End-of-season statistics from the 2010-11 Broadway season have been released by the Broadway League, which started May 24, 2010 and ran through May 29, 2011. Grosses for the 53-week 2010-11 season were $1,080,562,880 while total attendance was 12,534,595. Every seven years there is a 53rd week added to help maintain the ending of the season to the end of May and account for calendar year variances. The last time...

“The Book of Mormon's” Facebook fans can now listen to the Broadway musical's recently released Ghostlight Records cast recording via a free stream. "The Book of Mormon's" Facebook page is at facebook.com/TheBookOfMormonOnBroadway. To listen to the stream, click on the link “Cast Album” located on the left hand side of the page. Fans can listen and share the cast album stream with friends. On May 17,...

Rumors of a musical adaption of “From Here To Eternity,” the classic 1951 novel by James Jones, have been confirmed. In 2012, Lee Menzies and Tim Rice will be bringing their adaptation to the West End stage. Rice for several years has been hard at work on the project. The score is from Stuart Brayson, a young British composer, and Bill Oakes wrote the book. Bush Theatre associate...

Anna Camp, Justin Bartha, David Wilson Barnes and Krysten Ritter will be starring in the Second Stage Theatre world premiere of “All New People” by Zach Braff. The production will be directed by Peter DuBois. Previews will start on June 28 and the scheduled opening date is July 25. The story takes place during the middle of winter at a New Jersey summer vacation getaway in Long Beach Island....

“The Phantom of the Opera” Broadway production at Majestic Theater has announced three changes to the principal cast. Kyle Barisich is taking over as Raoul, the romantic lead, starting on June 4. He is currently one of the Broadway cast members and former National Tour member. Barisich played Raoul previously in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He is taking over for Sean MacLaughlin. Ballerina Meg Giry will be played...

U2 principles, guitarist The Edge and singer Bono, got caught in American Idol's web during the season finale of the show. They performed a song from “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” their beleaguered Broadway musical. (We are not going to rehash the details of all the show's stops and starts, permit problems and injuries that the show has gone through over the last few months.) The rock legends were...

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...

For one more month, Johnny “Rooster” Byron will be wreaking havoc on Broadway. “Jerusalem,” the Tony nominated play by Jez Butterworth, has added another four weeks worth of performances onto its current slate. Now the show is scheduled to close at the Music Box Theatre on August 21. Ian Rickson directs “Jerusalem.” The story centers around Johnny “Rooster” Bryon (played by Mark Rylance) who is a modern Pied...

The Off-Broadway production for “Lucky Guy,” the new musical comedy from director/writer Willard Beckham playing at Little Shubert Theatre, will have its final performance on May 29. It will, at that time, have played 14 regular performances and 23 previews. The musical takes place in Nashville, Tennessee and weaves the tale of low-down schemers and down-home dreamers who are willing to do anything it takes to get to the top...

It turns out taking the high road leads right to the doorstep of the Beacon Theatre. Well for Chris Rock and Daniel Radcliffe it does at least. The two actors were not nominated for the Tony Awards. However, they will be shelving their disappointment for the evening to instead present at the awards ceremony on June 12. Radcliffe, who this season made his personal musical debut...