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With some considerable help from Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Broadway box office held steady during the Fourth of July holiday week, even with two fewer shows on board than the previous week. Down a small 5%, total receipts for the 33 productions tallied to $34,108,643 for Broadway’s Week 6 (ending July 7). A solid…

Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play, ended its limited run Broadway on Sunday as a hit: Producers announced that the acclaimed production has recouped its investment. Capitalized at a reported $6.7 million, The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes and set during the Irish Troubles…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning American Beauty producer Bruce Cohen and Scott Delman, who most recently won a Tony Award on Sunday as a producer of The Ferryman, has partnered to acquire film and TV rights to Ask Again, Yes, the latest novel from Mary Beth Keane. The book, which hit shelves two weeks ago via Scribner…

Call them predictions, opinions or hopes, but here are my thoughts on this year’s Tony Awards races. As usual, the roster of nominees includes a mix of consensus categories (famous last words) and the up-for-grabs. Voting closes today, so the curtain is all but drawn on the campaigning and jockeying and strategizing…

The winners for the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Sunday night with Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman winning for Outstanding Play and The Prom taking home the trophy for Outstanding Musical. Other big winners for the night included The Waverly Gallery and Fidder on the Roof winning for Outstanding Revival…

Tony nominees Hadestown, The Ferryman and Bryan Cranston for his performance in Network took top honors at the 85th annual Drama League Awards, which were unveiled at a gala luncheon Friday at the Marriott Marquis Times Square. The awards, the nation’s oldest theatrical honors, recognize the year’s best distinguished…

The Ferryman, What The Constitution Means To Me and Tootsie continued to build some awards momentum this week, with the New York Drama Critics Circle naming Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman the 2018-19 season’s best play, Heidi Schreck’s Constitution as the best American play and Robert Horn/David Yazbek’s Tootsie best…

Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman – the most Tony-nominated play of the season – has announced a national U.S. tour and is in advanced discussions for an Australian production. Producers Sonia Friedman and Caro Newling say they’re in discussions for engagements in Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Hartford…

Refresh for updates Bryan Cranston might have said it best: “It’s hard to stay Mad as Hell when you're nominated for a Tony!” Here are some of reactions to today’s Tony Award nominations. The actual Broadway awards will be announced Sunday, June 9 at the 73rd annual Tony Awards on CBS live from Radio City Music Hall…

Broadway box office held fairly steady for the theater season’s Week 39 (ending February 24), with most shows reporting some slippage. Total receipts for the 29 productions was $29.9 million, off a small 2% from the previous week. Attendance barely budged from the week prior, up less than a percentage point to…

Broadway’s Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman next month, leading a largely new company of replacement players in the primary adult roles beginning Tuesday, Feb. 19. D’Arcy James will take over the role of Quinn Carney from departing cast member Paddy Considine. The actor is one of…

Broadway box office continued apace as fall settled on the theater district, with a raft of recent arrivals helping to push grosses up a slight 3% over last week to $34,344,693. Attendance for Broadway’s Week 21 (ending Oct. 21) was up from the previous week by the same percentage to 269,065, a strong 90% of…