Talk about a full circle journey! What better place for the Tony-winning musical Memphis to kick off its national tour but in its namesake city? Creators David Bryan and Joe DiPietro celebra…
In a symbolic event on October 18, the stars of Mamma Mia! presided over a lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building in honor of the hit musical’s 10th anniversary on Broadway. (T…
Tony Award winner Viola Davis and her husband, actor Julian Tennon, are the proud parents of a newly adopted baby girl named Genesis. The actress confirmed the news at an ELLE Women in Holly…
Tony Award winner Viola Davis and her husband, actor Julian Tennon, are the proud parents of a newly adopted baby son named Genesis. The actress confirmed the news at an ELLE Women in Hollyw…
A starry revival of Shakespeare's King Lear directed by James Macdonald and featuring Sam Waterston in the title role, begins performances at the Public Theater on October 18. Opening ni…
Confirming earlier speculation, producer Cameron Mackintosh told BBC Radio on October 17 that Anne Hathaway will star as Fantine opposite Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe as Ja…
Harry Hepple will play the title role in Menier Chocolate Factory’s previously announced revival of Pippin, joined by Tony winner Frances Ruffelle as Fastrada, Ian Kelsey as Charlemagn…
The national tour of La Cage aux Folles is shimmying its feather boa across America, and Broadway.com has a first look at the show’s dashing stars. TV icon George Hamilton and two-time…
Lorna Luft has signed to play the featured role of innkeeper Martha Watson in Paper Mill Playhouse’s forthcoming holiday mounting of White Christmas. The musical, which features the mu…
As the air turns crisp, Broadway theaters are starting to fill up again, with four newcomers (Chinglish, Godspell, Other Desert Cities and Venus in Fur) beginning previews. Overall results w…
The West End stage adaptation of Cool Hand Luke, starring Marc Warren in the title role, will close on November 19 after 67 performances, according to the Guardian. The play, written by Emma…
Mark Consuelos, Tony winner Harriet Harris, Tony nominee Craig Bierko and stage and screen vet Polly Draper will be part of the premiere cast of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays.…
As one of the original stars of Singin’ in the Rain, Debbie Reynolds knows a fabulous musical when she sees one, and on October 15, she saw one on Broadway: Follies! The actress settle…
The Royal Shakespeare Company's artistic director Michael Boyd and the company's executive director, Vikki Heywood, will step down from their positions at the end of 2012, according …
Broadway favorites Daniel Radcliffe, Hugh Jackman and Ralph Fiennes are among the winners of Spike TV’s 2011 Scream Awards, which honor films, TV shows and performances in the genres o…
The Occupy Wall Street movement may have made its way up to Times Square on the weekend of October 15, but the protesters weren't the only group creating a spectacle in the Theater Distr…
Oscar nominee Angela Bassett is back on the boards opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Broadway premiere of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. To mark this starry event, Broadway.com asked rea…
Oscar nominee Angela Bassett is back on the boards opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Broadway premiere of Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. To mark this starry event, Broadway.com asked rea…
Tickets are now on sale for the forthcoming Broadway revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross. Performances begin November 6 at the Music Box Theatre, …
Mike Daisey’s latest one-man show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, has officially hit the market at the Public Theater, where it opens on October 17, directed by Daisey's …
The world premiere of Hands on a Hardbody, a previously reported commission by La Jolla Playhouse, will debut at the theater on April 27, 2012. The new musical features a book by Pulitzer Pr…
Steve Guttenberg, Marlo Thomas and Julie Kavner are just a few of the comedic heavyweights bringing Relatively Speaking to life on Broadway. Considering that the writers of the evening&rsquo…
The first-ever Broadway revival of Godspell has decscended upon the Circle in the Square Theatre, and Broadway.com has a first look at production photos of the Stephen Schwartz musical. Led …
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was known for his incredible ability to engage audiences through his powerful words. Now Samuel L. Jackson is playing the iconic historical figur…
As the Godspell team worked until midnight each day to ensure they'd be ready for the first week of previews, cast members armed themselves with loads of sugary treats to keep their ener…