Scott Rudin News

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Stephen Karam's The Humans featuring Cassie Beck ,Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell, Lauren Klein, Arian Moayed and Sarah Steele, just opened earlier this week, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, the show might have a life after off Broadway. David Rooney writes that producer Scott Rudin will transfer the production (full cast included) to Broadway in 2016.

The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 22nd Living Landmarks Celebration on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at The Plaza at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, New York City. BroadwayWorld has learned that among this year's honorees are Broadway impresarios Phil Smith and Bob Wankel. Not only that, but special presenters also include Bernadette Peters and Joel Grey, with Brian Stokes Mitchell slated to perform.

Over the weekend, the Environmental Media Association (EMA) announced the 25th Anniversary EMA Award winners, presented by Toyota and Lexus.

Add another threat to the Tony-winning star's list of talents.

Playwright Annie Baker sat down with 'WTF with Marc Maron' earlier this month to discuss all things theater. 

Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams will return to Broadway this season to star in David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning drama BLACKBIRD.  The production, to be directed by Joe Mantello, will begin previews Friday, February 5, and open on Thursday, March 10, at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44thStreet).  BLACKBIRD will play an 18-week limited engagement through June 12, 2016.

Aaron Sorkin has reevaluted some strong (and of course eloquent) remarks that he made earlier this weekend against the CEO of Apple.

Aaron Sorkin is standing up for his latest work, even against a dissenting Apple CEO.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau will be honored at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on Monday, November 16, 2015. Scenes highlighting their work will be performed at the 8th Annual 'Mimi' Awards, which will take place at Lincoln Center Theater.

Rufus Norris, director of the National Theatre, today announced a high-profile slate of forthcoming productions for 2016. Among them is Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play THE FLICK -- keep reading for the jam-packed, incredible lineup!

Michael Fassbender plays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple in the upcoming biopic STEVE JOBS, hitting theaters on October 9th. Check out the all-new trailer below!

Carole Shorenstein Hays, the Tony® Award winning producer and San Francisco's leading theatrical presenter, has announced plans for the future of the Curran theatre.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, who will star next spring in Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, will take a break from the show next summer. An official show rep commented: 'Due to a pre-existing commitment, Audra McDonald will not appear in Shuffle Along from Tuesday, June 21 to Sunday, September 25, 2016.  Miss McDonald will return to Shuffle Along beginning Tuesday, September 27 and is currently contracted to stay with the production through  Sunday, June 11, 2017.'

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, September 12 for SHUFFLE ALONG Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, the striking new production that presents both the landmark 1921 musical itself, and additionally details the events that catalyzed the songwriting team of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, and librettists F.E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles to create this ground-breaking work. 

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE will return to Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) this spring. Bill Camp (as Reverend John Hale), Jim Norton (as Giles Corey), Tavi Gevinson (as Mary Warren), and Jason Butler Harner (as Reverend Samuel Parris) are among those who will join previously announced stars Ben Whishaw (as John Proctor), Sophie Okonedo (as Elizabeth Proctor), Saoirse Ronan (as Abigail Williams), and Ciaran Hinds (as Deputy-Governor Danforth).

The Tony Award-winning production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will celebrate its one year anniversary on Broadway on Thursday, September 10 with a special lottery at the theatre before the 7:00pm performance, beginning at 5:00pm. Forty tickets will be available for a special price of $9.10 each and winners will be announced at 5:30pm; each winner can purchase up to 2 tickets. Additionally, DUB Pies will be distributing sweet and savory pies outside the theatre from 5:00-7:30pm.

The Lyceum Theatre box office (140 West 45 Street) opens today (Tuesday, September 8) at 10am for tickets to the Young Vic's critically-acclaimed Olivier Award-winning production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Ivo van Hove, which producers Scott Rudin and Lincoln Center Theater will bring to Broadway this fall.  The 17-week limited engagement begins previews Wednesday evening, October 21, opens Thursday, November 12, and will run through Sunday, February 21, 2016.

The Lyceum Theatre box office (140 West 45 Street) opens today (Tuesday, September 8) at 10am for tickets to the Young Vic's critically-acclaimed Olivier Award-winning production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Ivo van Hove, which producers Scott Rudin and Lincoln Center Theater will bring to Broadway this fall.  The 17-week limited engagement begins previews Wednesday evening, October 21, opens Thursday, November 12, and will run through Sunday, February 21, 2016.

Bill Wolff has been named executive producer of Chelsea Handler's radical refresh of the talk show for the global on-demand generation

'I beat myself up in private over being overly accessible and conventional.'