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History-making Black female creative team announced for Broadway-bound Soul Train

August 20, 2019

All aboard! The Broadway-bound musical Soul Train, inspired by the iconic television series created and hosted by Don Cornelius, has announced its core creative team and will make history as the... Read more

Complete cast announced for The Lightning Thief on Broadway

August 19, 2019

Casting is now complete for the previously announced Broadway premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, which is set to play the Longacre Theatre for a strictly limited 16-week... Read more

Christiane Noll & Jessica Phillips in the National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen

Christiane Noll, Jessica Phillips & more to join Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway

August 15, 2019

"Anybody Have a Map?" Because a handful of stars from the National Tour of the Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" Dear Evan Hansen are headed to New York City! On October 22, 2019, Tony Award nominee ... Read more

Kyle Soller, John Benjamin Hickey & more to star in The Inheritance on Broadway

August 15, 2019

Casting is now complete for the Broadway transfer of Matthew Lopez's epic two-part drama The Inheritance, which took home four Olivier Awards earlier this year in London (including "Best New Play").... Read more

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Betrayal, starring Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox & Zawe Ashton, begins performances on Broadway

August 14, 2019

Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston and his co-stars Charlie Cox and Zawe Ashton all make their Broadway debuts tonight as the critically acclaimed London production of the Harold... Read more

Mary-Louise Parker & David Morse to reunite for How I Learned to Drive on Broadway

August 14, 2019

Tony Award winner Mary-Louise Parker and Tony Award nominee David Morse, the original Off-Broadway stars of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece How I Learned to Drive, will reunite next... Read more

Casting complete for The Great Society on Broadway

August 13, 2019

Producers of the upcoming Broadway premiere of The Great Society, scheduled to play the Vivian Beaumont Theater from September 6 through November 30, 2019, with an official opening on October 1, have... Read more

Full cast announced for Slave Play on Broadway

August 13, 2019

The majority of the celebrated Off-Broadway cast of Jeremy O. Harris' acclaimed drama Slave Play will be reprising their roles on the Great White Way this fall, as complete casting has now been... Read more

A Christmas Carol, starring Campbell Scott, will open on Broadway for holiday season

August 13, 2019

Charles Dickens' holiday masterpiece, A Christmas Carol, is heading to the Great White Way this holiday season to play an 8-week limited engagement at the Lyceum Theatre. Following acclaimed runs at... Read more

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is coming to Broadway

August 12, 2019

Here's some news of mythic proportions! Percy Jackson is heading to the Great White Way! The Broadway premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is set to play the Longacre Theatre ... Read more

Diana - the new musical is officially heading to Broadway

August 12, 2019

Broadway will be getting a royal make-over next spring because the acclaimed new musical Diana is officially heading to the Great White Way! The Broadway premiere is set to begin previews at the... Read more

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New York Theatre Guide at the Opening Night of Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway

August 9, 2019

Last night the New York Theatre Guide attended the Broadway premiere of Sea Wall/A Life, written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne, as a host of VIPs gathered together at the Hudson Theatre to... Read more

Tom Sturridge in Sea Wall and Jake Gyllenhaal in A Life

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Official Broadway production photos released for Sea Wall / A Life

August 7, 2019

Ahead of tomorrow's Opening Night, official production photos have now been released for the Broadway premiere of Sea Wall / A Life, starring Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award... Read more

Ann Sanders & Ivan Hernandez debut in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway

August 6, 2019

The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" Dear Evan Hansen welcomes two new cast members to the Music Box Theatre this evening as Ann Sanders and Ivan Hernandez take over the... Read more

Michael Urie & more to star in Grand Horizons on Broadway

August 6, 2019

Second Stage Theater has revealed initial casting for the upcoming Broadway premiere of Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons; a co-commission by Williamstown Theatre Festival which will be directed by Tony... Read more

The Illusionists - Magic of the Holidays will return to Broadway for 2019 holiday season

August 5, 2019

It's the most wonderful (and magical) time of the year! This 2019 holiday season will welcome the return of the international touring troupe of magicians known as The Illusionists. Following last... Read more

August 2019 Highlights on Broadway and Beyond

August 1, 2019

While the engines of the 2019-2020 Broadway season prepare to rev up for an exciting fall on the Great White Way, August already has one or two treats in store for theatre fans in New York City. But... Read more

Broadway dims its lights in memory of Harold Prince

August 1, 2019

Last night, in accordance with The Broadway League, the Broadway theatres dimmed their marquee lights in memory of the legendary 21-time Tony Award-winning Broadway director/producer Harold Prince.... Read more

SIX is officially heading to Broadway

August 1, 2019

Who's ready for the "historemix"? London's musical phenomenon SIX is officially heading to Broadway and is set to begin previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (current home of Waitress) on February... Read more