The Latest Breaking News from Broadway

Pamela Anderson to make Broadway debut with ‘Chicago’

NEW YORK — Pamela Anderson is going from “Baywatch” to Broadway.

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2022

Pamela Anderson to make her Broadway debut in the musical Chicago

‘I am inspired by the unexpected,’ the actor said

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Pamela Anderson Set to Make Her Broadway Debut in ‘Chicago'

One of the planet's biggest celebrities will play a woman desperately craving fame when Pamela Anderson makes her Broadway debut next month in the musical “Chicago,” The Associated Press has learned. Anderson will play Roxie Hart from April 12-June 5 at the Ambassador Theatre, a remarkable union of one of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 7, 2022

Broadway theater will be renamed after James Earl Jones

The Shubert Organization's Cort Theatre on Broadway will be renamed after James Earl Jones, fulfilling a promise by the theater giant to honor a Black artist in such a way

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Harvey Fierstein — warts, ego and all — in his juicy memoir 'I Was Better Last Night'

Harvey Fierstein was born, not made. Becoming a playwright and theatrical grandee took time. But as his scrumptious new memoir, "I Was Better Last Night," reveals, it was only a matter of time before this chubby Brooklyn boy with an itch for drag commandeered a stage.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 2, 2022

Ex-Danity Kane singer D. Woods to make Broadway debut in ‘for colored girls’ revival

NEW YORK — So, there is life after Danity Kane – and apparently, it’s on the Great White Way.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

Classic Ntozake Shange play to be reissued in book form

A classic play by the late Ntozake Shange is being reissued in book form in April to coincide with its Broadway revival by the director-choreographer Camille A

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

'Wicked' welcomes a pioneering good witch, Brittney Johnson

While many people spent Valentine’s Day with the traditional flowers and chocolates, Brittney Johnson was making theater history

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

Patti LuPone to miss ‘Company’ shows after catching COVID-19

NEW YORK — Patti LuPone won’t be lunching for the foreseeable future.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2022

Review: Peter Dinklage earns your love in the snazzy (but not schnozzy) musical 'Cyrano'

Since "Cyrano de Bergerac" has always been about the superficial nature of appearances, there's something fitting about the exterior renovations that have given rise to Joe Wright's sweet, earnest and sometimes enchanting new "Cyrano." For starters, the movie is a full-blown musical: Its roots lie not only in Edmond Rostand's…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2022