The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives will begin performances next month with audience capacity at Central Park's Delacorte Theater expanded significant…
Chicken & Biscuits, a new comedy written by Black playwright Douglas Lyons, with a largely Black cast and directed by Zhailon Levingston, who at 27 becomes the youngest Black director in…
Stephen Colbert and Christine Baranski couldn't wait for Broadway's return, so they created a little Sondheim spark of their own Wednesday night by duetting on "Side by Side by Side," a numb…
EXCLUSIVE: For the first time in 75 years, New York's Theatre World Awards honoring debut performances will bypass its annual awards ceremony this year " a reflection of the city's absence o…
Steppenwolf's production of The Minutes, the new Tracy Letts play that had begun previews on Broadway when the industry shut down in March 2020, will resume performances in March 2022, with …
Special Tony Awards will be presented in September to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, David Byrne's American Utopia and Freestyle Love Supreme, the awards administration committee announced…
Kate Horton, who previously ran the Royal Court Theatre in London and has held executive roles also at the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, will take over for Scott Rudin a…
Ann Willis Ratray, who appeared on Broadway and TV before becoming a drama coach for young people including her son, Home Alone's Devin Ratray, died June 9 at her home in New York following …
Good news for international fans of Bruce Springsteen: The Boss' upcoming Springsteen on Broadway is opening its doors to people who have received the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. "Happy endin…
Kyle Dean Massey has announced that he will not return to the Broadway revival of Company when it resumes performances post-shutdown this December. In a since-expired Instagram story, Massey…
A new study analyzing racial equity in arts funding in New York City finds that public and private contributions to the 18 largest and predominantly white non-profit theater companies garner…
Kandi Burruss, the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and The Chi actress, has joined the producing team for the upcoming Broadway debut of Keenan Scott II's Thoughts of a Colored Man starring…
In what could be a harbinger for Broadway's post-Covid protocol, Springsteen on Broadway has announced that audience members must be vaccinated with an FDA-approved vaccine, a policy no doub…
David Byrne's American Utopia, the theatrical concert performance that played a limited engagement on Broadway to great acclaim and full houses for five months in 2019 and 2020, and months a…
A new nonprofit fund called Places Please Project will provide $500,000 in rental relief to New York City-based theater workers who have been out of work and struggling to pay rent as Covid …
Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational rap musical revue co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is returning to Broadway's Booth Theatre for a strictly limited three-month engagement in Octo…
The Book of Mormon, the Tony-winning musical comedy by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, will resume Broadway performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Friday, Nov. 5, producer A…
The Bedwetter, a new musical based on Sarah Silverman's bestselling memoir, will make its world premiere in an Off Broadway production next Spring, the Atlantic Theater Company announced tod…
Alice in Neverland, an original musical that imagines a meeting between Lewis Carroll's Alice and J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, is under development, with actors Christy Altomare (Anastasia), Hea…
Lisa Banes, known for her roles in the films Gone Girl and Cocktail, as well as numerous Broadway productions, died yesterday, 10 days after being struck by a scooter or motorcycle in a hit-…
Karla Burns, an actress and singer whose acclaimed performance as Queenie in the musical Show Boat earned an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination, died June 4 in Wichita, Kansas, fol…
Actors' Equity Association has reached an agreement with Broadway producers on Covid protocols for theatrical touring shows that calls for the full vaccination of all traveling company membe…
EXCLUSIVE: Blue Man Group, New York's three-decade stalwart of Off Broadway, will return to its longtime, pre-pandemic home on Friday, Sept. 3. "For nearly 30 years, Blue Man Group has estab…
Katori Hall's comedy-drama play The Hot Wing King, which was given a world premiere by Off Broadway's Signature Theatre Company just before the pandemic shutdown, was awarded the 2021 Pulitz…
Greg Berlanti and Chandra Wilson joined The Actors Fund Board of Trustees during the organization's annual meeting yesterday, with Brian Stokes Mitchell reelected as Chairman. "I could not b…