Broadway

Sondheim was best known for “West Side Story” and “Sweeney Todd,” and was widely credited with revolutionizing American musical theater. “Send in the Clowns,” a hit song by Frank Sinatra, was performed by Judy Collins and...

Broadway theaters, among New York’s most-visited tourist attractions, will remain closed through June 7 due to the global coronavirus outbreak, an industry group said on Wednesday. The theaters closed on March 12 for what was supposed...

The Temptations, whose string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s are being celebrated in a Tony-nominated show on Broadway, got a star on the Apollo Theatre’s Walk of Fame in Harlem on Friday. “It’s like...

The story will be written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, according to a statement from the “Thriller” singer’s estate and Columbia Live Stage, co-developers of the untitled production. The show will feature songs from...

News Hour Veteran Broadway actress Barbara Cook, known for her prolific career in musicals and cabaret and her soprano vocals, died on Tuesday from respiratory failure, her representative said. She was 89. Cook died in her...

News Hour: Provocative documentary maker Michael Moore is bringing politics to Broadway with a one-man show billed as “guaranteed to take audiences on a ride through the United States of Insanity.” Producers said on Monday that...

News Hour: Stage and screen actor Kevin Spacey will step up to host Broadway’s Tony Awards, organizers said on Tuesday, less than two months before the national broadcast of the annual theater honors. It will mark...

News Hour: One of New York’s oldest theaters will stage a play for the first time in almost 50 years when movie star Jake Gyllenhaal makes his Broadway debut later this month at the Hudson Theatre...

News Hour: Broadway star Jennifer Holliday has backed out of performing at Donald Trump’s inauguration concert after facing fan backlash, the singer said in an open letter posted Saturday. The president-elect’s inaugural committee had announced Friday...