509 stories by "Brent Lang"
As viewers gear up for the final seasons of "Stranger Things," "Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical" is launching new productions this fall in London and Australia. It will also mount an Off-…
Douglas Carter Beane, the Tony Award-nominated playwright behind "The Nance" and "The Little Dog Laughed," has signed with Verve for representation in all areas. Beane is one of the most pro…
"A Strange Loop," an extremely meta musical about a black gay man writing a musical about a black gay man writing a musical, dominated the nominations for the 75th Tony Awards on Monday. The…
After two years of delays, setbacks and an unending pandemic, Adam Lucas witnessed a resurrection. The 19-year-old New Jersey resident joined hundreds of screaming fans at the Marquis Theatr…
Broadway Licensing has acquired Stage Rights, an independent theatrical publisher and licensing company. Stage Rights joins Broadway Licensing family of imprints alongside Dramatists Play Se…
Martin McDonagh has a profound feeling of déjà vu these days. The last time he was in New York, McDonagh was in the thick of Broadway previews for "Hangmen," his criminally funny look at…
One of the biggest hits on Broadway is down a star. Matthew Broderick will miss an unspecified number of performances of "Plaza Suite" after testing positive for COVID-19. A second test conf…
"Next to Normal," the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning 2009 musical, will be reimagined as a live immersive theatrical event. The new version of the acclaimed production will have its w…
Samuel L. Jackson will return to Broadway in a new revival of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson." He's joined by a cast that includes "Tenet" star John David Washington and "The Peacemaker's…
Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot," that oft-old story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, will return to Broadway featuring a new book by Aaron Sorkin. That creative change may m…
RWS Entertainment Group has tapped Keith Senglaub as its next chief financial officer. A former Feld Entertainment finance executive, Senglaub joins RWS with more than 30 years of experience…
After conquering the beach, "Baywatch" luminary Pamela Anderson will now try to dominate Broadway. Anderson will portray Roxie Hart, the morally flexible antiheroine at the heart of "Chicago…
Patti LuPone tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The theater legend will sit out her ongoing role in the current Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" while she recovers fro…
"Kimberly Akimbo," one of the hottest tickets of the theatrical season will transfer to Broadway this fall following an acclaimed run at the Atlantic Theatre Company. The musical about a New…
Martin McDonagh's "Hangmen," an early casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, will at long last have its Broadway premiere. The show will begin performances Friday, April 8 and open Thursday, Apr…
Edie Brickell has penned "38 Minutes," a new musical about her personal experience living through the 2018 false alarm nuclear missile alert that shook Hawaii. The title is a reference to th…
James Snyder, the star of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," has been fired from the hit Broadway play in the wake of a cast member complaint about the actor's conduct. The producers of th…
Audible Inc. will produce a return engagement of The Public Theater's "Coal Country," a drama based on a real-life West Virginia mining tragedy that was forced to close its original run earl…
The holiday season was supposed to be a celebratory time for New York City's theater and live events industries, marking a period of revival after months of setbacks and closures related to …
TodayTix Group has acquired Goldstar, a live events ticketing platform that operates in 60 cities across the country. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it comes as TodayTix…
The producers of "Mrs. Doubtfire" will suspend performances of the musical until March 14 as the show struggles to find a way to survive during a resurgence of COVID-19 that has imperiled Br…
"The Music Man" will cancel performances through Jan. 1 after Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID-19. The revival of Meredith Wilson's classic musical is one of the hottest tickets on Bro…
Broadway is losing another show. "Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations," the jukebox musical about the influential vocal group behind "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg…
On Monday, Sony Pictures Entertainment hosted a raucous premiere for "Spider-Man: No Way Home," a superhero adventure widely expected to generate a new COVID-era record opening weekend. The …
BroadwayHD, a streaming service based around live theater, will exclusively show "Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook" starting this month. The show is from Broadway and film composer, Stephen Sc…