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It’s tough being a Broadway actor around Tony time. You’ve got eight shows a week, of course, but you’ve also got rehearsals for the Tony Awards ceremony to slot into your …
If you haven't seen "Hamilton" yet, it's easy to believe that the blockbuster musical is all about the men. Actors easily outnumber actresses among its leads and featured players, and the gu…
BBC Worldwide North America has acquired U.S. rights to the musical thriller “London Road,” starring Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman and Anita Dobson. The film, directed by Rufus Norris…
As if one Donald Trump wasn’t enough, the world got two on Monday night. Three-time Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep arrived at the annual Shakespeare in the Park Public Theater G…
Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon will star on Broadway in a spring 2017 revival of “The Little Foxes” — and alternate in the play’s two major female roles. In the Manha…
Long live the period piece. From time travel to a revival of a beloved romantic comedy about pen pals set in Hungary to a contemporary twist on the American revolution, this year's nominees …
Casual viewers of the June 12 Tony Awards might be forgiven for wondering if the Broadway-centric telecast represents the bastion of commercial theater in America, then why is one of the nig…
In the old days, there was one road to Broadway, and it was usually on the road. Producers took a new musical out of town, worked out the kinks in the relative privacy of the regions and the…
James Corden isn’t just the face of “The Late Late Show” — he’s also hosting the 2016 Tony Awards, airing June 12 on CBS. To prepare for the job, he picked up s…
At the Tony Awards this Sunday, Broadway musical “Hamilton” is widely expected to walk away with the top trophies. If it does, it'll cap an extraordinary year that Lin-Manuel Mir…
"Bright Star" doesn't sound like most Broadway musicals. There's that banjo, for one thing, not to mention the autoharp and the mandolin. If you're trying to describe the production’s …
Coming after “Gloria” and “An Octoroon,” both brimming with ideas, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new work, “War,” is a bit of a buzz-kill. …
“American Psycho,” one of the musicals mostly left out of this year’s Tony Awards race, got a nice boost at the Broadway box office in its final week on the boards ̵…
DreamWorks has hired Krysty Wilson-Cairns to write the screenplay for its adaptation of Gay Talese's “The Voyeur's Motel” with Sam Mendes directing and producing. Steven Spielber…
Two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field and two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello will return to the Broadway stage next season to star in Tennessee Williams's “The Glass Menagerie…
Scott Rudin’s very full Broadway plate has gotten a little bit lighter, with the producer deciding to step away from the brewing musical version of “Groundhog Day,” whichÂ…
“Shuffle Along” and “The Humans” won the top honors at the 2016 Drama Desk Awards, scoring trophies for outstanding musical and outstanding play, respectively. As the…
The Ambassador Theatre Group is to produce a new stage musical based on the life of Frank Sinatra, in partnership with Stewart Till and Frank Sinatra Enterprises. The show, which is planned …
The sea has been brought to life at the Hollywood (Fish)Bowl thanks to a game cast and classic movie. The Hollywood Bowl has had success bringing stripped-down versions of Broadway shows …
It was mostly by accident that "Waitress" became the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team. But in the middle of a season that was all about diversity, the show, nominated …
Disney’s brewing Broadway musical adaptation of "Frozen" has lost a choreographer, with the previously announced Peter Darling exiting the production because of a prior commitment to w…
Donald Trump has said that he wants to put some showbiz in this year’s Republican National Convention — but just what does that mean? The presumptive GOP nominee, real estate dev…
Staffers at Minnesota Public Radio have voted to join performers union SAG-AFTRA, with 39 voting yes and 17 voting no, along with 18 challenges. The new bargaining unit will cover employees …
If viewers of this year’s Tony Awards get to see a performance from “Spring Awakening,” they’ll have fans to thank for footing the bill. Deaf West Theater’s nom…
A Greek holiday home becomes a symbol of a diplomatic powerplay in Alexi Kaye Campbell's two-act time-hop, "Sunset at the Villa Thalia," at the National Theater. The playwright of transatlan…
