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Gary Gunas, executive producer of such Broadway musicals as The Who's Tommy, Jekyll & Hyde and Ragtime, died today of pancreatic cancer at his home in London. He was 73. His death was an…
Martha Stewart, an actress whose run of 1940s and '50s era Hollywood hits included costarring roles in Daisy Kenyon opposite Joan Crawford and In a Lonely Place with Humphrey Bogart, died Fe…
Christopher Pennock, whose long career in daytime drama is best remembered for his portrayal of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde character on ABC's supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Feb. 12 foll…
Whoopi Goldberg won't be falling back into the old habit after all: The View moderator has canceled plans to appear in an upcoming London revival of Sister Act The Musical due to the product…
Stewart Talent has announced it has signed Daphne Rubin-Vega and Brooke Smith for representation. Brooke Smith can currently be seen on David E. Kelley's Big Sky. She was recently seen in Ja…
Amber Ruffin has joined the Broadway-bound team of Some Like It Hot as a co-writer of the film-to-stage adaptation. The host of Peacock's The Amber Ruffin Show will partner with Tony nominee…
Joe Allen, whose self-named restaurant on W. 46th Street in Manhattan's theater district has been a sort of commissary-slash-clubhouse for Broadway folks " and that fans who love them " sinc…
NY PopsUp, a months-long festival starting February 20 that is billed by organizers as a model for how live performances can return amid Covid-19, has set details for its high-profile inaugu…
Stewart Talent has two new additions to its star stable, adding Gina Gershon and Laila Odom for representation. Gershon recently wrapped up a supporting role in Adam McKay's Don't Look Up. S…
Stars in the House, the popular YouTube series known for reuniting classic TV and Broadway casts, will be hosted every Tuesday in February by prominent members of the Black theatre community…
In yet another sign that Broadway is taking its pandemic shutdown pause to re-evaluate itself, Jujamcyn Theaters announced today that it had entered into a multi-year partnership with ticket…
The curtain's inching up on the Tony Awards: A ceremony will be held on an as-yet-undetermined date in coordination with Broadway's eventual reopening, but voters will finally be able to mak…
Editors note: Earlier this week, IATSE president Matthew Loeb informed President Joe Biden that the union's members "stand ready to help build vaccination sites across the country, or to con…
Bob Avian, the dancer-turned-choreographer who played an integral role in such pivotal Broadway musicals as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Company, Follies and Miss Saigon, died of cardiac ar…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state's budget for 2021 includes $130 million for what he calls a Pandemic Recovery and Restoration Program to support arts and entertainment, hotels …
There's at least one thing everyone should agree will be missed after tomorrow: Laura Benanti's recurring appearances as Melania Trump on CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Fortunately…
Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway's Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of compl…
Peter Mark Richman, a star of Broadway, film and television who had guest starring roles on more than 500 TV shows, including a recurring role as Rev. Snow on the classic sitcom Three's Comp…
Stars of ABC's classic daytime dramas All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite next month to present a streaming concert of their past musical performances benefit…
More than 200 theater writers " playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists " have joined a nationwide letter writing campaign urging the incoming Biden-Harris Administration to prioritiz…
Nationwide Covid surges and a disappointingly slow vaccine rollout notwithstanding, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci reiterated over the weekend his belief that live theater venues could reopen during f…
Martin Markinson, a producer and theater owner who took Torch Song Trilogy to Broadway and returned the venue now known as the Hayes Theatre to theatrical use, died Thursday, January 7 at hi…
The Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau (Ain't Too Proud) and directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson's Jitney) will be…
The Mean Girls musical won't be back when Broadway reopens, producers announced today. The musical, based on Tina Fey's 2004 film, suspended production when Broadway went dark due to the Cov…
EXCLUSIVE: David Henry Hwang, the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly playwright currently writing the script for a live-action musical film adaptation of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, h…