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Broadway had its best week since December 2019, likely due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, as two musicals experienced their highest-grossing weeks ever. For the week ending Nov. 27, th…
The Parent Artist Advocacy League for Arts and Media (PAAL) hosts its fourth annual summit from Nov. 30-Dec. 3 on the theme "Gentle Work. Specific Care." Presented by PAAL, alongside partner…
Broadway's "Phantom of the Opera" has delayed its closing to April 16, producer Cameron Mackintosh has announced. The longest-running show in Broadway history, "Phantom" had previously set a…
Director Jamie Lloyd's new production of "A Doll's House," starring Jessica Chastain, has set a first-preview date of Feb. 13 ahead of a March 9 opening night at the Hudson Theatre. As previ…
Grammy Award-winning recording artist Mariah Carey has signed on as a co-producer of the new Broadway musical "Some Like It Hot," based on the 1959 film of the same name. Currently in previe…
Composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Michael Harrison have announced their partnership in a new musical theatre venture known as Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals. The company…
At the Nov. 26 evening performance of "The Music Man," audience member and Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman pledged $100,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS during the post-curtain cal…
"The Mousetrap," the world's longest-running play, will debut on Broadway in 2023. Dates and theater to be announced. Adapted from the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, the inaugural p…
The musical style K-pop is enjoying incomparable success on the global stage, but "KPOP" on Broadway is just getting started. The original musical from creator Jason Kim and the troupe Woods…
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald is back on Broadway, currently starring in "Ohio State Murders." With her return, she's using her voice to amplify two important conversations. In t…
With its final performance approaching, "The Phantom of the Opera" continues to strike a chord at the box office. The Andrew Lloyd Webber-scored musical was the only of the 34 running produc…
Actor, vocalist, drag queen and two-time "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Jinkx Monsoon will take on the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in "Chicago," marking her Broadway debut. Monsoon joins the c…
The first Broadway preview of Anthony McCarten's play "The Collaboration" originally set for Nov. 29 has been canceled due to COVID infections within the company. Manhattan Theatre Club shar…
Brandon Uranowitz has played a variety of characters in his seven Broadway shows, including a psychiatrist, an ex-GI, the Emcee (at least for a number) and now, in Tom Stoppard's new play, "…
Theater journalism veteran Ruthie Fierberg has been named executive editor of Broadway News, overseeing editorial operations for the Broadway industry news brand. Fierberg's appointment come…
For as long as pregnant people have been able to work, they've confronted the tension around working while pregnant " especially on Broadway where appearance can actually factor into the job…
English scribe Charles Dickens wrote more than 40 characters for his famed novella "A Christmas Carol." In the latest theatrical adaptation playing Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, American a…
"Chicago" alum Lana Gordon is set to return to the Broadway company during the Nov. 21 performance of the musical at the Ambassador Theatre. Gordon takes over the role of Velma Kelly from ou…
On Nov. 17, members of Actors' Equity Association gathered in Times Square to express support for colleagues currently in negotiations with The Broadway League. In contention is the contract…
The limited engagement of "The Piano Lesson" will run on Broadway for an additional two weeks. The revival of the August Wilson-penned play will now close on Jan. 29, 2023, instead of the pr…
Allow Juliet to reintroduce herself. Or rather, let Anne Hathaway do it for her. No, not the Oscar-winning actress known for "The Devil Wears Prada." The Anne Hathaway I'm referring to is Wi…
Comedian and host of "The Daily Show" Trevor Noah will moderate a special talkback after the Nov. 29 performance of "A Strange Loop." The talkback is part of the production's Black Theater N…
Jessica Hecht will return to Broadway in the world premiere production of "Summer, 1976." Written by David Auburn and directed by Daniel Sullivan (collaborators on "Proof" and "The Columnist…
Tony Award winner Joaquina Kalukango will step into the role of the Witch in the current Broadway revival of "Into the Woods" at the St. James Theatre. Kalukango will begin performances on D…
The current Broadway company of "Funny Girl" will release a cast recording. The digital album will be available as of Nov. 18 at 12:01a.m. ET. The CD will be released Jan. 20 and will be ava…