Mark Hellinger News

This month, the reader question was: Which Broadway theaters have been demolished/repurposed and when/why?

Myriam Phiro returned to Birdland with an all-new show dedicated to an icon of yesteryear.

Due to overwhelming response to January's limited run, Burbank's Colony Theatre is bringing back the critically acclaimed 2018 LA production of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Following several acclaimed and sold-out runs in London as well as an extensive tour of North America, the Olivier Award-winning reimagined production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's celebrated musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will embark on a UK tour in 2023/2024.

The core notion behind Lerner and Lowe’s 1956 “My Fair Lady.” This musical theater classic is the tale of an arrogant, egocentric, patrician, professor and phonetician named Henry Higgins and his fraught relationship with an attractive (behind the soot), unschooled, young flower-seller named Eliza Doolittle.  

This month, the reader question was: 'What are the longest running musicals that haven't been revived?'

With support from the Rosenthal Family Foundation, the critically acclaimed 2018 Los Angeles production of The Diary of Anne Frank will return for a special limited engagement at Burbank's Colony Theatre. The revival, which garnered international attention with its predominately LatinX cast, will run for three performances January 19 & 20, 2023.

Today's question is: Who has worn the most hats on Broadway- director, producer, writer, actor, etc.? Here are a few folks that could hold a record for the 'number of hats' they've worn on Broadway shows. Part one includes those who have worn four or five hats on Broadway shows and part two will include those who have held even more positions than that!

In this edition of Broadway Deep Dive, Jennifer Ashley Tepper is answering: Aside from Covid, has Broadway ever gone dark? She outlines reasons that the Great White Way has closed up, including blackouts, inclement weather, and even air conditioning.

Broadway's Elaine Bunse-Bullens passed away on Monday, August 8th, 2022 at Heritage Lakeside Rehab facility in Rice Lake, WI.

Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is set in London in the year 1912. Read what our critic has to say.

When Stephen DeAngelis created this regular series dedicated to the understudies and standbys, he couldn't have known it would last nearly two decades... but he did know how important it was. And is.

Bajo la dirección de Patrick Garland, la obra alzó el telón en el Uris Theatre en 1981 con Cheryl Kennedy, Nancy Ringham y Rex Harrison como protagonistas

This Saturday, June 26, Rutherford residents will hold a rally at Williams Center Plaza from 12 noon to 3pm, to voice their objections to demolishing the Williams Center, a private, nonprofit performing arts and cinema complex, that sits on a coveted piece of real estate in the center of this northern New Jersey town.

Mit Jesus Christ Superstar gelang Andrew Lloyd Webber und Tim Rice 1970/1971 ein Meisterstück: Sie übersetzten die letzten Tage Jesu von Nazareth in eine zeitgenössische Rockoper, in der sich Hippietum, Glaubenszweifel, Starkult und Spiritualität auf faszinierende Weise ergänzen.

The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales recently chatted with Andrew Barth Feldman! Feldman discusses being the Science Consultant on the forthcoming Avatar: the Musical, set to open soon at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, being taught at Yale under James Cameron, his not-so-secret relationship with director/choreographer Zoey Taylor, and more!

A group of Rutherford residents are making a last-ditch effort to raise awareness of the auction of the Williams Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts, including starting an online petition which has garnered over 2,000 signatures. Bergen County, who has owned the building since 1987, has decided to give up on maintaining the costs for this building, which happens to sit on the most coveted piece of real estate in the center of this NJ town.

Un 15 de marzo de 1956, el Mark Hellinger Theatre acogía por primera vez MY FAIR LADY. El musical basado en la obra teatral PIGMALIÓN subía el telón por primera vez con el libreto y las letras de Alan Jay Lerner y la música de Frederic Loewe.

Today's Theater Stories features the Majestic Theatre! Learn about some of the best-known shows to grace the stage of the Majestic Theatre, including Carousel, South Pacific, Camelot, Phantom of the Opera, and many more!

On this day, the original Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.