release.
As part of her theater company's slate of offerings, the director will make the lead character of this 1970 musical a woman in a London staging.
The well-received musical revival will shut its doors after a year of performances, with a national tour beginning next year.
Ms. Harris won the Relentless Award, which is awarded annually to a playwright in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The musical theater fable will arrive at the McKittrick Hotel in November.
The playwright also will receive this year's Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award.
More than 50 people signed a letter condemning Feinstein's/54 Below for canceling the concert event, "Broadway Supports Black Lives Matter."
The Elizabethan musical opened in April 2015 and was nominated for 10 Tony awards.
Michele Roberge resigned after the administration of California State University, Long Beach, canceled a performance of "N*W*C," which focuses on race.
Jordan Harrison won for outstanding new play for "Marjorie Prime" and Zayd Dohrn won for promising new play for "The Profane," which will have its premiere in March.
Ms. Ferrentino won for her play "Ugly Lies the Bone," a New York Times Critics' Pick.
The Tony-winning Broadway producer will oversee theater, food and fashion projects at the Westfield malls.
The popular mini-concert series tied to the musical "Hamilton" will retire, at least temporarily, after the performance on Wednesday.
The show, which originated in a London pie shop in 2014, will arrive at the Barrow Street Theater in February.
Laura Benanti will perform songs from across her career; the season also includes Judy Collins and Christine Ebersole.
The Soulpepper Theater Company will stage new plays and musicals at the Pershing Square Signature Center in the summer of 2017.
Bob McGrath, Emilio Delgado and Roscoe Orman were all part of "Sesame Street" for more than 40 years.
The comedian will perform a one-man stand-up set centered on politics.
The musical, which stars Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi and Jane Krakowski, was nominated for eight Tony Awards.
The New Yiddish Rep will produce a staged reading of "God of Vengeance," the subject of the current play "Indecent," for two performances in June.
This year's crop of musical writers includes Brian Crawley and Adam Gwon.