Actors' Equity votes to change the name of the Gypsy Robe
The Gypsy Robe is changing its name. After hearing concerns about the insensitivity of the name, the Actors' Equity Association has voted to rename the robe that is awarded to the chorus mem…
The Gypsy Robe is changing its name. After hearing concerns about the insensitivity of the name, the Actors' Equity Association has voted to rename the robe that is awarded to the chorus mem…
Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban are hosting the 2018 Tony Awards, the pair announced in a video on Twitter Wednesday. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Å
Reviews never bothered Disney anyway. Though "Frozen" received mixed reviews from critics, the show has maintained a popular resonance that translated into a record-breaking advance of $62.6…
Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond are joining Stephanie J. Block to play the role of Cher in the Chicago run of ‘The Cher Show.’ Cher will be depicted by the three actors at differe…
Two civilians were seriously injured in a fire that occurred Monday afternoon at 520 8th Avenue, home of Ripley-Grier Studios and other theater offices. The fire, which was called in at 3:31…
"1984" will now be considered for all Tony Awards categories after a nominator recused himself from the committee, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced Thursday. In its first m…
Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee will announce the Tony nominees the morning of May 1. The event, which takes place at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Cent…
The Actors' Equity Association is pushing to create two new Tony Award categories that honor equity choruses and ensembles in musicals or plays. Actors' Equity is championing the two propose…
Scott Rudin is bringing Kenneth Lonergan’s play “The Waverly Gallery” to Broadway next season. The revival will star Elaine May, Lucas Hedges and Michael Cera, in his third…
"Come From Away" will begin its North American tour at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in October 2018. The show will play 60 cities overall, including stops in Canada, in cities such as Vancou…
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" broke the record for highest weekly gross for a play, bringing in $2.14 million last week. That amount, brought in across eight preview performances, best…
Janet McTeer will star in the world premiere of "Bernhardt/Hamlet" on Broadway this September as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's 2018-2019 season. The play written by Theresa Rebeck was…
Producer Bill Weiner has acquired the theatrical stage rights to "Empire Records," with plans to turn it into a Broadway musical. The musical will be written by Carol Heikkinen, who wrote th…
Theatre Communications Group has appointed Gordon Lane as its chief technology officer. Lane comes to TCG, the national organization for American theater, from Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zo…
“Jesus Christ Superstar” will launch a North American tour of the Regent Park Open Air Theatre production in fall 2019. Produced by Stephen Gabriel, the tour comes after a West E…
StubHub, the resale ticket company that recently announced a partnership with Roundabout Theatre Company, announced Sukhinder Singh Cassidy will be its new president and senior vice presiden…
"KPOP" is the most-nominated show of the Lucille Lortel awards, with nine nominations announced Wednesday, including Outstanding Musical. Following "KPOP," "Bella: An American Tale" and "Mar…
Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit and Danny Burstein will star in the world premiere of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. Additional casting includes Sahr Ngaujah, Tam …
Joseph Meli was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding 130 investors in a proposed ticket resale scheme that included popular Br…
Roundabout Theatre Company has teamed up with StubHub as its official secondary ticketing partner. The partnership, which the companies are calling “the first of its kind,” will …
As Broadway welcomes more first-time theatergoers, Mike Rafael is trying to figure out how to get them to come back a second time. Rafael, an independent sales and ticketing analyst and owne…
The Lucille Lortel Awards have changed the nomination announcement date to April 4 from the previously announced date of April 3. Rachel Bay Jones and Steven Pasquale will announce the nomin…
The musical adaptation of “Beetlejuice” will have its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. this October, the production announced Wednesday. “Beetleju…
Playwrights Welcome has broadened its free ticketing initiative for playwrights to include 100 theaters across the country. The Playwrights Welcome initiative, created by Samuel French with …
Stephanie J. Block will star as Cher in the Broadway-bound musical “The Cher Show,” the show’s press team confirmed Tuesday. “The Cher Show” is playing a pre-Br…