Theater
‘Suffs’ Musical to Open on Broadway in 2024 With Hillary Clinton, Malala Yousafzai as Producers
Suffs — a musical about the suffragists movement — is transferring to Broadway, with Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai set to join the producing team. With a book, music and lyrics by award-winner Shaina Taub and direction by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman, the musical — which had its world premiere off-Broadway at The Public Theater in 2022 — […]
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Joanna Merlin, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Actress and Sondheim Casting Director, Dies at 92
Joanna Merlin, who created the role of the daughter Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway and served as a casting director for Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince and Bernardo Bertolucci, has died. She was 92. Merlin died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow disorder, her daughters, documentary filmmaker […]
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Christian Slater, Christopher Briney, Dagmara Dominczyk and More Join ’24 Hour Plays’ (Exclusive)
Christian Slater, Christopher Briney, Josh Radnor, Dagmara Dominczyk and more have joined the lineup of actors participating in The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway. The annual event sees actors, writers, directors and production staff coming together on the night of Oct. 22 for a brainstorming session. The writers create the plays overnight and then the […]
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Chris Evans Talks “Enjoying Life” With Wife Alba Baptista After Two Wedding Ceremonies
Chris Evans has opened up about tying the knot with actress Alba Baptista last month and how married life has been since. The actor confirmed the news for the first time publicly while on stage Saturday at New York Comic Con, saying, “I got married. It was really, really great.” Evans added that the couple had […]
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‘Shucked’ Set to Vacate the Nederlander Theatre, but Looks to Move to Different Broadway House
Shucked, a best musical nominee at last season’s Tony Awards, will end its run at the Nederlander Theatre on Jan. 13. However, the show’s producing team, led by Mike Bosner, is looking to move to another Broadway theater, if one becomes available after that date. That may be a tough proposition, given the many spring […]
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‘Here Lies Love’ Teams With Gold House, The Asian American Foundation for Broadway Ticket Initiative
Broadway’s Here Lies Love, the disco-pop musical from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim about the infamous former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, is launching a new ticket initiative tied to Filipino American Heritage Month. In an effort to increase access to the historic musical, which features Broadway’s first all-Filipino cast, Here Lies Love‘s producers have partnered with Gold House and The Asian […]
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Tony Awards Will Move to Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater For 2023-2024 Ceremony
The Tony Awards are moving locations again and will take place in June 2024 at the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center. The 77th Tony Awards will air live on June 16 from the new location, which is typically home to the New York City Ballet. This comes after the awards show moved […]
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Josh Gad on Returning to Broadway With Andrew Rannells in ‘Gutenberg! The Musical’
When looking for his first project back on Broadway since starring in The Book of Mormon, Josh Gad knew he would find a show with humor and one that ideally also included his Book of Mormon co-star Andrew Rannells. Gad and director Alex Timbers initially discussed doing a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Funny Thing […]
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‘Dance First’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Talks to Himself in James Marsh’s Ponderous Beckett Bio-Drama
Fionn O’Shea, Sandrine Bonnaire and Aidan Gillen also star in this fragmented account of the Irish existentialist writer’s life, framed by his reluctant acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Actors’ Equity Files With NLRB to Represent Production Assistants on Broadway
Actors’ Equity has filed with the National Labor Relations Board for recognition of the union as a bargaining representative for production assistants on Broadway and sit-down productions. The filing comes after Actors’ Equity says the production assistants did not gain voluntary recognition from the Broadway League. There are about 100 production assistants who either currently […]
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‘Some Like It Hot’ to Close on Broadway in December
Some Like It Hot, the Tony-winning musical based on the 1959 MGM and United Artists film of the same name, is closing on Broadway in December. Producers announced the show’s plan to close in 13 weeks on Friday. The musical, which made history for nonbinary star J. Harrison Ghee’s best lead actor in a musical Tony […]
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‘Minority Report’ Stage Play to Premiere in U.K. in 2024
Minority Report is the latest Hollywood blockbuster to get the stage — and gender-swap — treatment. The science fiction tech noir based on Philip K. Dick’s 1956 novella and later made into the 2002 box office hit directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is being turned into a play that will make its world premiere […]
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