1,178 stories by "David Rooney"
The Oscar-winning actor will be honored at the April 12 ceremony for his successful 11-year tenure as artistic director of London's Old Vic and his contribution to British theater.read more
Lin-Manuel Miranda's bold fusion of hip-hop with American history will capitalize on the ecstatic reception for its Public Theater premiere by transferring uptown early next season.read more
The new comedy 'Fish in the Dark,' written by and headlining the 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' star, has broken the house record at the Cort Theatre in its first full week of previews.read more
A handcrafted staging of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine wish-fulfillment musical that's the polar opposite of Disney's lavish screen version.read more
Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, his longtime lyricist collaborator Glenn Slater and Tony-winning director Des McAnuff are attached to 'Happy Trails.'read more
The annual ceremony honoring Broadway's finest for the 2014-15 theater season will take place Sunday June 7 at Radio City Music Hall.read more
The classic musical comedy by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock will begin performances in spring 2016, directed by Scott Ellis.read more
Marking her first appearance since turning heads in 'Gone Girl' and 'The Leftovers,' the Tony-nominated actress will star off-Broadway in Melissa James Gibson's 'Placebo.'read more
A tap-dancing Tony Danza plays a wise-guy high roller who muscles in on a younger couple's wedding plans in this musical version of the 1992 movieread more
British dramatist Heidi Thomas' new adaptation of the Lerner & Loewe musical will open April 8 at the Neil Simon Theatreread more
The 2014 Tony Award winner for best musical will kick off a 44-week national tour in Chicago next Septemberread more
Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson make their Broadway debuts in Nick Payne's hypnotic reflection on life, love and mortality, viewed via quantum multiverse theoryread more
The show will end its year-long run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 22read more
The beloved stage star will appear opposite fellow Tony winner Roger Rees in one of the last musicals penned by the legendary composing team of John Kander and Fred Ebbread more
The co-stars of NBC's 'Smash' will reunite on the upcoming Broadway musical comedy set in Elizabethan Englandread more
THR's lead theater critic picks 20 eagerly awaited shows of the winter-spring season, with a teen vampire, two English monarchs and a hip-hop founding fatherread more
Currently onscreen in 'Foxcatcher' and 'American Sniper,' the actress will take over from Emma Stone for the final six weeks of the musical revival's run, starring opposite Alan Cummingread …
Annie Baker's play set in a run-down Massachusetts movie house will move with its original cast to the Barrow Street Theatre in May, produced by Scott Rudinread more
Defying holiday tradition, box office for the week ending Jan. 4 outstripped Christmas, notching up all-time-high grosses of just under $42.8 million and boosting the calendar year by 13 per…
Playwright Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize winner will play its final performance at the Lyceum Theatre on March 1, before embarking on a U.S. tour in Novemberread more
'Wicked' chalked up the best Christmas-week box office, but 'The Lion King' is once again the year's top-selling showread more
The actor's star turn has propelled the revival of 'The Elephant Man' to profit in less than two months, following another record-breaking week at the box officeread more
THR's lead theater critic rounds up his top 10 most memorable stage experiences of the year, from baking new works to revelatory revivals.
The renowned opera singer will star as a jealous diva in Joe DiPietro's new comedy 'Living on Love,' an update of Garson Kanin's 'Peccadillo'read more
The star-powered Jez Butterworth play is the second Broadway production of the 2014-15 season to recoup, earning back its capitalization just one month after openingread more
