427 stories by "Brent Lang"
Maia Novi's "Invasive Species" has announced an Off-Broadway limited engagement at The Vineyard's Dimson Theater. The production will reunite the cast and creative team from the dark comedy'…
Christopher Durang, a Tony Award-winning playwright who specialized in a particular form of brainy and absurdist comedy, has died. He was 75. The cause was complications from a form of demen…
With his victory on Monday at the Critics' Circle Theatre awards, Andrew Scott has made history. The British performer, recognized as best actor for his one-man West End show, "Vanya," previ…
A star-studded revival of "Merrily We Roll Along" has managed to accomplish something that eluded the ill-fated original production of the Stephen Sondheim musical. Turn a profit. The show's…
Musical theater artist and historian Ben West is writing a new book, "The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form." The book will be released by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & …
Sean Cercone has stepped down as head of Broadway Licensing Global. It's unclear why he left the company that he acquired in 2019. Broadway Licensing Global has announced who will lead th…
Things kicked off with Alicia Keys singing the galvanic ode to the five boroughs, "Empire State of Mind," and ended with Pete Townshend rocking out to "Pinball Wizard." Those performances we…
Four whalers are set adrift after a violent storm sinks their ship. Lost at sea, exposed to the elements and on the brink of starvation, the men must make horrifying decisions in their strug…
Like much better dressed students, Ethan Hawke, Cate Blanchett, Claire Danes, Holland Taylor and Sarita Choudhury filed into the basement theater at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday to ho…
Tyne Daly will leave the upcoming revival of John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt" after she was "unexpectedly hospitalized" on Friday. She will be replaced by Amy Ryan, the Oscar-nominated star of…
A stage adaptation of "Purple Rain" will have its world premiere in Minneapolis. The location makes sense because Prince, the musical superstar behind the cult classic film and mega-selling …
Tom Holland is hanging up the spandex and taking on Shakespeare's most famous doomed lover. That's right, the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" star will play Romeo this summer in London's West End.…
It happens after almost every show. As "Days of Wine and Roses" stars Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James are leaving the theater they will invariably run into an audience member with a …
Michael Stuhlbarg will play billionaire Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch who bolstered and then broke with Vladimir Putin, in a new Broadway production of "Patriots." The show, whic…
Douglas Lyons, the writer of "Chicken and Biscuits," is adapting "Big River" as a film. The show, which features music influenced by country and gospel, is based on Mark Twain's …
"Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," a buzzy revival of one of John Patrick Shanley's early plays, has recouped its initial investment. The show features Aubrey Plaza of "White Lotus" and "Parks a…
Forty years after "Purple Rain" topped the box office, winning an Oscar for its iconic soundtrack and solidifying Prince's status as the high priest of pop, a new stage adaptation of the fil…
Trey Curtis will take on the lead role of Alexander Hamilton in the Broadway production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton." The actor, musician and rapper has been connected with th…
Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her close-up. The "X-Factor" judge and Pussycat Dolls singer is bringing her acclaimed interpretation of legendary diva Norma Desmond to Broadway with a new p…
These bloodsuckers can hit some high notes. "The Lost Boys," the cult vampire film from the 1980s, is being turned into a musical. The show will feature music from The Rescues and will be di…
It's a dramatic way to sell a new Broadway show. The Longacre Theatre is getting a high art overhaul as the home of "Lempicka," a new musical about Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka. The the…
Steve Carell will make his Broadway debut playing the title character in a revival of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya." The production, which will be performed at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumo…
New Works Provincetown, a developmental theatre lab founded by producer Mark Cortale with Jonathan Murray and Harvey Reese to create and develop new theatrical works, has commissioned its ne…
Casey Likes fully expected to be performing on Broadway this year, but the plan was for him to be riding shotgun with Stillwater instead of sitting behind the wheel of a DeLorean. He'd appea…
Rachel McAdams will star in the Broadway premiere of "Mary Jane," a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog. Anne Kauffman, who recently oversaw an acclaimed revival of "The Sign in S…