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Eric Simonson's Magic/Bird, a drama about the basketball legends Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, will open at the Longacre Theatre on April 11. Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo…
Though it was named the #1 new American play of 2011 by Time magazine, it has been announced that "Chinglish" will end its Broadway run on Sunday, January 29 after 128 performances. "Chingli…
On January 16, Latin-American star Marco Zunino will make his Broadway debut as lawyer Billy Flynn in the current revival of "Chicago" at the Ambassador Theatre. He will stay with the musica…
The first-ever Broadway production of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella" is set to premiere during the 2012-2013 season, and will be directed by Mark Brokaw. The new version will feature…
"Joyful Noise" star Jeremy Jordan has been announced as the star of the upcoming Broadway production of "Newsies," the stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney film of the same name. Friday's ann…
The new musical "Leap of Faith" will begin productions on Broadway April 3 at the St. James Theater, it was announced on Thursday. The announcement was somewhat unusual by Broadway standards…
Pop star Aaron Carter will extend his current starring role in "The Fantasticks" until April 22, reports BroadwayWorld.com. The triple-platinum selling pop star began his run with the play o…
"Jersey Boys," the jukebox musical about the career of Frankie Valli and his 1960s pop group the Four Seasons, is coming to the big screen, and John Logan will write the screenplay. Logan is…
Oscar and Tony nominated director Rob Marshall will once again team with Disney to bring a film-adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical "Into the Woods" to the big screen, according to …
Kevin McCollum and Jeffrey Seller, one of the most successful Broadway producing teams of the past two decades, have announced that they will go their separate ways. The team is responsible …
Jessica Chastain, the Golden Globe-nominated actress that starred in last year's film hit "The Help" will play a lead role in an upcoming revival of "The Heiress" in her Broadway debt.
After just ending a record-breaking run of his one-man show this past Sunday, Tony award winner Hugh Jackman has signed on to star in the title role of "Houdini!" The Stephen Schwartz-Aaron …
"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has broken Broadway records by bringing in the highest single-week gross of any show in Broadway history. The show earned nearly $3 million over nine performa…
"Relatively Speaking," a Broadway production consisting of three one-act comedy plays by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May, has announced it will be closing at the end of this month. Th…
It seemed like only a matter of time before the "Twilight" series was turned into a musical, and now that time has come. But it might not be the musical you were expecting. "Twilight: The Mu…
The producers of the new Broadway musical comedy "Lysistrata Jones" announced that the show would close after a matinee performance on Sunday, January 8. At that point, the show will have ha…
More than a dozen shows that announced a Broadway debut for the 2011 season " including "Yank!" and a revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" " have been either delayed or cancelled, according…
"Glee" star Darren Criss made his Broadway debut last night in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," replacing former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliff in the role of J. Pierre…
Hugh Jackman's successful one-man show ended its 10-week Broadway run on Sunday, and in the process set some impressive Broadway box office records. Throughout the run at the Broadhurst Thea…
Former First Lady of New York Donna Hanover will make her Broadway debut when she joins the revival of "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" later this spring. As a case of art imitating life, the jou…
After announcing to Us Weekly on December 20 that she split from Daniel Zelman " her husband of ten years " earlier this year, it appears Debra Messing is now romantically involved with her …
Dolly Parton the legendary country singer, the actress, the songwriter and lyricist for the Broadway version of 9 to 5 is planning something new for the stage. Parton is preparing an autobio…
Alan Menken is busy writing new songs for the musical Newsies Broadway debut. The musical is based on a movie with the same title and enjoyed a great run in New Jersey. It is set to open on …
Christina Ricci is returning to the stage this spring to star in an off-Broadway production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Classic Stage Company production is bringi…
Elizabeth Marvel is taking over for Rachel Griffiths in Broadway's Other Dessert Cities. The move is scheduled to take place on March 6, 2012. Marvel was in the original cast of the off-Broa…