Music Theatre International has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to the musical adaptation of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." The musical features a score by Marc Shaiman, with l…
Ephraim Sykes will play Michael Jackson in the upcoming "MJ" musical on Broadway. Sykes is currently playing David Ruffin in "Ain't Too Proud" on Broadway, for which he received a Tony nomin…
If you don't respond with a moist eye and a swelling heart to "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens' classic tale of a miser's spiritual redemption, I wouldn't go so far as to call you a Scro…
Evan Yionoulis has been elected executive board president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Yionoulis is an Obie Award-winning director, who was recently appointed the Richa…
"Ain't Too Proud," "Hadestown," "Moulin Rouge!" "Oklahoma!" and the music of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," composed by Imogen Heap, were nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Musical T…
The filmed performance of the 'SpongeBob SquarePants" musical will air on Nickelodeon on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. The broadcast, which brought together original cast members from the Broadway musica…
Anna Wintour will co-host a cocktail reception ahead of a performance of "Tina " The Tina Turner Musical" to benefit RAINN, an anti-sexual violence organization . The event, which includes s…
Martin McDonagh's "Hangmen" will transfer to Broadway this spring following Off-Broadway and West Ends runs. Directed by Matthew Dunster, the play will begin previews at the Golden Theat…
Most Broadway seasons feature at least one show that gathers an aura of importance even before it opens. This year it is undoubtedly "The Inheritance," Matthew Lopez's two-part, nearly seven…
Mars Rucker was injured during Thursday night's performance of "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical." Rucker, who plays Turner's sister Aline, suffered "superficial injuries" after stepping on a t…
A celebration of the late Hal Prince will be held Dec. 16 at the Majestic Theatre. The tribute, which will feature performances and speeches, is open to members of the theater community, as …
"Slava's Snowshow," which has returned to New York for a limited engagement more than a decade after its first Broadway run, is not your typical holiday fare. While the show's cast is made u…
"Take Me Out" has announced the complete cast for the Broadway run this spring. Joining the previously announced Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams are Julian…
This season's "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," as well as last season's "Hadestown," "Beetlejuice" and "Ain't Too Proud" will perform on the NBC broadcast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Para…
At the front of a warm rehearsal room, director Sammi Cannold stands with a pen pressed to her lips, studiously surveying her actors and then diving pen-first toward her legal pad as inspira…
The Drama Book Shop will reopen at a new space on 39th Street this spring. The book store, which has existed as a resource for the theater community for close to 100 years, was priced ou…
Ben McKenzie, a star of the television series "The O.C.," will complete the cast of "Grand Horizons" on Broadway. McKenzie joins the previously announced cast of Jane Alexander, James Cr…
"A Soldier's Play" has announced complete casting for its Broadway run this season. In addition to the previously announced leads, David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood, the cast will con…
"I'm running 10 minutes late, can you leave my ticket at the box office?" Who hasn't received the exact same text message while waiting for their companions in New York City? I chuckled, sig…
"Tootsie" will play its final Broadway performance on Jan. 5, 2020. At that point, the musical will have played 293 regular and 25 preview performances at the Marquis Theatre. The closin…
To the long list of adjectives we toss around like verbal confetti to describe Kristin Chenoweth " radiant, impish, perky, sunny, funny! " we can now add fearless. In her concert at the Nede…
Marc Shaiman, the composer and lyricist behind "Hairspray" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in addition to numerous film credits, will write original music for the revival of "Plaza S…
"Hadestown" has recouped its $11.5 million capitalization, the production announced Monday. The musical, which won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical, recouped its initial investment a…
The "KPOP" musical is planning a Broadway production. In advance of the planned production, the musical, which centers on fictional stars of the popular music genre, will host a nationwi…
If a single voice, or a single performance, could send a Broadway musical soaring to greatness, "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical" would handily qualify as one of the best musicals to emerge in…