The marquee at Broadway’s Booth Theatre appears to confirm the rumors: Bruce Norris’ acclaimed and controversial play Downstate will take up residence at the venue in an upcoming production directed by Joe Mantello. The news was first reported by the Chicago Tribune – the play premiered in 2018…

There are plenty of laughs in Paranormal Activity, a play that just might be Broadway’s scariest horror story ever, but they’re not the lighthearted jolly chuckles of, say, Titanique or the gut-bucket guffaws of Oh, Mary! No, the laughs in Levi Holloway’s chiller are more along the lines of those…

James Walsh, whose many Broadway producing credits in the 1980s and ’90s included the Tony Award-winning productions of 1986’s I'm Not Rappaport starring Judd Hirsch and 1989's Pulitzer-winning The Heidi Chronicles, died of sepsis Thursday, August 27, in New York City. He was 89. His death was…

UPDATE, with tribute from playwright Richard O’Brien: Richard O’Brien, who wrote The Rocky Horror Show and cast his friend Tim Curry in the central role of Frank-N-Furter back in the ’70s, joined the current Broadway revival in offering up a heartfelt tribute to the late actor who died Tuesday at the…

Anna Louizos, a prolific, three-time Tony nominated Broadway scenic designer whose work brought vivid life to such productions as Avenue Q,  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, School of Rock, Steel Magnolias and the 2012 revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, died August 25, in New York City of…

Here There Are Blueberries, the acclaimed play and Pulitzer finalist by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, will open on Broadway this fall for a strictly limited engagement, producers announced today. Conceived and directed by Kaufman, Here There Are Blueberries will begin previews on Monday…

Six, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical that uses modern pop styles to retell the stories of Henry VIII’s wives from the women’s point of view, will close on January 3, 2027, after nearly six years and 2,178 performances. The closing was announced today by producers Kenny Wax, Wendy…

The first-ever Dreamgirls revival, originally planned for a fall 2026 Broadway staging, has been postponed. New dates, cast and venue have not yet been announced. News of the postponement was first reported by People magazine. In a statement to People, producers said, "The new Broadway…

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight of the Harry Potter films, will reprise the role on Broadway this winter, following in the footsteps of the movies’ Draco Malfoy and current Harry Potter and the Cursed Child star Tom Felton. Like Felton, Grint will portray the grown-up version…

UPDATED with latest: With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences setting its dates for the 2027 and 2028 Oscars (the latter the ceremony’s 100th anniversary), the rest of the awards docket for those two years is falling into place. After the Oscars announcement, SAG-AFTRA’s Actor…

For the second consecutive week, Broadway’s Paranormal Activity sold out the August Wilson Theatre, and even with five heavily comped press previews the Levi Holloway play grossed $729,250. Paranormal, directed by Felix Barrett and inspired by the popular film franchise, began previews August 14…

Dolly: A True Original Musical, the upcoming Broadway production that will now serve as the late superstar’s final passion project, will begin previews in December for a January 19 opening as planned. In a statement to Deadline, the show’s producers said, “As was Dolly's wish, the Broadway…