Tony Voters Point to Tight Races and Sure Bets
We interviewed 67 voters about their ballots; it looks as if Kevin Kline will be picking up another award, and it seems like a close contest for best new musical.
We interviewed 67 voters about their ballots; it looks as if Kevin Kline will be picking up another award, and it seems like a close contest for best new musical.
"Hello, Dolly!" producers and Tony producers seem to be at an impasse over the conditions under which Ms. Midler would sing at the awards ceremony.
Revenues in the theatrical season just concluded rose to a record $1.45 billion, even as attendance has slipped a bit.
'The Band's Visit' wins in the musical category, and individual awards go to Matthew Broderick, Michael Urie, Amy Ryan and Bobby Cannevale.
A theater producer who wanted to cast Damien Geter as Nick in the Edward Albee play has ignited a debate over race and authorial control.
This stage spectacle featuring a 20-foot ape, part puppet and part robot, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2018 after a series of delays.
Ms. Menzel, known for her singing on Broadway in "Wicked" and onscreen in "Frozen," will star in "Skintight," a nonmusical play by Joshua Harmon.
Mr. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and his wife saw "Fun Home" in Washington. "They were wiping away the tears as they came backstage to meet the cast," a producer said.
The new play will hold a late show next week to raise money for the Actors Fund " and perhaps to attract Tony voters.
The show, adapted from the 2001 film about a shy but whimsically altruistic French waitress, struggled at the box office and got no Tony nominations.
The nominations will be announced at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Don't expect a "Hamilton"-like sweep. This season, no single show has commanded the same attention.
A (mostly) one-man show, "The Terms of My Surrender," will run eight times a week for 12 weeks, starting in July, at the Belasco Theater.
Mr. Jones, 86, has appeared in 20 Broadway plays since 1958 and has won two Tony Awards, for "The Great White Hope" in 1969 and "Fences" in 1987.
This company plans to go back to its Walker Street location in TriBeCa next spring now that officials have helped it address issues regarding the space.
The new production of the oft-adapted work was developed at a German theater, Schaubühne, and is being brought to Broadway by David Binder.
The works, by Lynn Nottage, Will Eno and others, would appear in California at Center Theater Group, then at Second Stage, in its new Broadway home.
The show said Mr. Karl would miss the Wednesday matinee and evening performances, the Thursday evening performance, and the Saturday matinee.
Mr. Spacey, who has appeared in six Broadway productions and won a Tony in 1991, has lately been playing a nefarious U.S. president on "House of Cards."
The Disney Theatrical Group said Monday that it had chosen Caissie Levy to play Elsa and Patti Murin to play Anna in this adaptation of the 2013 film.
Mr. Karl, who was injured on Friday, will wear a knee brace and may limp a bit.
The cast includes Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry and Renée Fleming, while New York City Ballet's Justin Peck will choreograph.
"Come From Away" has brought together an actress and the real-life pilot who broke barriers and whose flight was diverted to Newfoundland on 9/11.
Two days before the musical was set to open, its star was injured during a preview performance. After a 15-minute break, he finished the show, using a cane.
The New York musical version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" required a new director, a new cast, a partial rewrite and old favorite songs.
Parody loves company: 'Spamilton" will be down the street from the real thing.