Obie Awards, Sans Ceremony, Honor 'Dark Disabled Stories'
There was no formal celebration for the newest honorees. Instead, the American Theater Wing presented cash grants to sustain their work.
There was no formal celebration for the newest honorees. Instead, the American Theater Wing presented cash grants to sustain their work.
The play, by Peter Morgan of "The Crown," will star Michael Stuhlbarg and is scheduled to open in April.
Written by David Adjmi and featuring songs by Will Butler, the drama follows five musicians making an album in the 1970s.
Written by David Adjmi and featuring songs by Will Butler, the drama follows five musicians making an album in the early 1970s.
The musical, which Manilow wrote with Bruce Sussman, is about a German singing ensemble that collided with the rising Nazi regime.
"I thought this could be my swan song, in terms of the angry-young-man thing," said the actor of his rocky run of "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea."
No reason was given for her unexpected retirement after 18 years in the pivotal role.
The latest adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel will feature Jeremy Jordan ("Newsies") as Jay Gatsby and Eva Noblezada ("Hadestown") as Daisy Buchanan.
Roundabout Theater Company, the biggest nonprofit on Broadway, said it would produce the three shows next season.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.
The Tony winner for best musical, about a high school girl with a rare genetic disorder and a criminally dysfunctional family, will begin a national tour in September.
The musicals of Stephen Sondheim often struggled at the box office during his lifetime, but since his death several have become huge hits on Broadway.
David Landay, an author of the 1982 stage musical, reworked a kidnapping scene for a 2021 production. Now he's suing the estates of his coauthors for the right to keep going.
The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
The musical, now midway through a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater, will transfer to the Shubert Theater in March.
A show about the televangelist, with songs by Elton John and Jake Shears, had a run in London last year and plans to open in New York next season.
The production, a new translation by Heidi Schreck, will also star Alison Pill, William Jackson Harper, Alfred Molina and Anika Noni Rose.
"The Heart of Rock and Roll" is a romantic comedy featuring songs by the chart-topping 1980s band.
Rachel Chavkin of "Hadestown" will direct the show, which had developmental productions in Massachusetts and California.
A new production, directed by Kenny Leon, will feature a diverse cast and will aim to speak to contemporary America.
An acclaimed revival of the musical plans to open in March at the Nederlander Theater.
Heidi Schreck's play will have at least 16 productions around the country; last season's most-produced play, "Clyde's," came in second.
The musical, about early-20th-century efforts to win the right to vote for women, will open in April at the Music Box Theater.
The show said Thursday that it would play a final performance at the Nederlander Theater on Jan. 14, but did not rule out continuing elsewhere.
"Hell's Kitchen," a musical inspired by the singer-songwriter's teenage years in New York, is set to open Off Broadway.