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Glenne Headly, an Emmy nominee, Broadway veteran and originating member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, passed away on June 8 at age 63, according to Deadline. The cause of death is un…
Stage vet Joe Tippett, who appeared in the pre-Broadway mounting of Waitress, will take over the role of Earl from Will Swenson on Broadway beginning on June 13. Swenson will play his final …
Present Laughter's Tedra Millan is among the final group of stars announced to appear in a one-night reading of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden. Millan will play Laurel alongside the…
The Tony-nominated productions of Dear Evan Hansen, The Great Comet, Come From Away, Groundhog Day, Miss Saigon and Hello, Dolly! will perform on the 2017 Tony Awards telecast…
Tony winner Karen Ziemba will take over for the previously announced Nancy Opel in the new Hal Prince revue Prince of Broadway, set to play Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre w…
Scott McPherson’s 1991 play Marvin’s Room arrives on Broadway for the first time beginning on June 8. Anne Kaufman directs the production at the American Airlines Theatre that is…
Who could ask for anything more? As previously speculated, the 1992 musical Crazy for You, featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Ken Ludwig, is aiming to come back to …
The new bio-musical based on the life of iconic singer-songwriter Cher is hoping to land on Broadway in 2018. On June 6, Cher tweeted from her official account, "Just got off phone w/wr…
Tony winner Jason Alexander will lead the cast of The Portuguese Kid, a new play written and directed by Pulitzer-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley, set to play Manhattan Theatre Club&…
2016 Tony winners Cynthia Erivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the newly announced stars set to appear at the 2017 Tony Awards ceremony on June 11 at Radio City Music Hall. The Tonys will …
Lucas Hnath’s Tony-nominated play A Doll’s House, Part 2 has extended its run through January 7, 2018 at the John Golden Theatre. The play had initially been annou…
Spongebob Squarepants, a new musical based on the iconic Nickelodeon cartoon, will play Broadway's Palace Theatre with previews set to begin on November 6 and an official opening sc…
Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of Jimmy Buffett, will play Broadway's Marquis Theatre. The show will begin previews on February 16, 2018 with opening night…
Casting is complete for the London transfer of the musical Yank!, representatives for the production confirmed today. Scott Hunter is set to reprise his performance in the central role of St…
Mean Girls creator Tina Fey and more stars are set to appear onstage at the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, a representative for the awards confirmed today.
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Zoe Kazan's new play After the Blast will open the 2017-2018 season of Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 program. Performances will begin October 7 with an opening set for October 23. Li…
Broadway veteran David Lansbury will play Maitland alongside his five-time Tony-winning aunt Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Saint Maugham in a one-night reading of Enid Bagnold’s British dram…
The new musical Jagged Little Pill based on the hit Alanis Morissette album will make its world premiere at American Repertory Theater. The musical with a book by Oscar winner Diablo Co…
Everybody say yeah! Brendon Urie takes Broadway for the first time on May 26 in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots. Urie takes over the role of Charlie Price from Killian Donnelly, wh…
Dian Fossey’s 1983 novel Gorillas in the Mist is being developed into a stage play under the guidance of Tony-winning producer Ryan Hugh Mackey. The production has engaged Ji…
New York City Opera will present the U.S. premiere of the opera adaptation of Ang Lee's 2005 film and Annie Proulx's short story Brokeback Mountain. The opera will run from May 31-Ju…
The Band’s Visit, the new musical that has been showered with awards since its extended off-Broadway run with the Atlantic Theater Company, will play Broadway’s Barrymore Th…
Lisa Lampanelli new play, Stuffed, which played the McGinn-Cazale Theatre in October 2016, will move to the Westside Theatre beginning October 6, 2017. Directed by Jackson Gay and starring L…
Three 2017 Best Play Tony Award nominees whose Broadway runs were preceded by off-Broadway productions—Oslo, Indecent and Sweat—each won Obie Awards on May 22 in a cere…
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, past Obie winners and current Tony nominees for Dear Evan Hansen, will present at the 2017 Obie Awards on May 22. The yearly celebration of off-Broadway will take…