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After taking a critical bashing and scoring zero in this year's Tony Award nominations, the Frank Wildhorn musical starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox will cut short its scheduled …
Playing to capacity houses since the start of previews, the late Nora Ephron's posthumously produced play starring Tom Hanks shifts into profit after only eight weeks.read more
Michael Wilson will direct the Off Broadway production for Signature Theatre, starring Betty Buckley, Hallie Foote and Lois Smith.read more
The Broadway-bound musical about the life and career of the singer-songwriter will begin performances Sept. 24 at the Curran Theatre.read more
Despite landing a spot on the best play shortlist, Colm Tobin's theatrical monologue starring Fiona Shaw as the mother of Jesus will end its Broadway run on Sunday.read more
"Matilda" vs. "Kinky Boots," "Lucky Guy" vs. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" -- the competition for Broadway's top honors this season will be especially heated.read more
The concert/bio-musical hybrid reuniting the popular 1960s American blue-eyed soul band will kick off its road trip May 24 in Hollywood, Fla.read more
The playwright behind the classic AIDS crisis drama "The Normal Heart" will be the fourth recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Award, recognizing a member of the theater community for his or …
Titled "The Commons of Pensacola," the Manhattan Theatre Club Off Broadway presentation will begin performances in October, directed by Lynne Meadow.read more
The Tony-nominated actress will star as a brilliant adventurer seeking acceptance into an exclusive British old-boys' circle in Nell Benjamin's play "The Explorers Club."read more
Presented by Stage Entertainment USA and Sylvester Stallone, the musical will begin performances at the Winter Garden Theatre in February.read more
The four young actresses alternating in the title role on Broadway of the Roald Dahl musical adaptation have been tagged to receive special recognition on awards night.read more
Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's 1972 rites-of-passage musical about a medieval prince returns to Broadway in an elaborate circus-themed revival.read more
The production of Tennessee Williams' classic 1944 drama was first seen earlier this year at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.read more
Back on Broadway after 33 years' absence, Bette Midler slips into the caftan of 1970s Hollywood superagent Sue Mengers to dish in John Logan's single-character portrait.read more
The Tony-winning Gershwin musical, which originally starred Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, will play its final performance June 15.read more
World-premiering at the Goodman Theatre, Mary Zimmerman's production stars 10-year-old newcomer Akash Chopra as "man cub" Mowgli.read more
The rise and fall of infamous Filipina first lady Imelda Marcos gets visionary musical treatment courtesy of David Byrne, with a big-beat assist from Fatboy Slim.read more
Cicely Tyson stars alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad in the Broadway revival of Horton Foote's beloved 1953 American classic.read more
Fiona Shaw portrays the title figure as a solitary woman, years after her son's crucifixion, in Colm Toibin's audacious fictional rumination on the grieving mother behind the iconic image.re…
Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, James Gandolfini, Nathan Lane, Cherry Jones and others reflect on the unique talents of the Broadway veteran in Chiemi Karasawa's intimate documentary.read more
Prior to Lynch stepping into the role of Miss Hannigan in the current Broadway revival of "Annie," Sue Sylvester will croon the orphanage den mother's bilious serenade on the Fox series.read…
Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge cause sparks to fly in Daniel Sullivan's electrifying Broadway production of the Lyle Kessler play.read more
The former series regular on FX's "Rescue Me" will step into the Clint Eastwood role in the adaptation's world premiere run at this summer's Williamstown Theatre Festival.read more
Jessica Hecht, Judith Light and Jeremy Shamos star in Richard Greenberg's new play about a secular Jewish family in Manhattan at the close of the 20th century.read more
