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During rehearsals for "Hairspray," Jerry Mitchell turned to Jack O'Brien to say, "He may be the most famous person we know!"
Charles Busch has withdrawn his play "Our Leading Lady" from Manhattan Theater Club's current season.
Joan Benedict Steiger will star in " Collected Stories," a play about literary appropriation. Thesp had planned to produce the play with her late husband, Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger. Th…
Road grosses rose during Week 10 (Aug. 2-8), with the 14 shows reporting grossing $12,509,573, an increase of 8.5% from the prior frame.
Peter Dinklage will portray Shakespeare's Richard III and Judith Ivey plays Martha Mitchell in the Public Theater's 2004-05 season of "Power Plays," half a dozen works showcasing political i…
The great divide continues to widen on Broadway: A few hit shows set records last week while nearly everything else slumped.
Some very interesting statistics.
Road grosses continued on an even keel during Week 9 (July 26-Aug. 1). The total of $11,146,628 was off by just TK% from the prior frame.
How many more political fund-raisers will it take Tony Kushner to finish his Laura Bush play, "Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy"?
Eyebrows were raised in the Washington, D.C., theater community last spring when "Crowns," a gospel musical written by Regina Taylor, walked off with four Helen Hayes Awards, including the s…
Curtain up? Just barely.
Carol Fineman is closing her eponymous publicity firm to join Barlow-Hartman Public Relations, which specializes in Gotham theater. Move is effective Sept. 7.
Fulfilling Roger Waters' desire to put another brick in "The Wall," Miramax Films' Harvey and Bob Weinstein are teaming with music mogul Tommy Mottola to develop, produce and back a Broadway…
'Boy From Oz' sees largest gains
Paralleling the notion of two Americas, there are two Broadways. Shows at the top of the B.O. chart increased their receipts while those at the bottom continued to wilt in the summer heat. Last week, 27 productions brought in $15,168,615, up a fractional 0.04% or $162,912.
That's about what new tuner "Dracula" ($133,879) grossed in its first three previews.
The 1,440-seat Astor Plaza at 44th and Broadway, which opened in 1974 with Barbra Streisand's "For Pete's Sake," will shutter and be converted into a live rock concert hall.
Road grosses fell 3.8% to $10,663,571 during Week 7 (July 12-18).
"We're just inches away," says James L. Nederlander. After 90 weeks of Broadway biz, "Movin' Out" looks to recoup its $10 million capitalization in early August.
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety
Victor Garber was born to play the role of Fredrik Egerman, a middle-aged lawyer whose naive 18-year-old bride, Anne (Laura Benanti), refuses to consummate their marriage.
Peter Falk, Tammy Blanchard and Katey Sagal have been tapped to star in "A Christmas Without Ornaments," while Tom Skerritt, Tim Guinee and Betty Buckley have joined Mary-Louise Parker in "V…
LOS ANGELES - Marlon Brando, who revolutionized American acting with his Method performances in "Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront" and went on to create the iconic characterization of Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather," has died.
