When two teenagers fall in love and kill themselves because their families can't get along, everyone agrees that it's a tragedy. Comedy is not so universal; everyone has a different sense of…
The secret sauce of jukebox musicals is they can roll back time. We get to hear Tina Turner at the height of her powers.
Under Michael Arden's meticulous direction, Jefferson Mays navigates through his adaptation (with Susan Lyons and Michael Arden) of the five staves of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" wi…
Shucked, a new musical comedy with a book by Tootsie Tony winner Robert Horn and a score by Grammy-winning duo Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, is coming to Broadway. The production, dire…
Early in the first act of "The Devil Wears Prada,The Musical," Andy, a frumpy self-important recent college grad, is up for a job as a personal assistant to Miranda Priestly (a thinly veiled…
Music by Sir Elton John and Lyrics by Shaina Taub Book by Kate Wetherhead Starring Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs JULY 19-AUGUST 21, 20…
Not since the emerald hues of "Wicked" has a show looked more glorious in Chicago's Nederlander Theatre than "Moulin Rouge! The Musical."
BILLY CRYSTAL WILL STAR IN THE NEW MUSICAL COMEDY MR. SATURDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCES BEGIN MARCH 1, 2022 OPENING NIGHT MARCH 31, 2022 AT THE NEDERLANDER THEATRE Tickets available at Mr. Saturda…
It's far too early to know if this is one for the ages, but no doubt this is the most important musical of our times, drawing from American history to depict the kind of racial harmony we st…
If you were to sit in the dark in the Nederlander Theatre at the appointed hour, with the security screen lowered, you would eventually hear Candida Caldicot begin to play the stage-left pia…
"There is a value to...approach[ing] unfettered capitalism with a critical eye," writes our critic, but Stefano Massini's play (as adapted by Ben Power) doesn't keep its gaze trained where i…
The family saga stars Adrian Lester, Simon Russell Beale, and Adam Godley.
Paradise Square, A New Musical, sets pre-Broadway run in Chicago November 2-December 5, 2021 at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre; opens March 20, 2022 at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre P…
Look back at the 10 most recent productions to play over 100 performances at the venue.
By Douglas Mayo The National Theatre's production of The Lehman Trilogy will open at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway in March 2020. This post The Lehman Trilogy transfers to Broadway's N…
Chatting with a friend in another row Wednesday night, I inadvertently blocked the aisle of the James M. Nederlander Theatre, briefly impeding a heavyset man heading to his seat for "A Bronx…
Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce the First National Tour of Mean Girls"the record-breaking new musical [...] The post BROADWAY IN CHICAGO ANNOUNCES 'MEAN GIRLS' NATIONAL TOUR…
Yesterday, February 8, Broadway In Chicago's newly named JAMES M. NEDERLANDER THEATRE lit its marquee for the first time. The theatre, located at 24 W. Randolph, honors the late James M. Ned…
Today, Broadway In Chicago's newly named JAMES M. NEDERLANDER THEATRE lit its marquee for the first time. [...] The post BROADWAY IN CHICAGO LIGHTS UP THE MARQUEE OF THE NEWLY NAMED JA…
Guaranteed to lift spirits and light up the heart, "Pretty Woman: The Musical" will be on stage through September 1, 2019, at New York's Nederlander Theatre."Pretty Woman: The Musical" is th…
Broadway luminaries will gather at 24 W. Randolph St. in Chicago on Feb. 8 to celebrate the renaming of a theater, currently known as the Oriental, after one of their own " James M. Nederlan…
The late Mr. Nederlander was the founder of Broadway in Chicago.
Inside the Theatre, the photo feature series that documents Broadway’s historic playhouses, continues with the home of Pretty Woman: The Musical.
Just five weeks into its main-stem run, Pretty Woman: The Musical has yet again broken the box office record at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, grossing $1,155,322.00 during this past we…
Composers and lyricists have long been attracted to successful films as source material for adaptation into Broadway musicals. "Saturday Night Fever," "Groundhog Day," “Rocky,” e…