The Latest Breaking News from Broadway

A FRESH box office record for the Civic Theatre is proof the Hunter has an appetite for Broadway theatre, lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes says.

A slew of well-reviewed productions have closed with poor ticket sales while blockbusters dominate the market

NEW YORK — After a bruising fall 2022 that saw several new shows fail and lots of unanswered questions about the fragile fiscal state of New York’s theater biz, Broadway is entering 2023 with atypical caution.

NEW YORK — At lunch recently in New York with a retired theater critic, I asked if he’d care to join me later in the week for a matinee of the touted Broadway revival of “Into the Woods.” No, he demurred. He had reviewed the original production, and the show,…

'We got an Aer Lingus flight which took off from Dublin in the afternoon which was ideal for us as with the time difference we would get to our hotel, smack bang in the middle of Times Square, at about 8pm American Time'

It was feast or famine at the Broadway box office as 2022 wound down, with eye-popping revenue for popular shows — including a staggering new Broadway record for “The Lion King” — not lifting all strugglers

CHICAGO — Frank Galati, a pivotal figure over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, an ensemble member at both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters and a pioneer in the adaptation of novels and other narrative sources into exciting drama,…

NEW YORK — In the last weeks of 2022, failed Broadway shows seemed to stack up like the weed dealers who now crowd the tables on Eighth Avenue.

We take a tour of the spectacular shows illuminating the dark days of winter in the French capital, starting with the cult classic "Cabaret". Robert Carsen is the latest director to adapt the musical, bringing its biting social commentary to a newly revamped venue: the Lido 2 Paris on the…