Thursday, October 17, 2019
Matt Upshaw, currently a managing director at Serino Coyne, has been appointed chief executive of the ad agency. He takes over the post from Angelo Desimini, who has held the role since 20…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 04:30PMAfter five years with the production, Jenn Colella will play her final performance in “Come From Away” on Nov. 10. Playing the role of Captain Beverly Bass, among others, Colella is an o…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 04:09PMThe Broadway cast of the “SpongeBob Squarepants” musical will reunite for a filmed version of the musical to air on Nickelodeon. The filmed performance, which will be performed in front …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:00PMWednesday, October 16, 2019
“Lempicka,” a new musical about the life of artist Tamara de Lempicka, will play the La Jolla Playhouse this spring. The musical, which premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 05:24PMActors’ Equity members have voted to approve a new production contract with the Broadway League, the actors’ union said Wednesday. The two groups had reached a tentative agreement on t…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 04:05PM“Mrs. Doubtfire” is coming to Broadway this season. The musical, based on the Twentieth Century Fox film, will play the Stephen Sondheim Theatre beginning March 9, 2020, with an opening …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:00AMTuesday, October 15, 2019
Maria Dizzia, a Tony Award nominee for “The Next Room, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play),” will star in the first two stops of the “What the Constitution Means to Me” tour. Diz…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 02:34PM“To Kill a Mockingbird” has once more broken its box office record, reaching a gross of $2.24 million for the week ended Oct. 13. This is the ninth time the production has broken its o…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:53AMFriday, October 11, 2019
Several Broadway theaters will dim their lights Wednesday in memory of actor Diahann Carroll. Carroll, a Tony Award winner and star of television shows “Julia” and “Dynasty,” passed …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 02:43PMDisney Theatrical’s revival of “Beauty and the Beast” will be an international production, according to a source familiar with the matter. This production will be a retooled version …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 01:52PM“The Play That Goes Wrong” is continuing its national tour into the 2019-2020 season. The tour will play more than 35 new cities, starting in Sioux Falls, SD on Oct. 18. The tour will al…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:37AM“Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” has launched a digital lottery for $45 tickets. The lottery, which is available through the Broadway Direct platform, will offer the chance to win same…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:17AMThursday, October 10, 2019
Actors’ Equity presented “Head Over Heels” with the Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award for the 2018-2019 season. Now in its 12th year, the award is given to shows …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 06:05PM“Moulin Rouge!” has added a new stop onto its North American tour. The musical will play the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco in the summer of 20201. This adds on to the previously annou…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 02:16PMHelen Shaw will join New York magazine and its entertainment site Vulture as theater critic. Shaw, who was most recently a critic for Time Out New York and 4Columns.org, takes over the post …
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:08AM“Today” show weather anchor Al Roker will rejoin the cast of “Waitress” for the month of November. Roker will resume his role as Joe, which he first played in October of last year. R…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:58AMThe Michael Jackson musical, entitled “MJ The Musical,” announced Thursday that it will come to Broadway this summer. The musical will play the Neil Simon Theatre beginning July 6, 2020,…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 10:09AM“Slave Play” will extend an additional two weeks on Broadway, the producers announced Thursday. The Jeremy O. Harris play, which opened at the Golden Theatre on Oct. 6, will now run th…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:57AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
“Come From Away” will open a new production in China in 2020, the musical’s first production in a non-English speaking country. The production will be a tour beginning at SAIC-Shangh…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 09:00PM“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” released a new trailer Wednesday, as part of a new advertising campaign for the Broadway show and an expansion to other productions worldwide. The p…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 01:42PMCourtney Reed, who originated the role of Princess Jasmine on Broadway, will step back in to play the role from Oct. 16 through Oct. 27. Arielle Jacobs who currently plays the role, will ret…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 08:42AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Director Joe Mantello will receive the “Mr. Abbott” Award for lifetime achievement from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. The award, given to a Broadway director or ch…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:59PMNetflix is taking one of its films to Broadway, as it vies for Oscar consideration amid tensions with major movie theater operators. The streaming service will be screening “The Irishman…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 06:00AMMonday, October 7, 2019
Andrea Martin and LaChanze will join the cast of “A Christmas Carol” on Broadway , the production announced Monday. Martin will play the Ghost of Christmas Past and LaChanze will play th…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:18AMMartin Scorsese’s film “The Irishman” will be screened at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway for one month. The film, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, will be screened at…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 11:09AMFriday, October 4, 2019
The Michael Jackson musical has changed its title ahead of an expected Broadway run. Formerly known as “Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough,” the bio-musical has been renamed “MJ.” T…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 02:08PMThe Broadway musical “Mean Girls” celebrated the holiday of Oct. 3, unofficially inducted into popular culture by the film and officially declared a holiday in New York by the state asse…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:45PMThursday, October 3, 2019
Elliot Greene has been appointed chief operating officer of the Shubert Organization and Charles Flateman has been appointed executive vice president of business development. Greene previous…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:59PMCharles Flateman, the executive vice president of business development at the Shubert Organization, will take over as chairman of the board of directors at NYC & Company, the marketing o…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:56PM“David Byrne’s American Utopia” will offer $39 rush tickets through TodayTix, the show announced on Thursday, a day ahead of its Broadway run. “American Utopia,” which begins perfo…
Linked From broadwaynews.com at 12:47PM“To Kill a Mockingbird” will feature a largely new cast for the second year of its run on Broadway. In addition to the previously announced Ed Harris, who is taking over the role of Atti…
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