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Acclaimed Broadway director, playwright and costume designer Julie Taymor has committed to helm the debut production of Theatre for a New Audience in its new home in Brooklyn. The inaugural …
Pop icon ABBA may have been a worldwide hit ever since they broke out in the music scene in the '70s, but not in China, as those were the times when the country was rising off the heels of t…
'Jerusalem' may be slated to play its last performance on the Music Box stage this August, but that doesn't mean its calling it quits. It has been revealed that, upon conclusion of its Broad…
With all of the problems that Hollywood and the music industry have had combating file sharing, it is a little surprising that Broadway has never had to battle this headache. Until now that …
Everywhere you look nostalgia is in full bloom. It seems that everything old is in fact new again. Bands, that had once been left to decay as road kill, are not only touring again, but are s…
Hugh Jackman has been a hot commodity in San Francisco and Toronto of late where his one-man concert has been parked. It seems Broadway has caught wind of the positive press and is maneuveri…
Motown soul is getting ready to take Broadway by storm. We reported a couple months ago that the story of Barry Gordy Jr., Motown's founder, was in production, eying a spring opening for 201…
The late Pop King Michael Jackson is making headlines due to a recent Andrew Lloyd Webber interview. Webber was on Piers Morgan’s Tonight show. One of the many things that were discuss…
Kelly Bishop, the Tony Award winning actress, will be assuming the Evangeline Harcourt role in the "Anything Goes," the Tony Award-winning revival, starting on August 9 at the Stephen Sondhe…
Alan Rickman, the British actor best known for his appearances in the Harry Potter films as professor Severus Snape, is making his return to Broadway. This fall, the film and stage star will…
"Hair," the smash hit musical, is going back to its roots. On Friday June 11, producers will handing out 500 free tickets to acknowledge the start of the production in 2008 as part of the fr…
M. Butterfly creator David Henry Hwang brings a new production to Broadway this fall called 'Chinglish.' It only opened in Chicago at the Goodman Theater on Monday, but that hasn't stopped i…
One of the most acclaimed actresses this year was Nina Arianda and her turn in 'Born Yesterday.' Though the play closed June 26, we were dead on with our call that Arianda would have a voice…
Kim Cattrall is bringing sex back to the city when she makes the jump with 'Private Lives' to the Broadway stage later this year. 'Private Lives' has been readying for a September run at Tor…
The final curtain call for John Leguizamo's 'Ghetto Klown' beckons July 10, but that doesn't mean he'll be kicking back in his barcalounger and relaxing anytime soon. Following its Broadway …
So do you think you have what it takes to be a Broadway star? Well there is no time like the present to take a chance and find out if you are destined to light up a Broadway stage. The reviv…
Just last week, Alicia Keys told KISS FM that she had her sights set on Broadway — specifically producing, writing and acting. Given her background in music and Hollywood, you could ju…
Julie Taymor has stayed relatively quiet since 'Spiderman' was abruptly shut down which ultimately led to her getting canned and the production being retooled with her on the outside looking…
Jazz musician Terence Blanchard is bringing his trumpeting skills to 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' The Grammy Award winner has signed on to score original music for the Broadway revival. Blanc…
It seems like yesterday 'Jersey Boys' were debuting on the August Wilson stage and now its five years later where they are eclipsing 'Abie's Irish Rose' and 'Man of La Mancha' this weekend t…
Matthew Morrison's latest turn on 'Funny or Die' is enough to make even Sue Sylvester crack a grin. 'Glee's' own Mr. Schue gives us a 3 and a half-minute clip of 'The Matthew Morrison Story.…
The curious marriage of high school basketball and ancient Greece has lit up the stage in the Off-Broadway musical 'Lysistrata Jones.' The critically acclaimed production is in its final wee…
The star studded cast of 'House of Blue Leaves' will be pulling the curtains shut a couple weeks earlier than anticipated. The Broadway revival will play its final performance at the Walter …
'Bonnie and Clyde' have cleaned out all the theatres in Sarasota and now have their eyes set on the glitz and the glitter of New York. Frank Wildhorn (Wonderland) will be transferring the mu…
Wednesday night's performance of 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' was cancelled after a stage carpenter died shortly before the show. The worker, who was 29, went into card…