The Signature Theatre Company has announced that Tony Award "winning playwright David Henry Hwang will be the Residency One Playwright for the 2012-2013. Residency One is Signature Theatre C…
The Best Man, which opened on Sunday, April 1, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, is set in Philadelphia hotel during the 1960 presidential nominating conventions of an unnamed political part…
Nominations for the Lucille Lortel Awards are in. The 14 categories, which recognize outstanding achievement off Broadway, were announced yesterday, March 29. The ceremony, set to take place…
If pirouettes impress, Newsies is your show. The new musical, which had an overwhelmingly successful debut last year at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, opened March 29 at the Nederla…
Grammy Award nominee Deborah Cox will star as Lucy in the upcoming incarnation of Jekyll & Hyde that plans a return to Broadway in April 2013, following a 25-week National Tour. The tour…
Despite its hasty closure after only 34 previews and 30 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre, Lysistrata Jones, had a healthy audience response, particularly in regard to the musi…
According to the Hollywood reporter, Smash star, Megan Hilty, will soon add recording artist to her resumé. The Broadway vet has signed to Colombia Records through Sony subsidiary Masterwor…
Leap of Faith, the new Broadway musical from eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, is offering New York area choirs the chance to win up to 50 tickets to see the show. The c…
Off Broadway musical comedy, Rated P for Parenthood, has announced its closing. The production will play its final performance on Sunday, April 8. Producers Andrew Asnes and Timothy Schmidt …
Broadway grosses are inching up, with Wicked again taking the top spot. This week the tried and true grossed $1.8 million, just a bit less than last week end. The Lion King, Spider-man, The …
Following the evening performance on Sunday, April 8, 2012, after 34 previews and 46 performances, Carrie will end its run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The show had been previously extende…
Star of "High School Musical" and In The Heights, Corbin Bleu will be joining the cast of Godspell on April 17th. Bleu will take over the role of Jesus from the original star Hunter Parish, …
According to Deadline, NBC has renewed its new musical drama series SMASH. However, a key player from the show's first season will not be making the journey to season 2. Theresa Rebeck will …
Mixed reviews for the revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The flashy revival does not settle well with all critics, particularly Charles Isherwood …
They're back already. Naked Boys Singing, the musical celebration of the male form, resumes performances March 22 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre. The show played its final off Broadway perfor…
It’s Mach 22, the birthday of two legendary Broadway composers: Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Once upon a time, the two came together to celebrate theater producer Cameron …
The new production that Ben Brantley calls "A smart, lively and beautifully acted new play that asks us to hear how we hear, in silence as well as in speech," has extended its run at the Bar…
Andrew Chappelle, also known as Mr. Mamma Mia!, took home the prize at this year's Broadway Beauty Pageant. The event raised an unprecedented $75,000 for the Ali Forney Center, which provide…
The New York Post reports that The Jonas Brothers are preparing a reality show of their own. The famous family"Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas"have a development deal with E! Television and have b…
Casting has been announced for Old Jews Telling Jokes, a new off-Broadway play. Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe will be featured in the production. …
Priscilla Queen of the Desert celebrates its first year on Broadway today, March 20, at the Palace Theatre. The Tony Award-winning production will mark the achievement with the "Priscilla Pi…
After just one week in previews, Disney’s new musical, Newsies, has announced an extension of its limited run at the Nederlander Theatre. The production was originally scheduled to pla…
The spring season is heating up and grosses are on the rise. Despite a theater mishap, the flood that forced the cancellation of two shows, Evita jumps out of the gate, grossing more than $1…
Disney Theatrical Productions has tapped Rob Ashford to direct and choreograph a stage musical production of Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland.," Variety reports. Ashford will join Burton, w…
Once, twice, three times a musical. After two previous (quite successful) goes, Once takes a turn on Broadway. It was a fitting weekend for the opening of the Irish kissed musical about "Fal…