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"The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" has changed its performance schedule beginning in November. As of Nov. 4, the musical will play an additional Thursday matinee performance an…
When incendiary current events are leaping from your TV screen into your lap on an almost hourly basis, a play such as "The Great Society" has a tough row to hoe. How to excite audiences wit…
"Sea Wall/A Life" announced recoupment of its initial investment at the conclusion of its nine-week Broadway run. Starring Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal, whose company was also a produce…
"Be More Chill" will open a production in London in February 2020. The musical, which had a Broadway run last season, will play The Other Palace in London beginning Feb. 12, 2020 and current…
Nine Broadway theaters will dim their lights Friday in memory of Phyllis Newman. Newman, an actor who was also the founder of a women's health initiative for the Actors Fund of America, pass…
"Girl from the North Country" will bring the majority of its off-Broadway cast to Broadway. The musical, set to a score of Bob Dylan songs, will feature Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardel…
During the invited dress rehearsal for "Slave Play," a giant mirror " now expanded to two stories for the Broadway stage " reflected an enthusiastic audience of young, diverse faces, but als…
The "Working Girl" musical has announced Christopher Ashley as its director and Bridget Carpenter as its book writer. They join the already announced Cyndi Lauper, who will write the score. …
As a literary luminary slowly sinking into senility, thrashing through his failing memory like a man battling the suffocating grip of quicksand, Jonathan Pryce gives a performance of remarka…
"The Height of the Storm" announced a one-week extension Tuesday. The play, set to open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater Tuesday night, will now run through Nov. 24. Written by Florian Zell…
The Broadway League and Actors' Equity Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, the two groups announced Monday. Negotiated during the first two weeks of Septemb…
The "Moulin Rouge!" musical will launch a North American tour in 2020, which includes a 10-week engagement in Chicago. The tour will begin technical rehearsals and premiere in New Orleans at…
The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2020. The ceremony will be broadcast on CBS, as has been the case since 1978. Nominations will be announced o…
"It was 11-part harmony for 90 minutes straight " and it tested the limits of every part of my vocal range."Â "In the moment of that show when it happened, I remember in my head going, 'O…
Sue Wagner and John Johnson are starting their own production and general management company called Wagner Johnson Productions. Wagner and Johnson are both longtime members of Joey Parne…
"The Devil Wears Prada" musical will have its world premiere in Chicago. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, with music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and a book by Paul Rudnick, the musi…
A revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo" starring Laurence Fishburn and Sam Rockwell will come to Broadway this spring. Directed by Neil Pepe, who has previously directed Mamet's "S…
Several theaters will dim their lights Wednesday evening in memory of production stage manager Arthur "Artie" Gaffin, who passed away on Sept. 13. The American Airlines, Marquis, New Ams…
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" will play the Booth Theatre this spring. Directed by Joe Mantello, the revival will now begin previews on March 3, 2020, rather than the previously announce…
Theater critic Sara Holdren is leaving her post at New York Magazine in early October. Holdren, who was hired by the publication and its culture site Vulture in July 2017, announced her …
Where did that infernal banana go? This is not the kind of question you expect to be rattling around your brain during an evening of theater. And yet rattle me it did more than once duri…
Rupert Everett will replace Eddie Izzard in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Izzard, who was previously announced to star opposite Laurie Metcalf, is leavin…
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will star on Broadway this spring in a revival of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite."Â Directed by John Benjamin Hickey, the revival will play 22 perfor…
The cast of the Chicago production of "Six" will reprise their roles on Broadway. On Broadway, the cast will feature Adrianna Hicks as Catherine of Aragon, Andrea Macasaet as Anne Boleyn…
Deeksha Gaur, the co-founder of Show-Score, has been promoted to chief executive officer of the theater review site. Under her leadership, the company plans to expand to regional markets acr…