The Latest Breaking News from Broadway

Lena Horne Theatre to be unveiled on Broadway on Nov. 1

NEW YORK — Lena Horne will make Black history again on The Great White Way this fall.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Patti LuPone resigns from Actors’ Equity union: ‘No longer part of that circus’

NEW YORK — Looks like Patti LuPone has given her final regards to Broadway.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Review: Tony-winning ‘The Inheritance’ is better in Los Angeles than on Broadway

LOS ANGELES — Hats off to the Geffen Playhouse for pulling off with exquisite panache a most difficult double-header in “The Inheritance,” Matthew López’s two-part, Tony-winning gay drama.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 19, 2022

In the Broadway musical '1776,' the revolution is in the casting

This production uses a cast of multi-racial actors who are female, nonbinary and trans — people who weren't even considered in the Declaration of Independence.

WEKU · Oct 15, 2022

Review: Samuel L. Jackson stars in a not-always-in-tune Broadway revival of 'The Piano Lesson'

NEW YORK — Spoiled as we've been with superb revivals of August Wilson plays, it's almost confusing to encounter a high-profile Broadway production that doesn't quite live up to expectations.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 14, 2022

Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’ on Broadway stars Samuel L. Jackson and reveals August Wilson’s new status

NEW YORK — For anyone who knows how hard August Wilson once struggled to get his plays financed and produced on Broadway with mostly unknown actors from his informal repertory company from the hinterlands, the writer’s newly vaulted Gotham status is nothing short of amazing.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 14, 2022

Plays by Black writers are finally getting the spotlight, from Broadway to the West

DALLAS — It’s a great time to be a Black playwright.

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

Werewolf by Night’s Laura Donnelly on joining the MCU and how The Ferryman is the gift that keeps on giving

Her ‘role of a lifetime’ on stage has led to becoming monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone, Marvel’s latest hero

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

West End theatres go dark in memory of ‘beloved’ Dame Angela Lansbury

The actress has been remembered as ‘a true pioneer of the stage and screen’.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

West End to dim lights in honour of ‘immensely talented’ Dame Angela Lansbury

The stage and screen actress has been remembered as a ‘Broadway and West End icon’.

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022