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Last night, September 23, marked the first preview of the play Chicken & Biscuits, by Douglas Lyons, directed by directed by Zhailon Levingston.

Michael Mayer directs the classic Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical, which opened in 2019 at the Westside Theatre.

The song-and-dance shows that are Broadway’s bread and butter began a staggered return to the stage Thursday.

“Chicken & Biscuits,” a new comedy by Douglas Lyons, will star Norm Lewis and Michael Urie. Performances will begin on Sept. 23.

This Tony Award-winning musical has chosen the earliest reopening date of any thus far: The curtain is to go up on Sept. 2.

The Off Broadway smash Little Shop of Horrors will resume its pandemic-interrupted run at the Westside Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 21, producers announced today.

A filmed version of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic A Christmas Carol, starring Tony winner Jefferson Mays, will be streamed worldwide November 28 to benefit partner theatres around the country that have been affected by the ongoing pandemic.

The 2020 Tony Award nominations are finally here. And although this year’s Broadway season was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, we still spy plenty of NYU talent among the nominees.

The Inheritance – 11, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – 2

Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance won the Outstanding Broadway Production award at the 31st annual GLAAD Media Awards.

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Little Shop of Horrors OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY The Inheritance

Tied for the most wins—five—was Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance, which won Best Play.  Little Shop of Horrors won Outstanding Revival of a Play and Musical.

Best Revival Little Shop of Horrors

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Little Shop of Horrors, with a book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY The Inheritance Directed by Stephen Daldry Written by Matthew Lopez Barrymore Theatre OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune Directed by Arin Arbus Written by Terrence McNally Broadhurst Theatre OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Little Shop of Horrors Directed by Michael Mayer Book and […]

Among the nominees are the off-Broadway premiere of Sing Street, which had been scheduled to open on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre on April 19, A Strange Loop, Little Shop of Horrors and Rock of Ages.

Outstanding Play The Inheritance, by Matthew Lopez Outstanding Revival of a Musical Little Shop of Horrors

Outstanding Revival Little Shop of Horrors

The two-part, seven-hour drama will close on Broadway March 15, its producers announced Thursday.

Five main-stem works were honored by the media advocacy organization GLAAD on January 8 with nominations for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

The Olivier Award-winning, international sensation SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW concludes it limited Broadway run today, January 5, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, following and 3 previews and 63 regular performances.

Don’t feed the plants, but do listen to this album!

The Off-Broadway revival of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, will now continue through March 8, 2020, at the Westside Theatre.

Original West End cast members Andrew Burnap, John Benjamin Hickey, Samuel H. Levine, and Kyle Soller reprise their performances in the two-part epic.

The eagerly anticipated return engagement of the wintertime spectacle Slava’s Snowshow opens at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on November 13.

Hadestown, the Tony-Winning Best New Musical, has become the first musical of the 2018-2019 Broadway season to recoup its initial investment of $11.5M, producers said today.

The theatrical spectacle Slava’s Snowshow begins its return holiday engagement on November 11 at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

The Off-Broadway revival of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, opens at the Westside Theatre October 17.

Part 2 of the Broadway premiere of Matthew Lopez’s epic drama The Inheritance begins performances at the Barrymore Theatre tonight.

On the heels of an Olivier-winning West End production and a premiere at London’s Young Vic, the acclaimed two-part play The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez arrives at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre on September 27.

The Howard Ashman and Alan Menken musical is back for a limited run directed by Michael Mayer.

Little Shop of Horrors has announced that it is extending eight additional weeks, through January 19, 2020!

The Olivier Award-winning spectacle, known for its climactic blizzard, will follow Beautiful: The Carole King Musical into the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

The musical will embark on a tour in 2020.

The Terrence McNally play, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, wraps up its limited run.

The Alan Menken and Howard Ashman musical will return to Off-Broadway.

The national tour of the Broadway musical Anastasia, which kicked off last fall in Schenectady, New York, has added an additional 25 cities to its itinerary through summer 2020.

Producers announced on Monday that Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune will play its final performance on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown ruled the 73rd annual Tony Awards winning eight of the 14 awards they were nominated for including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical.

Matthew Lopez’s U.K. hit will play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

The double album will feature, in total, 40 tracks spanning over two hours.

Uplift program supervisor Kayla Greenspan, who is also serving as a co-producer on “Frankie and Johnny,” said producers are ultimately the people who decide what shows are funded and what stories are told through theater.

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.

“It doesn’t need to be great quality, but if it’s a musical we need to be able to hear a few songs.”  ~Kayla Greenspan, Producing Associate, TBD Productions

Winners are here for the 69th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best theater on, off- and off-off-Broadway in the 2018-2019 season.

Entering awards season with the most nominations is Hadestown, which earned a total of 14 nominations.

Leading the list with 12 nominations is Hadestown.

The Drama League has announced the 2019 Drama League Awards nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award.

Hadestown, a modern reimagining of the legend of Orpheus and his quest to Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice, officially opens on Broadway April 17 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

The “Road to Hell” begins tonight…

Broadway’s upcoming revival of Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon has a home and opening date.

The musical, based on a 1997 animated film of the same name about the mystery of the missing Romanov princess who many believed survived the Bolshevik revolution, will play its final Broadway performance on March 31, producers announced Tuesday.

