ArtsBeat: After Holidays, Broadway Box Office Slumps
Over the first half of January, box-office grosses dropped sharply from their high points in late December, which is traditionally the most lucrative time of the year for Broadway musicals.
Over the first half of January, box-office grosses dropped sharply from their high points in late December, which is traditionally the most lucrative time of the year for Broadway musicals.
The New York attorney general announced an agreement on Monday that will make it easier for wheelchair-bound patrons to buy tickets to plays at Theater Row, the 42nd St. home to Off Broadway…
The musical, based on the 2003 movie about a father-son relationship and the power of mythic storytelling, will begin performances on Sept. 5 at the Neil Simon Theater with Bobby Steggert an…
The musical, based on the 2003 movie about a father-son relationship and the power of mythic storytelling, will begin performances on Sept. 5 at the Neil Simon Theater with Bobby Steggert an…
A minor Shakespearean character comes to the fore in Tim Crouch's "I, Malvolio," at the Duke on 42nd Street.
The musical revue is scheduled to open on Broadway in the fall.
The play will be directed by Ms. Shaw's longtime collaborator, Deborah Warner.
After the March 3 closing, the New Amsterdam Theater will be renovated over several months before "Aladdin" moves in.
"Dead Accounts" and "Chaplin" finish their runs on a mixed note.
The actor will receive the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's annual Monte Cristo Award.
For multiple reasons several shows meant for Broadway's 2012-13 season have been delayed or canceled.
The musical, featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz, will be back on Broadway for the first time since its original five-year run ended in 1977.
After decades of journeyman work, Reed Birney has translated his recent Off Broadway success into his return to Broadway, in "Picnic."
The musical pulls in almost $2.95 million for nine performances, and ends 2012 as the highest grossing Broadway show for the ninth consecutive year.
Ben Sprecher said the show's notoriety has made him more optimistic about raising the remaining money needed to stage it in New York.
The production of "Cat," along with the Broadway revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross" (starring Al Pacino), were the highest-earning plays in a pre-Christmas week that is almost always dominated…
The Broadway musical "Newsies" has recouped its $5 million capitalization, becoming the fastest of any Disney musical on Broadway to turn a profit, the show's producers said.
Scarlett Johansson, gravitating toward portraying flintier characters than those she portrayed earlier in her career, has returned to Broadway in Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
In "Totally Tubular Time Machine," audience members will be encouraged to ask personal questions of actors playing famous performers like Madonna and Justin Bieber.
The inaugural commissions will go to Thomas Bradshaw ("Job"), Samuel D. Hunter ("The Whale"), and Sharyn Rothstein ("The Invested"); a fourth commission will be shared by Adam Bock ("A Small…
The high gross for "Christmas Story" was partly the result of its producers adding a ninth performance last week; most other shows had only the usual eight.
Producers declined to comment on whether negotiations with these and other actors to replace the departing Ricky Martin ever progressed.
"Venice" is set in the near future in a war-torn city.
Mr. Smith will play Fred, the narrator and Southern writer.
Famed for its nudity, the show will play at an Upper West Side bar and lounge, with the producer hoping for a full run to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Off Broadway opening.