Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Some Broadway wags might have scoffed at the idea of a cornpone musical comedy and its punny promotions. But with its exuberance, heart and non-stop yucks, “Shucked” is the surprise deli…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06AMWednesday, March 29, 2023
Susan Cain’s “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole” has been optioned for the stage by Bated Breath Theatre Company. The author will help adapt her bestselling book, which…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:42PMMonday, March 27, 2023
Sarah Mantell has been awarded the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for their play “In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot.” The prestigious honor has been awarded annually since 1978, and …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45PMThursday, March 2, 2023
Michael P. O’Leary, an executive who has straddled the worlds of government, lobbying and media, has been named as president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners. He will …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:43PMWednesday, March 1, 2023
Casey Likes has been cast as Marty McFly in “Back to the Future: The Musical,” which is coming to Broadway this spring. He joins the previously announced Tony Award winner Roger Bart, wh…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:19AMTuesday, February 14, 2023
The Alliance of Teatros Latinos NY has announced that TeatroFest NYC 2023, a citywide festival of live drama, dance, music and conversations with Latin artists, will take place this spring. …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMWednesday, February 1, 2023
Leslie Odom Jr. will return to Broadway for the first time since dazzling theater fans with his electrifying turn as Aaron Burr in “Hamilton.” The Tony Award winner will appear in a new …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AMFriday, January 13, 2023
Maude Apatow will make her New York stage debut as Audrey in the Off-Broadway revival of “Little Shop of Horrors.” She will appear in the musical from Feb. 7 through April 2, 2023. Apato…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMMonday, December 19, 2022
“Almost Famous,” the film-to-stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical look at his early years in rock journalism, will finish its Broadway run on Jan. 8, 2023. It’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:24PMTuesday, December 13, 2022
The 76th Tony Awards will shake things up by moving the celebration of all things Broadway uptown to Washington Heights. For the first time in its history, theater’s biggest night will unf…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMThursday, October 13, 2022
Samuel L. Jackson had his marching orders. So when actor John David Washington approached him for tips about playing Boy Willie, a role Jackson originated in the 1987 production of August Wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:22PMMonday, October 10, 2022
John Fithian, the top lobbyist for the exhibition industry, will retire as the CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners on May 1, 2023. The group said it has already begun a search …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:12PMTuesday, September 13, 2022
It turns out Hugh Jackman is irreplaceable. “The Music Man” will end its run on Jan. 1, 2023 as the Tony-winning star of stage and screen finishes his lengthy commitment to the hot-selli…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:13AMThursday, August 18, 2022
“Take Me Out,” the Tony Award winning best revival of a play, will make a rare return engagement on Broadway after taking its final curtain call in June. The comedic drama about a star b…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMFriday, August 12, 2022
Like the sharp-witted, no-filter Mary Flynn, the role she created in Broadway’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” Ann Morrison doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable truths. “Good truth is unc…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:24PM“Into the Woods,” the acclaimed New York City Center Encores! production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical, will extend performances through Oct. 16 with a largely…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMMonday, July 25, 2022
Heidi Blickenstaff will star in the North American tour of the Tony and Grammy award-winning musical “Jagged Little Pill,” reprising her role as Mary Jane Healy when the show premieres t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMSunday, July 17, 2022
“Mr. Saturday Night” will wrap up its Broadway run on Sept. 4. Producers behind the show announced the news on Sunday. The show will have played 28 previews and 116 performances when it …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PMMonday, July 11, 2022
“Paradise Square,” a Tony Award-winning musical set in Civil War-era New York City, will close on July 17, citing soft ticket sales. The show’s producers say that the closing will take…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AMSunday, July 10, 2022
Fairy tales have always been a strange and unlikely source of comfort. Children are orphaned, cruelty is king, and happy endings lead to perpetual disappointment with real life. Stephen Sond…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PMBeanie Feldstein will leave the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” on July 31, roughly two months before she was slated to depart the production. In a statement on Instagram, Feldstein att…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:57PMThursday, June 30, 2022
“Plaza Suite,” the hot-ticket Neil Simon revival that stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, has been a box office juggernaut since debuting last spring. The show has become t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:33PMTuesday, June 14, 2022
“Topdog/Underdog” will return to Broadway this fall with Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II appearing in the two lead roles. The revival is timed to the 20th anniversary of Suzan-Lo…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMSunday, June 12, 2022
“A Strange Loop,” “Paradise Square,” “The Lehman Trilogy” and “MJ” are among the major productions competing at the 75th Tony Awards on Sunday. The telecast, which is being h…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:14PMTuesday, June 7, 2022
Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover and more are New York City bound. Rockefeller Productions and Sesame Workshop are teaming for “Sesame Street: The Musical,” a new Off-Broadway stage producti…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, May 31, 2022
As viewers gear up for the final seasons of “Stranger Things,” “Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical” is launching new productions this fall in London and Australia. It will also mount…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMWednesday, May 25, 2022
Douglas Carter Beane, the Tony Award-nominated playwright behind “The Nance” and “The Little Dog Laughed,” has signed with Verve for representation in all areas. Beane is one of the …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:41PMMonday, May 9, 2022
“A Strange Loop,” an extremely meta musical about a black gay man writing a musical about a black gay man writing a musical, dominated the nominations for the 75th Tony Awards on Monday.…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:18AMThursday, April 21, 2022
After two years of delays, setbacks and an unending pandemic, Adam Lucas witnessed a resurrection. The 19-year-old New Jersey resident joined hundreds of screaming fans at the Marquis Theatr…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:39AMThursday, April 14, 2022
Broadway Licensing has acquired Stage Rights, an independent theatrical publisher and licensing company. Stage Rights joins Broadway Licensing family of imprints alongside Dramatists Play Se…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:28AMThursday, April 7, 2022
Martin McDonagh has a profound feeling of déjà vu these days. The last time he was in New York, McDonagh was in the thick of Broadway previews for “Hangmen,” his criminally funny look …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:49AM 
