774 stories from Theater Advisor
Broadway enjoyed a blissful feast over the Thanksgiving holiday as expected. Grosses for the week of 11-27-11 increased over $4 million from the previous week with average tickets prices up …
84 year old Barbara Cook, a theater legend, will be commended at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts for her contribution to American culture this upcoming month. This leading…
Soon we will have to bid adieu to our favorite little wizard, Daniel Radcliffe, as he is due to leave his corporate climbing run of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. …
Two legendary Broadway performers, Patti LuPone and Mandi Patinkin, create an intimate and powerful musical story in An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Featuring the music of S…
The much-anticipated play by Theresa Rebeck, Seminar, has finally opened on Broadway this past weekend. The show starring Alan Rickman as Leonard, the brutish yet well-acclaimed liter…
Richard Eyre’s production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives opened Thursday, November 17th at the Cort Theatre on 48th Street. Â Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City”) and …
Richard Bean’s new play One Man, Two Guvnors based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding is headed for Broadway this spring.  The play …
Producers of Peter Quilter’s critically acclaimed End of the Rainbow have announced a Broadway arrival March 19, 2012 with an official opening scheduled for April 2nd.  Tracie Be…
Despite being such a young art form, the history of musical theater has a lot of rich history to offer. Broadway Musicals: Show by Show, a book by Stanley Green, introduces the reader to eve…
The Broadway grosses for the week ending 11-13-2011 increased over $2.5 million from the previous week with a 4.89% increase in capacity. Â While average ticket prices only increased $1.40…
Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway for a limited 10 week engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre on 44th Street.  Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway is directed and choreographed by Drama Desk A…
On Monday, November 7th over 40 theatres in 25 states performed Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays to raise awareness and funds in support of marriage equality across the countr…
Broadway grosses for the week ending 11-6-2011 slightly decrease but overall remain steady. Â No new shows joined the millionaire club but The Lion King surpassed Wicked for the num…
Last winter David Ives’ Venus in Fur premiered at Classic Stage Company where Nina Arianda (Born Yesterday) gave the  breakout performance of the year under the direction of Walter …
It has been a long haul but the first Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell finally opened on Broadway Monday, November 7 at the Circle-in-the-Square Theatre. Â The product…
After a successful run Off Broadway, Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities opened Thursday, November 3rd at the Boo…
Producers have announced that the musical thriller Rebecca will open this spring at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 22, 2012.  Daphne Du Maurier’s thriller was made famous by the…
The Broadway grosses for the week ending 10-30-2011 remain steady with a slight decrease from the previous week. Â Average paid admission for shows continue to stay in the upper 80′s…
The week ahead is chalk full of premieres both on Broadway and Off. Â See the list of shows that begin previews or open this week in New York City. Tuesday, November 1: New York Premiere: …
Tony Award-winning David Henry Hwang’s (M. Butterfly) new play Chinglish opened on Broadway Thursday, October 27th at the Longacre Theatre on 48th Street. Â This witty comedy about a…
For decades Broadway has seen numerous shows about the Great White Way and the theater industry at large like Funny Girl, A Chorus Line, AÂ Life in the Theatre, Noises Off, Gypsy and Kiss …
The Broadway grosses for the week ending 10-23-2011 continue to increase with an increase of almost $200,000. Â Even though there was a slight decrease in the average capacity, audience me…
Four-time Oscar winner Ethan Coen (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), two-time Oscar nominee Elaine May (The Birdcage) and the legendary Woody Allen (Annie Hall, Manhattan) join for…
The 22nd Annual New York Cabaret Convention will have its opening night gala at Jazz At Lincoln Center on October 20 at 6pm. Â The convention will play three nights featuring New York City…
Variety reports, “a recently unearthed sheaf of notes taken during the pre-Broadway run of Streetcar,” have been donated to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. �…
