UPDATE, with full report: Broadway had its best attended and highest grossing Thanksgiving week in the industry’s recorded history, the Broadway League said today, with its 38 productions grossing a combined $46,046,759, a huge increase over last year’s turkey holiday take of $34,512,033. Attendance…

Producers of the Broadway hit Stereophonic have settled a lawsuit brought by a former sound engineer and producer of Fleetwood Mac who claimed the production used material from his memoir without authorization, specifically in the play’s depiction of a Mac-like 1970s rock band recording a Rumours-like…

Casting was announced for Broadway’s upcoming Just in Time starring Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin, with the Merrily We Roll Along Tony winner to be joined on stage in the new musical by Joe Barbara (A Bronx Tale The Musical), Michele Pawk (Wicked), Lance Roberts (The Music Man), Caesar Samayoa (Come From A…

Oh, Mary! without Cole Escola? As it turns out, yes. The Broadway hit comedy, which recently became the first production of the season to recoup its production cost, will have a new Mary Todd Lincoln beginning January 21 when Glow actor Betty Gilpin will take over the role for a limited 8-week…

UPDATED with latest: The Emmys and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we cruise into Oscar season. Check back often for updates. December 4: National Board of…

The memorial celebration for the late Broadway star Gavin Creel will be livestreamed in both the U.S. and UK today, with New York’s MCC Theater hosting the U.S. stream and the Society of London Theatre hosting in the UK. The public memorial at Broadway’s St. James Theatre begins today, Monday…

Jason Laks, who has been serving as The Broadway League’s Interim President since Charlotte St. Martin retired from the organization last February, has been appointed the organization’s new president. The League, the national trade association for theater owners, producers, presenters and general…

Wicked has another sales record to add to its growing list: The film soundtrack has debuted at the #2 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, the highest debut for a big-screen adaptation of a stage musical ever. The Universal Pictures, Verve Records and Republic Records soundtrack to Part One of the movie…

EXCLUSIVE: Corbin Bleu and Stephanie Styles will headline a private industry reading in January of the Broadway-aimed musical comedy Get Happy, a new stage adaptation of the MGM film classic Summer Stock. The invitation-only reading will be held on January 17 in New York City, according to producers…

As Wicked continues to fuel an online storm of memes, one cast member is drawing a line in regards to ableist comments. Marissa Bode, who stars in the Jon M. Chu-helmed adaptation of the Broadway musical as wheelchair-bound Nessarose Thropp, called out recent jokes about the character that have made…

The Thanksgiving holiday is playing its usual tricks on the Broadway show schedule, with nearly all productions having gone dark on Turkey Day itself and making up for the missed shows with added performances on Black Friday and, in a few cases, later in the weekend. Many shows have added matinee…

When it came to her take on Glinda, Ariana Grande didn’t want to stray too far from the original. Wicked composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz recently revealed that while recording the movie musical’s track ‘Popular’, the actress shot down an attempt to “hip-hop it up a little bit” on the Jon M. Chu…