Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman, and Beth Williams announced this week that Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-autho…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:06PMMonday, June 5, 2017
Winners for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk’s mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:48AMFriday, June 2, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter If your theatergoing sweet tooth craves a sugar bun of a rags-to-riches show business musical, you might consider tasting Sweetee at the Pershing Square Signature Center.…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:36PMThursday, June 1, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter Jesse Berger, director of Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 Russian classic, The Government Inspector (a.k.a. The Inspector General, as in the 1949 Danny Kaye movie version), must h…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:33PMBy Ryan Leeds Composer Tim Rosser and book writer/lyricist Charlie Sohne are relative newcomers to the musical theater scene, but their New York debut of The Boy Who Danced on Air proves tha…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:33AMTuesday, May 30, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter It’s not even six months since Donald J. Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States, but New Yorkers are already seeing a mainstream play, Building th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:12PMSunday, May 28, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter At the opening of The Whirligig, Hamish Linklater’s rambling but often richly listenable new play presented by The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center, Ju…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:54AMFriday, May 26, 2017
By April Stamm When the whole point is inane, frustrating, and annoying repetition, how could there possibly be hope for entertainment? Moviegoers asked themselves the same question in 1993,…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMThursday, May 25, 2017
Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. “The heat i…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:06AMWednesday, May 24, 2017
Kate Shindle, President of Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers, released the following statement in reaction to Pre…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:18PMTuesday, May 23, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter Gina Gionfriddo’s dark comedy, Can You Forgive Her?, now at the Vineyard Theatre after premiering last year at Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company, takes its title fr…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42PMMark Cortale, Producing Artistic Director of Provincetown’s famed Art House theater, has announced four more additions to his largest music and comedy lineup yet. Alice Ripley, winner of t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:24AMFriday, May 19, 2017
Broadway-caliber technology is raising the bar for at-sea entertainment. Take a look!
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:06PMThursday, May 18, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter By 1922, British writer A.A. Milne (1882-1956), soon to become world-famous for his Winnie the Pooh children’s stories, was already recognized as a promising, prolific …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:05PMWednesday, May 17, 2017
The National Theatre’s 2017 revival of Tony Kushner’s two-part landmark work Angels in America starring Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield and Tony Award winner Nathan Lane opened las…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AMTuesday, May 16, 2017
The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the 7th Annual Of…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:06PMMonday, May 15, 2017
If the real-life political drama of the last week has become just too much for you to handle and if you can’t snag a ticket to Hello, Dolly! (money well spent) or don’t have the funds fo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:05PMMasterworks Broadway proudly announces the release of The New Broadway Cast Recording of the 10-time Tony Award-nominated Hello, Dolly! starring three-time Grammy Award-winning legend Bette…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:42PMFriday, May 12, 2017
The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre — the monthly gathering of the International Order of Sodomites, the centuries-old organization which sets the mythic Gay Agenda — will co…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:36AMThursday, May 11, 2017
It begins with a knock. And a chuckle. The knock is onstage. The chuckle, from audience members familiar with Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, one of the most significant plays of the 19th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:42PMWednesday, May 10, 2017
By Samuel L. Leiter I have a friend who’s written a play about a major 20th-century diplomatic crisis but is struggling to find a way to compress its many characters and complex issues int…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:42AMTuesday, May 9, 2017
History will be made in Times Square in May when the “Crossroads of America” plays host to The Drag Queens of Comedy 2017, featuring 10 of the most outrageous and uproarious drag queens …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:31AMMonday, May 8, 2017
Is less more, or is less simply less? John Doyle (Broadway’s The Color Purple and Sweeney Todd)—who has made a career of stripping shows down to their essence—this time attempts to cas…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:12PMBy Samuel L. Leiter Spring may be busting out all over, but I’d recommend you unpack your winter gear, get out your compass, and board the nearest icebreaker for Eighth Avenue and 43rd St…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:02AMFriday, May 5, 2017
Tony Award-nominated singer and actress Melissa Errico will return to Feinstein’s/54 Below on Saturday, June 3 at 7 p.m. for the NYC debut of her acclaimed concert “Melissa Errico Sings …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMThursday, May 4, 2017
The New York Pops celebrated its 34th birthday on Monday night with a star-studded Carnegie Hall concert honoring actress Kelli O’Hara, director Barlett Sher, and Karen van Bergen (CEO, Om…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:24PMBy Ryan Leeds If you missed it the first time around (and given the limited run, there is a good chance that you did), I implore you to grab tickets for Baghdaddy, the slick and clever rolle…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMWednesday, May 3, 2017
The Broadway Blog continues our partnership with ShowTickets.com, one of the best online resources for choosing, purchasing, and saving on the most popular shows nationwide. We’ve combine…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:06PMThis production of Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman’s masterpiece, Hello, Dolly! instantly became the hottest ticket of the year when it broke the record for the best first day of ticket …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:48AMTuesday, May 2, 2017
Hmmm… It’s going to be an interesting Tony Awards on June 11! What do you think of this year’s nominations? Best Play: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” “Indecent” “Oslo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:02AMSunday, April 30, 2017
Schmackary’s, New York’s uniquely gourmet cookie company, will host its Fifth Annual Broadway Bakes event May 15-19, 2017. Over 20 of the biggest names on Broadway will join together to …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AM 
