REPORT: Movie Theater Closures Create Stockpile of Surplus "Rocky Horror" Reenactors by Broadway Beat

by Dan Kozuh. @DanKozuh. LOS ANGELES - As hundreds of independent movie theaters across the country continue to close during the COVID-19 pandemic, the cance...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on May 1, 2020[SHARE]

REPORT: Cast of "Newsies" Recruited to Replace USPS Staff by Broadway Beat

by Haley Emerson. @haleyemerson_. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Postal Service, in dire financial straits amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, was recently denied emergency aid from the f…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00pm on April 30, 2020[SHARE]

REPORT: Cast of "Newsies" Recruited to Replace USPS Staff by Broadway Beat

by Haley Emerson. @haleyemerson_. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Postal Service, in dire financial straits amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, was recentl...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 30, 2020[SHARE]

FBI Cracks Down on Ring Light Black Market Amongst Amazon Shortage by Broadway Beat

by Daniel Tepper. @tanieldepper. WASHINGTON D. C. - At a remote press briefing this afternoon,Claudia Gordon, the FBI's Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, discl…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:08pm on April 29, 2020[SHARE]

FBI Cracks Down on Ring Light Black Market Amongst Amazon Shortage by Broadway Beat

by Daniel Tepper. @tanieldepper. WASHINGTON D. C. - At a remote press briefing this afternoon,Claudia Gordon, the FBI's Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Res...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 29, 2020[SHARE]

DO NOT PUBLISH: The 2020 Tony Award Nominations Have Arrived! by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. EDITOR'S NOTE 2/25/20 - Hey team, just started putting together this little placeholder for the Tony nominations this April. There's no reason to think the award…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:42am on April 28, 2020[SHARE]

DO NOT PUBLISH: The 2020 Tony Award Nominations Have Arrived! by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. EDITOR'S NOTE 2/25/20 - Hey team, just started putting together this little placeholder for the Tony nominations this April. The...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 28, 2020[SHARE]

"Sondheim 90th" Producers Already Busy Prepping "Lea Michele 34th" by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The team behind this past Sunday's starry Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration, a virtual c...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 27, 2020[SHARE]

North Korea: Kim Jong-un Not Dead, Just Rehearsing Juliet's Death Scene for the Big Spring Play by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA " Earlier today, both Japanese and Chinese news outlets released stories that Kim Jong-un, son of th...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 25, 2020[SHARE]

Heartwarming: This Neighborhood Gathers Every Day at 7:00 to Applaud the Dentist from "Little Shop" by Broadway Beat

by Brennan Saur. @brennan.saur. MILLMEADOW, Wisc. - All around the country, communities have come together to celebrate the doctors, nurses, and other essential workers who have been risking…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:41am on April 24, 2020[SHARE]

Heartwarming: This Neighborhood Gathers Every Day at 7:00 to Applaud the Dentist from "Little Shop" by Broadway Beat

by Brennan Saur. @brennan.saur. MILLMEADOW, Wisc. - All around the country, communities have come together to celebrate the doctors, nurses, and other essent...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 24, 2020[SHARE]

Senator Spent Entire Day Thinking About Your Stimulus Check Request, Truly It Touched Him, It Did by Broadway Beat

by Alyssa LaVacca. @alyssalavacca. WASHINGTON D. C. - Facing unprecedented economic uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have been feverishly writing their representat…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:33am on April 23, 2020[SHARE]

Senator Spent Entire Day Thinking About Your Stimulus Check Request, Truly It Touched Him, It Did by Broadway Beat

by Alyssa LaVacca. @alyssalavacca. WASHINGTON D. C. - Facing unprecedented economic uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have been fev...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 23, 2020[SHARE]

New CDC Social Distancing Guideline Recommends Remaining One "Hunky Gaston Bicep" Apart at All Times by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. WASHINGTON D. C. - The Center for Disease Control issued a new guideline this morning recommending that, instead of remaining six feet apart from one another at …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 22, 2020[SHARE]

New CDC Social Distancing Guideline Recommends Remaining One "Hunky Gaston Bicep" Apart at All Times by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. WASHINGTON D. C. - The Center for Disease Control issued a new guideline this morning recommending that, instead of remaining si...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 22, 2020[SHARE]

BREAKING: Unemployment Line Announces Rush Policy by Broadway Beat

by Alec Brown. @brownta3. NEW YORK, NY - With millions of Americans out of work, the New York Department of Labor has been unable to keep up with the high de...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 21, 2020[SHARE]

Local Actor Thrilled to Announce Role in Multi-Level Marketing Scheme by Broadway Beat

by Anna Larranaga. @annalarranaga. BOSTON - In a statement made via Facebook this morning, musical theatre actor Taylor Whitmore is "thrilled to announce" an...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 21, 2020[SHARE]

"Hadestown" Popularity Leaves Playwrights Scrambling to Write Musical About Zeus's Weird Sex Stuff by Broadway Beat

by Adam Bakst. @AdamBakst_WUSF. CHICAGO - After the enormous success of Hadestown, a musical adaptation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, aspiring playwr...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 16, 2020[SHARE]

TUTORIAL: How to Make a Protective Mask Out of Your Old Playbills! by Broadway Beat

by Justin Ayer. @JustAyer (Instagram), @JustinAyer (Twitter). Edited by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous.

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 15, 2020[SHARE]

Phantom of the Community Theater Struggles to Fit 50-Ton Pipe Organ in Broom Closet by Broadway Beat

by Tom Hickey. @TomedyTonight. MARION, Indiana - Earl Whetterson, the self-appointed "phantom" of the local Marion Community Theater, expressed dissatisfaction last Thursday with his inabili…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:16pm on April 14, 2020[SHARE]

North Korean Media: "Kim Jong-un Not Dead, Just Rehearsing Juliet's Death Scene for the Spring Play" by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA " Earlier today, both Japanese and Chinese news outlets released stories that Kim Jong-un, son of the late Kim Jong-il and dictator o…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 14, 2020[SHARE]

Good News! Actor Trying Stand-Up by Broadway Beat

by Spencer Meade. @comeadey (Twitter), @spennyislennie (Instagram). NEW YORK, NY - Good news! Don Shephard, a New York actor whose last role was as Rolf in...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00am on April 14, 2020[SHARE]

"Livestreams Are Killing Live Theatre," says Man Who Paid $849 for Premium "Hamilton" Tickets by Broadway Beat

by Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. PHILADELPHIA - Main Line investment banker Henry Van Doren held a virtual press conference today where he told constituents that free or low-cost digit…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:13pm on April 10, 2020[SHARE]

Broadway Shutdown Extended After No-Good Rotten "Sing Street" Kids Get Eight More Weeks of Detention by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The shutdown of all Broadway shows due to the coronavirus has been extended through at least June 7th, not only in order to limit the spread of CO…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:32pm on April 9, 2020[SHARE]

Next Great American Play Currently a Google Doc Titled "YOU WANTED TO BE A WRITER, SO WRITE, DIPWAD" by Broadway Beat

by Roxy Arecco. @roxyarecco. ATHENS, Oh - Local playwright Noah Lynch is reportedly set to publish the "Next Great American Play" once he puts down his Nintendo Switch and opens the document…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:02pm on April 7, 2020[SHARE]