Michael Mayer News

Tickets for American Idiot, West Side Story, STOMP, Mamma Mia!, Blue Man Group, and Hal Holbrook In Mark Twain Tonight! at the National Theatre go on sale Monday, October 28.

SMASH's Anjelica Huston, the Academy Award winning-actress and director, will read from and discuss her new memoir -- A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London and New York -- with Michael Mayer (Smash, Spring Awakening) on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Symphony Space.

USA Today gives music fans an exclusive first look at the upcoming Green Day documentary BROADWAY IDIOT.

Broadway-bound director Michael Mayer was at last night's BIG FISH opening to celebrate with his past colleagues, and while he was there he revealed some of his history with his upcoming show- HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. He told Richard Ridge: 'In fact, I was the director that John Cameron Mitchell started working with a million years ago on it, but I had a show called Triumph of Love that happened at the same time so I couldn't move on with it. So there is this great feeling of coming full circle.'

BIG FISH opened last night, October 6 on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the excitement and the magic of the evening.The production stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as Edward Bloom, Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin as Sandra Bloom, and Tony Award nominee Bobby Steggert as Will Bloom. Below, we bring you photos from the star-studded theatre arrivals below!

Neil Patrick Harris posted a picture today on Instagram teasing his upcoming appearance on Broadway in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. His caption reads: 'Make up removal at the print art photo shoot for Hedwig.' Check it out below!

Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center announced today that single tickets for the national tour of the explosive Broadway hit AMERICAN IDIOT, called "wonderfully raucous" and "emotionally charged" by The New York Times and "flat-out electrifying" by the Boston Globe, will go on sale Sunday, October 6 at 10 am. Ticket prices start at $35 and will be available at the Hobby Center box office (800 Bagby), all TicketMaster outlets, by visiting BroadwayAtTheHobbyCenter.com or TheHobbyCenter.org or by calling (800) 982- ARTS. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling (888)451-5986 or e-mail houston.groups@broadwayacrossamerica.com.

Two rising young sopranos will make their Met debuts earlier than originally scheduled when they share the role of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto later this fall, replacing Aleksandra Kurzak, who has withdrawn due to pregnancy. Russian soprano Irina Lungu will sing the role on November 11, 15, and 18, and Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva will sing the role on November 21, 27, 30, December 4, and at the December 7 matinee. Kurzak is expecting a baby this winter with her partner, tenor Roberto Alagna.

Following a year as a critical darling on the festival circuit, OUT IN THE DARK is finally coming to US theaters today, September 27th.

AMERICAN IDIOT, the smash-hit musical based on Green Day's GRAMMY Award winning multi-platinum album will play Bass Concert Hall from January 14 - 19, 2014, on Tuesday - Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m.

The Duke's aria from Act I of Verdi's 'Rigoletto.' Vittorio Grigolo (Duke). Production: Michael Mayer. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. 2012--13 season.

Neil Patrick Harris' return to Broadway in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, the musical with text by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, directed by Michael Mayer, will open Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) with previews beginning Saturday, March 29.

Following a year as a critical darling on the festival circuit, OUT IN THE DARK is finally coming to US theaters on September 27th.

Surflight Theatre presents the award-winning Peanuts musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown from September 4 through September 8.

Digital entertainment curator FilmBuff announced today that it would release the rocking documentary BROADWAY IDIOT chronicling the momentous collaboration between rock and roll icons, Green Day and the 'Great White Way' to create American Idiot on Broadway. FilmBuff, in partnership with Abramorama, will release the film nationwide in theaters and on VOD October 18 with an exclusive theatrical engagement in New York starting October 11th.

After nearly a year as a critical darling on the festival circuit, OUT IN THE DARK is finally coming to US theaters on September 27th.