CAMBRIDGE, MASS — Six, the pop-concert musical featuring the wives of Henry VIII cracking wise and woeful about their tragic destinies, is an inventive and exuberant take on 16th-century…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:14PMEXCLUSIVE: Scott Rudin knows the territory — the Broadway territory, that is. Visiting River City with Hugh Jackman in Rudin’s upcoming revival of The Music Man won’t come cheap. A y…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:51PMChristie’s auction house said it will offer three original drawings by the legendary Broadway portraitist Al Hirschfeld that were owned by Terry Allen Kramer, the prolific Broadway produ…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:07AMEXCLUSIVE: Tickets for Broadway’s Belle Époque hit have gone from pricey to pricier. Moulin Rouge! grossed $2.1 million last week, little changed from the previous seven days. The adapt…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:35PMBen Sprecher, who spent six years in court trying to clear his name following the pre-opening collapse of Rebecca the Musical, was accused in a Federal complaint of possessing and distribu…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:03PMJeremy Gerard, Frank Rich and Jesse Green published valuable reminiscences of Hal Prince, the prolific and hugely successful and influential producer and director who died yesterday, at 91. …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:41AMThree decades after The Phantom first dropped his chandelier in New York and Jean Valjean took up pursuit here, along comes another Paris-based musical spectacle and prospective blockbuster.…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:13AMAlan Fox’s Safe Space at Bay Street Theater is a provocative exploration of academic freedom in our call-out culture — and a three-character cage match to control the narrative during …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:23PMThe Prom, the $13.5 musical comedy that developed a cult following but not a mass audience since opening in November, will close on Aug. 11. It’s the first musical to announce its closur…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:06PMDid he really just say that? And sing that? Scott Rudin, Tyler Perry, Disney, critics, and the composer-lyricist-librettist Michael R. Jackson himself are among those skewered and scrutin…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:08PMEXCLUSIVE: With investors to repay and resellers on the prowl, the producers of Hadestown increased ticket prices by as much as 47 percent, coinciding with the show’s best musical win a…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:19PMHadestown’s strong sales and its Tony Award for Best Musical may advance the cause of female theater artists more effectively than any speech advocating for industry inclusiveness. The in…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:17AMEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive Tony Awards contest, can producers who vote for their own show make a difference? I obtained a list of voters in the 2017-18 season — which I’m told is largel…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:41PMEXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s oddest and most enduring financing-scandal-turned-courtroom-drama has closed. After six years, 471 legal filings, one trial and another that had been on tap, Rebecca…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:54PMThanks to Hamilton, The Lion King, Harry Potter and other blockbusters that draw fans from around the world, Broadway reported a record $1.8 billion in sales — up 7.8 percent — for t…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:40PMWhat the Constitution Means to Me and Hadestown, two of the most of the acclaimed Broadway shows of the season, were both developed at New York Theatre Workshop. Last night, Artistic Dire…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:20PMWhile accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Obies last night, Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz described how an apartment fire helped him create the nonprofit Theatre for …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:17AMFor female musical theater composers, this season has been a mixed bag. Of eight original Broadway scores, just one, Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, was written by a woman. Yet with its stan…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:21PMIt’s been a few years since an old-fashioned mainstream comedy won best musical at the Tony Awards. Tootsie could change that. Its primary challenger appears to be the acclaimed New Orl…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 06:37PMStudents of Rupert Murdoch may wonder why an 88-year-old multi-billionaire would devote his last years to destabilizing democracy, promoting division and thwarting efforts to slow climate ch…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:58PMDisturbing, timely and leavened by dry wit, What the Constitution Means to Me is an impassioned play about American governance that may renew your faith in Broadway. Heidi Schreck, who wr…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:08PMAin’t Too Proud isn’t too original, but it should appeal to fans of the Temptations, the most successful African-American recording group in history. The musical’s five leads gorgeou…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:50PMCementing his position as Broadway’s most prolific and arguably most powerful producer, Scott Rudin said today that he’s reviving The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, in October 2020…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:58AMSet in suburban Jersey and based on Ned Vizzini’s out-there 2004 novel, Be More Chill is about a frustrated high school junior named Jeremy (Will Roland, best-known for Dear Evan Hansen…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:44PMMorrissey’s seven-night engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre sold well in the first hour of general public availability, suggesting a bright future for rock stars on Broadway. As of 11 …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:16AMEXCLUSIVE: Ben Sprecher‘s six-year campaign to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical and reputation has been cleared for another courtroom showdown. Earl…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:22PMAfter 33 days, Actors’ Equity has ended its strike against the Broadway League over how its members are compensated for developing new work. Actors sought revenue or profit share when …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:30PMEXCLUSIVE: Ken Davenport’s eponymous theater is no more. “As of the end of January 2019, the Davenport Theatre has closed,” according to an announcement on Davenport Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:31PMEXCLUSIVE: Ticketmaster and Telecharge say they refund theatergoers for cancelled performances. It’s a different story for investors in shows that get cancelled before opening night. …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 01:37PMFans of HBO’s Succession might be surprised that Stewy, the conniving cocaine-snorting private equity operator, is played by an emigré from Iran who co-founded a civic-minded theate…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:12PMActors’ Equity Association, which has been negotiating a new contract for play and musical development, authorized a strike today to halt collaboration in rehearsal rooms known as deve…
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