Daniel N. Durant, Telling Stories With His Hands
Mr. Durant, making his Broadway debut in "Spring Awakening," on being a deaf actor.
Mr. Durant, making his Broadway debut in "Spring Awakening," on being a deaf actor.
The dark comedy, which began Off Off Broadway, will get a London production beginning in February.
A near flop that went on to win four Tony Awards and became a hit.
The musical "Hamilton" was the second-highest-grossing show on Broadway last week.
A little-known playwright has landed Ms. Turner and Deborah Cox to perform in his Off Broadway play this fall.
The playwright Lucas Hnath's "The Christians," coming to Playwrights Horizons, had its genesis in Mr. Hnath's evangelical upbringing.
The musical revival had one of its best weeks ever with the addition of the popular ballet star.
A member of the "Wicked" ensemble who fell from a rope during a performance is asking a court to order the show to preserve evidence of what happened to her.
Among the parade of power players flocking to see "Hamilton" on Broadway are men who have held the job Alexander Hamilton pioneered, secretary of the Treasury.
David Javerbaum's religion-themed comedy, which played on Broadway earlier this year and starred Jim Parsons, will open in Los Angeles in January.
Mr. Whitaker, the Academy Award winning film star, will make his Broadway debut next spring in a revival of "Hughie," a short play by Eugene O'Neill.
The Canadian circus behemoth is planning to take over the Lyric Theater for a long-running production that combines musical theater and acrobatics.
The musical, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, will be staged Off Broadway, though its commercial producer didn't rule out further life on Broadway.
The actor and comedian will succeed Billy Porter as the drag queen Lola in the hit Broadway musical.
A playlist of hip-hop and show tunes from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the Broadway musical "Hamilton."
Mr. Miranda recognized early that both musical styles, even with their different sounds and audiences, share an emphasis on storytelling.
The magic show is earning more than most of the musicals and plays on Broadway.
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon and Joshua Henry will join Ms. McDonald next spring in a musical that seeks to reintroduce one of the first all-black shows on Broad…
The hip-hop musical about the nation's founding fathers is scheduled to open on Thursday night.
The show has never proved as popular as it did when Neil Patrick Harris was its star.
Mr. Cumberbatch's appearance as Hamlet a 12-week run at the Barbican is easily the most anticipated event of the London theatrical season.
The musical retelling of the life of the nation's first Treasury secretary is poised to become not only a hit, but a turning point for the art form and a cultural conversation piece.
The Broadway show, which opens on July 16, has raised emotions among the actors who will portray slaves and slave traders.
The show is the third musical production to announce its closing since the Tony Awards.
In its final week on Broadway, the play, which starred Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, racked up $1,425,523.