The play, "MotherStruck," written and performed by Staceyann Chin, is an autobiographical solo show about Ms. Chin's effort, as a single gay woman without health insurance, to have a child.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau will each get a $50,000 grant as reciepients of the Steinberg Playwright Awards.
Three shows still in previews " "Spring Awakening," "Old Times" and "Fool for Love" " had soft starts.
The play will have its New York premiere in the spring season.
Twelve-year-old Ms. Lucas was nominated for a Tony Award in the musical based on Alison Bechdel's memoir.
The Curran Theater is due to reopen in 2017 with an emphasis on international programming.
The musical about an early abolitionist opened to weak reviews and performed poorly at the box office.
The six-time Tony Award winner has a "pre-existing commitment," according to the show's publicist.
Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is at the top of a list that also includes "Outside Mullingar" by John Patrick Shanley.
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"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" grossed over $625,000 in its 76th and final week on Broadway.
Kathleen Turner will direct and act in the Off Broadway play "Would You Still Love Me If … "
Tales of race and immigrants open doors this fall in shows like "The Color Purple," "On Your Feet!" and "Allegiance."
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.