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Charles Fuller, whose plays, including 'A Soldier's Play,' tore into social conventions, especially those entrenched in racism, dies at 83.
James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical "Hair," which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died.
In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July.
"A Strange Loop," a sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness won best new musical, as voters celebrated Broadway's most racially diverse season.
The folks who hand out Tony Awards believe five is not enough for Angela Lansbury.
"A Strange Loop," Michael R. Jackson's critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday.
"A Strange Loop," Michael R. Jackson's drama about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man is an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical.
Dozens of notebooks, scripts, speeches, drafts of letters, artwork and even signed baseballs owned by the late playwright Neil Simon have been donated to the Library of Congress.
In another sign that show business is snapping back to its pre-pandemic rhythm, the Tony Awards will once again take place in June and at a familiar location, Radio City Music Hall.
The show was expanded to four hours, with Audra McDonald handing out Tonys for the first half and Leslie Odom Jr. hosting a "Broadway's Back!" celebration for the second half.
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical," a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a Sunday night when Broadway looked back to h…
"Moulin Rouge," the show set in a turn-of-the-century Paris nightclub, features songs "Single Ladies" and "Firework" alongside the big hit "Lady Marmalade." Its producer sharing the award wi…
Eighteen months after the global pandemic shuttered live theater in March 2020, Broadway takes a step forward Tuesday when "The Lion King," "Hamilton" and "Wicked" open with new safety proto…
Tuesday's reopening of three powerhouse shows " "The Lion King," "Hamilton" and "Wicked" " feels like the real reopening of Broadway after New York's live theater scene was closed for 18 mon…
The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies " Tony- and Grammy-winning singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr. will host a splashy TV special and the awards will be…
Examining every aspect of their productions has led New York's theaters to everything from touchless bathroom facilities to scrapping the tradition of actors signing autographs after shows.
Musician Lisa Loeb logged onto a Zoom of former Brown musical theater students and listened as people reminisced about shows and talked about how COVID-19 had affected their plans and hopes.…
The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. announced Thursday that it will stage "Once Upon a One More Time," featuring Spears' tunes, including "Oops!… I Did It Again," "Lucky," …
Producers announced Monday that tickets will go on sale June 11 for the eight-time Tony Award winning musical and that the production will resume playing the Walter Kerr Theatre weeks before…
Kristin Chenoweth, Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Santino Fontana, Judy Kuhn, Howard McGillin, Norm Lewis, Kelli O'Hara and Sally Wilfert will perform in a …
The Grammy-nominated leader of Florence + The Machine is supplying the lyrics and co-writing music for a stage musical adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," it was announced Wednesday. No cast o…
The move comes more than a week after The Hollywood Reporter's cover story on Rudin contained accounts of the producing heavyweight throwing glass bowls, staples and baked potatoes at former…
The series kicks off Thursday with "The Thanksgiving Play" by Larissa FastHorse, directed by Leigh Silverman starring Reeves, Bobby Cannavale, Heidi Schreck and Alia Shawkat.
Sidelined 'Mean Girls' musical won't reopen on Broadway
Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has di…
