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The frenetic Broadway spring comes to a thrilling conclusion with the lightning-bolt opening of Lucas Hnath's "A Doll's House, Part 2," a new play so endlessly stimulating that it could give…
The boys singing and swinging their hearts out in "Bandstand," an exuberant new musical set in the days just after World War II, are chasing an uncertain future and running from their trauma…
Is it me, or have the follies of rich New Yorkers become less delightfully entertaining than they once were? To wit: Some of the savor has left the champagne in the Broadway revival of "Six …
The Tony Awards have announced that they will be reinstating the Best Sound Design categories for the 2017-2018 season. Both Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical…
"Anastasia," ("The New Broadway Musical" in this case) is a fictional reimagining of the fate of the youngest daughter of the last Czar of Russia. Bolsheviks executed the real Anastasia, alo…
The Broadway community will come together once again for the 31st annual Easter Bonnet Competition today and tomorrow at the Minskoff Theatre. This year’s competition will include gues…
What a peculiar piece of confectionary is the new musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which opened at the Lunt-Fontanne on Sunday night. Allegedly, the mu…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2017 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to two of the most successful General Managers in the industr…
A lot of merchandise is for sale in the lobby of the Shubert Theatre, where Bette Midler stars in the highly anticipated, or, really, let's make that breathlessly awaited revival of "Hello, …
TIME has named Ben Platt to the 2017 TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related items appear in the May 1, 2017 issue of TIME, avail…
It doesn't take a refined intellect to separate the bad characters from the good in Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes." The bad tend to be scheming, grasping and spiteful, and maybe mean t…
The Tony Awards have announced that Kevin Spacey will host the 71st Annual Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 11 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) o…
It is astonishing that the most recent opening at the Cort Theatre, "Indecent," marks the Broadway debut of its Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Paula Vogel. A new play based on real events, "…
The producers and creators of "Groundhog Day" must be uncomfortably aware by now that, despite the fantasy at the center of their show, every day really is a new day " and not necessarily a …
Leaving Lincoln Center on a beautiful spring Sunday afternoon after a performance of "Oslo," I was surprisingly engulfed by an uneasy disquiet. My reaction, I should hasten to make clear, is…
Two Fosse Femme Fatales will present this year’s Drama League Nominees. The Drama League has announced that Tony Winning performers Bebe Neuwirth and Patina Miller will be announ…
It looks like breaking records is exactly what baking can do. Sara Bareilles‘ musical adaptation Waitress is continuing to rake it in at the box office after the singer/songwriter has …
Mobile ticketing app TodayTix " which, until now, has exclusively connected ticket buyers with last minute offerings only " announced today that it will offer its first-ever presale in partn…
The winners of the 2017 Olivier Awards were announced last night at London's Royal Albert Hall in a ceremony hosted by Jason Manford. This year's ceremony will be broadcast on ITV on Tuesday…
This past weekend, the upcoming production of Once on This Island left New York on its search to discover talent outside of the traditional places, beginning in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The…
The Broadway League has awarded the New York Education and Engagement Grants to Come From Away and Jitney. Each production received a $5,000 grant towards its 2017 educational and engagement…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met yesterday for the third time this season and confirmed the eligibility of August Wilson's Jitney, Sunset Boulevard, Significant Other, The Glass …
You don't have to go in search of a magnifying glass to discern the active ingredients in the new musical "War Paint," at the Nederlander Theatre, a dual biography of the dueling cosmetics d…
An advance copy of this Sunday’s New York Times includes a full-page ad featuring Broadway News. The advertisement, not placed by Broadway News but for the recently-opened Bro…
Masterworks Broadway and Bee & El will release Billy Porter‘s new studio album, Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers on April 14. The album, which will feature new, so…
