Michael Paulson
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Alicia Keys Is Making a Musical. Her Own Life Inspired the Story.
The show is a highlight of the Public Theater’s new season, which will also include plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, Itamar Moses, Mary Kathryn Nagle and...
Broadway Musicians Object to David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’
The show plans to use recorded music instead of a live band, but a labor union says its contract for the theater requires musicians for...
‘Harmony,’ a Manilow Musical Set Under Nazis, Is Broadway-Bound
The show about the Comedian Harmonists, a real-life sextet that ran afoul of the Nazi regime, was first staged in 1997.
‘The Shark Is Broken,’ a ‘Jaws’ Comedy, Plans Broadway Run
The play stars Ian Shaw, whose father, Robert Shaw, played a shark hunter in the movie.
‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment
The Golden Age musical is back on Broadway, with a new take by one of the nation’s great screenwriters. Walk with us.
Broadway’s ‘Room,’ Starring Adrienne Warren, Postpones Run Indefinitely
The show, scheduled to open in April at the James Earl Jones Theater, was adapted from Emma Donoghue’s best-selling 2010 novel.
Final Sondheim Musical Will Be Staged in New York This Fall
His long-gestating final show, now titled “Here We Are,” is coming to the Shed; it is inspired by two Luis Buñuel films.
A24, the Indie Film Studio, Buys New York’s Cherry Lane Theater
The studio’s first venture into live performance follows the move by Audible, Amazon’s audio subsidiary, to stage works at the nearby Minetta Lane Theater.
Laurie Metcalf to Return to Broadway in a Horror Story, ‘Grey House’
The play, directed by Joe Mantello and also starring Tatiana Maslany, had a well-reviewed debut in Chicago. It begins performances in April.
Broadway and West End Theater Owners Agree to Join Forces
A major British theater company, Ambassador Theater Group, says it is “combining operations” with Jujamcyn, the smallest of Broadway’s three big landlords.