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Tickets for the hottest Broadway plays are now out of reach for many.
Sonia Friedman has "created her own theater studio system," balancing big properties like "Harry Potter" and "Stranger Things" with more prestige work by Stoppard and Sondheim.
Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal play Shakespeare has set a record in a year when big stars have been driving up the prices of Broadway plays.
The deal will be scrutinized by New York's other Off Broadway theaters, which the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has been working to unionize.
The new play, "Call Me Izzy," will begin previews in May and open in June at Studio 54.
The Roundabout Theater Company will also present Noël Coward's "Fallen Angels," starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara.
The lawsuit seeks to block a new rule that requires groups applying for grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to agree not to promote "gender ideology."
"We're not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center," said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The show, developed by Disney with a Tony-winning creative team, will have an initial production in Bristol, England in the spring of 2026.
The musical's original run was the ninth-longest in Broadway history; a six-month return engagement will start in August.
Nick Jonas, Sadie Sink and Christian Slater are among this year's unusually large cohort of stars who first appeared onstage as tweens or even younger.
The actress won a Tony Award for "The Color Purple," and is now nominated for an Oscar for playing Elphaba in the film adaptation of "Wicked."
A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or "gender ideology."
As the National Endowment for the Arts adjusts to comply with President Trump's executive orders, "gender ideology" is out and works that "honor the nation's rich artistic heritage" are in.
Workers say the move is overdue, but theater companies fear it will drive up costs in a wounded sector that has yet to recover from the pandemic.
The musical, based on the life of Alicia Keys and featuring her music, is running on Broadway and begins a national tour this fall.
Menzel, a fan favorite since "Rent," is back on Broadway in "Redwood," and this time she's climbing conifers.
Seaview, whose buzzy shows include "Romeo + Juliet," has seized a chance to have its own theater by taking over Second Stage's former Off Broadway home.
The stage employees union accused the nonprofit theater of stalling talks. The strike forced the cancellation of Sunday performances of two new plays.
Over three decades, Sally Vahle has played Scrooge, ghosts and many of the other characters in Dallas Theater Center's annual production of the Dickens classic.
"Dead Outlaw," a musical about the mummified body of a bandit, will open at the Longacre next spring, following a successful Off Broadway run.
Only the women who've played Elphaba and Glinda in the show's two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing " and so rewarding, too.
The new musical, about a shipwreck and its aftermath, opened Nov. 19 at the Longacre Theater.
The Broadway League, an industry trade organization, named Jason Laks as its new president. "I think our mission has to be more than to make it 2019 again," Laks said.
The troupe is also closing its Chicago company, but continues to perform in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and, soon, Orlando.
