Broadway News & Features

'Prima Facie' to offer Broadway lottery tickets

Prima Facie will host a digital lottery for tickets to its Broadway run, which begins at the Golden Theatre on April 11. The strictly limited engagement runs through June 18. Prima Facie will offer 10 lottery tickets to every performance for $10 each, including fees. The lottery is open from midnight to 10 a.m. every Wednesday for the following week's performances. Each person can request up to two tickets. Winners will be notified by email and/or text once the lottery closes, and they will have...

Celebrities who have starred in 'Sweeney Todd' on Broadway and beyond

No matter how you slice it, roles don’t come meatier or juicier than Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, the vengeful barber and daft pie baker Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler cooked up for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett are experts in homicide — and recycling the evidence into pastries for unsuspecting Londoners. With the gorgeous and gory 1979 musical now back on Broadway, Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford are the latest celebrated duo to join the...

Tour the city with these Broadway shows set in New York

If you can make theatre there, you can make it anywhere. There’s a story on every corner in New York, so it’s hardly a surprise that this multifaceted, multicultural metropolis is the setting for so many plays and musicals. That’s always been the case. Tales of New York as diverse as the city itself and can be found in everything from Wonderful Town to Hair to In the Heights. And the New York City shows keep on coming. Kander and Ebb’s New York, New York is the latest Broadway show that unfolds...

Top theatre to see in New York in April

Spring has officially sprung, and theatre openings have officially sprung into high gear with it. With the Tony Awards just a few months away, tons of new plays, new musicals, and revivals are opening in the hopes of soon getting honored as the year's best theatre. There couldn't be a better month for the height of the theatre season: Children go on spring break, meaning it's the perfect time for a family theatre outing, even if you're traveling to New York. And with the weather getting warmer,...

'Grey House' sets complete Broadway cast, joining Laurie Metcalf

We've been expecting them. The new play Grey House has set its complete cast and creative team ahead of its Broadway premiere, which begins April 29 at the Lyceum Theatre. Levi Holloway's horror play made its world premiere in Chicago to acclaim in 2019. The show follows a couple stranded in the mountains who shelter at a cabin, but their surroundings — and hosts — get creepier as days go by and they realize they're trapped. ## Who is in the Grey House Broadway cast? Newly announced Grey House...

'Merrily We Roll Along' Broadway tickets on sale now

It's a hit! Merrily We Roll Along's first Broadway revival will begin performances at the Hudson Theatre on September 19, and tickets are available now. Get Merrily We Roll Along tickets on New York Theatre Guide. Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez star in Merrily We Roll Along as Frank, Charley, and Mary, a trio of friends whose bond fractures over the course of 20 years. The story of how fame and money break them apart is told in reverse chronological order. The starry trio...

See photos of Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford in 'Sweeney Todd' on Broadway

They're the best pics in London! New photos have been released of the latest Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd, which officially opens March 26 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Tony and Grammy Award nominee Josh Groban stars in the title role of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning musical classic. Sweeney is a barber bent on revenge against a corrupt judge who destroyed his family — and then some. Aiding him in his bloody quest is Mrs. Lovett (Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford), who...

Why 'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' has universal comedic appeal

Even if you don't know Peter Pan Goes Wrong, you're likely familiar with the first part of that title. The story of the boy from Neverland who wouldn't grow up first took flight in 1904 as a play by J.M. Barrie and continues to shape countless childhoods worldwide. In 2013, Mischief Theatre Company — a comedy theatre group led by British writer/performers Jonathan Sayer, Jonathan Lewis, and Henry Shields — followed up the success of their smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong with their own take on...

A history of Kander and Ebb musicals on Broadway

Razzle dazzle us! For 40 years, composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb worked side by side to create a brand of Broadway musicals packed with beauty and biting commentary. Their shows leave you singing and thinking – a case in point is Chicago, one of the longest-running shows in theatre history. The prolific duo is known for collaborations with various writers, directors, and actors, and their Broadway premieres continued even after Ebb’s death at age 76 in 2004. The latest is New York, New...

'New York, New York' to offer Broadway lottery and rush tickets

Be a part of it! New York, New York will offer rush and lottery tickets for its Broadway run, which begins performances March 24 at the St. James Theatre. Opening night is April 26. New York, New York offers $35 tickets via a digital lottery. Lottery entries are accepted until 10:30 a.m. the day before the performance, and winners are notified by email and text shortly afterward at 11 a.m. Each person can request up to two tickets. New York, New York also offers $30 rush tickets in person at the...