The Latest Breaking News from Broadway

Broadway to make masks optional in July

NEW YORK — Broadway is lifting the curtain and its mask mandate.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

Broadway theaters drop their mask mandate starting in July

In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

New York City Broadway shows will adopt a ‘mask optional’ policy in theatres

Starting 1 July, theatres in the city will drop their mask requirement for attendees

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Hugh Jackman pulls out of Broadway show The Music Man after testing positive for Covid again

The news comes the day after the actor performed a number from ‘The Music Man’ live at the 75th Tony Awards in New York

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

The Welsh actor you've probably never heard of who's landing roles on Netflix, BBC, ITV and Broadway

Gaby French has an impressive string of credits to her name and has appeared alongside some big names in showbiz

Wales Online · Jun 13, 2022

Why the Tony triumph of ‘A Strange Loop’ is momentous for Broadway

Michael R. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop” received more Tony nominations than any other show in Broadway’s 2021-22 season, but Tony voters are a fickle lot. Recall what happened to Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play” last year. Nominated for 12 awards, a record for a drama, the production went home empty-handed.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 13, 2022

Two shows dominated the Tony awards and proved Broadway’s debt to British taxpayers

Sam Mendes’s The Lehman Trilogy and Marianne Elliott’s Company took 10 prizes between them and demonstrated the power of UK subsidised theatre

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2022

Tony Moments: A night for Broadway to reclaim its groove

Broadway has its groove back, said Tonys host Ariana DeBose at an exuberant ceremony seeking to illustrate just that sentiment

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022

Tony Awards spreads the kudos — with love for the entire team

It took an entire village to bring a struggling Broadway back. Even the people checking the vax cards at the theater’s doors, as COVID-era patrons fretted over missing curtains that had struggled to rise at all.

Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2022

Kahleah Copper’s Chicago Sky survive Sabrina Ionescu’s triple-double in win over New York Liberty

NEW YORK — As with any Sunday afternoon here, there were a lot of star-studded matinees in town. But this time, one of the best was across the East River from Broadway.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 13, 2022