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JERSEY BOYS Individual Tickets Go On Sale 1/22

Broadway In Chicago today announced that individual tickets for JERSEY BOYS go on sale Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 at 10 a.m. JERSEY BOYS will play in Chicago at the Bank of America Theatre (18 W. Monroe, Chicago), April 5 - June 3, 2012.

Review Roundup: THE ROAD TO MECCA - All the Reviews!

Roundabout Theatre Company tonight opened Athol Fugard's THE ROAD TO MECCA, featuring Tony Award winner RoseMary Harris as 'Miss Helen,' Carla Gugino as 'Elsa Barlow' and Tony Award winner Jim Dale as 'Marius Byleveld,' and directed by Gordon Edelstein.

Actors' Playhouse Adds NEXT TO NORMAL to 2011-12 Season

Actors' Playhouse announces the fifth production of the 2011 - 2012 Mainstage Season, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal, which will be presented at the Miracle Theatre January 18 - February 12, 2012.

BILLY ELLIOT Comes To The Stage In Cincinnati 1/17-29

NETworks Presentations, LLC brings the multi-award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical to the Aronoff Center from January 17 - 29 as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati 11/12 Season.

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT - Southeastern Premiere

Jackie is just out of jail and trying to stay clean and sober. He turns to his AA sponsor when he suspects his longtime girlfriend, who is still into drugs, of cheating on him. What proof does he have? A man's hat has been left on the nightstand. This Broadway hit, a fast and furious study of lives in collision, is a bruising and very funny dance of love, betrayal and indecision.

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT - Southeastern Premiere

Jackie is just out of jail and trying to stay clean and sober. He turns to his AA sponsor when he suspects his longtime girlfriend, who is still into drugs, of cheating on him. What proof does he have? A man's hat has been left on the nightstand. This Broadway hit, a fast and furious study of lives in collision, is a bruising and very funny dance of love, betrayal and indecision.

Tony Winning BILLY ELLIOT Closes on Broadway Today

The 2009 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical, will play its final performance on Broadway today at the Imperial Theatre (246 West 45th Street). The show that Time Magazine called 'the best musical of the decade,' Billy Elliot will have played 40 preview and 1,304 regular performances. The production recouped its $18 million investment in only 14 months over 492 performances and on Broadway, the show has been seen by 1,659,867 theatergoers to date. Featuring music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall, choreographed by Peter Darling and directed by Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot began previews Wednesday, October 1 and opened to critical acclaim on November 13, 2008.

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT - Southeastern Premiere

Jackie is just out of jail and trying to stay clean and sober. He turns to his AA sponsor when he suspects his longtime girlfriend, who is still into drugs, of cheating on him. What proof does he have? A man's hat has been left on the nightstand. This Broadway hit, a fast and furious study of lives in collision, is a bruising and very funny dance of love, betrayal and indecision.

Classic Stage Company’s CHERRY ORCHARD Extends Through 1/8

Classic Stage Company's acclaimed, sold-out production of Anton Chekhov's tragicomic masterpiece THE CHERRY ORCHARD, featuring John Turturro and Dianne Wiest, among an esteemed cast, will extend by one additional week through Sunday, January 8. THE CHERRY ORCHARD is directed by Andrei Belgrader, with a translation by John Christopher Jones.

La MaMa Presents TEATRO PATOLOGICO IN NEW YORK 12/15-22

In honor of La MaMa's 50th Anniversary season, Italy's Dario D'Ambrosi will stage 'Teatro Patologico in New York,' a festival of Pathological Theater and Film, December 15 to 22, 2011, mounting one large new work plus three smaller plays that are a cross-section of his 31 years of productions at La MaMa.

McCarter Theatre to Present GATZ 12/15-18

McCarter Theatre will present GATZ, the critically acclaimed theatrical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, performed by Elevator Repair Service, for four performances only.

Review Roundup: ON A CLEAR DAY... on Broadway - All the Reviews!

Grammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick, Jr. stars as Dr. Mark Bruckner in the newly imagined production of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER which opened December 11, 2011 on Broadway at The St. James Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Elaine Paige & Laura Benanti Add Shows for American Songbook Series

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will close its 2012 season with two shows being added to the series: a second show by the legendary Elaine Paige on February 12th and a second show by Broadway star Laura Benanti on February 11th. Paige has a previously announced show on February 10th at 8:30pm. Paige's new show is on Sunday, February 12th at 6:30pm. Benanti's previously announced show is at 8:30pm on February 11th. Benanti's new second show is also on February 11th, at 10:30pm. Tickets for these two shows go on sale today.

Review Roundup: Broadway Bound ONCE Opens at NYTW - All the Reviews!

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) presents the Broadway-bound world premiere of the new musical Once, which is based on the Academy Award-winning film. Once began previews Tuesday, November 15 and opens tonight, December 6 at New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4 Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue. Also revealed tonight are plans for ONCE to open on Broadway, beginning previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater on February 28, 2012, with an opening night set for March 18, 2012.

Review Roundup: BONNIE & CLYDE on Broadway - All the Reviews!

BONNIE & CLYDE opened tonight at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. BONNIE & CLYDE has direction by Jeff Calhoun, music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black, book by Ivan Menchell and music supervision/orchestrations/arrangements by John McDaniel.

Mint Theater Announces their Next Production: Rutherford & Son

Mint Theater today announced its next production, Rutherford & Son by Githa Sowerby. Performances run February 4th through April 1st at the Mint's home in the heart of the theater district, 311 West 43rd Street. Opening Night is set for Monday February 27th.

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