257 stories by "Broadway News"
NaTasha Yvette Williams will assume the role of Zelma in "Tina" starting Feb. 4, producers announced Monday. Williams takes over the role of Zelma, who is the mother of Tina Turner, from ori…
The marquees of all Broadway theaters will be dimmed at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday in honor of the late Sidney Poitier, the Broadway League announced Tuesday. Poitier, who died Jan. 6 at the age of…
Jaquel Spivey will make his Broadway debut as Usher in "A Strange Loop" this spring. Spivey comes to Broadway after playing Usher in the show's recent engagement at Woolly Mammoth Theatr…
John Earl Jelks will join the Broadway cast of "Birthday Candles," starring alongside Debra Messing, Roundabout Theatre Company said Thursday. Enrico Colantoni, Crystal Finn, Susannah Flood …
Jack Viertel has retired as senior vice president of Jujamcyn Theaters after 34 years with the company. Viertel, who was Jujamcyn's creative director before becoming senior vice president, s…
"Skeleton Crew" has rescheduled its opening night to Jan. 26, 2022, Manhattan Theatre Club announced Monday. The play's opening night, originally scheduled for Jan. 12, was twice delayed due…
Nick Rashad Burroughs will take over the role of Ike in the Broadway company of "Tina," producers announced Monday. Currently in the musical's ensemble, Burroughs will play the role starting…
Charlotte d'Amboise will return to the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of "Chicago" starting Monday, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced. D'Amboise has been with the pr…
BroadwayCon, the annual Broadway fan conference, has been postponed five months due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in New York City, organizers said Thursday. The conference, which was origin…
TodayTix Group announced Wednesday that it has acquired live events directory and ticketing platform Goldstar. The development marks TodayTix's fourth acquisition during the pandemic. The ti…
James Monroe Iglehart will join the Broadway company of "Chicago" as Billy Flynn, producers Barry and Fran Weissler announced Tuesday. Iglehart steps into the show Jan. 17, taking over from …
Manhattan Theatre Club has canceled additional performances of "Skeleton Crew" and pushed its opening night date for a second time due to the detection of COVID-19 cases within the company. …
Baize Buzan will rejoin the Broadway company of "To Kill a Mockingbird" in the role of Scout Finch starting Jan. 5, producer Barry Diller announced Friday. Buzan takes on the role after work…
"Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations" will play its final Broadway performance Jan. 16, producers Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce announced Tuesday. The show canceled its Dec…
In 2021, Senator Chuck Schumer worked behind the scenes in Washington and on the stages in New York to help support and then sell Broadway's reopening. Schumer pushed for the Shuttered Venue…
Performances of "The Lion King" are canceled through Dec. 26 and "Six" will be dark through Dec. 28, the respective productions announced Tuesday. The announcements follow the detection of b…
Preview performances of "Skeleton Crew" will now begin six days later than scheduled after breakthrough COVID-19 cases were discovered in the company, Manhattan Theatre Club announced Monday…
Kadeem Ali Harris, Reynaldo Piniella and Christian Thompson will join the cast of "Thoughts of a Colored Man" on Jan. 4, 2022, producers announced Monday. The three additions to the cast are…
Emilie Kouatchou, Broadway's current Christine alternate in "The Phantom of the Opera," will step into the role full-time next year, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackint…
The first preview of "Take Me Out" is now set for March 10, 2022, the production announced Friday. Originally scheduled to begin previews March 9, the production cited "a change in the produ…
The Broadway production of "Hamilton" canceled its Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 performances due to breakthrough COVID"19 cases within the company, the production said Thursday. The production had in…
Eric Anderson will take over the role of Harold Zidler in the Broadway company of "Moulin Rouge!" starting Jan. 18, 2022, producers announced Thursday. He replaces original cast member Danny…
The Dec. 15 matinee of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has been canceled due to the detection of breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company, the production announced Wednesday. The socia…
The Dec. 15 matinee and evening performances of "Tina" have been canceled after "a limited number" of company members tested positive for COVID-19, the production said Wednesday. The stateme…
The Dec. 14 performance of "Ain't Too Proud" has been canceled "due to a breakthrough COVID-19 case" found in the company, the production said Tuesday. In the statement, posted to social med…
