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Tough-ticket hits like "The Book of Mormon" are sold out as always, but many shows are offering special post-hurricane deals to lure patrons while NYC transport remains patchy.read more
While a handful of shows including Disney's "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" will skip one more performance, the majority of Broadway productions will be back on the boards after the three…
Jeffery T. Roberson, better known as his alter ego, Varla Jean Merman, plays a con-artist mystic in a noir-flavored production of "The Medium," an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti.
All Sunday and Monday evening performances have been canceled, including such hit shows as "Evita," "The Lion King," "Newsies," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,…
Currently a season regular on "The Good Wife," the two-time Tony Award winner will star in Douglas Carter Beane's new play as an effeminate burlesque performer in 1930s New York.read more
Producers Charlie Lyons, Jay Russell and Tim Guinee have acquired rights to Cornell Woolrich's 1942 noir short story and are in talks with top theater directors and playwrights on the projec…
The Tony-winning musical grossed more than $2.2 million in the week ending Oct. 21, setting a new high for an eight-performance stint at the West Coast playhouse.read more
The Brooklyn-born singer will return to his hometown to play a 17-date engagement, with premium ticket prices topping those for "The Book of Mormon."read more
The "American Horror Story" series regular and the Tony-nominated star of last season's "Follies" revival on Broadway will play unlikely lovers in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winner.read…
Taking a break from playing Sheriff Andy Bellefleur on the HBO series, Bauer heads the cast of Melissa James Gibson's new play for the Atlantic Theater Company.read more
The ensemble cast for William Inge's Pulitzer Prize winning 1953 play also includes Ellen Burstyn, Reed Birney, Elizabeth Marvel and Mare Winningham.read more
"The Whale," Samuel D. Hunter's new play about a severely obese seeker, is opening at Playwrights Horizons, a step up for him to a stage that carries more weight with thespians.
"The Freedom of the City," a 1973 play by Brian Friel now at Irish Rep, is a fictional account of a shooting of three peaceful Irish protesters by British soldiers, inspired by "Bloody Sunda…
Amy Morton also stars in Edward Albee's classic drama, which comes to Broadway from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.read more
Tony-winner Douglas Hodge dons the prominent schnoz of Edmond Rostand's tragicomic hero in this Broadway revival, alongside "Harry Potter" alumna Clémence Poésy, and Patrick Page, fresh fr…
Directed by George C. Wolfe, the biodrama focuses on the life of the colorful Pulitzer Prize-winning New York tabloid columnist Mike McAlary.read more
In Richard Greenberg's new stage version of the Truman Capote novella, the actress will play Holly Golightly, the role immortalized by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film.read more
Ed Asner makes a rare Broadway appearance, alongside Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, in Craig Wright's play about the minefield of unquestioning belief.read more
In "Marry Me a Little" songs from, or cut from, Stephen Sondheim productions are turned into a (sort of) new musical.
Adapted from the 1997 documentary about an endurance-test competition run by a Texas car dealership, the new musical stars Keith Carradine and features tunes by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio…
Having played Viola to critical acclaim in the Public's 2009 production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," the star of "Les Miserables" will showcase her singing chops in a celebration concer…
An Emmy winner for "The Practice" and a series regular on "Two and a Half Men," Taylor wrote and stars in the solo vehicle about the colorful political figure.read more
The play follows "Asuncion" as the second work by the Oscar-nominated "Social Network" star to be produced by New York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.read more
Jake Gyllenhaal in the cast will attract attention, but Nick Payne's play about the inherent messiness of human relationships is marred by distracting directorial choices.
Rob Ashford will direct the Tennessee Williams revival, which also stars Ciaran Hinds and Debra Monk.read more
