Tickets are now on sale for Forever Tango, dancing its way back to Broadway beginning July 9! Luis Bravo’s acclaimed dance revue is scheduled to play a limited engagement through September 15, with an official opening night set for July 14 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Forever Tango traces the birth of salsa music and dance from 19th-century Buenos ...

The off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ The Two-Character Play cancelled previews on June 15 and 16 due to an injury to star Amanda Plummer. The June 17 performance has also been cancelled, but Plummer intends to return to New World Stages for opening night, June 19, as previously announced. The Two-Character Play co-stars Brad Dourif and is directed by Gene ...

The off-Broadway sequel to three-time Emmy winner Anthony J. Wilkin’s wacky comedy My Big Gay Italian Funeral opens at St. Luke’s Theatre on June 16. Sonia Blangiardo directs this funny follow-up to Wilkinson’s hit comedy My Big Gay Italian Wedding, which will run in repertory with Funeral through August.

In My Big Gay Italian Funeral, Wilkinson reprises ...

Trying to find a way to keep cool this June? Well, look no further. Starry benefits, underground solo shows and a new musical about reality TV dating top this week’s Datebook. Read on below for all the NYC happenings the week of June 17.


MONDAY, JUNE 17
JACKIE HOFFMAN LEADS AN ALL-STAR ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
The Transport Group ...

The movie version of Grease turns 35 years old on June 15. Since it premiered, generations have grown up with Rydell High's Pink Ladies and T-Birds. And if you’re like us, you've been singing and dancing along to “Greased Lighting” and “Sandra Dee" since elementary school. But how could any youngster really know what this PG-rated (?!) musical ...

Tony nominee Sherie Rene Scott dishes about being a “proud mom” to Lindsay Mendez and Betsy Wolfe, beginning filming on the "beautiful" Last Five Years movie and bringing her totally honest solo show Piece of Meat to 54 Below.

A tune to fill all of your days! Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Alice Ripley performed "When There's No One" at Balagan Theatre’s season preview event on June 13. The Broadway fave will lead a fall production of Carrie at the Seattle theater as Carrie’s religious fanatic mother, Margaret White, opposite Keaton Whittaker as ...

We’re finally fully rested after our all-night Tony Awards party last Sunday, and it’s a good thing—because there’s so much awesome news to talk about! From Lilla Crawford’s new tea time talk show to Elaine Stritch’s boring new life in Michigan, here are the top 10 things we learned this week.


They Make Elaine ...

The nominees have been announced for the 2013 Broadway Marketing Awards, which honor the best advertising and marketing campaigns for the 2012-13 Broadway season. Among the nominators is Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek.

The full list of contenders is as follows:

Best Logo
I’ll Eat You Last (Serino/Coyne)
Kinky Boots (SpotCo)
Macbeth (AKA)
Matilda (AKA)
Who’s Afraid ...

There’s something exciting brewing down at the Public Theater, and it’s called Venice! The new rap-rock musical officially opened on June 13, and stars Jennifer Damiano, Leslie Odom Jr., Claybourne Elder and more rejoiced on the big night at the Public’s downtown home. The futuristic tuner is a collaborative effort between composer and actor Matt Sax, and ...