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Following Friday’s news that the Writers Guild of America rejected an application for a waiver to allow the June 11th Tony Awards ceremony to be televised, New York’s theater community has responded to the decision to unite the industry amid the strike. Confused about the impact. Ahead of the GLAAD Media Awards in New York…

British actress Barbara Brin, who played her mother in the original Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods, has died. She was 94 years old. Bryne’s death was announced Tuesday by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. “Barbara was a valued member of the Guthrie family,” a theater…

Jessica Chastain was terrified of returning to the stage. The Academy Award winner trained at Juilliard and began her career reciting Al Pacino’s Salome on stage, but in recent years she has rejected attempts to return to it. (who brought Betrayal to Broadway with Tom Hiddleston) until finally landing the title of A Doll’s House…

Despite its continued star-studded efforts, the 2023 Tony Award nominations have yielded plenty of cynicism and surprises, including an unexpected six nods to Ain’t No Mo, which ended just before the end of 2022. was characterized. Tony voters seemed to remember this fall production well, handing out five nods to Cost of Living, which closed…

Danny DeVito will return to Broadway this fall in the new play I Need That. Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and written by Theresa Rebeck, the show will have its world premiere in American Airlines theaters this October, Roundabout Theater announced Tuesday. More information about the creative team, dates and ticket sales will be announced…

A stage adaptation of Brokeback Mountain, starring Mike Feist and Lucas Hedges, hits the West End this spring. A self-proclaimed “new musical drama” based on Annie Prue’s short story, it was later adapted into a 2005 film. The stage version was written by Ashley Robinson, directed by Jonathan Buttarell, and sung by Dan Gillespie Sells….

Stephen Sondheim’s final musical will premiere in New York this fall. Formerly known as Square One and now titled Here We Are, the musical is inspired by two Luis Buñuel films, The Understated Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Angel of Extinction. A musical directed by Joe Mantello (Wicked, Assassin) and featuring a book by…

Casey Reich will return to Broadway this summer as Marty McMcFly in the musical Back to the Future. Likes will be starring in a role made famous by Michael J. Fox this fall after making his Broadway debut as William Miller in the new musical Almost Famous. Outside of the theatrical world, Miller has played…

Laurie Metcalf and Tatiana Maslany are set to star in Broadway’s Gray House. Producers Tom Kirdahy and Robert Ahrens announced the cast and opening of the play, which premieres in New York on Tuesday. In addition to Metcalfe and Maslany, Paul Sparks, Sofia Ann Caruso and Millicent Simmons will star in the Levi Holloway-written and…

Darcy Carden will make her Broadway debut this spring at the premiere of Larissa Fasthorse’s Thanksgiving Play. After her high-profile role as Janet in The Good Place, Carden, who recently starred in the Amazon series A League Of Their Own, has starred alongside Katie Finneran (Noises Off, Promises, Promises on Broadway), Scott Foley (Scandal, The…