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The Broadway revival of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf" will close May 22, producers announced Tuesday. The production was previously scheduled to …
The 2019 West End production of "Death of a Salesman" is coming to Broadway next season, producers announced Monday. Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke are set to repri…
"Six" is set to release an original Broadway cast recording on May 6. The album, entitled "Six: Live on Broadway," was recorded live onstage on Oct. 3, 2021, during opening night of the prod…
Lust for power can defy logic. Why does anyone succumb to greed or ambition? Where Shakespeare probes primal urges through poetry and dirty deeds, director Sam Gold seems to question the ver…
Disney on Broadway's Reopening on TikTok Live won Best Social Video Event & Live Stream in the 26th Annual Webby Awards. The livestreams also won a People's Choice Award. The two Sept…
Robert E. Wankel is set to receive the 2022 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. The award is given annually to honor the substantial contributions of a member of the theater community. Often, rec…
"Cost of Living" by Martyna Majok will have a Broadway run this fall at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Manhattan Theatre Club announced the production Thursday along with three off-Broadway…
Billy Crystal is roving the stage, leading an "oy vey!" call-and-response. There is no exclamation more apt for "Mr. Saturday Night," the moth-eaten cardigan of a new musical now in residenc…
There are an infinite number of ways a comedy can get its audience to laugh. Selina Fillinger's Broadway-debut play, "POTUS," successfully tries its hand at most. Raunchy language? Well, tha…
Becky Gulsvig is temporarily taking over for Rachel Tucker in the Broadway production of "Come From Away." It was confirmed to Broadway News that Tucker, currently playing Captain Beverley B…
"Wicked" will welcome a handful of new principal cast members this May. Beginning May 24, three members of the musical's national tour will join the Broadway company. Talia Suskauer will tak…
Broadway grosses dipped slightly despite fuller attendance last week. For the week ending April 24, there were 35 shows running on Broadway. While the total gross across all productions decr…
The North American tour of "The Lion King" is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Wichita, Kansas. The production kicks off a two-week return engagement at The Century II Concert Hall tonigh…
What can I say about "A Strange Loop" that hasn't already been said? When I got the assignment to review Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer-winning musical, I even asked my editor, "Am I the best…
"The Little Prince" will close its Broadway run on May 8, producers announced Tuesday. The adaptation of the 1943 children's novel opened at the Broadway Theatre on April 11, and was schedul…
Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that change is the only constant of life. In "The Skin of Our Teeth," Thornton Wilder argues that tragedy is another. His sweeping comedy, now resurrected o…
The 75th Annual Tony Award nominations are set to be announced on May 9 by Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren and three-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry. The announcement will air live at…
Jordan Donica is set to return to "The Phantom of the Opera" as Raoul on May 29 while current cast member John Riddle takes a leave of absence, producers announced on Monday. Donica made his…
Playing the part of a marquee idol is daunting on its own. Playing one made famous by Barbra Streisand may seem like a fool's errand, doubtless one reason "Funny Girl" hasn't been on Broadwa…
The Tony Awards announced Friday that the eligibility cut-off date has been moved to May 4. In a shift from the calendar of events announced earlier this month, nominations for the 75th annu…
"Hangmen" starts with a bang, or should I say, a snap of a neck. The play begins on the morning of an execution, with the condemned man proclaiming his innocence. "I'm getting hung by nincom…
It starts with a step. Stomp. Clap. A crescendo of joyous movement and affirmations ("ayeee, yessss, you better") erupts on stage and is immediately echoed by members of the audience, most n…
A new play, entitled "Love All," about the life and career of sports icon Billie Jean King is in the works, producers Harriet Newman Leve and Stephanie Sandberg announced Wednesday. Written …
"Some Like It Hot" will come to Broadway this fall. The musical adaptation will be led by Christian Borle as Joe/Josephine, J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry/Daphne and Adrianna Hicks as Sugar. The …
It's been 25 years since Paula Vogel's landmark drama about sexual assault and its reverberations first debuted Off-Broadway. Since then, private transgressions, like those that Li'l Bit exp…
