"Tootsie" has announced the launch of a North American Tour, as well as plans for international productions on the West End, Australia and Japan. The musical, which opened at the Marriott Ma…
TodayTix has raised a $73 million funding round led by private equity firm Great Hill Partners, the ticketing company announced Thursday. With the new funding, TodayTix plans to buy out many…
Shubert Alley will remain closed Wednesday evening, after a piece of stucco fell from an exterior wall in the alley earlier in the day. At about 3:30 p.m., a piece of stucco fell from the ea…
"My Fair Lady" announced it will play its last performance on July 7. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on March 15, 2018. The show currently star…
In Daniel Fish's "Oklahoma!," Curly plays guitar and a seven-piece bluegrass band accompanies him as crockpots bubble on the edge of the stage. Those are just a few of the noticeable changes…
Three Broadway theaters will dim their lights on May 20 in memory of the late general manager Alan Wasser. The Majestic, Marquis and St. James Theatres, all of which had shows that were a si…
"Oklahoma!" will launch a North American tour in the fall of 2020. The tour will begin at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. This will be the first time a first-class Equity produ…
"Hadestown" was voted outstanding new musical and topped the Outer Critics Circle list of winners. The Outer Critics Circle is an organization of writers and commentators covering New York t…
For the past few years, Heidi Schreck has been sharing personal stories about her family, as seen through the lens of the U.S. Constitution, on stages across New York City. Her play, "What t…
Composer Eddie Perfect had been taking meetings in New York for close to two years before he got his big Broadway breakthrough. Thanks to frequent flights between Melbourne and the U.S., som…
"Rain " A Tribute to the Beatles" will perform as part of the "In Residence on Broadway" series this summer. The Beatles tribute band will play at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on July 16 throug…
"Pretty Woman" will launch a North American tour in 2020. The first stop will be in Providence, Rhode Island in October 2020. Additional cities will be announced at a later date. The musical…
Jez Butterworth did not set out to write "The Ferryman." Rather, as is the case with many of his plays, inspiration took hold and would not let go until a cast of more than 20, live animals …
A revival of "1776" is coming to Broadway in the spring of 2021. The production will be directed by Diane Paulus and play the American Airlines Theatre. Before coming to Broadway, the produc…
Joe Iconis likes his musicals to be a little weird. A little weirdness, after all, means that the audience won't know what to expect when they come to the theater. That idea brought Iconis t…
"Jagged Little Pill" will open at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway this fall. Previews are set to begin Nov. 3, 2019, with an opening night on Dec. 5. The musical, featuring the songs of A…
In "Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," the stage is filled with mountains of dummy corpses that are alternatively used as playthings, stepping stones for Nathan Lane and Kristine Nielsen a…
The Theatre World Awards has named its honorees for 2019. The Theatre World Awards are given to 12 "outstanding" performers who made their Broadway or off-Broadway debut this season. In addi…
A private workshop of the Magic Mike musical taking place this week has been postponed, a spokesperson for the production confirmed. The reason for the postponement was the departure of the …
Members of the Broadway industry had been preparing for April 30 for months. That meant that when Tony nominations were announced at 8:30 a.m., advertising agencies had already prepared digi…
Take a close look at the Tony Awards nominations announced Tuesday morning and a couple of things come into focus. Foremost is that a revolution has taken place in recent years. The nominati…
As the Tony Award nominations were announced early Tuesday, many nominees took only a brief pause to receive the news before resuming a hectic schedule. There were cast recordings to finish,…
"Hadestown" topped the Tony nominations list Tuesday with 14 nominations. "Ain't Too Proud" followed with 12 nominations and "Tootsie" received 11. There were 34 eligible productions this se…
Laura Linney is returning to Broadway next season in Elizabeth Strout's "My Name is Lucy Barton." The play will run at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre beginning Jan. …
The Tony Awards Administration Committee is giving out special Tony Awards this year to the late actor Marin Mazzie, to the creators of the puppet at the center of "King Kong" and to arrange…