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"Mrs. Doubtfire" will take a nine-week hiatus, as the production fights to stay open amid rising COVID-19 cases. The new musical has cancelled performances from Jan. 10 through March 14, wit…
"Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of the Temptations" will play its final Broadway performance Jan. 16, producers Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce announced Tuesday. The show canceled its Dec…
"Thoughts of a Colored Man" has ended its Broadway run, producers announced Thursday. The new play, written by Keenan Scott II, played its final performances Wednesday night. It opened a…
"Waitress" announced the end of its Broadway run Thursday after canceling shows this week due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases. The return engagement had been scheduled to end its run on J…
Actors' Equity has named Alvin Vincent, Jr., an executive within the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, as its new executive director. Vincent takes over the posit…
In 2021, Senator Chuck Schumer worked behind the scenes in Washington and on the stages in New York to help support and then sell Broadway's reopening. Schumer pushed for the Shuttered Venue…
After an unprecedented shutdown, Broadway theaters reopened this fall. That, in and of itself, marked one major accomplishment for an industry that had been dark since March 2020. But th…
Broadway grosses took a hit last week as several productions canceled performances due to COVID-19 cases in their companies. The industry grossed $22.5 million across 31 shows, marking t…
Performances of "The Lion King" are canceled through Dec. 26 and "Six" will be dark through Dec. 28, the respective productions announced Tuesday. The announcements follow the detection of b…
"Jagged Little Pill" announced Monday that it had ended its Broadway run after a suspension due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company. The musical had originally canceled perform…
Preview performances of "Skeleton Crew" will now begin six days later than scheduled after breakthrough COVID-19 cases were discovered in the company, Manhattan Theatre Club announced Monday…
Michael R. Jackson's "A Strange Loop" will transfer to Broadway this spring. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical will play the Lyceum Theatre, with exact dates and casting to be announced at …
"Hamilton" has canceled Broadway performances through Dec. 26 due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company. The production had previously canceled its Dec. 17 through Dec. 19 performanc…
Kadeem Ali Harris, Reynaldo Piniella and Christian Thompson will join the cast of "Thoughts of a Colored Man" on Jan. 4, 2022, producers announced Monday. The three additions to the cast are…
The Public Theater is now requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test for audience members to attend performances. The new policy, which took effect Dec. 17, requires audience members to…
Emilie Kouatchou, Broadway's current Christine alternate in "The Phantom of the Opera," will step into the role full-time next year, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackint…
While several Broadway productions are cancelling performances due to breakthrough cases of COVID-19, the Broadway League is not currently considering an industrywide shutdown, according to …
"MJ" canceled performances through Dec. 26 due to "multiple positive COVID test results," the production announced Friday. The new musical, which began previews at the Neil Simon Theatre…
The first preview of "Take Me Out" is now set for March 10, 2022, the production announced Friday. Originally scheduled to begin previews March 9, the production cited "a change in the produ…
"Moulin Rouge!" and "Jagged Little Pill" canceled their Thursday evening performances, with each citing a breakthrough COVID-19 case in the company. The cancellation at "Moulin Rouge!" came …
"Mrs. Doubtfire" canceled performances through Dec. 19 after breakthrough COVID-19 cases were discovered within the company. The show had previously canceled its Dec. 12, Dec. 14 and Dec. 15…
The Broadway production of "Hamilton" canceled its Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 performances due to breakthrough COVID"19 cases within the company, the production said Thursday. The production had in…
Eric Anderson will take over the role of Harold Zidler in the Broadway company of "Moulin Rouge!" starting Jan. 18, 2022, producers announced Thursday. He replaces original cast member Danny…
The spring revival of "Macbeth," starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, will now play the Longacre Theatre. The production had previously been announced to play the Lyceum Theatre starting Ma…
The Broadway League is speaking with theatrical unions to ensure workers receive a COVID-19 booster shot, President Charlotte St. Martin said Wednesday. The reachout comes as case number…