Audra McDonald, the six-time Tony-winning actress, will return to Broadway this spring opposite Michael Shannon in a revival of Terrence McNally’s “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.”

Before Eric left for Missouri, Kayla Greenspan, who interviewed Eric for a producing internship at TBD Theatricals, told him that he could have a shot at being a producer for “Head Over Heels,” the Go Go’s jukebox Broadway musical.

The acclaimed London production of singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown will transfer to Broadway this spring, producers announced today.

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s musical will end its run at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

Broadway Records will release the original cast recording of Broadway’s Anastasia on vinyl on December 14.

The Broadway premiere of Gettin’ the Band Back Together will play its final performance September 16.

The musical comedy celebrates its official opening at the Belasco Theatre.

“Reilly is incredibly hard-working, which is why I hired her twice,” Greenspan said.

The beloved new Broadway production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Once On This Island has been named the 2018 Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical!

Now in our 16th year, BroadwayWorld’s Theater Fans’ Choice Awards are, by FAR, the largest fan based awards of their kind.

Hear the Ahrens and Flaherty score sung by Tony nominee Hailey Kilgore and more.

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL: Once on This Island

The Broadway musical based on the 1997 animated film will play Providence, Dallas, Denver, and more in its first year.

Today, Broadway Records released the New Broadway Cast Recording of Once On This Island on CD and digitally through most major music retailers.

We dance! Broadway Records has announced a new Broadway cast recording of Once On This Island, set to be released on CD and digitally on February 23, 2018.

The Broadway revival of Once on This Island opened last night, December 3, at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

Producers have announced that Gettin’ the Band Back Together will open on Broadway next year at the Belasco Theatre.

Trailing closely behind with nine nominations each are the new musicals Come From Away and Anastasia

Tony nominee Michael Arden will direct the Broadway return of the 1990 musical.

The producers of the new musical, Anastasia, have just announced plans for international productions of the hit musical across Europe, Asia, United Kingdom, Australia and South America.

BroadwayHD, the live streaming service that also offers subscribers unlimited access to an on-demand library of over 160 theatre productions, has announced premiere dates for three new additions: Disney’s Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall, Daddy Long Legs, and On the Exhale.

Anastasia, the new stage musical based on the 1997 animated film, led the nominations with a total of 13, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding Book of a Musical, and Outstanding New Score.

The new stage musical based on the 1997 animated film stars Christy Altomare, Ramin Karimloo, and Derek Klena.

Broadway Records has announced plans to record the Original Broadway Cast album of Anastasia, the new Broadway musical from Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally.

Dates are now set for the previously announced Broadway revival of Once On This Island.

Once on This Island, which tells the story of a star-crossed love between a dark-skinned girl and her light-skinned aristocratic boyfriend on a Caribbean island, was the Broadway debut for Tony Award-winning songwriters Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Seussical, Anastasia).

The Off-Broadway musical will give its final performance June 6.

Other big winners included the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o for her Great White Way debut in Eclipsed.

Tony Nominations by Production: Spring Awakening – 3

So, the 2016 Outstanding Book of a Musical nominees include: John Caird, Daddy Long Legs

What a 2016-17 Broadway season we have in store for us!

Deaf West Theatre’s acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakeningends its limited run Jan. 24 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

Paul Gordon’s musical “Daddy Long Legs” will make history Thursday night as the first ever off-Broadway performance to be broadcast online to the world for free.

Your laptop now counts as Off Broadway. On Dec. 10, the musical “Daddy Long Legs” will be streamed live online for free from the Davenport Theater.

The cast album for the new Off-Broadway musical Daddy Long Legs, with music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon (Sense and Sensibility) and a book by Tony Award and Olivier Award winner John Caird (LES MISERABLES), is available today in the U.S. via digital release from Ghostlight Records.

The new musical Daddy Long Legs celebrated its opening night on Monday, September 28.

Deaf West’s revival of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Spring Awakening opens officially at the Great White Way’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre on September 27.

The new Off-Broadway musical Daddy Long Legs will record a cast album to be released by Ghostlight Records.

The Broadway run of Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening has been extended by two weeks at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

The production stars Megan McGinnis (Les Misérables), who has been attached to the project since its 2009 premiere, alongside Paul Alexander Nolan (Once, Jesus Christ Superstar).

The Deaf West Theatre’s revival of Spring Awakening begins performances tonight at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, before an official opening night on 27 September 2015.

Spring Awakening is taking its lottery in another interesting new direction.

Deaf West Theatre’s production of the musical will play a limited engagement in the fall, just six years after the end of the show’s premiere run, which won eight Tony Awards.

Performances of Daddy Long Legs are scheduled to begin Sept. 10, with an official opening night set for Sept. 27.

Say My Name, a concert to benefit The Trevor Project — the leading national organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth — has been postponed due to weather.

Twelve established and emerging performers will star in Say My Name, a concert to benefit The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

Broadway Gets GLAAD, a concert to benefit GLAAD, the leading organization in support of a positive LGBT image in the entertainment industry, was held Aug. 4 at Joe’s Pub.

August and co-producer Kayla Greenspan have booked an all-star cast.