New Yorkers Making Up Bigger Portion of Broadway Audience
Other findings from a report on the 2016-17 season: Crowds remain white and predominantly female, but more young people are attending.
Other findings from a report on the 2016-17 season: Crowds remain white and predominantly female, but more young people are attending.
The musical, which marries a 16th-century romance with the songs of the Go-Go's, had its first production in 2015.
Smaller and out-of-the-way theaters are increasingly presenting musicals angling for the big time. For the creators of "Hadestown," the path veered way north.
A lawsuit by the Broadway League alleges that casting offices have violated antitrust laws in an attempt to unionize. The directors have said they want health care and pension benefits.
Justin Huff was fired from Telsey + Company over reports of inappropriate behavior.
The play, about a married French diplomat who falls in love with a Chinese opera singer, saw a significant drop at the box office last week.
Over 20 years, hundreds of performers have joined the show in cities around the globe. These are some of their stories " laced with hope, tragedy, homesickness and triumph.
Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and immigration-rights advocate who is a member of the Tony Awards nominating committee, was not allowed to see the play.
Mr. Miranda, the creator and original star of the musical, will return to the role he originated for a three-week run in Puerto Rico in January 2019.
The production will be directed by Scott Ellis ("She Loves Me") and will begin performances in February 2019, the Roundabout Theater Company said.
A stage adaptation of "Moulin Rouge," Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film that brought contemporary pop music to 19th-century Paris, is set for a June 2018 opening.
The actor Anthony Rapp said he was 14 when Mr. Spacey laid down on top of him. Mr. Spacey said he had no recollection and then disclosed that he is gay.
Mr. Trump said "The Terms of My Surrender," a solo show that critiqued the president, was "a total bomb." In response, Mr. Moore called it "a smash hit."
The musical, about publicity-seeking performers who challenge small-town small-mindedness, will arrive in the 2018-19 season.
The death of Michael Friedman, a much-admired composer and lyricist, has left friends and fellow artists asking if they could have done more to help him amid signs of trouble.
An intimate evening with the Boss soars at the box office.
Producers are asking more for choice seats during the last weeks of Bette Midler's run in the musical revival.
"The Cher Show," a musical that uses her songs to tell her life story, will open first in Chicago.
With Samantha Barks in the role that made Julia Roberts famous, the stage musical aims to open in New York next fall.
A versatile, cerebral and witty composer and lyricist, Mr. Friedman had a particular fascination with politics, which informed much of his work.
Theater writers go down the shore with Harold and Kumar, Rosalita and Cynthia Erivo, with a side trip to the Stone Pony.
Andrew Garfield and Denise Gough will join Mr. Lane in the pair of acclaimed plays by Tony Kushner on Broadway next year.
Unknown talents " some joining high-profile projects like "Mean Girls," others creating brand-new work " will soon brighten New York theater.
Tina Fey has written the musical's book based on her screenplay for the 2004 film, keeping the same basic storyline but updating it to the present day.
Although it is closing early, the play, which opened April 27, has enjoyed a longer run than many other nonmusical productions.