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Refresh for updates Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benj Pasek, Rob Reiner and other figures of Hollywood and Broadway paid tribute today to Larry Kramer, the Normal Heart playwright and AIDS activist who died this morning of pneumonia in Manhattan. “A man who never let comfort get in the way of progress,” tweeted Dear Evan…

Larry Kramer, the playwright whose righteous fury over a lackluster governmental — and societal — response to the early AIDS crisis fueled his groundbreaking 1985 play The Normal Heart and an activism that led in the 1980s to both the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and Act Up, died Wednesday of pneumonia in Manhattan. He was…

The reopening of Broadway theaters should not come without as much consideration for actors’ safety as for that of audiences, Actors’ Equity Association made clear today in a presentation by union officials and their public health safety consultant Dr. David Michaels. Actors and backstage workers, said Kate Shindle…

A musical stage adaptation of NBC’s Smash is in development for Broadway, with Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron on board as lead producers. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote more than 20 songs for the 2012-13 TV series, will write the musical’s score, with a book co-written by Bob Martin (The…

The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards will celebrate the life and legacy of American theater producer and director Harold "Hal" Prince (Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, among many others) with the critics organization’s newly established lifetime achievement honor. The Harold Prince Award will be bestowed annually for…

Some Like It Hot, a planned stage musical based on the great 1959 Billy Wilder comedy, has set its sights on a Fall 2021 Broadway opening, producers announced today. The staging would mark the musical’s world premiere: A previously announced pre-Broadway engagement in Chicago has been canceled. With a book by Matthew…

Disney’s Frozen has become Broadway’s first long-running casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and industrywide shutdown. The production, which opened March 22, 2018, at the St. James Theatre, announced today that it will not return when Broadway reopens — whenever that might be. In the closure announcement, producers…

MJ, the Michael Jackson stage musical headed for Broadway, will begin previews next March, an eight-month postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. The new dates were announced today by producers Lia Vollack Productions and The Michael Jackson Estate. The world premiere of MJ, featuring Jackson’s music…

Broadway theaters aren’t expected to reopen in New York City for quite a long time, Deadline sources suggesting not before 2021. And according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent reopening phase plan, indoor cinemas are in the same final Phase 4 classification as Broadway theaters, entertainment venues, museums and…

The Broadway revival of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker and directed by John Benjamin Hickey, will postpone its opening more than a year due to the pandemic shutdown. The production, which had been set to begin previews the day after the March 12 shutdown was announced…

Actors’ Equity Association says it agrees with the Broadway League’s decision to refund Broadway tickets through September 6, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Today the Broadway League took a difficult but necessary action to put the safety of everyone from the audience to the actors and stage managers first," said Mary…

Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Grand Horizons, Mary-Louise Parker and Jonathan Groff are among this year’s Outer Critics Circle Awards recipients, a collection of Broadway and Off Broadway recipients that make up the organization’s first-ever slate of multiple honorees. With the Tony…