249 stories by "Matt Blank"
Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Our Mother's Brief Affair, penned by Tony-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, officially opens Jan. 20 following previe…
Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Our Mother's Brief Affair, penned by Tony-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, officially opens Jan. 20 following previe…
School of Rock – The Musical, the first new Andrew Lloyd Webber show to open on Broadway in a decade, officially opened Dec. 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where his Cats ran for …
School of Rock – The Musical, the first new Andrew Lloyd Webber show to open on Broadway in a decade, officially opened Dec. 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where his Cats ran for …
Philip Ridley’s Mercury Fur officially opens Off-Broadway Aug. 19, following previews that began Aug. 5. The Linney Courtyard at the Signature Theatre is completely tr…
The New Group launches its 2015-16 season Aug. 5 with the Off-Broadway premiere of Philip Ridley’s dystopian British drama, Mercury Fur.
The American Repertory Theater's upcoming production of the world premiere of Waitress, the new Sara Bareilles musical, will play the Cambridge, MA venue Aug. 2-Sept. 27 with an offi…
Patti LuPone may say she's rethinking her stage career after her confrontation with a cell-phone-using audience member July 8. But as of the night of July 9, she seemed to be rev…
The long-running Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks narrowly averted closing May 3 when a pair of deep-pocketed fans stepped in to help producers with a sum that they sai…
TV star Raven-Symoné, who made her Broadway debut in 2012 as the wimple-wearing disco diva of Broadway's Sister Act at the Broadway Theatre, has been tapped as new co&…
On Jan. 7 the Irish government announced details of a large financial investment aimed at presenting Irish arts in New York City and the United States in 2011.The government is investing $5.…
Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo begins previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre March 11.Here’s how producers bill the play: “In Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Z…
National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) held its annual Broadway Roundtable March 3. Participants included book writer Marshall Brickman (Jersey Boys, The Addams Family), actress Tyne Daly (G…
The Magnolia Bakery unveiled the official Priscilla Queen of the Desert cupcake on March 8. �The Priscilla Cupcake� marks the first time in Magnolia�s history that a Broadway…
The Magnolia Bakery unveiled the official Priscilla Queen of the Desert cupcake on March 8. �The Priscilla Cupcake� marks the first time in Magnolia�s history that a Broadway…
The new musical Baby It’s You! will begin previews March 26 at the Broadhurst Theatre.Baby It’s You!, which tells the true-life story of a New Jersey housewife who discovered the…
Bryce Ryness and James Snyder, currently starring in the world premiere of Dangerous Beauty at Pasadena Playhouse, will perform an evening of original acoustic music at Los Angeles’ Sh…
Sister Act The Musical will begin previews March 24 at the Broadway Theatre.According to producers, “When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective cu…
Bestselling author Kathryn Stockett (”The Help”) took part in the final Driving Miss Daisy talkback on Feb. 23. She was joined by Columbia professor Jonathan Schorsch and CBS New…
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson visited the Broadway production of Lombardi the evening of Feb. 22.Johnson hosted an onstage talkback following the show and headed backstage to meet with t…
Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo returns to Broadway Feb. 21 in his new solo show Ghetto Klown at the Lyceum Theatre.The 12-week engagement will take audiences “from his adolescent mem…
A 50th anniversary revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying begins performances at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre Feb. 26.The classic musical, which follows a young window was…
Driving Miss Daisy's talkback series, celebrating Black History Month, continued Feb. 16 with a visit from former United States congressman and frequent “Morning Joe” contributor…
The new Roundabout revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes begins previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre March 10.Directed by Kathleen Marshall, the production stars Sutton Foster as …
Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America), Whitney Hoagland Edwards and Neal-Rose Creations present the world premiere of David Hay’s A Perfect Futur…