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Broadway loves Hugh Jackman — and not just the box office. The whole theater industry swoons for the guy, who is, by all accounts, a dreamboat to work with. “I was waiting to see…
Matthew Morrison, the Broadway alum who's currently wrapping up his final season on "Glee," will take over the lead role in "Finding Neverland," the Harvey Weinstein-produced musical that op…
The New Group kicks off its 20th anniversary season with a winner: a powerful revival of David Rabe’s harrowing 1971 black comedy, “Sticks and Bones.” Masterfully helmed…
The limited run of mega-selling Broadway production “It’s Only a Play” just got a little less limited: The comedy will move to the Jacobs Theater — right next door…
The upcoming Broadway revival of musical “Fiddler on the Roof” has landed its Tevye, with five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein set to play the lead in one of musical theat…
“Made in Dagenham” goes from zero to sixty in no time at all, motored mostly by laughs and tubthumping tunes. Sadly, the musical runs out of gas halfway through, thanks to a top-…
Tony winner Faith Prince will star in the musical version of “First Wives Club” in Chicago this spring alongside Christine Sherrill and Carmen Cusack, with the trio playing parts…
With the Broadway revival of “Pippin” joining the handful of shows throwing in the towel on or around Jan. 4Â — including musicals “Cinderella,” “Once&#…
When "The Trip to Bountiful" wrapped up its 48-performance run at the Ahmanson Theater Nov. 2, it cemented its place as one of the top-selling non-musical productions ever at the L.A. theate…
Hugh Jackman made it rain at the Broadway box office last week, as the initial performances of his topliner "The River" yielded the kind of numbers that'd be encouraging for a sizeable music…
When “The Trip to Bountiful” wrapped up its 48-performance run at the Ahmanson Theater Nov. 2, it cemented its place as one of the top-selling non-musical productions ever at …
Sarah Ruhl’s new play, “The Oldest Boy,” is extremely imaginative and hypnotically beautiful, but the plot is a puzzler.  An American woman, the wife of a Tibetan man…
Hugh Jackman made it rain at the Broadway box office last week, as the initial performances of his topliner “The River” yielded the kind of numbers that’d be encouraging…
Suzan-Lori Parks’ ambitious play cycle about the historical journey of African-Americans from the years of slavery to the present day gets off to a strong start in “Father Comes …
The 1982 play “The Real Thing” has a reputation for being the accessible one in playwright Tom Stoppard’s brainy canon. But take it from the cast — including Ewan McG…
Roundabout rounded up name players for this revival of “The Real Thing,” Tom Stoppard’s meditation on the vagaries of love and the elusive nature of reality. Ewan McGregor …
When the North American tour of Disney Theatrical Prods.’ stage musical “Newsies” opens in Philadelphia tonight, it’ll have something its Broadway audience didn’…
Digital ticketer and promoter Goldstar today launched an Android counterpart to its iOS app — but the headturning news lies in the company’s supporting facts and figures…
Charting the career of Ray Davies and the Kinks at their peak, "Sunny Afternoon" is a jukebox musical in the mold of Buddy Holly bio-tuner "Buddy." Trouble is, no one dies at the end. And th…
“It Shoulda Been You,” a new musical comedy directed by Tony winning actor (and “Frasier” alum) David Hyde Pierce, has lined up a Broadway run this spring with a cast…
Both “American Horror Story: Freak Show” and the Broadway musical “Side Show” take place in the same circus world of human marvels and oddities. But you’d never…
Ralph Cramden and Ed Norton will belt out the big notes when "The Honeymooners," the new musical based on the hit 1950s TV series, premieres at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn…
Broadway musical "The Last Ship" is full of Sting's music, but the opening night crowd got something most audiences don't: Sting himself singing it.
The Broadway revival of "A Delicate Balance" got off to a stellar start last week, as a cast that includes Glenn Close -- appearing in her first Main Stem gig in 20 years -- pushed the play …
