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"Follies" closes on Broadway without turning a profit, though the head of the Kennedy Center says it outdid expectations and will help the center in the long run.
With shows like "War Horse," "Rock of Ages" and "Chicago," Broadway has come to embrace film adaptations as good for business.
Jon Kern's new play has been selected for the 2012 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, a generous theater prize that provides $50,000 to the author and $100,000 toward the production costs fo…
For Broadway veterans, nothing less than pride is on the line when "Smash," the prime-time soap about the making of a musical, opens on Feb. 6 on NBC.
The play "Peter and the Starcatcher" will transfer to Broadway in March.
"The Mountaintop" will recoup its $3.1-million budget when it closes on Broadway this weekend.
The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama by Bruce Norris will open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theater on April 12.
The producers of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" marshaled a muscular counteroffensive in federal court in Manhattan against a lawsuit by Julie Taymor, the show's former…
The organizers also set April 26 as the cut-off date for Broadway shows to open and be considered eligible for Tony nominations and awards.
The revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, to be directed by John Doyle, will be the first musical in the 45-year history of the Classic Stage Company.
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" is closing after two and a half months, making way for "Leap of Faith" to open at the St. James Theater.
"Leap of Faith" would be the latest addition to a Broadway season that had a dearth of new original musicals only a few months ago.
The Broadway adaptation of "Porgy and Bess," opening Thursday, is just one of a series of attempts by composers' estates to get the most out their work before copyrights expire.
Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, the producing team behind "Rent," "Avenue Q" and "In the Heights," are amicably ending their professional partnership after 21 years.
The upcoming Broadway revival of "The Heiress" has found its Catherine Sloper: Jessica Chastain, who received critical acclaim for film performances last year.
The comic triple bill by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen, and Elaine May will close on Broadway at the end of January after 153 performances.
Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway for the 2013-14 season playing Harry Houdini.
"Lysistrata Jones" will have played 34 preview performances and 30 regular performances when it closes on Sunday.
The holiday week box office on Broadway saw 18 shows top the $1 million mark, with "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" making more in a week than any other show in history.
The director of "Newsies," Jeff Calhoun recently told BroadwayWorld.com that "it'll be fun to be with Jeremy again," which was apparently an inadvertent slip on his part, since a moment late…
Darren Criss has his Broadway opening on Tuesday night, the start of a three-week run in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
A progress report on some shows announced for Broadway that have yet to make their bows, and some of the factors that have caused delays.
The move is seen as "a more natural fit" for several online projects.
The former Mrs. Rudolph W.Giuliani will play a presidential campaign reporter in the revival of the Gore Vidal play, which will also star John Larroquette and Eric McCormack.
It seems that audiences were looking for lighter fare during Christmas week.
