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A new stage musical based on the classic Nancy Drew adventure book series is in the works from Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken, Legally Blonde lyricist Nell Benjamin, book by two-time Oscar winner Sarah Kernochan and direction by frequent Stephen Sondheim collaborator James Lapine. Nancy Drew and…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has a mammoth hit on his hands with The Motive and the Cue, which has been playing to packed houses on the National Theatre's 890-seater Lyttelton proscenium stage. Breaking Baz can reveal that discussions are ongoing with the play's cast, including stars Johnny Flynn, Mark…

Michael R. Jackson, the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright of A Strange Loop, is sinking his choppers into a stage musical adaptation of the 2007 cult horror-comedy film Teeth, set for an Off Broadway debut next year. The musical, announced today as part of Playwrights Horizons’ 2023-24 season…

Terence Hardiman, who terrified a generation of children with his performance in CBBC’s The Demon Headmaster, died Monday in . He was 86. Hardiman’s agent Scott Marshall Partners confirmed his death “with great sadness,” calling him a beloved client and much-loved stage and screen…

Bruce Norris's Downstate and Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt were named this season’s Best Play and Best Foreign Play, respectively, by the New York Drama Critics' Circle today. Downstate opened last October in an Off Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons. Set at a downstate Illinois group home for…

The Broadway box office report won’t register the impact of this morning’s Tony Award nominations for a week or two, but today’s news certainly comes as welcome and promising signs for Shucked, Kimberly Akimbo, Fat Ham and other well-reviewed productions doing their best to compete against blockbusters…

Adam Brace, the British playwright and director who was set to make his Broadway debut this summer with longtime collaborator Alex Edelman, died Saturday following a short illness. He was 43. The news comes less than a month after the announcement that Brace and Obie Award-winning writer and…

Some Like It Hot, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo and Sweeney Todd were among the big winners in today’s Tony Award nominations, while stars such as Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Ben Platt, Corey Hawkins, Sean Hayes, and Jessica Hecht each are now in the Tony running. See below for the complete list of…

EXCLUSIVE: As the West End production of Mamma Mia! enters its 25th year on stage, Judy Craymer, its creator and driving force, is expanding the MM! universe with ITV's Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream talent show. Set on an idyllic Greek island, it’s aimed at finding MM! stars of the future. There's definitely…

UJPDATED, 6:23 PM: The 51,000-plus members of Actors’ Equity Association today ratified the touring agreement that was reached with The Broadway League two weeks ago. The new deal runs through September 7, 2026. Actors’ Equity said the pact contains advances in equity, diversity and inclusion; paid…

At 20 years old, Gaten Matarazzo is already something of a Broadway veteran. The New Jersey native was only 9 when he made his debut in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, a few years older when he appeared in Les Misérables and then, just last year, took over the role of “Jared Kleinman” in the final…

Imagine a New York where construction workers tap dance on steel girders high above the city, sorta like that famous photograph you’ve seen a million times, and where kindly landladies who once played Carnegie Hall might tutor a young Holocaust refugee to a Julliard scholarship, and breezy jam sessions do…