Due to the ongoing health crisis, in lieu of a traditional ceremony, the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced during a special presentation of Spectrum News NY1's On Stage on Sunday, May 31, at 7:30 PM.
The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on a?oeStars in the Housea?? tomorrow, Tuesday, April 21, at 2pm ET.
In light of the current uncertainty around the return date of New York theater, the Drama Desk organization announced today that the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will adopt a revised season end date of March 11, and move forward with the release of nominations on April 21, and online announcement of winners on May 31.
SOME LIKE IT HOT, a new musical comedy, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre with performances from March 2 - April 4, 2021.
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Broadway In Chicago and The Nederlander Organization have announced the world premiere cast for the Broadway-bound ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME, a new musical set to the hits of Britney Spears.
In celebration of its 65-year legacy, the Drama Desk Awards debuts a new statuette, to be formally presented at the annual ceremony on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at The Town Hall in Manhattan.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) will present the workshop How to Write a Musical That Works Part Two: Conflicts & Obstacles on Sunday February 23, 2020 from 10am to 6pm at Studios 150, 150 W. 46th Street, 7th floor, NYC. Submission deadline is Wednesday 2/12. E-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com or register online at https://truonline.org/events/feedback-workshop2-2020/.
Broadway San Jose General Manager Gretchen Feyer announced today the six productions that will make up the company's 2020a?'21 season. The season includes the return of the Broadway blockbuster, Disney's THE LION KING (July 15a?'August 9, 2020); the pre-Broadway engagement of 1776 (September 29a?'October 4, 2020), directed by Tony Awarda?'winner Diane Paulus; the Tony and Grammy Awarda?'winning pop culture phenomenon, DEAR EVAN HANSEN (November 10a?'29, 2020); the romantic and adventurea?'filled musical, ANASTASIA (January 26a?'31, 2021); the Bay Area premiere of the hit musical comedy, TOOTSIE (March 23a?'28, 2021); and the delectable Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (May 4a?'9, 2021).
The musical adaptation of the long-running television comedy, Hee Haw, could still be on the way to Broadway.
According to Forbes, the Nederlander family has regained control of the National Theatre for the first time in four decades.
WAITRESSa?"the Tony Awarda?"nominated musical premiering at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts for a limited one-week engagement from Tuesday, December 17 through Sunday, December 22, 2019a?"is looking for two young girls to perform the role of a?oeLulua?? for the duration of the engagement.
Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, announced today that Blue Man Group, owned by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, will bring their new tour, Speechless, to San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.) for a limited engagement from Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 3, 2019.
Dear Evan Hansen will continue its innovative partnership with ArtsConnection, NYC's leading arts-in-education organization, for a third year, bringing student artists from public school students across New York City to the Tony-Award-winning musical.
The Auditorium Theatre Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Rich Regan as the theatre's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2019. Regan, who previously served as the Auditorium's General Manager from 1999 to 2006, is the Vice President and General Manager of Presentations & Events at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
The producers of Cats announced today that the North American tour achieved a historic milestone during its week at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta a?" the show's highest grossing week ever in the 38-year worldwide history of the show. The production grossed $1,964,933.50 and played to more than 34,740 audience members during the show's August 6 - 11, 2019 eight performance engagement, part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway In Atlanta series.
Work Light Productions announced casting today for the 50th Anniversary Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's iconic musical, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Winner of the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, the North American presentation of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production will tech in Syracuse, NY. The tour will officially launch at Austin's Bass Concert Hall on October 8 through October 13, 2019 before visiting over 30 cities including Los Angeles, Denver, Nashville, Dallas and Chicago.
To celebrate the return of WICKED, San Jose's most popular musical, Psycho Donuts has created a limited edition donut that pays homage to the friendship between the show's two leading characters, Elphaba and Glinda. The raised yeast donut is filled with a green-tinted vanilla custard, topped with a strawberry cheesecake icing, and garnished with pearl and sugar crystal sprinkles. The donut is available for a limited time beginning August 8, 2019 at Psycho Donuts' Campbell (2006 Winchester Blvd., Campbell) and Santa Clara (2000 El Camino Real, Santa Clara) locations.
Broadway Direct has announced a ticketing partnership with the iconic Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is announcing a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, performing at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.) Tuesday, July 16 through Sunday, July 21, 2019.
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