Rattlestick Theater Names Will Davis as Its Next Artistic Director
Davis will be the rare transgender theater artist to lead an Off Broadway nonprofit.
Davis will be the rare transgender theater artist to lead an Off Broadway nonprofit.
A ceremony for the awards, celebrating work Off and Off Off Broadway, will be held Monday, but organizers decided to announce the winners in advance.
The play, directed by Joe Mantello and also starring Tatiana Maslany, had a well-reviewed debut in Chicago. It begins performances in April.
"The Cottage," written by Sandy Rustin, will star Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy and Lilli Cooper.
A major British theater company, Ambassador Theater Group, says it is "combining operations" with Jujamcyn, the smallest of Broadway's three big landlords.
Justin David Sullivan, who's in the new musical "& Juliet," is trans nonbinary. The Tonys have acting categories for men and women.
Justin David Sullivan of "& Juliet" decided to abstain from consideration and urged awards shows to "expand their reach."
She is making her professional stage debut in the Off Broadway drama, and fulfilling a childhood dream. "It's transformative," she said.
Kenny Leon will direct the revival of Ossie Davis's 1961 play, which is expected to run this summer at an unspecified Broadway theater.
An in-person ceremony next month will focus on celebrating New York's resilient theater scene; most awards will be announced in advance.
Emma Donoghue adapted the show from her best-selling 2010 novel; she also wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film.
Michael R. Jackson discussed his Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical, which closed Sunday after a nine-month Broadway run.
Ato Blankson-Wood will star as the aggrieved prince in a modern-dress production directed by Kenny Leon.
The immersive dance show, with music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, will arrive this summer after a decade of productions Off Broadway and in London and Seattle.
During his tenure, the nonprofit supported works that have gone on to earn seven Pulitzer Prizes and nearly 30 Tony Awards.
The musical's exploration of antisemitism is timely, with rising concern about the issue in the United States and beyond.
Binder, who was a Broadway producer before joining the nonprofit in 2019, plans to return to theater's commercial sector.
The 75-minute memory play by Adrienne Kennedy had been scheduled to run until Feb. 12; it will close on Jan. 15.
The farce, by the team behind "The Play That Goes Wrong," is about a bumbling theater company attempting to stage the popular children's play.
Broadway shows grossed $51.9 million during the holiday week, the most since 2019, and "The Lion King" set a record for the most earned by any show in a single week.
After one holiday season lost to the pandemic and another curtailed by Omicron, seasonal staples including "The Nutcracker," "A Christmas Carol" and "Messiah" are back in force.
"Almost Famous," a stage adaptation of the acclaimed 2000 film about a teenager who travels with a rock band while endeavoring to become a music journalist, will close on Broadway on Jan. 8 …
The show, a passion project for Cameron Crowe, opened on Broadway in early November, but has faced soft sales in a competitive market.
The deal, ratified by members of Actors' Equity, provides salary increases for performers and stage managers, and allows producers to make short-term hires.
Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, now starring in an Off Broadway revival, will lead the Broadway production as well.