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BroadwayCon, the annual Broadway fan conference, has been postponed five months due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in New York City, organizers said Thursday. The conference, which was origin…
TodayTix Group announced Wednesday that it has acquired live events directory and ticketing platform Goldstar. The development marks TodayTix's fourth acquisition during the pandemic. The ti…
The Broadway industry grossed $14 million " $42 million below the totals from the comparable week in 2019 " in the typically lucrative week surrounding Christmas. The low weekly gross, which…
New musical "Flying Over Sunset" will end its limited engagement about one month earlier than scheduled, Lincoln Center Theater announced Tuesday. The musical, with book and direction by Jam…
James Monroe Iglehart will join the Broadway company of "Chicago" as Billy Flynn, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Tuesday. Iglehart steps into the show Jan. 17, taking over from …
Manhattan Theatre Club has canceled additional performances of "Skeleton Crew" and pushed its opening night date for a second time due to the detection of COVID-19 cases within the company. …
Baize Buzan will rejoin the Broadway company of "To Kill a Mockingbird" in the role of Scout Finch starting Jan. 5, producer Barry Diller announced Friday. Buzan takes on the role after work…
Tino Gagliardi has been elected president and executive director of musicians' union Local 802. Gagliardi previously served in those roles from 2010 to 2018 and most recently worked with…
"Mrs. Doubtfire" will take a nine-week hiatus, as the production fights to stay open amid rising COVID-19 cases. The new musical has cancelled performances from Jan. 10 through March 14, wit…
"Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations" will play its final Broadway performance Jan. 16, producers Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce announced Tuesday. The show canceled its Dec…
"Thoughts of a Colored Man" has ended its Broadway run, producers announced Thursday. The new play, written by Keenan Scott II, played its final performances Wednesday night. It opened a…
"Waitress" announced the end of its Broadway run Thursday after canceling shows this week due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases. The return engagement had been scheduled to end its run on J…
Actors' Equity has named Alvin Vincent, Jr., an executive within the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, as its new executive director. Vincent takes over the posit…
In 2021, Senator Chuck Schumer worked behind the scenes in Washington and on the stages in New York to help support and then sell Broadway's reopening. Schumer pushed for the Shuttered Venue…
After an unprecedented shutdown, Broadway theaters reopened this fall. That, in and of itself, marked one major accomplishment for an industry that had been dark since March 2020. But th…
Broadway grosses took a hit last week as several productions canceled performances due to COVID-19 cases in their companies. The industry grossed $22.5 million across 31 shows, marking t…
Performances of "The Lion King" are canceled through Dec. 26 and "Six" will be dark through Dec. 28, the respective productions announced Tuesday. The announcements follow the detection of b…
"Jagged Little Pill" announced Monday that it had ended its Broadway run after a suspension due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company. The musical had originally canceled perform…
Preview performances of "Skeleton Crew" will now begin six days later than scheduled after breakthrough COVID-19 cases were discovered in the company, Manhattan Theatre Club announced Monday…
Michael R. Jackson's "A Strange Loop" will transfer to Broadway this spring. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical will play the Lyceum Theatre, with exact dates and casting to be announced at …
"Hamilton" has canceled Broadway performances through Dec. 26 due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company. The production had previously canceled its Dec. 17 through Dec. 19 performanc…
Kadeem Ali Harris, Reynaldo Piniella and Christian Thompson will join the cast of "Thoughts of a Colored Man" on Jan. 4, 2022, producers announced Monday. The three additions to the cast are…
The Public Theater is now requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test for audience members to attend performances. The new policy, which took effect Dec. 17, requires audience members to…
Emilie Kouatchou, Broadway's current Christine alternate in "The Phantom of the Opera," will step into the role full-time next year, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackint…
While several Broadway productions are cancelling performances due to breakthrough cases of COVID-19, the Broadway League is not currently considering an industrywide shutdown, according to …
