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The day is here! The much-anticipated Broadway musical Anastasia begins performances tonight at the Broadhurst Theatre. The new musical inspired by the 1997 animated film of the same name is…
The long-running TV game show Wheel of Fortune requires vocab suaveness and trivia knowledge galore. A missing link that might not be on the résumé of all contests? Theater ner…
Monopoly Musical Lines Up Creative Team
A talented group of New York theater regulars are at work on Monopoly, the Musical, according to The New York Post. As previously reported, Hasbro ha…
Manhattan Theatre Club has added two new plays to the company’s 2017-2018 season. The Children, an American premiere by Lucy Kirkwood (Chimerica), will begin previews November 28 and o…
Following a hit run at Wyndham’s Theatre, The Kite Runner, Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel, will move to the Playhouse Theatre for a li…
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Brian Stokes Mitchell Joins Shuffle Along Costar for TV Pilot
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has joined CBS' legal dr…
Red Bull Theater has announced casting for their next mainstage production: a revival of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector, directed by Jesse Berger. Michael Urie will star in t…
The new stage-musical adaptation of the film favorite Mean Girls has set dates for its world premiere production. The musical will play out of town at Washington, DC’s National Theatre…
Casting is announced for the new revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus, directed by Lear deBessonet, at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Set to begin previews April 25 with an openin…
The new musical Dear Evan Hansen has become a Broadway sensation, with a pop score that follows in the footsteps of shows like Rent and Next to Normal. Nathan Lucrezio, who currently appears…
Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken, who is working on Disney’s planned live-action film version with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, has one wish. The Oscar and Tony wi…
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Christopher Jackson to Sing with Jessie Mueller & More at Carnegie Hall
Christopher Jackson has joined …
Anastasia's original cast recording on the Broadway Records label will be available for pre-order online beginning on March 21. The CD will be released in June with an exact da…
Shows in previews took off in capacity during the week ending March 19. The new musical War Paint, starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, filled the Nederlander Theatre to 92.01%, up …
Javier Muñoz, who had taken a medical leave from Broadway hit Hamilton last month, has set his return date. The original cast member, who took over the full-time slot in the show'…
Original 1989 Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken, who is working on Disney’s planned live-action film version with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, has one wish. He shar…
The producers of Anastasia announced today that the new Broadway musical will produce an original cast recording.
Available now for pre-order at BroadwayRecords.com, it will be available vi…
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma will be presented with a new perspective by Broadway veteran director Bill Rauch. Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in Ashland, Oregon, will celebrat…
We have another Broadway baby to cheer for! Tony nominee Megan Hilty and her sweet hubby Brian Gallagher welcomed a baby boy today, according to People. Ronan Laine Gallagher was born in L.A…
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma will be presented with a new spin by Broadway veteran director Bill Rauch. Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in Ashland, Oregon, will celebrate the musica…
“Where am I going?,” the title character sings in Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields’ musical Sweet Charity. The answer may be Broadway. The New Group’s r…
Disney’s live-action update of the 1998 animated film Mulan will not feature any songs, according to an interview Moviefone conducted with director Niki Caro.
Moviefone inquired with …
The first preview of the new Broadway musical Groundhog Day had a shaky start for the crew and the cast, including leading man Andy Karl, who plays Phil Connors, a TV weatherman who experien…
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Thomas Sadoski & Amanda Seyfried Elope
Thomas Sadoski and Amanda Seyfriend got more than they bargained for when they ki…
Nick Blaemire, the actor-composer who recently appeared off-Broadway in Keen Company's revival of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick...BOOM! will see one of his musicals take the big …