Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally has died of complications due to coronavirus. The author of Master Class, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Love! Valour! Compassion!, among m…
Even a killer shark " or a broken-down mechanical version thereof " is looking like a welcome sign of hope these days: New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse announced today that its 2020-2021 th…
Flying Over Sunset, the new Broadway musical by James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie that suspended production March 12, will reopen this fall, Lincoln Center Theater announced today. LC…
A new set of 24 "Viral Monologues" from The 24 Hour Plays will be available on Instagram tonight, with actors Daveed Diggs, Michael Shannon, Clark Gregg, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dylan Bake…
More than 20 Broadway producers have pledged $1 million in matching funds for the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The producers will match every new …
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders,…
Sunday's one-night-only, celebrity-packed livestream return of The Rosie O'Donnell Show raised more than $600,000 in support of The Actors Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers say. …
Broadway actor Aaron Tveit, star of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, announced today that he's tested positive for COVID-19 and has been in quarantine since the March 12 Broadway shutdown. "I'm fe…
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the much-anticipated Broadway revival starring Laurie Metcalf and Rupert Everett with a powerhouse creative and production team, will not resume performances…
The Broadway League, representing producers, theatre owners and general managers, has reached an agreement with Broadway unions for emergency relief during the COVID-19 shutdown. The agreeme…
The Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's new comedy Hangmen will not resume performances when the coronavirus shutdown is lifted. The producers of the Olivier Award-winning play, starrin…
Two days ago Andrew Lloyd Webber's Twitter page asked socially-isolated followers which of the composer's songs they'd most like to hear Sir Andrew play. The answer was clear " "All I Ask Of…
This year's Jimmy Awards " the annual Broadway talent showcase for high school musical performers from across the country " has been canceled over COVID-19 concerns, the Broadway League has …
Actress Jeanna de Waal has appeared on Broadway's musical theater stage before " she was among the replacement casts for both Kinky Boots and American Idiot. She was in 2012's Off Broadway r…
With the Broadway League weighing CDC recommendations for an additional four weeks of dark theaters, the likelihood of this year's Tony Awards staying on schedule is shrinking daily, if not …
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders,…
The Broadway League, the trade organization representing theater owners and producers, is in discussions about new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control calling for the eight-week po…
The League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit representing more than 500 theater artists, is offering members impacted by the coronavirus Broadway shutdown access to an emergency lo…
Tony Award-wining actress Laura Benanti just cheered up theater kids across the country: In a just-posted Instagram video message, the Sound of Music Live! and Nashville star is inviting hig…
"Well, this is not the way I wanted to say goodbye." So begins Real Housewife and Chicago star Erika Jayne's farewell to New York and her theater colleagues, one of many social media respons…
Actors' Equity, the union representing actors and stage managers, told members today that Broadway's month-long shutdown is "uncharted territory," and that discussions with employers about s…
Telecharge, the service that bills itself as the official ticketing site for Broadway and Off Broadway, will automatically refund Broadway tickets purchased for performances between today an…
Broadway is going dark, effective today, a day before a statewide ban of all gatherings of more than 500 people will go into effect. In a statement released by the Broadway League, the immed…
Broadway's hit musical Moulin Rouge! has canceled today's matinee and evening performances. The production tweeted the cancellation announcement without explaining the reason, but sources te…
EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway League has called an emergency meeting today as theater owners and producers consider a proposal to shut down all Broadway productions immediately over coronavirus co…