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Lisa Lawer Post will join Second Stage Theater following the exit of current executive director Khady Kamara, who will depart the nonprofit at the end of the month. Post will officially join…
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' has announced that Tony Award nominee Jenn Colella will return to host the 2023 "Broadway Backwards" concert event for the third year. Scheduled to per…
Complete casting and the full creative team have been announced for the upcoming Broadway bow of Emma Donoghue's "Room." Joining the previously announced Adrienne Warren as Ma will be three-…
Jose Llana and Conrad Ricamora will reprise the roles they originated Off-Broadway for the upcoming Broadway engagement of "Here Lies Love," the musical that tells the story of Filipina Firs…
"Broadway is Back!" We get told often we are there " or at least almost there. But producers of new works know the truth: Existing mega-brands are carrying the weight, and new work we all ad…
Long-running musicals "The Book of Mormon" and "Hadestown" saw strong increases last week as much of Broadway's box office continued to dip. "Book of Mormon" grossed $966,954, up 7%, and pla…
Second Stage Theater Company's upcoming production of Larissa FastHorse's "The Thanksgiving Play" has chosen its full cast and creative team. The cast will include Emmy Award nominee D'Arcy …
A new musical based on the cartoon character Betty Boop will have its world premiere this fall. Titled "BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical," the show will play a six-week limited engagement beginn…
Jujamcyn Theatres and International Entertainment Holdings Limited, the parent company of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), have decided to combine operations, according to a joint announcemen…
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the nonprofit associated with the union for directors and choreographers, has named the recipients of position in the first cycle of…
The Times Square Alliance will present its annual Love in Times Square event on Valentine's Day and "Chicago" performers will add a little extra razzle dazzle. This year's event will feature…
New Dramatists, a playwright center and new play development laboratory, has announced that Tony Award-nominated and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks will be honored with t…
A staged reading of the new musical "Trading Places," based on the eponymous 1983 Paramount Pictures film, will be held on Feb. 16 and 17. Directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, the m…
Second Stage Theater's production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' "Between Riverside and Crazy" has added four performances to its simulcast calendar, from Feb. 17 through Feb. 19. Second Stage par…
"Slippin' Through the Cracks," a new musical about the life of blues musician Bobby Rush, will be presented in an industry reading in New York in March. A two-time Grammy Award winner, 1…
Complete casting has been announced for the Broadway premiere of "Life of Pi." The new play is set to open at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Mar. 30. Previews will begin on Mar. 9. The pro…
The DreamWorks Theatricals/Music Theatre International Emerging Writers Program has announced four participants: Krista Knight, Joriah Kwamé, Veronica Mansour and Kate Thomas. The first cla…
Second Stage Theater has announced a partnership with "Between Riverside and Crazy" cast member Common and his nonprofit, Imagine Justice, to host Justice Nights On Broadway. The events " wh…
Sharr White's relationship with Broadway has been one of perseverance. After 10 years, the playwright returns to the Main Stem this season with his adaptation of "Pictures From Home," Larry …
Take a picture, it'll last longer. This phrase transcended from sarcastic adage to artistic mission in the hands of American photographer Larry Sultan. In 1992, Sultan published "Pictures fr…
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of ABBA's Tony Award-nominated musical "Mamma Mia!," producer Judy Craymer has announced the launch of a new North American tour. The production will o…
Tony Award nominee Colman Domingo has joined as a co-producer of the upcoming Broadway play "Fat Ham." The production marks the Broadway writer and actor's first producing credit. "I am beyo…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's upcoming Broadway musical, "Bad Cinderella" has announced a partnership with The Broadway Exchange, a marketplace for digital collectibles, to launch a series of online…
After a record-breaking Red Bucket fall fundraising season, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has awarded $2,827,500 in grants to 141 food service and meal delivery programs. The grants …
In a Feb. 8 email to members, Actors' Equity Association declared that the union's open membership initiative, Open Access, will go from a temporary program to permanent policy. When it bega…