252 stories by "Broadway News"
"Beetlejuice" announced Monday that it will reopen on Broadway, this time at the Marriott Marquis Theatre, with a first performance scheduled for April 8, 2022. The original creative team, l…
CBS and The Tony Awards announced Monday that Leslie Odom, Jr. and Audra McDonald will serve as hosts for the two-part Tony Awards special to be held on Sept. 26. Audra McDonald will host th…
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe will take over the title role of "Tina" full-time on Nov. 2. Adrienne Warren, who was previously announced to be returning to the musical for a limited engagement beginning…
"To Kill a Mockingbird" has announced the complete Broadway cast joining Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger. In addition to Daniels and Keenan-Bolger, who are returning to their roles of A…
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announced that Osh Ghanimah has received The Prince Fellowship, and Lawryn LaCroix has received the Prince/…
Full casting for the Broadway return of "Ain't Too Proud" was announced Wednesday. Returning to their roles as The Temptations are Nik Walker as Otis Williams, James Harkness as Paul William…
TDF announced Wednesday that it will reopen the Times Square TKTS ticket booth on Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. The booth, which closed along with Broadway theaters in March 2020, will resume offering …
On Monday the Broadway League launched a new campaign to welcome audiences back to Broadway as productions reopen after 18 months of shutdown. The outreach campaign is marked with the releas…
Paulo Szot will fill the role of Billy Flynn in "Chicago" when the musical returns to Broadway next month, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Thursday. Szot returns to the role afte…
"MJ" Director and Choreographer Christoper Wheeldon has introduced brothers Rich and Tone Talauega as part of the musical's creative team. The Talauega brothers, who have been working with W…
Producers Carmen Pavlovic and Bill Damaschke announced Tuesday that Chloe Beck has been appointed Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." Beck, who has a…
In celebration of Broadway's return this fall following the shutdown of theaters, a new three-day festival, "Curtain Up!," has been planned for Sept. 17-19 in Times Square. Produced by Playb…
Bianca MarroquÃn, Lillias White, Raymond Bokhour and Ryan Lowe will lead the cast of "Chicago" for its reopening this fall, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Monday. MarroquÃ…
Black Theatre United has released "A New Deal For Broadway," outlining a series of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (EDIAB) reforms for the Broadway industry with a …
Thom Schilling, General Manager for Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment since 2003, passed away on August 19. He was 64 years old. Schilling has multiple international tour and off-Broadway …
"Moulin Rouge!" cast members will headline the opening night ceremony of the 2021 US Open, the US Tennis Association announced Thursday. The musical's leads, Aaron Tveit and Natalie Mendoza,…
The Actors Fund has revealed that performer Debbie Allen, philanthropist Niko Elmaleh, producer Stacey Mindich, and "Stars in The House" creators Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will receive …
The John Gore Organization and Black Theatre Coalition announced on Tuesday the creation of a new joint initiative, The Black Theatre Coalition/Broadway Across America Fellowship. Launching …
Christina Alexander has been named the Director of Social Responsibility for the Broadway, London, and national touring productions of "Wicked." The new role was formed to support the creati…
Camille A. Brown has been named Director and Choreographer of the upcoming 2022 Broadway production of Ntozake Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enu…
The Museum of Broadway will open in the summer of 2022, founders Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti announced Monday. The museum, located at 145 West 45th Street in Times Square, will offer …
When Broadway theaters closed in March 2020, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Actors Fund immediately leapt into action to support the members of the Broadway community. On Tuesday,…
In 2019, Jeremy O. Harris made his Broadway playwriting debut with "Slave Play" at the Golden Theatre. The work itself drove conversation on Broadway, and so did the playwright, on Twitter a…
In 2018, Sonia Friedman and her partners brought the Olivier Award-winning production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” to the Lyric Theatre on Broadway. The show went on to…
In 2017, Bette Midler seemed to be back where she belongs. As Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!,” Bette Midler won the 2017 Tony Award for best actress in a leading role…
