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“SpongeBob SquarePants” won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Sunday night, with its director Tina Landau, star Ethan Slater and supporting actor Gavin Lee also taking…
“Three Tall Women” has added an additional performance before the show ends its limited run on June 24. The show announced that it will now add an evening show at 7 p.m. on June …
"Thanks for the laughs," says Harold, whose disorderly birthday celebration is the occasion on which the men in "The Boys in the Band" gather for an evening of cutting barbs, bottomless cock…
Melody Herzfeld, director of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Drama Department, will receive a Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education Award. Herzfeld has been working at S…
“The Band’s Visit” will launch a national tour next summer, beginning in Providence, Rhode Island. The Providence stop will take place in June 2019. Exact dates and more ci…
In "Mean Girls," a large white wall can instantly transform from an African savanna to the hallway of a suburban American high school and then to a visualization of the world of social media…
“Escape to Margaritaville” will play its final performance on July 1, after 29 preview and 124 regular performances. The musical, which was produced by Frank Marshall, Mind…
“Hamilton” will hold auditions in Puerto Rico this June ahead of the show’s January 2019 opening in San Juan. The casting call will be for the company in Puerto Rico, which…
Music Theatre International has acquired the licensing rights to “The Band’s Visit.” The musical opened on at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on Nov. 9, 2017, after…
All creative competitions are ridiculous, and in that respect, the Tony Awards are no different from the Oscars, the Grammys and the seasonal art auctions at Sotheby's. With our votes or bid…
Broadway has yet again hit its highest-grossing season on record. Across the 2017-2018 season, Broadway shows brought in $1.7 billion with total attendance of 13.8 million. This marked a 17.…
When Bette Midler returns to “Hello, Dolly!” later this summer, so will Donna Murphy. Murphy, who was the Dolly Gallagher Levi alternate during Midler’s original run, will …
“Hair Live!” will be the next NBC live musical, coming to television screens in the spring of 2019. The musical will be executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who h…
Actors’ Equity Association announced the results of their 2018 National Council election Thursday, voting in 55 council seats across three regions. Kate Shindle, who ran unopposed, wil…
Betting on the Tony Awards could become more mainstream after a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 14, the Supreme Court declared the Professional and Amateur Sports Protectio…
Even before it got to Broadway, people were predicting that “The Band’s Visit” would win the Tony Award for Best Musical. And, indeed it is this year’s front-runner, …
Andy Karl will play the leading role of Edward in “Pretty Woman: The Musical” on Broadway, taking over the part from Steve Kazee. Kazee, who played the role in the show’s C…
Music Theatre International has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to the musical “Groundhog Day.” The Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, opened at the …
Channel surfing a few nights ago, I alighted on PBS and had the unexpected thrill of hearing a familiar tune that wasn't from the Peter, Paul and Mary or Temptations catalogs. The song was "…
“The Band’s Visit” took home the prize for outstanding production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway musical Friday afternoon at the Drama League Awards. The Drama League, which…
Alan Menken has signed a global publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing group announced Thursday. Warner/Chappell Music, an arm of Warner Music Group, will admi…
A musical adaptation of "The Secret Life of Bees," with a book by Lynn Nottage and music by Duncan Sheik, will have its world premiere as part of the Atlantic Theater Company's 2018-2019 sea…
Second Stage Theater has named Sara Danielson as its general manager. Danielson previously worked as associate general manager at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for 10 years…
The Broadway musical “Frozen” is going on tour in the fall of 2019, beginning in Schenectady, New York. After Schenectady, the tour will officially open at The Hollywood Pantages…
Susan Krajsa has been promoted to president of Broadway Across America. Krajsa has been working at the touring company, which is owned by the John Gore Organization, for 27 years, most recen…
