Once, the musical based on the 206 movie is coming to Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre starting February 28, 2012. The 28^th marks the first preview and will officially openMarch 18, 2012. Like the movie the musical will features songs written by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Once will star Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. Kazee has starred on Broadway in 110 in the Shade, Spamalot, and Seascape. He also has...

The sequel to the farce “Boeing-Boeing” called “Don’t Dress for Dinner” is coming to Broadway in April of 2012. The Marc Camoletti classic will be directed by John Tillinger and will be performed at the American Airlines Theatre. Casting decisions have not been made at this time. “Boeing-Boeing” won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Rival of a Play and Actor Mark Rylance won both a Tony Award...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" is set to return to Broadway in March, 2012. The latest revival of this celebrated musical is produced by the La Jolla Playhouse and directed by Des McAnuff. As the show has received phenomenal reviews during its local showings at the La Jolla Playhouse, the creative staff behind the newest iteration of "Superstar" is confident that they have a winner on their hands. La Jolla...

Apparently, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway is the official home of all things spiritual. First, there was "The Addams Family". Next in the lineup? "Ghost" - a staged rendition of the popular 1990 movie starring Whoopie Goldberg, Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. The creative team behind "Ghost" will include Tony Award-winning director Matthe Warchus, composer Dave Stewart (one-half of the Grammy Award-winning band "Eurythmics,") and writer Bruce Joel Rubin, who created...

David Henry Hwang's bold, comedic "Chinglish" will begin its first Broadway previews at the Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, October 11th. Hwang, a Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, has lent his virtuosic abilities as a dramatist and writer to a kaleidoscopic array of projects, ranging from his celebrated play "M. Butterfly" to three of venerated composer Philip Glass' operatic works. "Chinglish" revolves around the trials and tribulations of an...

No Broadway production has ever been more ecstatic at the news that it has been frozen more than the much maligned ‘Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark.’ Frozen being theatre speak for the end of endless rewrites, cast shuffling and otherwise general chaos that has consumed ‘Spiderman’ for most of its 177 preview performances. Yes you heard correctly -- 177 which is in fact a record for a Broadway show. All...

From 1971 through 1977, “Godspell,” the musical driven by parables and inspired by the Gospel of Matthew, ran on several New York stages. On Wednesday, producers announced it is being revived this fall for the first time on Broadway. Originally, the revival had planned to open on Broadway for summer 2008. However, due to the economic recession, financing fell through. On Wednesday, Ken Davenport, the lead...

According to a report from the New York Times, a spring 2012 transfer of “End of the Rainbow” to Broadway is being worked on. The biographical play by Peter Quilter chronicles the final days in the life of Judy Garland. Since November 2010, a production has run in London and stars Tracie Bennett, a two time winner of the Olivier Award, as Garland. Bennett, who was nominated...

On Monday, producers said a fresh version of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” would be opening on June 14. The $70 million production features music written by The Edge and Bono of U2. The revamped musical, which is Broadway's all-time most expensive show, will start previews on May 12. There have been at least six postponements due to actors suffering injuries during preview performances, cost overruns not to mention...

Beatlemania is returning to Broadway in the form of a concert when “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” makes a run of 12 weeks starting on October 26 at Neil Simon Theatre. “Rain” is currently touring and next year will be hitting the road once again. It will play through January 9 at Neil Simon Theatre. It will mark the first time that music of the Beatles has played...