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Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. and current Waitress star Katharine McPhee will host the 2018 Tony Award nominations announcement on May 1 at 8:30am. The pair of Smash alums will break the excit…
The starry new revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel celebrates opening night at the Imperial Theatre on April 12. Jack O'Brien directs and Justin Peck choreographs th…
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming main-stem transfer of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl. The work will play its original Broadway h…
Tyler Glenn, the lead singer of the multi-platinum rock band Neon Trees, will make his Broadway debut in the role of Charlie Price in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots on May 6 for a limi…
Actors' Equity Association has announced the launch of a new national campaign to create two new Tony Award categories, Best Chorus in a Musical or Play and Best Ensemble in a Musical or…
Donald McKayle, a modern dance choreographer who made history on Broadway as the first black male director and choreographer of a Broadway musical, passed away on April 6, according to The N…
The Waverly Gallery, a Pulitzer-nominated play by Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan (Lobby Hero), will appear on Broadway for the first time this fall. Oscar nominee Elaine May will co-star…
A new Broadway production of Mark Medoff's Tony-winning 1980 play Children of a Lesser God opens at Studio 54 on April 11. Kenny Leon directs the revival, which began previews on March 2…
The New York premiere production of the new musical Miss You Like Hell has received an extension by off-Broadway's Public Theater. Originally slated for a run through May 6, the show wil…
Tony winner Anika Noni Rose will return to the stage this spring in a new production of Carmen Jones, a 1943 musical featuring book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and music by Georges Bi…
Super-talented Tony nominee Norm Lewis (Once On This Island) will take on the role of suave conman Harold Hill in a 2019 production of The Music Man in Washington, D.C. The newly announced m…
Leapin' lizards! Tony nominee Jennifer Simard has been cast as the evil Miss Hannigan in a new production of Annie at the Muny in St. Louis. The recent Hello, Dolly! star will be joined …
Katharine McPhee, the strong-voiced star who gained legions of fans as Karen Cartwright on the Broadway-themed TV series Smash, makes her official Great White Way debut in the lead role of J…
The beloved score for the new stage adaptation of Frozen will be preserved on an original Broadway cast album, Disney shared today. Frozen's orchestra of 21 will be expanded to 44 musici…
Robert O'Hara has been announced as the director of BLKS, a New York premiere play that will appear as part of MCC Theater's 2018-2019 season. The previously announced off-…
Two-time Tony nominee Johanna Day (Sweat) is among the newly announced stars of The New Group's world premiere play Peace for Mary Frances by Lily Thorne. Lila Neugebauer directs the wor…
Tony winner Janet McTeer and Emmy winner Uzo Aduba will tell the stories of a pair of groundbreaking women in two newly announced world-premiere plays as part of Roundabout Theatre Comp…
Dee Snider, lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling band Twisted Sister, makes his Broadway return as a special guest vocalist in Rocktopia on April 9. Snider plays a limited engagement in…
The Broadway-premiere production of the new musical Mean Girls celebrates its official opening night at the August Wilson Theatre on April 8. Featuring a book by the film's scr…
Producer Bill Weiner has announced the acquisition of the theatrical stage rights to the 1995 cult-hit film Empire Records, with plans to adapt the story for the Broadway stage as a musical.…
The global smash-hit musical Mamma Mia! celebrates its 19th birthday in London today, April 6, with the announcement of a new slate of stars. Mamma Mia! originally opened in London at the Pr…
A trio of New York stage stars has been announced to lead a highly anticipated Chicago mounting of Jesus Christ Superstar. The transfer of the Olivier-winning production from London'…
A trio of New York stage stars has been announced to lead a highly anticipated Chicago mounting of Jesus Christ Superstar. The transfer of the Olivier-winning production from London'…
Former artistic director of the Young Vic, director and playwright David Lan will be presented a special award at the 2018 Oliviers on April 8 at London's Royal Albert Hall. The award wi…
Golden Globe and two-time Emmy nominee Josh Charles, Kate Bornstein and Ty DeFoe have been announced to join the upcoming Broadway production of Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men. Anna…