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The acclaimed composer is working with the playwright David Ives, who wrote "Venus in Fur."
"Once," which won the Tony Award for best musical in 2012, will close on Jan. 4 after a nearly three-year run, the producers announced on Tuesday.
The show, Sting's first foray into musical theater, sold modestly in its first set of preview performances last week, according to box office data.
The Broadway revival of 'It's Only a Play' replaces the topical 1980s punch lines.
This winter's Off Broadway world premiere of "Hamilton," the new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ("In the Heights"), will begin performances in January.
Ms. Shapiro, who has directed several acclaimed productions, will take over next fall from Martha Lavey, Steppenwolf's longtime leader.
The show begins previews March 27 and will open on April 21 at the Broadway Theater.
Her show "Me, My Mouth and I" is to run for seven weeks this fall at the Cherry Lane Theater.
A month that often brings the doldrums to Broadway this year instead brought audiences and ticket sales at their highest levels since the 2008 recession.
The producer Hal Luftig plans to bring Mark Medoff's play back to Broadway for the 2015-16 season, with Kenny Leon to direct.
"Waterfall," which centers on a Thai student who falls in love with the American wife of a Thai diplomat, is to run on the West Coast in advance of a planned New York run in 2016.
"Finding Neverland" is the first attempt by Harvey Weinstein at producing a theatrical show.
Billy Porter, who won a Tony Award for his role as a drag queen in "Kinky Boots," has written a tribute to his mother in "While I Yet Live."
The eight-year-old theater company has shut down because of financial setbacks.
A Pennsylvania high school cancellation of a production of "Spamalot" roils members of the community.
The musical version of "The Lion King" topped Broadway's box office last week, and has set a record for the largest global gross, with $6.2 billion in sales worldwide.
A Pennsylvania high school principal cited concern over gay themes in rejecting a planned production of "Spamalot."
Two veteran Broadway producers helped torpedo an Off Broadway theater's premiere of the musical "American Psycho" and are in talks to bring it directly to Broadway next fall.
Howard Panter's theater corporation has global intentions, but New York is crucial to his plans.
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" had solid sales in its first week of preview performances.
The musical adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel had been scheduled to run at Second Stage Theater.
The revival of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play will star Ms. Moss, Jason Biggs and Bryce Pinkham.
Producers are in talks about a New York run of the hit British plays "Wolf Hall" and its sequel "Bring Up the Bodies," based on the historical novels by Hilary Mantel.
In a reversal, Broadway industry leaders decided to dim the lights on their 40 theater marquees in honor of Joan Rivers on Tuesday night.
After an outcry, the Broadway League reversed its earlier decision and agreed to honor the late comedian.
