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The DreamWorks Theatricals/Music Theatre International Emerging Writers Program has announced four participants: Krista Knight, Joriah Kwamé, Veronica Mansour and Kate Thomas. The first cla…
Second Stage Theater has announced a partnership with "Between Riverside and Crazy" cast member Common and his nonprofit, Imagine Justice, to host Justice Nights On Broadway. The events " wh…
Sharr White's relationship with Broadway has been one of perseverance. After 10 years, the playwright returns to the Main Stem this season with his adaptation of "Pictures From Home," Larry …
Take a picture, it'll last longer. This phrase transcended from sarcastic adage to artistic mission in the hands of American photographer Larry Sultan. In 1992, Sultan published "Pictures fr…
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of ABBA's Tony Award-nominated musical "Mamma Mia!," producer Judy Craymer has announced the launch of a new North American tour. The production will o…
Tony Award nominee Colman Domingo has joined as a co-producer of the upcoming Broadway play "Fat Ham." The production marks the Broadway writer and actor's first producing credit. "I am beyo…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's upcoming Broadway musical, "Bad Cinderella" has announced a partnership with The Broadway Exchange, a marketplace for digital collectibles, to launch a series of online…
After a record-breaking Red Bucket fall fundraising season, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded $2,827,500 in grants to 141 food service and meal delivery programs. The grants …
In a Feb. 8 email to members, Actors' Equity Association declared that the union's open membership initiative, Open Access, will go from a temporary program to permanent policy. When it bega…
Founding artistic director George Strus has announced the launch of Breaking the Binary Theatre, a nonprofit organization dedicated to new work development and community-building for transge…
"La La Land" has its eyes on Broadway. The Academy Award-winning movie musical is being adapted into a stage project. Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated playwright Ayad Akhtar a…
Upon the closing of Broadway's "Beetlejuice," Tony Award-nominated star Alex Brightman had planned to dedicate time to writing, and he is busy doing just that. "I am developing a play that I…
Broadway grosses have seen a slide with the start of February. For the week ending Feb. 5, the 22 shows on Broadway grossed $23,518,702, a decrease of 9%. Capacity was at 93%, a 2% fall from…
Award-winning composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver is working on a new musical framed around a notorious event involving Truman Capote. Titled "Party of the Century," the musical is sourced f…
Following its 2022 Broadway run, "Girl From The North Country" is being adapted into a musical film. Conor McPherson, who wrote and directed the musical, will write and direct the movie. Chl…
At the Feb. 4 Human Rights Campaign's Greater New York Dinner, Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose was honored with the Visibility Award. The annual event honors individuals and organizations d…
The Dramatists Guild of America has issued a detailed statement in response to the cancellation of high school productions of "Indecent" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" due …
The 65th annual Grammy Awards, hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, took place in Los Angeles on Feb. 5. Tony Award winners and former Tony hosts James Corden and Billy Crystal served as presente…
At the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, actor Viola Davis won in the category Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for the audiobook of her memoir "Finding Me." Davis be…
Several new and returning faces are set to join the Broadway company of "Wicked" in the coming weeks. Mary Kate Morrissey, who played the role of Elphaba on tour, will make her Broadway debu…
John Kander and Lin-Manuel Miranda became fast friends after the former came to see the latter's "In The Heights" back in 2007 " as Miranda discloses in a new video featuring their new joint…
Nonprofit theater company Inside Broadway has launched the 2023 "Build A Musical" program as part of its new partnership with NYC's Cultural After-School Adventures (CASA) Program. Fifty sch…
The Broadway League has announced the 21 productions participating in the Spring 2023 season of Broadway Bridges, an initiative that works to provide every New York City public high school s…
On Feb. 1, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced its first eligibility rulings for the 2022-2023 season. Soon after, "& Juliet" cast member Justin David Sullivan shared that…
Beginning March 14, Broadway's production of Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt" will welcome new cast members. Joshua Malina, best known for television's "The West Wing," will take over the role …