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“Come From Away,” the musical that surprised Broadway last spring when it turned into the season’s sleeper hit, has managed to recoup its $12 million capitalization costs i…
Even those who are favorably inclined toward nostalgic recreations of beloved TV shows will find their affections tested in "The Honeymooners," the lumbering, scattershot musical premiering …
Lauren Ambrose will star as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater’s much-anticipated revival of “My Fair Lady,” one of the biggest titles in the Broadway canon. She lea…
Tony voters are still anxiously awaiting invitations to “Springsteen on Broadway” — which means that Bruce Springsteen’s much-anticipated blockbuster isn’t elig…
Dustin Hoffman and Sofia Coppola will be honored at the 2017 Gotham Awards, joining a lineup of tribute recipients that already includes Nicole Kidman and Al Gore, among others. Handed out a…
Molly Barnett and Chelsea Nachman, two theater press agents who have worked together for years at DKC/O&M, have stepped out on their own to launch Grapevine Public Relations, a PR firm t…
A slow final week of September kept the Broadway box office humble last week, except at the biggest of hits like “Hamilton” and “Hello, Dolly!” In the aftermath of th…
Something's rotten in the state of, er, Britain. A country known for its unerring stability and sense looks, to all the world, like it's lost its marbles of late, and director Jonathan Mumby…
Cinema has long been Ivo van Hove's treasure trove. In turning to its old masters " Pasolini, Visconti, Cassavertes " the Belgian director has found new stories for the stage. He's made Ingm…
Jason Mraz, the Grammy winner known for hits including “I’m Yours,” will join the cast of the Broadway musical “Waitress” for 10 weeks beginning in November. He…
The musical adaptation of the smash 1990 romantic comedy “Pretty Woman” has laid out its route to Broadway, with a creative team that includes musician Bryan Adams and Garry Mars…
“Mary Jane,” a heart-stopping play at New York Theater Workshop about women as domestic caretakers, was written by a woman, directed by a woman, largely designed by women, and pe…
September is never a great month at the Broadway box office. There’s a whole host of reasons for that, including the back-to-school rush and, last week, the annual United Nations Gener…
A chance reference in "The Andy Warhol Diaries" to a collaboration on a play with Truman Capote led Rob Roth to 59 cassettes and 80 hours' worth of taped conversation, a decade's worth of ob…
Question: What amenity does an urban center for homeless LGBTQ youth need more than anything? Answer: Why, an Emily Post charm class, of course " so long as it's like the one in Philip Dawki…
After the annual post-Labor Day slowdown, the Broadway box office climbed last week in a rise led by Bette Midler, back at “Hello, Dolly!,” and by two shows that got surges of la…
Signature Theater keeps finding new ways to support and nurture worthy playwrights and to showcase their work with true (i.e., non-commercial) integrity. This season, artistic director Paige…
The din during the intermission of a recent performance of the Broadway-bound musical "Frozen" might have broken decibel records at Denver Center's Buell Theater. No doubt the house's hum wa…
Nicole Kidman and cinematographer Edward Lachman have joined the roster of industry figures to be honored with tributes at the 2017 Gotham Awards, Independent Filmmaker Project’s annua…
After recent TV stints in series including "The Blacklist," "The Good Fight," and "Hawaii Five-0," Christine Lahti's latest gig is an Off Broadway play with an unprintable title. In Signatur…
The Shubert Organization, the company that owns 17 Broadway theaters, has given up efforts to construct a new Broadway venue on West 45th Street, after years of working to add one more house…
The annual post-Labor Day downturn took a bite out of the Broadway box office last week, with overall sales dropping 15% as locals shifted out of vacation mode and city tourism slowed. The b…
Guess that's why they call him God. Stephen Sondheim's paean to old Broadway, "Follies," hasn't had a full-bodied British revival since its West End premiere 30 years ago. With a cast that i…
The National Theater’s revival of “Angels in America,” with a cast that includes Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield, will land on Broadway this season, with the production boo…
The hacker was nervous. Not to meet me; she was worried about getting caught passing secrets as we huddled together in the reading room of the New York Public Library. After a brief, silent …
