The 2024 Tony Awards ceremony, held at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City on June 16, marked another year of achievement in Broadway theater. The Outsiders, Hell’s Kitchen, and Stereophonic won multiple awards, while Angelina...
New York City’s theater industry has a long and colorful history. The Theater District, which includes Broadway, a 13-mile street that runs through Manhattan and the Bronx, has been an integral component of the cultural fabric of New York City since the...
Some Broadway shows are lavish musicals with high production costs and acclaimed stage stars, while others are humble productions that start out at smaller Off-Broadway playhouses and generate momentum via rave reviews. Job, a play written by Max Wolf Friedlich that...
In April, the Broadway League announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to take place at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 16—and there were many surprises and notable omissions....
Oftentimes, when a Broadway show receives critical acclaim or does impressive numbers at the box office, film producers will look to adapt the story for the big screen in order to bring it to a wider audience. Hamilton, one of the most successful and revered Broadway...
The last couple of years have been great for Broadway as New York City’s theater industry has rebounded from to pre-pandemic attendance levels and produced dozens of unique and memorable shows, including Kimberly Akimbo, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical...
While the performers are front and center, a successful Broadway show requires collaboration among a team of artistic professionals, including the playwright and director. Designers are also critical in bringing a production to life, most notably creating the set,...
The New York City theater scene, which includes official Broadway venues in Manhattan’s Theatre District and more than 80 off-Broadway theaters (venues with fewer than 500 seats) is a constantly changing industry with collections of creative people—playwrights,...
While Broadway is known for grandiose shows with elaborate numbers and larger-than-life sets and characters, not every show is an extravagant production with a large cast. Solo shows, whether a monologue or performance in which one actor plays multiple characters,...
While several awards celebrate the best performances in theater (the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, for example), none are as coveted by performers as the Tony Awards. Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the Tony Awards honor...
