The 2022 end-of-year holidays drove Broadway to its best week since Dec. 29, 2019, when the box office earned $55,765,408. For the week ending Jan. 1, 2023, the 33 shows running on Broadway …
Premium toy brand American Girl has announced its 2023 "Girl of the Year": Kavi Sharma. The newest doll in the American Girl canon, Kavi, who debuted on December 29, 2022, is the first Girl …
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill into law for fiscal year 2023. The spending package includes an increase of $27 million over the previous fiscal ye…
In its last week of performances on Broadway, "Beetlejuice" is featuring understudies in the musical's title role. Covers Will Blum and Elliott Mattox have been playing the undead demon sinc…
With its limited run about to begin a brief two-week extension, producers of Broadway's "The Piano Lesson" have announced casting changes. Trai Byers will play his final performance as Avery…
Producers of the upcoming Broadway mounting of "A Doll's House" have announced its full cast. Newly announced company members include Tony and Emmy Award nominee Arian Moayed as Torvald Helm…
Will Ferrell walks down the long hallway of a hospital on the set of his original movie musical "Spirited," performing Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's original song "Unredeemable." It's the mom…
Manhattan Theatre Club's production of "The Collaboration" will resume performances on Dec. 26. The play, which stars Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat, can…
In 1988, Roald Dahl published his story of Matilda Wormwood " a precocious young girl, enamored with books and emboldened with righteousness, born into a morally questionable family that ref…
As of Jan. 2, 2023, Actors' Equity Association will stipulate that all required Equity Auditions will be held in person. Equity had adjusted the audition policy during the COVID-19 shutd…
The 89th Annual Drama League Awards ceremony will be held on May 19, 2023, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Nominees will be announced on April 25, 2023. To be eligible, productions must have been …
When the house lights cut to black and dim sunlight reveals the skeleton of a house onstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, your eyes can't help but wander to the upright piano resting downs…
For Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Common, the impact of his Broadway debut in "Between Riverside and Crazy" extends beyond his work onstage. In a recent episode of "The Broadway Show w…
The Dramatist Guild Foundation has announced that its DGF Fellows program has expanded to include a virtual offering for playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists across the United S…
2022 is the year that Lynn Nottage had both a play ("Clyde's") and a musical ("MJ") running simultaneously on Broadway, in addition to her opera adaptation of one of her plays ("Intimate App…
Manhattan Theatre Club's production of "The Collaboration" canceled what would have been its opening night performance on Dec. 20 due to a COVID case within the company. Performances will re…
Jean-Michel Basquiat catapulted to fame during the 1980s with his carnal, colorful paintings. Since then, contradiction has been his most loyal fan. He's been labeled genius and absurd. He g…
"Funny Girl" now maintains the all-time box office record at the August Wilson Theatre after the revival grossed $2,005,696.80 last week. The production broke the previous record of $1,994,3…
Jesse Williams is back on Broadway in the remount of the Tony Award-winning revival of "Take Me Out." In the latest episode of "The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal," Williams sits down with …
Riverside Drive is a scenic thoroughfare running up Manhattan's west side " from 72nd Street, threading through Morningside Heights, Harlem and Washington Heights. The direction is parallel …
Actors' Equity Association announced on Dec. 19 that its members have ratified the tentative production agreement reached between the union and The Broadway League. This renders the previous…
"Almost Famous" will play its final performance on Jan. 8, 2023. The new musical began previews on Oct. 3 and opened on Nov. 3 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Upon closing, it will have pl…
Ahead of its Dec. 20 opening night, "The Collaboration" has announced an extension through Jan. 29 at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The first preview, scheduled for No…
The new Broadway play "Ain't No Mo' " opened at the Belasco Theatre on Dec. 1. Eight days later, it announced a closing date of Dec. 18. But the show remains open; 27-year-old playwright Jor…
New York Theatre Workshop's Off-Broadway staging of "Merrily We Roll Along" will transfer to Broadway in the fall of 2023. This production will mark the first Broadway revival of the musical…