Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Mary Todd Lincoln had grand ambitions of being a cabaret star, at least according to playwright Cole Escola. Now, the former first lady is getting her due on the grandest stage of all. “Oh…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMWednesday, April 17, 2024
Break out the dumpling wrappers and mahjong sets because “Crazy Rich Asians” is coming to Broadway. The beloved romantic comedy is being developed as a Broadway musical by director Jon M…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, April 16, 2024
“West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler and “Heartstopper” breakout Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in “Romeo+ Juliet,” a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AMWednesday, March 27, 2024
Ariana DeBose will host the Tony Awards for the third consecutive year. Broadway’s biggest night will take place on June 16 in New York City at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, March 19, 2024
Sufjan Stevens is bringing his musical talents to Broadway. The singer-songwriter’s show “Illinoise,” based on his album of the same name, will open at the St. James Theatre in the spr…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:01AMFriday, March 15, 2024
Climate change protestors disrupted Thursday night’s performance of Broadway’s “An Enemy of the People.” The disturbance briefly halted the play and resulted in several of the cast m…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AMWednesday, March 6, 2024
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will return to Broadway to interpret the Bard. They will star in a revival of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello,” which opens in the spring of 2025 a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:46AMTuesday, February 27, 2024
Netflix is getting into the business of Broadway. The streaming behemoth is producing the upcoming play “Patriots,” from “The Crown” creator Peter Morgan. The show, set in 1991 after…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:22PMThursday, February 8, 2024
“My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)” has postponed its Broadway debut. The comedic play, which premiered on London’s West End, will open next season instead of this spring. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:47PMMonday, January 29, 2024
Hats off to “Gutenberg! The Musical!” The Broadway show, starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells (whose characters wear dozens of caps) as they reunited 12 years after “The Book of Mormo…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:56PMWednesday, December 6, 2023
“Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in “Chicago.” She will play the blond-haired ingenue, the one whose name is on everybody’s lips, for…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:37AMThursday, November 16, 2023
Jason Biggs, Edie Falco and Hank Azaria have joined the producing team of “The White Chip,” a comedy that will premiere Off-Broadway in 2024. Described as a “wry and wild” journey, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMMonday, November 13, 2023
RWS Global, the world’s largest producer of live experiences, has hired former NBCUniversal executive Chris Lucarz as chief financial officer. In his new role, Lucarz will oversee all fina…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMWednesday, September 6, 2023
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will star in the world premiere of “Mother Play,” a new Broadway show by playwright Paula Vogel. Tina Landau is directing the limited e…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMonday, August 21, 2023
“Once Upon a One More Time,” a fairy tale-inspired musical powered by the discography of Britney Spears, is closing on Broadway. The show, which opened in June, will play its final perfo…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:44PM“The Outsiders,” a musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie, is heading to Broadway. The show will open on April 11, 2024 at the Bernard …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:36AMMonday, August 7, 2023
Broadway Across America, a touring network of shows and musicals, has set a new executive team. As part of the shakeup, Richard Jaffe, who currently serves as co-CEO, is taking over as the s…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:07PMThursday, August 3, 2023
Lin-Manuel Miranda is adapting a stage musical version of “The Warriors,” Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel. That book inspired a 1979 cult action thriller directed by Walter Hill that is even …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Washington Heights, a neighborhood in northern Manhattan that’s best known to theater lovers as the setting of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first hit show, played host to thousands in the Broadw…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:03AMThursday, June 8, 2023
Although “Funny Girl” isn’t eligible at this year’s Tony Awards, the cast of the Broadway musical is performing a musical number during Sunday’s ceremony. It’s an unconventional …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
Broadway performances of “Hamilton” and “Camelot,” as well as a Shakespeare in the Park production of “Hamlet,” were canceled on Wednesday night as smoke from Canadian wildfires …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:08PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Bad Cinderella” is closing on Broadway roughly four months after opening night. The producers announced it will play its final show at the Imperial Theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:34PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
Joel Grey and John Kander will receive special honors at this year’s Tony Awards, for lifetime achievements in theater. Kander, a composer and one half of the songwriting duo known as Kand…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:49PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
“Some Like It Hot,” a jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film about two musicians on the run, dominated the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, which were announced on Tuesday, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:10AMWednesday, April 26, 2023
Each night at Broadway’s new musical-comedy “Shucked,” audiences are treated to the sweet (and pun-filled) story of Cobb County residents Maizy and Beau, who are forced to postpone the…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:48PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
Jordan Fisher savors those 7 p.m. showtimes. It’s not that there’s a huge difference on the nights that Broadway’s revival of “Sweeney Todd” starts at 8 p.m. But the extra hour of …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AMWednesday, April 12, 2023
Ariana DeBose is back to do “the thing” as the host of this year’s Tony Awards. It’s the second time the actor is serving as emcee for Broadway’s biggest night, which is taking pla…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMThursday, April 6, 2023
“Wicked,” the untold story of everything that happened before Dorothy dropped down in Oz, is poised to make Broadway history. When the hit musical plays its 7,486th performance on Tuesda…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:59AMWednesday, March 22, 2023
At long last, “Smash,” a stage musical adaptation of the NBC series, is heading to Broadway. Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, who produced the original series, will se…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AMThursday, March 16, 2023
David Burtka and Carey Cox will lead the upcoming revival of “God of Carnage,” which is expected to open Off-Broadway in the spring. Theater Breaking Through Barriers, an inclusive theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:24PMStephen Sondheim’s final musical “Here We Are” is hitting the stage in the fall. The legendary musical theater figure, who composed “Sunday in the Park with George,” “Follies,”…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM“Room,” a stage version of the Oscar-winning movie, will no longer open on Broadway due to insufficient financing and the withdrawal of a lead producer. The production was scheduled to b…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:43AMThursday, March 2, 2023
Life in the the-a-ter is coming to a close for the company of “Funny Girl.” The Broadway revival has extended its run, but the show will play its final performance on Sunday, Sept. 3, 20…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMThursday, February 23, 2023
JoJo, the singer of bops from the early aughts like “Leave (Get Out)” and “Too Little Too Late,” is making her Broadway debut as Satine in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” She will t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:34AMWednesday, February 22, 2023
Ben Platt is speaking out against the anti-semitic protestors who gathered outside the first preview performance of Broadway’s revival of “Parade,” a musical about the true story of th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:54AMTuesday, February 21, 2023
Laurie Metcalf and Tatiana Maslany will share the stage in the upcoming Broadway play “Grey House.” Joe Mantello, the Tony-winning director of “Wicked,” “Take Me Out” and “As…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
The City of Stars is heading to the Great White Way. The Oscar-winning musical “La La Land” is being adapted as a stage show, with plans to open on Broadway at an undetermined date. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
Lea Michele is officially the greatest star. “Funny Girl,” the once-struggling musical revival, has been selling strong and broke the all-time box office record at Broadway’s August Wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AMFriday, December 2, 2022
“Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical powered by the discography of Britney Spears, is coming to Broadway in 2023. The show will begin previews at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre ahead of …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMThursday, December 1, 2022
Broadway darling Aaron Tveit is returning to Broadway in January, reprising his Tony-winning role as Christian in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” But don’t get too excited, chickens. Tvei…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PM 
