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"The Band's Visit," "Carousel," "My Fair Lady," "Once on This Island" and "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" received Grammy nominations in the Best Musical Theater Album category. The…
If satire is what closes on Saturday night, as George S. Kaufman famously said, how can one explain the roaring success of Broadway's "Network," smashing box office records at the Belasco Th…
Academy Award-winner Faye Dunaway will return to Broadway this summer to take on the role of Katharine Hepburn. Dunaway will star in the Broadway premiere of “Tea at Five,” a new…
Sometimes on Broadway, you have to mobilize quickly. Take producer Jeffrey Chrzczon. He scored a prime Broadway theater, the Imperial, for his new Christmas-themed show " but he landed the v…
"Torch Song" is ending its limited run on Broadway on Jan. 6, a little more than a month earlier than scheduled. Directed by Moisés Kaufman and written by Harvey Fierstein, the revival …
Fame may be a "fleeting bitch," according to the title character in "The Cher Show" " and who would know better? Temperamental she may be, as the musical illustrates while churning throug…
Former press agent Michael Hartman, the founder of The Hartman Group and co-founder of Barlow-Hartman, has been hired as a managing director of ad agency Serino Coyne. Hartman joins a new le…
The Vegas-style entertainment show "The Illusionists" has returned to Broadway in time for the holidays. Unfortunately this latest iteration, the group's fourth appearance on Broadway, offer…
"Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" will close on Broadway on Dec. 30, 2018. The musical will have played 27 previews and 289 regular performances at the time of its closing at the Lunt-Fonta…
"Once on This Island" will play its last performance on Jan. 6, after 29 previews and 458 performances. The musical, which won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, beating out …
“Hadestown” will open on Broadway this season at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The Anaïs Mitchell musical will take over the theater from “Springsteen on Broadway,” …
"Burn This" will take over the Hudson Theatre this spring, following the departure of "Head Over Heels." In addition to Keri Russell and Adam Driver, the revival will feature Brandon Uranowi…
Kristine Nielsen will star alongside Nathan Lane and Andrea Martin in “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.” Nielson, a Tony Award nominee for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and…
'Head Over Heels' will play its final performance on Jan. 6, after playing 188 regular performances and 37 preview performances. The musical, which opened at the Hudson Theatre on July 26, w…
"The Prom" appears to have made history with its performance during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. At the culmination of "The Prom's" musical number "It's Time To Dance” on the NB…
‘Celebrity Autobiography’ will no longer play its Dec. 3 performance because of “scheduling reasons,” the show announced Tuesday. The comedy show, featuring celebriti…
At the 2017 Tony Award nominee luncheon, "Dear Evan Hansen" producer Stacey Mindich received some sage advice from Stuart Thompson. "If you win the Tony, step on the gas and never stop," Min…
Norbert Leo Butz and other Broadway stars have been tapped to portray iconic Broadway figures in the upcoming television series “Fosse/Verdon.” In the eight-episode FX limited se…
“The Ferryman” announced an extension of its Broadway engagement through July 7, 2019. The Jez Butterworth play, directed by Sam Mendes, received positive reviews after opening a…
"Moulin Rouge!" is coming to Broadway next season with the cast from its Boston tryout. The musical, produced by Carmen Pavlovic, chief executive of Global Creatures and lead producer of "Ki…
"We tamed the beast"you and I"we brought him to this city," crows Carl Denham, the filmmaker and impresario in the new Broadway musical "King Kong." The production's beast tamer, as it were,…
Broadway producer Jerry Frankel passed away Saturday morning. Frankel, the recipient of nine Tony Awards, produced more than 50 Broadway productions since he began his career in 1997, includ…
"Make 'em laugh, then make a point!" Borrowing a cultural meme to describe the new musical "The Prom" seems fair game because the show extensively parodies multiple Broadway musical conventi…
"Head Over Heels," will join "Dear Evan Hansen" and "King Kong" to perform on CBS broadcast of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, who have also produced The Tony Aw…
Actors' Equity has launched a social media campaign and petition calling for changes to the developmental lab agreement as the union begins negotiations with The Broadway League. The Equity …