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Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, have been announced as presenters and performers at the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony onMonday evening, June 3, 2013 beginning at 6:45 p.m. at the [...]
They haven’t even opened yet but the buzz and demand for tickets to Neil Labute’s newest play Reasons to Be Happy is high and they have announced that the world premiere of the new play, also directed by LaBute, will now extend through Saturday, June 29th. It was previously scheduled through June 23rd. For the additional performances [...]
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 opened on May 16 to very strong reviews and great word-of-mouth. The show is currently playing a limited run through September 1st at Kazino (West 13th Street and Washington Street) a brand new venue created specifically for the show, in the heart of New York’s meatpacking district, to transport audiences to [...]
Send to Kindle Tony® Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions (Memphis) is proud to announce that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV’s “Chuck,” Disney’s feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor: The Dark World, will make his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingénue Krysta Rodriguez (“Smash,”The Addams Family) in FIRST DATE, Broadway’s new romantic musical comedy. With a book byAustin Winsberg (“Gossip Girl”), music and lyrics [...]
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK’s largest theatre owner/operator and a multi award winning theater production group, has through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxwoods Theatrefrom Live Nation Entertainment. The Foxwoods Theatre, the largest theater on Broadway, is situated in a prime 42nd Street location, opened in 1997 and seats nearly 2000 people. It is home [...]
Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that the new musical comedy, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book and direction by James Lapine, will kick off the theatre’s 35th anniversary season this fall. William Finn and James Lapine return to Second Stage Theatre where they most recently collaborated on The [...]
Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a 9-week-only limited engagement of his Tony Award-winning, record-breaking play 700 SUNDAYS. This will mark the final engagement of this production. Previews will begin Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street) with opening night scheduled for Wednesday, November 13, [...]
Send to Kindle Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2012-13 season in 24 categories. Broadway stars Judy Kaye, Audra McDonald, Michael McGrath, Donna Murphy and Tonya Pinkins will serve as gala award presenters at the upcoming 63rd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony on May 23rd [...]
Michelle Williams is in talks to star in the musical movie remake of South Pacific. The actress has reportedly been offered the role of US navy nurse Nellie Forbush in a new big screen adaption of the stage musical most recently seen on Broadway in a lush and lavish production at Lincoln Center. [...]
First they are turning ROCKY into a musical, and now KING KONG is getting the musical treatment in a new production to premiere in Australia starting May 15 at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre. The score will include songs from some of the world’s most popular contemporary artists including 3D from Massive Attack, Sarah McLachlan, Justice, [...]
