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Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024: Photo Gallery & Obituaries
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Broadway’s ‘Suffs’ Disrupted When Activists Unfurl Sign Calling The Tony-Winning Musical A “White Wash”
Last night’s performance of the Broadway musical Suffs, the two-time Tony-winning musical about the suffragist movement written by Shaina Taub that counts Hillary Clinton among its producers, was briefly disrupted when a group of self-identified “radical, anti-racist, queer feminists” unfurled a banner…
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By Greg Evans
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‘The Outsiders’, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Set More House Records As Broadway Settles Into Summer
Broadway continued settling in to its post-Tonys summer last week, with box office for most shows slipping at least a bit from the previous week and the total roster trimmed to 30 from 32.
In all, receipts for the 30 productions totaled $34,783,390, down about 7% from the previous week (one of the…
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By Greg Evans
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Bartlett Sher To Direct Dolly Parton Broadway Musical ‘Hello, I’m Dolly’
EXCLUSIVE: Bartlett Sher, nine-time Tony Award directing nominee and winner for 2008’s South Pacific, will direct the recently announced Dolly Parton musical Hello, I’m Dolly, set for Broadway in 2026.
“How lucky I am to have the great Bartlett Sher direct my Hello, I'm Dolly musical,” Parton said in…
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By Greg Evans
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Ian McKellen Pulls Out Of ‘Player Kings’ Tour “With The Greatest Reluctance” After Fall
British acting icon Ian McKellen has pulled out of the Player Kings tour following a June 17 onstage fall that saw him fracture his wrist and sustain other injuries.
The Lord of the Rings star had initially thought he could return to Player Kings once the UK leg of the tour started but the production…
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By Max Goldbart
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‘Stereophonic’ Launching Pad Playwrights Horizons Names New Managing Director As Tough Economy Lashes Nonprofit Theaters
Playwrights Horizons, the longstanding and prominent Off Broadway theater company that launched the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Stereophonic, has appointed a new managing director as it steers its way through what one exec calls “seismic” economic change for the nonprofit world.
Casey York…
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By Greg Evans
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Delia Ephron’s ‘Left On Tenth’ Starring Julianna Margulies And Peter Gallagher Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue
Left on Tenth, the new play by Delia Ephron starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher, will begin Broadway performances at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Thursday, September 26, with an opening night set for Wednesday, October 23.
As previously announced, the play, based on Ephron’s…
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By Greg Evans
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Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’ Announces Alternate Cast Schedule As Eddie Redmayne & Gayle Rankin Shift To Pre-Planned Seven-Performance Weeks
As Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin shift to pre-planned seven-performance weeks for Broadway’s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, producers have announced the summer schedule for the alternate performers playing the Emcee and Sally Bowles.
The musical revival will continue playing the standard eight…
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By Greg Evans
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‘Studio 54 The Musical’ In Development For Broadway By Producers Robert Greenblatt & Neil Meron; Sergio Trujillo Directing & Choreographing
EXCLUSIVE: Producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron are developing the Broadway-bound Studio 54 The Musical, a new work with a book by Chad Hodge and set to feature a full playlist of hits from the disco era.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Sergio Trujillo (Ain't Too Proud—The Life…
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By Greg Evans
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Evan Cabnet Named Artistic Director Of Broadway’s Second Stage, Taking Over For Departing Founder Carole Rothman
Evan Cabnet, currently Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3, will be Second Stage Theater's new Artistic Director beginning in September, Second Stage trustees announced today. Cabnet will officially launch his first season of programming in fall 2025.
Carole Rothman, Second Stage’s…
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By Greg Evans
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Grant Gustin To Exit Broadway’s ‘Water For Elephants’ In September
Grant Gustin, TV’s star of The Flash, will play the final performance of his well-received limited run in the Broadway musical Water For Elephants on Sunday, September 1, producers announced today.
Gustin, who also appeared in Glee, plays the character Jacob Jankowski in the musical, a young man…
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By Greg Evans
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‘Boop! The Betty Boop Musical’ Sets 2025 Broadway Opening
Boop! The Betty Boop Musical directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, will open on Broadway in April 2025 at a Shubert theater to be announced, producers said today.
The Broadway production follows a successful engagement in Chicago last year that starred Jasmine Amy Rogers as the title…
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By Greg Evans
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