Twenty seven performers have achieved EGOT status, meaning they’ve won at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award. These include composer-producer Richard Rogers, Audrey Hepburn, Elton John, and Jennifer Hudson. More have won at least two or three of the...
While there are many original plays and musicals each year on Broadway, there are also several that have either been playing for years or have been revived by production companies. The Lion King and Wicked have been running since November 1997 and October 2003,...
The sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 has inspired countless retellings of the larger-than-life tragedy in documentaries, novels, dramatic films, and theater. The Tony-winning musical Titanic debuted on Broadway in 1997; that year also saw the premiere of James...
While it hasn’t had the longevity of Broadway’s longest-running musicals, like The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago (1996), and The Lion King, Gypsy is widely regarded as one of the best musicals of all-time. Created by Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, and...
The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running show in Broadway history. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed musical, the winner of seven Tony Awards, opened in January 1988 at the Majestic Theatre and ran for 13,981 performances until it ended in April 2023. The...
The 2025 Broadway season is expected to be one for the ages, with several acclaimed, long-running productions continuing to excite audiences and many big-name Hollywood actors making their New York City theater debuts. There’s also more than a few young...
Presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing (ATW), the Tony Awards have been held annually in Manhattan since 1947. The ceremony honors excellence in Broadway theater in performance and show and technical categories such as Best Performance by a...
More than 400 years after William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, the play about a pair of ill-fated, star-crossed lovers is still as popular as ever. The timeless tale has been a Broadway favorite since its first showing in New York City in the 18th century and...
Broadway had its best attended week of the 2024-25 season in the week ending November 10, with 37 productions registering 306,329 admissions and grossing $36.5 million. Sunset Boulevard, a musical revival based on Billy Wilder’s 1950 original film, was one of...
For some people, Halloween conjures up memories of being scared straight, tucked under the covers anxiously watching horror movies. With the ability to include special effects and edit scenes in post-production, film is a great medium for horror. Many Broadway...
