Tuesday, March 17, 2026
“School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play,” written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Whitney White, will start performances in September.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Skyrocketing budgets and falling profitability have driven a new form of offshoring, with U.S. producers staging shows across the Atlantic.
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For eight weeks this spring, the popular rapper will be featured as a nightclub impresario in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”
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The Marvel alumni Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will star in Jamie Lloyd’s mischievous take on “Much Ado About Nothing.”
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The Tony winner returns to the stage in “Every Brilliant Thing,” an interactive monologue with a message of hope “that might be vital for somebody to hear.”
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The musical, called “Galileo,” will star Raúl Esparza, and is scheduled to open in December at the Shubert Theater.
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The final New York performance will be July 26, seven years after it opened; international and touring productions continue.
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Thursday, January 15, 2026
Though the show will close in New York next month, a North American tour will continue, and productions in Australia, Germany and South Korea are planned.
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The play, about a man who spends decades on death row before being exonerated by DNA evidence, will have a 16-week run this spring.
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The mayor said a new initiative by the Under the Radar festival exemplified an arts affordability agenda that he intends to pursue.
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The show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since “Wicked.” It wasn’t enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.
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The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it “meritless.”
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A musical adaptation of the story will open at the Majestic Theater next spring. And yes, the score includes “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
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This zany musical made it from the basement of a Manhattan grocery to London’s West End, and now hopes to become Broadway’s next hit comedy.
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The lauded play by Samuel D. Hunter is the first production of Scott Rudin’s comeback season. Despite positive reviews, sales have been soft.
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The Broadway revival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, was transformative. Here’s what to know about the show, and the movie.
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Joe Mantello will direct the next revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” opening in April at the Winter Garden Theater.
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Nobody advanced or cherished the English language more than Stoppard, Tim Curry noted. Colleagues and fans agreed.
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The show, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will remain open through the holidays. The announcement comes just two weeks after the musical opened.
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Readers ask about the most environmentally friendly thing to do with an unwanted program. And by the way, why is it always yellow?
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The “Harry Potter” alumnus, who won a Tony Award last year, will star in a solo play that involves something unexpected: audience participation.
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Broadway plans to replace the cast-change slips that are stuffed into Playbills with QR codes. Some understudies and theater buffs will mourn their loss.
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The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.
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The ticketing company is already a significant player in the two big theater markets of New York and London.
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The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity Association reached a tentative agreement early Saturday. Union members must decide whether to ratify it.
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The reimagined “Jellicle Ball” version of the musical is set in the ballroom scene — the queer subculture built around dance competitions.
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The Broadway League and unions representing actors, stage managers and musicians are trying to negotiate new contracts, but workers are increasingly frustrated.
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George Steinbrenner’s theater-loving granddaughter Haley Swindal is taking a big swing with a revival of the musical, slightly retooled for a new generation.
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Nicki Hunter will succeed Lynne Meadow in December, taking charge of a major nonprofit that stages shows on and off Broadway.
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A night out with the composer as he attended his latest project: “Masquerade,” a $25 million reimagining of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
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With the cost of staging song-and-dance spectacles skyrocketing and audiences drawn to older hits, none of the musicals that opened last season has made a profit. Fewer are planned this seas…
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At least 23 regional theaters are planning productions of this story of hope after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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The drama, which has had two runs in Britain, won London’s Olivier Award for best new play earlier this year.
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