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Two of theater’s heavy-hitters are squaring off in a legal battle that could be Broadway’s biggest drama during the pandemic shutdown: Ad agency Spotco is suing producer Scott Rudin for $6.3 million the company says he owes. Rudin denies the claim, releasing the following statement from lawyer Jonathan Zavin: “The…

EXCLUSIVE: A24’s Macbeth is just one of the many feature productions to hit pause out of safety during the coronavirus climate. The latest feature version of the William Shakespeare play, adapted and directed by Joel Coen, sans brother Ethan, was set to film here in Los Angeles. The pic stars Denzel Washington as…

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the much-anticipated Broadway revival starring Laurie Metcalf and Rupert Everett with a powerhouse creative and production team, will not resume performances at Broadway’s Booth Theatre after the coronavirus shutdown, producers announced today. In a brief announcement put out this…

Producer Scott Rudin is slashing ticket prices to $50 through March for whatever seats remain available at his five usually sold-out Broadway productions, a move designed to help keep theaters full if coronavirus concerns begin to take a significant toll on attendance. Rudin’s productions To Kill a Mockingbird, West Si…

UPDATED with response to statement: Broadway’s West Side Story is coming to the defense of cast member Amar Ramasar, who has been at the center of continued protests outside the theater over a sexually explicit photo the actor had shared of his girlfriend in 2018 when both were members of New York City Ballet…

A group of protesters outside Broadway’s West Side Story Friday night continued to call for the dismissal of a cast member who in 2018 shared a sexually explicit photo of his girlfriend when both were members of New York City Ballet. The protest was carried out even after the woman depicted in the photo disavowed the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Legend Of Buster Scruggs and Harry Potter actor Harry Melling is the latest to join the cast of Joel Coen’s update of Shakespeare classic Macbeth. We hear production is due to get underway in mid-February. Melling will take on the role of Malcolm, a son of former Scottish king Duncan, and a threat to…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Scott Rudin is postponing the Feb. 6 Broadway opening of director Ivo van Hove’s much-anticipated West Side Story by two weeks after an onstage knee injury Friday left leading man Isaac Powell limping toward the end of the show. "We're postponing two weeks – from February 6 to February 20 – to give…

Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill A Mockingbird, one of Broadway’s major critical successes of recent seasons and the most commercially successful American play in Broadway history, will open a London production next spring, produced announced today. Reprising his Broadway duty, Bartlett Sher will direct the staging at London’s…

Seven-time Tony Award winning producers Sue Wagner and John Johnson announced today the formation of Wagner Johnson Productions, a new venture that will see the longtime collaborators produce and general manage an array of theatrical productions including their current slate of the Almost Famous musical and the full…

Director Sam Mendes’ hit London staging of The Lehman Trilogy is heading to Broadway, with previews beginning Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Nederlander Theatre. Opening night is Thursday, March 26, 2020. The widely expected engagement of the acclaimed production was announced today by producers The National Theatre…

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Rudin is developing a U.S. adaptation of British comedy Mum with UK producer Big Talk Productions. August: Osage County and Killer Joe writer Tracy Letts is writing the remake. Deadline understands that The Social Network and Moneyball producer won a bidding war for the rights to the Lesley…