It's been nearly two years since the lights went out on Broadway, and now that musicals and plays have begun to reopen, actor LaChanze is itching to return to the thing she loves the most. "…
It's just a few days before Uzo Aduba begins rehearsals of "Clyde's," a new Broadway production from writer Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey. In the play, Aduba stars as Clyde, the o…
When Stephen C. Byrd began producing on Broadway 16 years ago, he and his partner Alia Jones-Harvey were usually the only Black faces they saw in the business. "We would walk into marketing …
Ever since the chandelier first crashed in thunderous fashion, "The Phantom of the Opera" has been a fixture of Broadway, becoming as iconic a symbol of theatergoing as the celebrity caricat…
Ramin Karimloo, Jane Lynch and Jared Grimes will join the Broadway revival of "Funny Girl." The show is already set to star "Booksmart's" Beanie Feldstein in the role of Fanny Brice. She'll …
On Sunday in New York City, "Six," the pop-musical phenomenon about the not-so merry wives of Henry VIII, became the first new musical to open on Broadway, 17 months after the show's origina…
Jeremy O. Harris is in the process of removing "Slave Play" from its upcoming Los Angeles run at the Center Theatre Group due to the organization's lack of female playwrights showcased this …
Like everyone on Broadway at that moment, British director Michael Longhurst remembers exactly where he was when the COVID-19 shutdown came. "We had just done our dress rehearsal of 'Carolin…
There are two reasons that, among recent Hamlets, Cush Jumbo ("The Good Fight") is right up there alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Ian McKellen. Like those two actors, Jumbo has dazzling e…
SPOILER WARNING:Â Do not read if you haven't seen "Venom: Let There Be Carnage," currently playing in theaters. At the end of 2018's "Venom," audiences saw serial killer Cletus Kasady's ex…
Variety's annual Broadway event, presented by City National Bank, is set to return on Oct. 12. Titled "Legit! The Return to Broadway," it will include keynote conversations with legendary di…
Strutting strong, arms akimbo and ready for a royal rumble, the sextet of cheeky spouses of King Henry VIII take to the stage in triumph " not just over the much-married monarch who did them…
In "A Crossing," the new dance musical premiering at Barrington Stage in the Berkshires, a group of desperate immigrants confront hazardous terrains, punishing weather, threatening vigilante…
The Drama League is devoting substantial resources to overhaul its marquee program, the Directors Project, in an effort to better support creatives at all stages of their careers. Led by art…
Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga are teaming up to bring "Macbeth" back to Broadway. Craig is returning to the Great White Way, after performances in "A Steady Rain" and "Betrayal," to play th…
The playwrights Jocelyn Bioh and Martyna Majok have a bond, in life and in their work. "I feel like Martyna and I are these playwriting sisters in terms of the groups of people and the stori…
After almost a two-year hiatus, the Tony Awards came back, but the siren song of Broadway's biggest and best wasn't enough to draw a large TV audience. The 9-11 p.m. portion of the Tony Awar…
Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have signed a commercial first look agreement for all future works produced by the theatre company. As part of the pact, STC's productions wil…
After 27 months, the Tony Awards returned on Sunday night to honor Broadway's best. The ceremony served as an emotional ode to the power of live theater, as well as an elaborately produced a…
"Slave Play," Jeremy O. Harris' searing look at racism and sexuality, will return to Broadway this fall. The show, which was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, a record for a non-musical, was com…
The long-delayed Tony Awards ceremony has happened at last, and much of it played out as expected " see, for instance, the string of wins for "Moulin Rouge!," which seemed the likely winner …
The Tonys deserve to win multiple Emmys next year. A night married with celebration, inclusivity and in what can only be described as the realization that Jesus Christ returned to save us al…
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical," a stage adaptation of the poplar movie, dominated an unorthodox and highly emotional 74th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, winning ten prizes, including the statue …
Almost a year after the Tony Award nominations dropped, it's finally time to announce the winners. Amid rising health concerns Broadway (and theater across the globe) went dark in March of 2…
When "Moulin Rouge" re-opened on Broadway Friday night after COVID-19 shut its doors, Robyn Hurder returned to the production not just as one of its stars, but as a Tony nominee. At Sunday n…