Broadway: Dates, theatres for all shows opening, resuming

With Broadway shows suspended since March 2020 due to the pandemic, theatergoers are eager to return to the Great White Way.

Broadway theaters attack virus: 'This is absolutely doable'

One woman has seen the play "Pass Over" multiple times in just a few days. She's not exactly a super fan. Dr. Blythe Adamson's job is to find ways to lower the risks of COVID-19 transmission.

Broadway's New Deal: Theater leaders agree on reforms

Broadway theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors have agreed to reforms and commitments for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.

Creators of the play 'Pass Over' eager to hit Broadway

The play "Pass Over" is sure to provoke post-performance discussions about the ongoing fight for civil rights unlike anything seen as of late on Broadway.

The Lion King, Hamilton, Wicked announce reopening dates

Three of Broadway’s biggest shows, Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked, have announced when they will resume performances.

Despite green light, Broadway to remain dark until Sept. 14

The governor is giving the go-ahead to performance venues to reopen later this month. But the reality is that the lights won't go up on Broadway until the fall.

March on Broadway: Performers protest work environment

Performers are asking for a full list of organizations that the Actor's Equity Association is working with to support people of color as well as more transparency about how policies are implemented.

Broadway star Karen Olivo quits Moulin Rouge! in protest

Tony Award-winner Karen Olivo says she won’t return to “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” once it reopens, saying she's frustrated by the Broadway industry and especially the silence in the wake of revelations about the behavior of producer Scott Rudin.

New musical will open virtually, celebrate women in theater

As Broadway remains dark, more artists are turning to streaming to try to keeptheir careers alive during the pandemic.

Gun Hill Brewing's new batch of Bronx beer benefits Broadway

Broadway theaters and other venues for live entertainment have been shuttered for almost a year. A brewery in the Bronx is helping raise money for artists with a special beer.

Broadway stars come together to save landmark West Bank Cafe

A legendary Hell's Kitchen landmark, the West Bank Cafe is hoping that a star-studded telethon will help it stay open until the curtains raise on Broadway once again.

Tony Award-winner Ann Reinking dies at 71

Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator Ann Reinking has died.

Defying pandemic, theaters get creative to stage shows anyway

More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan's theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays recently read his lines from a stage. But there was no applause. 

Struggling Broadway costume shop owners work to save their industry

John Kristiansen and Brian Blythe run a costume shop that has been hard-hit by the Broadway shutdown but they are innovating to survive and also help their competitors.

How Ben & Jerry’s in NYC’s heaviest tourist areas is finding new lifelines

The Ben & Jerry’s of Times Square once saw lines of tourists waiting for a scoop of Half Baked or Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. Now the popular eatery is fighting to find visitors and business after months of coronavirus restrictions, riots, and a shuttered local economy.

Jagged Little Pill earns 15 Tony nods in pandemic-shortened season

Broadway's coronavirus-shortened season is getting an awards process that reflects this tumultuous year — incomplete, seemingly unfair and filled with loss.

Broadway moves online with theater closures

Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall.