It’s 20 degrees and a wind is ripping outside of the Gershwin Theatre in New York, but 300 rabid fans of the hot musical “Wicked” huddle together and watch tickets tumble in a rotating bin.
A Gershwin usher pulls out a ticket, calls a number, and a screaming fan jumps up and down all the way […]
Three-plus hours of cat-and-mouse games, catty remarks, tomcatting and cat’s paws will be the catnip for the opening-night audience for the new Broadway production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Anthony Page directs a cast featuring Kathleen Turner as Martha, Bill Irwin as George, David Harbour as Nick and Mireille Enos as Honey. Albee’s […]
The brightly colored coils of Monty Python had Broadway in a stranglehold all week, as theatre fans, critics and professionals awaited the March 17 opening of Spamalot, the musical which all of the above—even the critics—hoped would provide The Street and the season with the kick in the pants it desperately needed.
Once the confetti settled, […]
Sweet Charity will go on - but standby Charlotte d’Amboise will open the musical on Broadway, not its injured star Christina Applegate, according to producer Barry Weissler.
“I love Christina, and I didn’t want this to happen,” Weissler said. “Christina will heal, and when she does, we will put her back in the show.” He was […]
Mirvish Productions is hosting the world opening of The Lord of the Rings musical in Toronto in March 2006. Originally planned for London, UK and to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication the trilogy, the musical was moved to Toronto when no theatre was available.
With a cast of 50 and elaborate staging, the […]
The controversial London hit Jerry Springer—The Opera will come to the Broadway stage despite recent protests in the U.K., according to production spokespersons.
“While the widely covered but small scale religious protests in the U.K. surrounding Jerry Springer—The Opera have not been helpful in the completion of raising the capital for the Broadway production, they have […]
The Tony committee will assemble May 9 to determine the nominees for the 59th Annual Tony Awards. The nominees will be announced May 10 at a venue to be determined.
A spokesperson for the League of American Theatres and Producers, which presents the Tony Awards with the American Theatre Wing, reported that the eligibility cutoff date […]
Christina Applegate is making a leap, a big one. And it’s not just during the dance numbers created for her by choreographer Wayne Cilento.
The actress, best-known for playing the bimbette daughter on TV’s Married … with children, is starring in a revival of Sweet Charity, opening on April 21 on Broadway after an extended try-out […]