Off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theater today unveiled plans for the inaugural productions at its Broadway flagship, the Helen Hayes Theatre, as well as co-commissions of new work in collaboration with several of the country’s best-known non-profit companies. The Hayes, the smallest of Broadway’s 41 designated houses, is…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred. GERARD: As a longtime champion of non-traditional casting,  I couldn’t resist starting off with this clip from MCC Theatre’s MisCast gala…

The high-energy retro musical Dames At Sea, which seemed to founder in its own flop sweat since opening in October to tepid reviews, will close on January 3 after a disappointing run of 85 performances and 32 previews at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The producers hope to launch a national tour beginning in fall 2016. The…

A long-gestating revival of Dames At Sea, a beloved off-Broadway musical from 1968, has booked the Helen Hayes Theatre for a fall opening. It’s the first show at Broadway’s smallest house since being purchased by Second Stage, the nonprofit company that is fundraising for extensive renovations before opening its own…

UPDATE SATURDAY MORNING: Adds information from Second Stage, plus press release, below story. Second Stage theater confirmed Saturday Deadline’s exclusive report that its purchase of the Helen Hayes Theatre was completed yesterday. Second Stage said that renovation of the theater will begin next year, under the…

UPDATE, Tuesday, 7:30 AM: Co-owner Martin Markinson responds: “We’ll honor the contract if they raise the money,” Helen Hayes Theatre co-owner Martin Markinson told Deadline on Tuesday morning in a telephone interview from his very warm home in Santa Fe, NM. “They [Second Stage] want the theater, but it’s costing us…