ArtsBeat: Who Needs a Tony Nomination? Midler's One-Woman Show Pays Off
"I'll Eat You Last," starring Bette Midler, recoups its $2.4 million capitalization after eight weeks of performances on Broadway.
"I'll Eat You Last," starring Bette Midler, recoups its $2.4 million capitalization after eight weeks of performances on Broadway.
The success of the musical may shed light on the purchasing power of Jewish theater-goers from the New York region, who were once the backbone of Broadway.
Attendance at Broadway shows fell to its lowest level in eight years, but grosses were unchanged because of rising ticket prices.
The British actress Rebecca Hall will appear in "Machinal," which has not been on Broadway since the original production in 1928.
The adaptation of the film "Little Miss Sunshine" is to begin previews at Second Stage in October.
The newspaper's firing of Michael Feingold drew remarks from the stage but no loud protest at the annual event honoring Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway theater.
In a tie, Lisa D'Amour's "Detroit" and Julia Jarcho's "Grimly Handsome" shared the Obie Award for best new American play.
'Matilda' won awards for outstanding musical, featured actor (Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull), lyrics, book, and set design.
The Ambassador Theater Group, a dominant theater owner and producer in Britain, is poised to buy the theater, one of Broadway's 40 houses and home of the musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Da…
The musical comedy "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" is coming to the Walter Kerr Theater in the fall.
Three best play nominees " "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," "The Assembled Parties" and "Lucky Guy" " extended their runs.
A Broadway revival of "The Winslow Boy" will take the place of a planned production of "The Philadelphia Story."
"Kinky Boots," which had a run in Chicago before coming to Broadway, and "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," with no out-of-town run, both got major surgery because of surveys of preview a…
Ms. Jones will return to the theater's Off Broadway stage next spring in a new drama by Sarah Treem, "When We Were Young and Unafraid."
Signature Theater's revival of August Wilson's "Piano Lesson" and the Playwrights Horizon production of "The Whale" were the big winners at the ceremony for the Lucille Lortel Awards, which …
The producers of "I'll Eat You Last" and "Macbeth," both of which were blanked in the Tony nomination derby, have decided not to offer free tickets to Tony voters.
Following on its five Tony nominations, the Douglas Carter Beane play starring Nathan Lane will be extended eight weeks.
Michael Urie's one-man play will transfer from the 99-seat Rattlestick Playwrights Theater to the 199-seat Barrow Street Theater starting in June.
The writer Colm Toibin reflects on his first experience as a Broadway playwright with "The Testament of Mary," which was nominated for a top award and announced its closing on the same day.&…
Traditional song-and-dance shows about scrappy underdogs dominated the Tony Award nominations on Tuesday.
The nominations for the 67th annual Tonys will be announced at 8:30 a.m., and we'll be live-blogging throughout the morning with analysis of the picks, the snubs and their artistic and comme…
"Motown: The Musical" is the biggest box office hit among the new productions of the 2012-13 season and the two likely front-runners for the best musical Tony, "Matilda" and "Kinky Boots," w…
The National Theater production, an adaptation of the best-selling novel, won seven prizes, including best play and best actor.
Preview performances are set to begin in February at the Winter Garden Theater, the lead producers announced on Sunday.
The committee administering the awards contradicted a precedent set when three performers playing "Billy Elliot" were jointly eligible, and won, the top Tony.