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Monday, September 30, 2024
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Justin David Sullivan to return to ‘& Juliet’ by Ruthie Fierberg

Sullivan will finish their run as May.

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‘The Roommate’ cancels performances by Ruthie Fierberg

Weekend shows were canceled due to cast illness.

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Producer Liesl Lar on bringing more Latin stories to the stage and more Latin audiences to Broadway by Ruthie Fierberg

The Mexican-born producer helped introduce a new musical to thousands of potential ticket buyers with one key event.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Playwright Jen Silverman and director Jack O’Brien go inside their collaboration on ‘The Roommate’ by Ruthie Fierberg

The starry play’s other power couple sounds off about their creative partnership.

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Mia Farrow returns to ‘The Roommate’ by Ruthie Fierberg

The actor had been out due to COVID-19.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Little-known theater jobs: production stage manager by Ruthie Fierberg

Cody Renard Richard has supervised seven Broadway productions, including the currently running “Once Upon a Mattress.”

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Meet the two best friends managing the 2024 Tony Award-winning best shows by Ruthie Fierberg

“Stereophonic” company manager Lizz Cone and “Outsiders” production stage manager Beverly Jenkins came up in the industry together.

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Friday, September 13, 2024

Actors’ Equity’s new president Brooke Shields shares plans and insights by Ruthie Fierberg

The unions recently appointed leader sat for an interview at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Arts and media unions lay out new policy agenda by Ruthie Fierberg

The Arts, Entertainment and Media Industries coalition released policy priorities for the federal government with regards to nonprofit arts and public media.

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How David Lai carved his path as a Broadway music man by Ruthie Fierberg

With 23 credits on Main Stem music teams — including as music director of “Phantom of the Opera” — Lai has impacted the sound heard by thousands of audiences.

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Monday, September 9, 2024

Crafting the wigs for a new ‘Wiz’ by Ruthie Fierberg

“The Wiz” wig designer Charles LaPointe connects the hairstyle to the character.

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

How ‘Job’ is intentionally marketing to a younger audience by Ruthie Fierberg

Max Wolf Friedlich wrote a play geared toward the next gen of theatergoers, so producer Hannah Getts made sure they would come.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Creating a ‘Lion King’ hotel suite by Ruthie Fierberg

A partnership between Disney Theatrical Group and Hilton Times Square offers guests a stay in a Serengeti- and Broadway-inspired room.

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Meet the woman who keeps ‘Mamma Mia!’ going again and again by Ruthie Fierberg

Associate director Martha Banta has led the ABBA musical for more than two decades.

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Friday, August 30, 2024

New York Stage and Film keeps development of new work front and center by Ruthie Fierberg

Producer Sue Frost and artists Jessica Hecht, Ngozi Anyanwu and more describe the singularity of the nonprofit — and the need for it.

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

How Michael Jackson’s former choreographers and a ballet director united to create the dance of ‘MJ The Musical’ by Ruthie Fierberg

Director-choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and Jackson movement experts Rich + Tone describe staging the hit show.

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Little-known theater jobs: wardrobe supervisor by Ruthie Fierberg

“Aladdin” wardrobe master Christel Murdock describes the duties of managing a Disney musical with over 300 costumes.

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

For choreographer Lorin Latarro backstory is everything by Ruthie Fierberg

From “Waitress” to “The Who’s Tommy” to the current “One Upon a Mattress,” Latarro draws on psychology to set movement.

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Alicia Keys, Kristoffer Diaz and more to be honored by Arthur Miller Foundation by Ruthie Fierberg

A gala event to celebrate the honorees will also commemorate 10 years of the foundation’s theater education programs.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Why a 90,000-square-foot home makes excellent fodder for a musical by Ruthie Fierberg

Writer Lindsay Ferrentino explains why she fell in love with socialite Jackie Siegel and had to adapt her story into the musical “The Queen of Versailles.”

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Orfeh to join Broadway’s ‘Chicago’ as Matron Mama Morton by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony Award nominee will return to the Main Stem for the first time since 2018.

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Monday, August 19, 2024

How ‘Chicago’ became an international brand by Ruthie Fierberg

The long-running revival has played 1,000 cities around the globe.

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Friday, August 16, 2024

The marketing of cast albums by Ruthie Fierberg

Sony Masterworks’ Scott Farthing discusses not only how the label markets albums, but how albums are a crucial tool to market Broadway.

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

The final steps for making a cast album by Ruthie Fierberg

Breaking down the post-production process of editing, mixing and mastering that yields the finished recording

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Inside the cast album recording studio by Ruthie Fierberg

In the next part of the cast album series, learn what happens during recording.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

How to make a cast album by Ruthie Fierberg

Tony Award winner Tom Kitt, Sony Masterworks’ Scott Farthing and more reveal their process — starting with everything that happens before recording.

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Monday, August 12, 2024

What it takes to win the Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award — and more by Ruthie Fierberg

The Recording Academy’s musical theater genre manager breaks down eligibility, the entry and voting processes, category changes that affect theater artists and what voters are listening fo…

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Friday, August 9, 2024

With ‘Water for Elephants,’ PigPen Theatre Co. reignites imagination on Broadway by Ruthie Fierberg

The seven-member ensemble reveals their unique process of group theatermaking, the references embedded in their “Water for Elephants” music and more.

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

American Theatre Wing’s Heather Hitchens on creating a national culture of theater by Ruthie Fierberg

In the final part of this Q&A series, the Wing’s president and CEO proposes a necessary reframing of the arts in American society and how to start.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime