Gavin Creel, Tony-Winning Musical Theater Actor, Dies at 48
He won the award playing a Yonkers feed store clerk in "Hello, Dolly!" and was also nominated for roles in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Hair."
He won the award playing a Yonkers feed store clerk in "Hello, Dolly!" and was also nominated for roles in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Hair."
The Olivier Award-winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews March 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
For the second year in a row, a play about the Constitution is the most-staged in America. And a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular.
Christopher Ashley, the artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse and a Tony winner for "Come From Away," will run the large New York nonprofit.
The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
Mason, an associate director of the comedy, which opened on Broadway last week, will step in as Patti LuPone's counterpart.
The show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.
George Clooney as Murrow! Denzel Washington as Othello! Mia Farrow as a larcenous landlord! So much to see!
DeBessonet, currently the artistic director of Encores!, will work alongside Bartlett Sher, who will serve as executive producer.
The show, nominated for three Tony Awards, opened March 14 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. It will go on a national tour starting next September.
As she departs the acclaimed nonprofit, Rothman discussed why women need to be in leadership, her Tony Awards mic drop and the "perfect production."
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had Broadway success this year with a drama starring Sarah Paulson. In February, he'll return with a new play directed by Phylicia Rashad.
George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington and Mia Farrow are coming to Broadway, where some producers see plays with stars as safer bets than musicals.
A revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross," David Mamet's classic play about unscrupulous real estate agents, is to open next spring.
The play, now running in London, is set 24 years before the start of the Netflix series.
They played slacker buddies in three "Bill & Ted" films, and next year they plan to reunite for Beckett's classic tragicomedy.
The actor will return to the stage this fall in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan's "Hold On to Me Darling."
The recording, inspired by Walter Hill's 1979 film about a gang making a perilous trek through New York City, will be available on Oct. 18.
The prestigious downtown nonprofit Soho Rep will share space with Playwrights Horizons in Midtown Manhattan while figuring out a longer-term plan.
The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors' Equity. In an interview, she explained what she's doing there.
The organization, which won this year's best play revival Tony Award for "Appropriate," has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.
"BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical" had a run in Chicago late last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April.
"The Who's Tommy," which has a rock score by Pete Townshend, will end on July 21. A national tour is in the works.
The play will be produced by Second Stage, which is also planning an Off Broadway production of a two-character drama by Donald Margulies.
Maria and Sonia Friedman discussed their long history with "Merrily We Roll Along," after a bittersweet Tony Awards.