Nonprofit residency program SPACE on Ryder Farm has named Kelly M. Burdick as its new executive director. She takes over from acting executive director Allyson Davis and officially succeeds …
The cast for the Dec. 13 industry reading of "Obsessed, The Story of Diane Warren … so far" " the recently announced Diane Warren bio-musical " will be led by Shoshana Bean and Elizabeth T…
Playwright and actor Jordan E. Cooper is launching a Save "Ain't No Mo'" campaign after he received notice his new play will close on Dec. 18. As of closing, the production will have play…
During its fall fundraising season, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS raised a total of $5,107,79. The Broadway production of "The Music Man" raised $2,002,612 alone, thanks to nightly aucti…
The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York has appointed Talia Corren as the new co-executive director. Corren joins Risa Shoup in the shared role. A.R.T./NY has more than 520 member theater…
Tony Award winner Matthew López and comedian and talk show host Amber Ruffin have teamed up to deliver a new musical version of "Some Like It Hot" that focuses on the funny. In the latest…
"KPOP" will play its final performance on Dec. 11. The new musical, which officially opened on Nov. 27 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, will have played 44 previews and 17 regular perfor…
After a soaring Thanksgiving-holiday week, Broadway's box office fell but still managed to stay above $33 million. For the week ending Dec. 4, the 35 Broadway productions running grossed $33…
A new bio-musical about hit songwriter Diane Warren is currently in development: "Obsessed, The Story of Diane Warren … so far." The new musical about the Grammy", Emmy" and Golden Globe"w…
"Fat Ham" by James Ijames will open on Broadway this spring. Previews are set to begin on March 21 with an official opening night scheduled for April 12, at the American Airlines Theatre. Th…
The new Broadway musical "KPOP" is set to release an original cast album on Feb. 24, 2023. Produced by Harvey Mason jr. for Sony Masterworks Broadway, the album features music, lyrics, music…
Lawrence Zucker will step down as executive director of Town Hall at the end of the year. Zucker joined the leadership team at Town Hall in 1978 and guided the venue through a significant re…
A new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" is in development, led by Korean producer Chunsoo Shin. The production, which aims to land on Broadway, will feature a jazz…
Following a brand new national tour "The Wiz" will return to Broadway in 2024 for a limited engagement. The tour of this reimagined revival will launch from Baltimore, Maryland, in the fall …
This season, for the first time on Broadway, Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" is led by a Black family. In the latest episode of "The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal," Wendell Pierce, w…
The first Broadway preview of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play "Between Riverside and Crazy" has been canceled. Previews were scheduled to begin at the Hayes Theatre on Nov. 30, but will now begin…
Broadway had its best week since December 2019, likely due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, as two musicals experienced their highest-grossing weeks ever. For the week ending Nov. 27, th…
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald is back on Broadway, currently starring in "Ohio State Murders." With her return, she's using her voice to amplify two important conversations. In t…
With its final performance approaching, "The Phantom of the Opera" continues to strike a chord at the box office. The Andrew Lloyd Webber-scored musical was the only of the 34 running produc…
Actor, vocalist, drag queen and two-time "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Jinkx Monsoon will take on the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in "Chicago," marking her Broadway debut. Monsoon joins the c…
The first Broadway preview of Anthony McCarten's play "The Collaboration" originally set for Nov. 29 has been canceled due to COVID infections within the company. Manhattan Theatre Club shar…
Brandon Uranowitz has played a variety of characters in his seven Broadway shows, including a psychiatrist, an ex-GI, the Emcee (at least for a number) and now, in Tom Stoppard's new play, "…
"Chicago" alum Lana Gordon is set to return to the Broadway company during the Nov. 21 performance of the musical at the Ambassador Theatre. Gordon takes over the role of Velma Kelly from ou…
The limited engagement of "The Piano Lesson" will run on Broadway for an additional two weeks. The revival of the August Wilson-penned play will now close on Jan. 29, 2023, instead of the pr…
Comedian and host of "The Daily Show" Trevor Noah will moderate a special talkback after the Nov. 29 performance of "A Strange Loop." The talkback is part of the production's Black Theater N…