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"On Your Feet!," about Ms. Estefan and her husband, Emilio, will open on Broadway in fall 2015 under the direction of Jerry Mitchell, the producers announced.
Johanna Day, star of "Appropriate," and Chris Myers, star of "An Octoroon," were among the winners of the awards for Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway theater productions.
The association named "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" best musical and "All the Way" best play.
The revival of Edward Albee's 1966 play will be Glenn Close's return to Broadway after 20 years.
The producer Cameron Mackintosh is considering bringing his production to Broadway next year if the reviews are strong and a suitable theater becomes available.
A leading theater organization is developing proposals to stop selling the medallion-topped Tony Awards each year to investors who help finance Tony-winning Broadway shows.
Ms. Chenoweth will return to Broadway in February to portray the Hollywood diva Lily Garland in a revival of the 1978 musical comedy.
More tickets are being sold, and at higher prices, for a musical that had struggled to fill seats earlier in the season.
Hugh Jackman's next Broadway play, Jez Butterworth's "The River," will begin performances on Oct. 31 at Circle in the Square Theater.
The company's new artistic director will also direct "Uncle Vanya" and "Don Juan" there next season.
"Violet," "The Cripple of Inishmaan" and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" are just a few of the shows that took the long road to Broadway to increase their chances of success.
Kelli O'Hara, Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel, Mary Bridget Davies and Jessie Mueller, the 2014 Tony nominees for best actress in a musical, discuss their lives in the theater.
The New York Drama Critics' Circle honored "Fun Home" as best musical and "The Night Alive" as best play.
"A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" had one of its best weeks yet after receiving 10 Tony nods; other nominees did well.
There were months of modest ticket sales, and the four Tony Award nominations for the show on Tuesday were of little help at the box office.
The major races for Broadway's Tony Awards will be unusually wide-open this spring, with the nominations showing more love for Shakespeare than for Hollywood.
Estelle Parsons was nominated for a Tony for her role, but Eric Coble's drama is to close on Sunday after 22 previews and 16 regular performances.
Nominations for the 68th annual Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday morning. Most of the major categories are up for grabs in this year's awards race.
Most of the major categories are up for grabs in this year's awards race.
The nominations, to be announced Tuesday morning, could add appeal to the current crop of new musicals.
Before this year theaters in the five boroughs were ineligible for the annual award.
"The Glass Menagerie" could receive a Tony nomination on Tuesday, something that has eluded this Tennessee Williams play for decades.
An Off Broadway run of "A Night With Janis Joplin" was canceled just 48 hours before it was to start. Those involved see it as another instance of producers toying with artists.
Committee rules that notable works that have never been on Broadway can't compete against brand-new plays or musicals.
Mr. Jones will return in the first Broadway revival of "You Can't Take It With You" in 30 years.
