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Though social networking for Broadway shows is the rage, the real economic engine remains the sales agents tapping through decades-old databases to pitch to group buyers.
More than 55,000 Facebook users "like" the new Broadway musical "Sister Act," which, like most major theatrical productions today, has its own page, as well a Twitter account (1,300 follower…
David Seidler won an Oscar for his script for "The King's Speech," but the visibility the film has brought has also benefited Our Time, a program for children who stutter.
The last versions of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" to reflect Julie Taymor's vision are playing on Broadway this weekend.
The producers of the Broadway show "The Normal Heart," scheduled for its premiere next week, are referring to it as a "presentation."
Ben Stiller, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Edie Falco talk about their roles in David Cromer's new production of "The House of Blue Leaves."
In "O Beautiful," which will make its debut at the University of Delaware, Theresa Rebeck blends American history and contemporary issues in a satirical play about politics, abortion and Jes…
The show will come back from July 5 to Sept. 10.
The New York-based creators of "Smash" - an NBC fall season prospect about the making of a Broadway musical - have concluded filming.
There are three productions of "Macbeth" underway in New York this month, but admirers of Shakespeare's lighter work have an alternative: The Acting Company's production of "The Comedy of Er…
Mark Rylance is back on Broadway for the second time this season, in the attention-getting role of Rooster Byron in "Jerusalem."
A play about a Palestinian family preparing for a family wedding in the politically volatile West Bank, and a modern retelling of Homer's "Illiad."
David Mamet's new play, "The Anarchist," will have its world premiere in London this fall, a team of American and British producers announced on Friday.
Brian Cox will be up for best actor Tony in 'Championship Season,' Frances McDormand for best actress in "Good People"
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," a long-in-the-works musical by the horror writer Stephen King and the rock musician John Mellencamp, will have its world premiere in April 2012.
Ms. Shields has previously taken over four Broadway roles in productions that began with other actresses: Roxie Hart in "Chicago," Sally Bowles in "Cabaret," Rizzo in "Grease," and Ruth in "…
In their first full week of performances since opening on Broadway, the new musical "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" notched a 30-percent increase in ticket sales and the revival of "Arcadia"…
New York's Public Theater announced its second consecutive summer of casting a repertory company of actors in its two Shakespeare in the Park productions, "Measure for Measure" and "All's We…
In the first major change confirmed for Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the critically panned Geek Chorus " a major device in the musical " will be cut altogether, three members …
Playwrights Horizons on Thursday announced five of the six productions in its 2011-12 line-up, including a world premiere from Gina Gionfriddo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "Becky Shaw") an…
Playwrights Horizons on Thursday announced five of the six productions in its 2011-12 line-up, including a world premiere from Gina Gionfriddo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "Becky Shaw") an…
John Kander has a new collaborator after the death of Fred Ebb
John Kander has a new collaborator after the death of Fred Ebb
At Saturday night's annual Inner Circle charity dinner, which features skits performed by the City Hall press corps and the Mayor, Mr. Bloomberg is working some elements from "Spider-Man" in…
At Saturday night's annual Inner Circle charity dinner, which will feature skits performed by the City Hall press corps and the mayor of New York City, Mr. Bloomberg will incorporate some el…
