252 stories by "Broadway News"
Network Presentations announced Monday that "The Book of Mormon" will visit 48 US cities on a national tour set to begin in fall 2022. Twenty-five of the destination cities will host the mus…
Joy Woods will make her Broadway debut as Catherine Parr when she joins the cast of "Six" in March, producers said Monday. Woods takes over the role from original Broadway cast member Anna U…
Amara Granderson, Tendayi Kuumba, Kenita R. Miller, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Sargeant, Alexandria Wailes and D. Woods have been cast in the upcoming Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's "fo…
A memorial celebration for Philip J. Smith will be held on Tuesday, March 22 at the Music Box Theatre, the Shubert Organization announced Wednesday. Smith, who died in January 2021 at th…
Lincoln Center Theater's revival of "The Skin of Our Teeth" will play its first preview on April 1, one day later than previously scheduled. The Thornton Wilder play will feature a large ens…
This season's revival of "Macbeth" will invite at least 2,022 students to attend the play for free, producers said Thursday. The initiative, supported by Omega, Baccarat, The Capri Foundatio…
Lana Gordon will assume the role of Persephone full time in "Hadestown," producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold and Tom Kirdahy said Wednesday. Gordon, who has been serving as th…
"Paradise Square" began rehearsals Monday, ahead of a scheduled Broadway run starting this March. Joaquina Kalukango and Chilina Kennedy lead the cast, most of whom were part of the show's C…
Amber Gray will play Banquo in "Macbeth" on Broadway this spring, producers announced Monday. Gray, an original cast member of "Hadestown," joins previously announced Daniel Craig and Ruth N…
"Tina"The Tina Turner Musical" will launch a multi-year North American tour starting this fall, producers announced Thursday. The tour will stop in more than 40 cities in its first year, sta…
Elizabeth Teeter will take on the role of Lydia when "Beetlejuice" returns to Broadway this spring. Teeter, who recently led the Off-Broadway musical "The Secret Life of Bees," will star alo…
"The Music Man" will offer 10,000 subsidized tickets at $20 each to New York City students, their families and teachers, producers Barry Diller, David Geffen and Kate Horton announced Wednes…
"Jagged Little Pill" will launch a multi-year North American tour in fall 2022, producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price announced Tuesday. The tour is set to make more th…
Martin Moran, Peter Francis James, Ephie Aardema, Toni DiBuono and Debra Cardona have joined the Broadway cast of "Funny Girl," producers announced Monday. They join Beanie Feldstein, Ramin …
Martin McDonaugh's "Hangmen" will return to Broadway's Golden Theatre this spring, producers Robert Fox, Jean Doumanian and Craig Balsam announced Tuesday. The play is set to begin preview p…
"The Minutes" will begin previews at Studio 54 on April 2, pushing the play's start date by two weeks. A new opening date is set for April 17. The play was previously scheduled to start Marc…
Jessica Lee Goldyn will play the role of Nini in "Moulin Rouge!" starting Feb. 22, producers Carmen Pavlovic and Bill Damaschke said Thursday. Goldyn takes over the role from Robyn Hurder, a…
"The Little Prince" will begin previews at the Broadway Theatre one month later than initially scheduled, Broadway Entertainment Group announced Thursday. The show will now begin previews on…
Sharon Sachs will join the Broadway company of "Wicked" as Madame Morrible starting Feb. 14, producers announced Wednesday. Sachs takes over the role from Alexandra Billings, who will play h…
The Broadway revival of "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf" will now begin performances April 1, one month later than originally scheduled. Opening night…
NaTasha Yvette Williams will assume the role of Zelma in "Tina" starting Feb. 4, producers announced Monday. Williams takes over the role of Zelma, who is the mother of Tina Turner, from ori…
The marquees of all Broadway theaters will be dimmed at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in honor of the late Sidney Poitier, the Broadway League announced Tuesday. Poitier, who died Jan. 6 at the age of…
Jaquel Spivey will make his Broadway debut as Usher in "A Strange Loop" this spring. Spivey comes to Broadway after playing Usher in the show's recent engagement at Woolly Mammoth Theatr…
John Earl Jelks will join the Broadway cast of "Birthday Candles," starring alongside Debra Messing, Roundabout Theatre Company said Thursday. Enrico Colantoni, Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood …
Jack Viertel has retired as senior vice president of Jujamcyn Theaters after 34 years with the company. Viertel, who was Jujamcyn's creative director before becoming senior vice president, s…
