After creating scenery for more than 350 theatrical productions, Joseph Blakely Forbes, founder of Scenic Art Studios, has developed an artistic attachment to the hand-painted backdrops and …
"What the Constitution Means to Me" will launch a national tour in 2020. The play, written by Heidi Schreck about her personal experience and staring Schreck on Broadway, will star a new per…
Campaigning for a Tony Award already involves a nonstop schedule of events, photo opportunities and jostling to best position each show on television broadcasts, in articles and at galas. Th…
"The Prom" took home the prize of outstanding musical at the 2019 Drama Desk Awards Sunday night. In the show categories, "The Ferryman" won the outstanding play award and "Fiddler on the…
"King Lear" will end its run earlier than expected, with a closing date of June 9, producer Scott Rudin announced Friday. The limited engagement, starring Glenda Jackson as Lear, was origina…
Members of Actors' Equity have voted to create a national convention, among other changes to Equity's constitution. The first convention will be held in 2021 and will invite 211 elected dele…
"Ain't Too Proud" will launch a national tour next year beginning in Providence, Rhode Island. The tour, which launches in Providence in July 2020, will last more than 100 touring weeks and …
It's only in the final moments of the moving new Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" that the consummate musician in Audra McDonald emerges. True…
Jesse Williams, one of the star's of "Grey's Anatomy," will make his Broadway debut in "Take Me Out" next spring. The play, produced by Second Stage Theater and directed by Scott Ellis, is s…
Music Theatre International has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to "Tootsie." "It is a genuine privilege to be entrusted to promote and deliver 'Tootsie' to professional and amateur …
"The Cher Show" recreates Bob Mackie's decades-long collaboration with Cher in two ways. First, there's the parade of Cher's eye-popping looks, designed by Mackie for the show and ranging fr…
Barry Manilow will return to Broadway this summer as part of the "In Residence on Broadway" series. The singer-songwriter will play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from July 26 through August 17. …
In taking on the story of the Temptations, choreographer Sergio Trujillo knew he wanted the dance moves to feel new, with a hint of the familiar. Director Des McAnuff knew that the songs fea…
This season, Broadway was populated by silver-tongued deities, a triumvirate of Chers and a band of edgy ranchers, to name a few. Some of this season's roles were written with specific actor…
The musical adaptation of "Magic Mike" has cancelled its Boston engagement this fall. The producers of "Magic Mike," which include Channing Tatum and "Magic Mike" movie director Steven So…
Mary-Louise Parker will return to Broadway in Adam Rapp's play "The Sound Inside." David Cromer, director of "The Band's Visit," will direct the Broadway premiere of this production, which b…
"Jagged Little Pill" will come to Broadway with its principal cast from the American Repertory Theatre. The musical, set to open at the Broadhurst Theatre on Dec. 5, will star Elizabeth Stan…
"Penguins can rotate their heads 360 degrees. But only once." So goes one of the many zingers in the musical "Tootsie," crafted by book writer and now Tony-nominee Robert Horn. When adapting…
Tracy Letts's "Linda Vista" has announced complete casting for its Broadway run this fall. The play, which will be directed by Dexter Bullard, will feature Ian Barford, Sally Murphy, Carolin…
Social media is such an important factor in the marketing of Broadway shows that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become not only ticket sellers, but plot points in shows. The trend may …
West End play "The Inheritance" has posted a Broadway casting notice. The play, written by Matthew Lopez and directed by Stephen Daldry, premiered at the Young Vic Theatre in March 2018, bef…
Marisa Tomei will return to Broadway in "The Rose Tattoo" this fall. The Tennessee Williams play, produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, will be directed by Trip Cullman, who directed Tomei…
In "Bianca," one of the many dance-centric numbers in "Kiss Me, Kate," Corbin Bleu zips up and down the staircase, tapping every surface until his feet eventually touch the ceiling. Those mo…
Bryan Cranston won this year's distinguished performance award from the Drama League Awards. The Drama League, which includes off-Broadway and Broadway, selected Cranston from 53 performers …
Pop and rock star David Byrne is bringing his show, "American Utopia" to Broadway this fall. The show will play the Hudson Theatre from Oct. 4, 2019 through Jan. 19. The official opening nig…