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In Steve Martin's new play, Meteor Shower, the titular space rocks falling from the sky are, perhaps, the least shocking aspect of a coastal California dinner party that goes spectacularly"a…
What happens when the queen of stand-up comedy goes head-to-head with musical-theater royalty? Broadway audiences will find out this fall when Amy Schumer and Laura Benanti costar with Keega…
Amy Schumer, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti and Alan Tudyk star in Meteor Shower, a new comedy by Steve Martin, directed by Jerry Zaks.
The post Meteor Shower: Blink and You’ll Mis…
When Mark Rylance was last on Broadway, in 2013, he played two very different roles: the female character of Olivia in an all-male production of Twelfth Night and the title role in Richard I…
For Claire van Kampen, her 2015 debut as a playwright with Farinelli and the King was a surprise in many ways. She'd had a long career as a composer and musician, and was head of music at Sh…
Broadway's not-so-best-kept-secret in recent days is "Who will be replacing Bette Midler when she leaves Hello, Dolly! this January?" Well, the answer to that question should have Broadway f…
Edward Albee's Three Tall Women is set to make its Broadway debut on February 27, 2018, officially opening at The Golden Theatre on March 29. Casting has been finalized with the addition of …
The eagerly-anticipated revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's perennial classic Carousel, starring Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry, and Renée Fleming and slated for an April 12, 2018 opening, h…
Broadway Back to School, the third annual event benefiting theatre education programs for underserved schools, will takes place on September 24 at Feinstein's 54 Below. Produced by the Educa…
It was already exciting news to hear that Bruce Springsteen would be making his Broadway debut this fall with Springsteen on Broadway beginning Tuesday, October 3, with an official opening o…
Times Square is known for being home to some of the best productions in the world " but restaurants in the Theatre District don't exactly have the same reputation. That said, there are some …
As the summer winds down, it's time to take a sneak peek at what's coming up on Broadway in the fall. The new Broadway season kicked off early, in May, with 1984 (Hudson Theatre), a scary an…
Tony-nominated actor Will Swenson will be returning to the Broadway hit Waitress. September 12, he will once-again take over the role of Earl, currently played by Joe Tippet (who departs the…
Versatile star of stage and screen, John Leguizamo, will make his return to Broadway this fall in Latin History for Morons. Described as "UPROARIOUS, UNCENSORED, AND UNDENIABLY ENTERTAINING,…
School of Rock, the Broadway musical with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater, and a book by Julian Fellowes, choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter and direction by Laurence Conn…
The answer to the big question “Who will replace Ben Platt when he departs Dear Evan Hansen this fall?” has finally been answered. The title role will be filled by Noah Galvin…
Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of J.B. Priestley's poignant family drama Time and the Conways, at the American Airlines Theatre from September 14, brings Elizabeth McGovern back to the…
A bright future seems secure at the beginning of J.B. Priestley's Time and the Conways, as a well-to-do British family celebrates a daughter's birthday and the end of World War I. Nineteen y…
In 1919 Britain, Mrs. Conway (Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern) is full of optimism during her daughter's lavish twenty-first birthday celebration. The Great War is over, wealth is in the …
Star of stage and screen, Academy Award and Tony-winner Denzel Washington will star in a Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's acclaimed play The Iceman Cometh. The production, which will be …
See the cast together in costume for the first time!
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Hamilton, the musical sensation that continues to take Broadway by storm, has just announced a new block of tickets available through August of 2018. Tickets will be available to Ticketmaste…
Joshua Jackson, star of such TV shows as Fringe and Dawson's Creek, is set to make his Broadway debut in a revival of Mark Medoff's play Children of a Lesser God. Also, making her Broadway d…
From a very young age, Susan Stroman was encouraged to follow her muse. "I was that little girl dancing around the living room as her father played the piano," remembers Stroman, the second …
In recent years, it has become an exciting new trend to preserve Broadway musicals so that they can be streamed in the comfort of your home. Whether it be BroadwayHD, Netflix, or on Amazon, …
