Elphaba helped too. But the good news comes with caveats.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:02PMA revival of the sweeping musical will open at Lincoln Center Theater in October, starring Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMIn “Theater Kid,” Jeffrey Seller reflects on his Broadway career.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AM“It’s the most surreal day ever,” the playwright said as he learned the news while getting ready to attend his first Met Gala.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PMSenior officials announced their resignations after the Trump administration withdrew grants from arts organizations around the country.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:02PMThe endowment told arts organizations that it was withdrawing or canceling current grants just hours after President Trump proposed eliminating the agency in the next fiscal year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMThe president’s budget proposal also called for getting rid of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:02PMThe Broadway musical will play its final performance at the Nederlander Theater on May 18.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AMThey were among the screen stars who were recognized for their work on Broadway this season as the 2025 Tony Award nominations were announced.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:48AMSarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce will announce which performers and which productions from a crowded 2024-25 Broadway season will vie for awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24AMIf you are determined to see a celebrity in a popular show on a busy night, you may be out of luck, but with flexibility and persistence, you can cut some costs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMThe “Sunset Boulevard” star briefly entertained the crowd when “a technical malfunction on the sound side” forced the cancellation of a matinee performance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PMAn acclaimed musical theater writer, he won for both his score and his book and later had a huge hit with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMFrom her 1930 debut as a poodle-human hybrid to a modern-day symbol of empowerment, Betty Boop has had an unusual journey to the Broadway stage. Boop-oop-a-doop!
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMYou can always consider telling the truth, but it may not be advisable in this case.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32AMRudin stepped away from show business four years ago amid reports that he had bullied assistants. He says he has “a lot more self-control” now.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM“Good Night, and Good Luck” grossed $3.3 million last week, breaking a record that was set earlier this month by Denzel Washington’s “Othello.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMTickets for the hottest Broadway plays are now out of reach for many.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMSonia Friedman has “created her own theater studio system,” balancing big properties like “Harry Potter” and “Stranger Things” with more prestige work by Stoppard and Sondheim.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AMDemand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal play Shakespeare has set a record in a year when big stars have been driving up the prices of Broadway plays.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe deal will be scrutinized by New York’s other Off Broadway theaters, which the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has been working to unionize.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PMThe new play, “Call Me Izzy,” will begin previews in May and open in June at Studio 54.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AMThe Roundabout Theater Company will also present Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels,” starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMThe lawsuit seeks to block a new rule that requires groups applying for grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to agree not to promote “gender ideology.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AM“We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMThe show, developed by Disney with a Tony-winning creative team, will have an initial production in Bristol, England in the spring of 2026.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:32AMThe musical’s original run was the ninth-longest in Broadway history; a six-month return engagement will start in August.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AMNick Jonas, Sadie Sink and Christian Slater are among this year’s unusually large cohort of stars who first appeared onstage as tweens or even younger.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32AMThe actress won a Tony Award for “The Color Purple,” and is now nominated for an Oscar for playing Elphaba in the film adaptation of “Wicked.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PMA letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMAs the National Endowment for the Arts adjusts to comply with President Trump’s executive orders, “gender ideology” is out and works that “honor the nation’s rich artistic heritage…
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