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A new Broadway adaptation of Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" is targeting an spring 2014 opening at the St. James Theater. Variety.com reports that though no official opening or previe…
"Mamma Mia!" is downsizing. The production will transfer from its current home at the Winter Garden Theater to the Broadhurst Theater this year. Both locations are owned by the Shubert Organ…
Appropriately, Nashville's 2013-2014 Broadway season will lean heavily on musicals featuring popular music. There's a reason the place is known as Music City, after all, and the Tennessee Pe…
Brooke Shields has performed in both the Broadway and London production of "Chicago," but this summer she'll find herself directing a production of the musical at the Hollywood Bowl. The new…
The traveling version of Camp Broadway is back for its 13 year this summer, and will visit cities across the U.S. The long-running New York City version of the camp also will be held in thre…
Katie Rose Clarke will return to the Broadway production of "Wicked" later this month to again take over the role of Glinda. Rose played the role on Broadway for almost two years, but left i…
Richard Greenberg's new Broadway adaptation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" will close on Sunday. After the final performance, the production will have played 38 regular performances and 17 prev…
NBC's "Smash" is on the brink of cancellation. Maybe. When it was announced about a month ago that the network was moving the show from its Tuesday night timeslot to Saturday, it was largely…
The upcoming Boston pre-Broadway run of a new musical version of "Tuck Everlasting" — originally set to premiere this July — has been postponed because there are no New York thea…
Mary-Louise Parker is heading back to Broadway to star in the new World War I-era drama "The Snow Geese." The play is written by Sharr White and will be co-produced by the Manhattan Theatre …
"Hands on a Hardboy" will become the fastest-closing new musical of this Broadway season when it shuts down following an April 13 show. At that time, the production will have played 28 previ…
Andrew Lloyd Webber has acquired the stage rights to the 2003 Jack Black film "School of Rock," and says he will turn his attention to the adaptation when he finishes his current project, "S…
Alicia Hall Moran and Nathaniel Stampley have been revealed as the stars of the upcoming national tour of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess." Both actors were involved in the Broadway revival o…
The first national tour of "Wicked" will be getting a small makeover later this month as Alison Luff and John Davidson join the cast. Luff will take over as Elphaba on April 30, when the sho…
Stephen Sondheim is the recipient of the 2013 MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement. The Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and lyricist is the 54th person to be honored with…
The long-rumored film adaptation of "Jersey Boys" seemed to be in serious jeopardy late last year when Warner Bros. put the film into turnaround. But now it appears that Clint Eastwood wants…
Helen Mirren may bring her performance of Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience" to Broadway as early as next season. Mirren currently is playing the role in the West End production, and she s…
A new revival of "Gigi" is heading to Broadway. Producer Jenna Segal announced the plans for a return to Broadway for the classic story, saying that the the run might occur as soon as the 20…
During the 2010 and 2012 holiday seasons, "Elf: The Musical" entertained Broadway crowds, but this year the production will spread the Christmas cheer around the U.S. by embarking on a natio…
Broadway's award winning "Once" has a whole new look with the replacement of the two primary stars of the production. The starring roles, known simply as "Guy" and "Girl," have been filled b…
"Forever Dusty," the new musical that explores the life of the late singer Dusty Springfield, will close Off-Broadway at New World Stages on April 7. After announcing the closing, producers …
The West End version of "Singin' in the Rain" will close June 8, though a major national U.K. tour is set to begin later this year. The production currently plays at the Palace Theatre on We…
The West End production of "The Book of Mormon" wasted no time smashing box office records after opening on Thursday, March 21. The following day was the biggest single day of sales in the h…
Dallas theater fans will be treated to "The Book of Mormon," "Porgy and Bess" and "Godspell," among others during the upcoming 2013-2014 Broadway season. "The Book of Mormon" kicks off the L…
Just last week it was announced that Broadway in New Orleans would be returning to the Saenger Theatre for the first time since Hurricane Katrina for the 2013-2014 season. Now we know fans c…