Two of Broadway's more imposing figures are calling it quits: King Kong and The Cher Show have posted closing notices, the latest exits in the annual post-Tony culling. Each production will …
Comedian Dave Chappelle has added a second week of performances for his Broadway debut this summer, bringing his number of shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to 10. Dave Chappelle Live on Br…
Mel Brooks played to full houses during his two-night Broadway stand last week, adding $583,140 to Broadway's overall pot of $36M for the week ending June 23. Brooks' June 17-18 engagement a…
William F. Brown, whose libretto for Broadway's The Wiz earned him a Tony Award nomination, died yesterday in Westport, CT, according to his wife and collaborator Tina Tippit. Brown was 91. …
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird has hit another Broadway milestone: The production, starring Jeff Daniels and directed by Bartlett Sher, has become…
An all-star, live-streamed staged reading of the Mueller Report just might knock down the last excuse standing between you and the 448 doorstop. Beginning tonight at 9 pm ET (6 pm PT), stars…
Be More Chill, the Joe Iconis musical with a road-to-Broadway story nearly as surprising as its sci-fi teen comedy plot, has posted an Aug. 11 closing notice. The musical at the Lyceum Theat…
The Minutes, a 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist by Tracy Letts, will make its Broadway premiere next February, reuniting the playwright with his August: Osage County director Anna D. Shapiro,…
Jelani Alladin, a star of the Broadway musical Frozen, will take on the title role in this summer's new stage adaptation of Disney's Hercules, with Roger Bart (Broadway's The Producers) cast…
Ian McKellen has announced a return to Broadway " for charity and one night only. The self-explanatory Ian McKellen On Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others …And You!, directed by Sean …
The Prom, the gutsy little show that won Broadway's heart, gave the nation something to talk about over Thanksgiving turkey and is heading for the road and Netflix, will play its last Broadw…
Freestyle Love Supreme, the hip hop theatrical improv show co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2004 and staged intermittently since, will make its Broadway debut in September, producers " in…
While Gary and Hillary announced their Broadway leave-taking amidst the post-Tonys fallout, a greater number of productions saw their fortunes burnished in the afterglow of the nationwide tr…
The producers and creative team behind Broadway's upcoming musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook say they are "encouraged" by the author's "strong statement of support of the L…
Broadway's The Prom has a date with the road: The Tony-nominated musical will launch a first national tour in February 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island. The tour was announced today by produ…
Debra Messing will return to Broadway next year in a spring production of playwright Noah Haidle's Birthday Candles. The Roundabout Theatre Company production will mark the New York premiere…
Hillary And Clinton, Lucas Hnath's Broadway play starring Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow, will plays its final performance on Sunday, June 23, producer Scott Rudin announced today. The crit…
The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks has released a lengthy, 500-word-plus statement in which he expresses "regret" and apologizes for his words that "have potentially hurt young people and m…
Gary Busey will play God in new pop-rock musical Only Human opening Off Broadway this fall, producers announced today. The musical, with a book by Jess Carson, music and lyrics by Mike Squil…
Beatles tribute band Rain has canceled its week-long Broadway residence, producers announced today. "The tour of Rain was scheduled to conclude its Summer engagement in Sioux Falls and is no…
Westworld actor Ed Harris will succeed the departing Jeff Daniels in Broadway's record-breaking To Kill A Mockingbird in November. Though an announcement from producers has not been made, Th…
For the second time in recent months, real-world controversy has visited the make-believe world of Broadway musicals. Nicholas Sparks, whose 1996 novel The Notebook is being turned into a Br…
Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, the real-life couple and American Idol veterans, will star in the national touring production of First Date, the 2013 Broadway musical comedy. The tour and cast …
Illusionist and two-time Olivier Award winner Derren Brown is heading to Broadway. Producers J.J. Abrams, Thomas Kail, and Jeffrey Seller announced today that the 2017 sold-out Off Broadway …
Dave Chappelle will make his Broadway debut this summer as…Dave Chappelle. The comedian and actor will stage a five-show residency at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre July 9-13. Producers …