"Superhero," a new musical with music and lyrics by Tom Kitt, will have its world premiere in winter 2019 at Second Stage Theater's Off Broadway home. The musical, which is written by John L…
Despite working more than 60 years on Broadway, Chita Rivera never thought she would receive a lifetime achievement Tony Award, much less one alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber. "It kind of makes…
‘Children of a Lesser God’ will close on May 27 after having played 23 preview performances and 54 regular performances. This news comes after the play only received one Tony nom…
The Theatre World Awards has named its 2018 honorees. The honorees, who are being recognized for an “outstanding Broadway or Off Broadway debut,” include Tony Award nominees N…
The case of "To Kill A Mockingbird" will officially be adjudicated in New York. A U.S. District Judge in Alabama ruled Monday that while his court had jurisdiction over a lawsuit between the…
“Beautiful” has a new Carole King. Melissa Benoist, who currently stars as the title character in the TV show “Supergirl,” will take on the role beginning June 7 thro…
Show-Score is updating how reviews appear on its site and providing new data on its members to producers. The site, which assigns scores to Broadway and off Broadway shows based on reviews f…
The Tony Award categories for sound design are back with a boom. Eleven sound designers of plays and musicals were nominated for Tony Awards this season, five years after the categories had …
Director Bartlett Sher has not changed the ending of "My Fair Lady." Rather he says he has "interpreted" the ending in a manner that Bernard Shaw, who wrote the source material the musical i…
Immediately following the Tony Award nominations, Broadway producers sprang into action. With brief pauses for celebration Tuesday, producers and the marketing teams behind their shows were …
“SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Mean Girls” both topped the Tony nominations list with 12 nominations each. Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom, Jr. announced the Ton…
The Tony Awards is adding even more competition to the night " fantasy football-style Tony predictions. Audience Rewards has teamed up with the Tony Awards to launch an interactive game, the…
An Alabama court will decide whether the case involving the upcoming Broadway play "To Kill a Mockingbird" will be adjudicated in Alabama or in New York. That was the determination made by M…
Manhattan Theater Club is bringing the play "Ink" to Broadway as part of its 2018-2019 season. "Ink," written by James Graham and directed by Rupert Goold, the artistic director of the Almei…
Director George C. Wolfe does not typically do revivals, but when presented with the opportunity to work with Denzel Washington on "The Iceman Cometh" he felt inspired. "I like to do new wor…
Each competitive category of the Tony Awards will include five nominees if there at least nine eligible candidates, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Friday. That determinat…
“Carousel” and “SpongeBob SquarePants” topped the list of Drama Desk nominations Thursday. The Drama Desk Awards honor shows and artists on Broadway, off Broadway and…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced a longtime theater photographer, a costume beader and a dry-cleaning business used by Broadway since 1908 as the recipients of its 2018…
"SpongeBob SquarePants" leads the 2017-2018 Outer Critics Circle list with 11 nominations. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" followed with 10 nominations and "My Fair Lady" brought in nine…
Nick Scandalios, executive vice president of the Nederlander Organization, will receive this year’s Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. The special Tony Award is given each year to a member…
Christiani Pitts will take on the lead role of Ann Darrow and Eric William Morris will play Carl Denham in upcoming Broadway musical “King Kong.” “King Kong” will ope…
Scott Rudin's production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has to prove that it is in trouble. In a declaration filed with the Southern District Court of New York Monday, Joey Parnes, executive pro…
Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing his own work partly as a way to receive his Equity card. "I was in college, and I realized I didn't dance well enough to play Paul in 'A Chorus Line' nor Ber…
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera will each receive a 2018 special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. The lifetime achievement award is given to “honor an indivi…
Bette Midler is returning to star in "Hello, Dolly!" for six weeks this summer. Midler will return to the show from July 17 through the end of the show, which producer Scott Rudin said will …