Tony winner Faith Prince will take over the role of wicked orphanage caretaker Miss Hannigan from Glee star and Emmy winner Jane Lynch in Broadway's Annie. Prince will join the production on July 19; Lynch plays her final performance July 14.

Prince won a Tony Award in 1992 for her performance as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls. She ...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who received the 2013 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre, enjoyed a night out at this year's Tony-winning Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Bloomberg, who was honored for his support of the Broadway community and his dedication to New York City tourism, took in the June 18 performance with ...

“Oh what a celebration we’ll have today! Thank Goodness!” The Broadway blockbuster Wicked celebrated an astounding 4,000 performances on the Great White Way on June 18. To mark the occasion, the company gathered at the Gershwin Theatre to enjoy a Wicked-themed cake created by The Chocolate Swirl. Click below to see Jenny Anderson’s photos of Oz ...

Once alum David Abeles will take over the role of Pierre in the acclaimed off-Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 beginning July 9. Abeles succeeds the show’s creator and star, Dave Malloy, who will depart the production on June 21. Featuring direction and musical staging by Rachel Chavkin, the Ars Nova production is currently playing at ...

Chuck Cooper exudes power on stage, both as a singer and a dramatic actor. His charismatic performance as a pimp named Memphis in Cy Coleman’s 1997 musical The Life earned the Ohio-born actor a Tony Award. Cooper has done tons of Shakespeare (including Othello) in regional theater, and he shared his passion for the plays of August Wilson during ...

Renée Elise Goldsberry (Rent, The Color Purple) will star in Encores! Off-Center production of I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road. Directed and choreographed by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes), the musical will run at New York City Center July 24 through 27. Additional casting to be announced.

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It’s Just Sex, the long-running L.A. comedy about swingers, has arrived in New York City! Written by Jeff Gould, this titillating tale follows a group of parents whose cocktail party escalates into forbidden fantasy. The off-Broadway premiere stars stage and screen vets Elaine Hendrix, Matt Walton, Jackie Debatin, Michael Colby Jones, Gina LaPiana, Salvator Xuereb and Molly Fahey ...

London stage favorite Dianne Pilkington spent three years on the West End as Glinda in Wicked and was one of Tyne Daly’s students in the London transfer of Master Class early last year. Now, the actress-singer has stepped into the Spandex-wearing lead part of Donna Sheridan in the ABBA-scored Mamma Mia!, for a year-long run at the Novello Theatre ...

The New Group has announced two new productions for the 2013-14 season: The New York City premiere of Beth Henley's The Jacksonian, starring four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Bill Pullman, Glenne Headly and Amy Madigan, and the world premiere of Thomas Bradshaw’s Intimacy. Both The Jacksonian and Intimacy will premeire at off-Broadway's Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row ...

Tickets are now on sale for the Second Stage Theatre production of Nobody Loves You, starring Rory O’Malley, Leslie Kritzer, Lauren Molina, Heath Calvert and more. The new musical about reality TV dating shows features music by Gaby Alter, a book by Itmar Moses and lyrics by Alter and Moses. Performances begin June 20, with opening night set for ...