The Tony Award winning Broadway musical Phantom of the Opera is the first Broadway show ever to reach 8,500 performances. The musical, playing at the Majestic Theatre, is currently booking through to 8 Nov 2008.
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Wed 2 Jul 2008

Carey Anderson

Carey Anderson is to play the roles of ''Kate Monster' and 'Lucy' from 8 Jul 2008 in the Broadway musical Avenue Q. The musical, playing at the John Golden Theatre, is currently booking through to 9 Nov 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Rothman Fairchild presents Cold Storage, by Ronald Ribman, at the Richmond Shepard Theatre from 6 - 30 Aug 2008.
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Signature Theatre Company presents The First Breeze Of Summer, by Leslie Lee, at the Peter Norton Space from 15 Aug - 28 Sep 2008.
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Good Works Productions and Howling Moon Cab Company presents The Higher Education Of Khalid Amir, by Monica Bauer, at the WorkShop Theater from 16 Jul - 3 Aug 2008. Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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Crystal Theatre presents Cleopatra, by Cheryl E. Kemeny, at Abingdon's June Havoc Theatre from 16 Jul - 3 Aug 2008. Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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Tue 1 Jul 2008

Curtis Holbrook

Curtis Holbrook steps into the role of 'Sonny Malone' this evening in the Broadway musical Xanadu, filling in for Cheyenne Jackson. The musical, playing at the Helen Hayes Theatre, is currently booking through to 7 Sep 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Couldn't Say, by Christopher Wall, at Abingdon's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre from 16 Jul - 3 Aug 2008. Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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The Ninth Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival, running from 14 Jul - 3 Aug 2007, will present over 50 plays in seven separate venues in a 21-day period,
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Sun 29 Jun 2008

Kander and Ebb's musical Curtains, starring David Hyde Pierce plays its final performance on 29 Jun 2008 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
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The Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of the Menier Chocolate Factory's revival of Sondheim & Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George plays its final perfromance on 29 Jun 2008 at Studio 54.
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The Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls plays its final performance on 29 Jun 2008 at the Biltmore Theatre
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Sat 28 Jun 2008

Aubrey O’Day

Aubrey O’Day will make her Broadway debut as Amber Von Tussle in the Broadway musical Hairspray on 18 Jul 2008. The musical is currently booking through to 4 Jan 2009 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Perry Street Theatre Company's production of A Dangerous Personality, by Sallie Bingham, plays its final performance at the Julia Miles Theater on 29 Jun 2008.
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Fri 27 Jun 2008

The Broadway production of Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, opened last night (26 Jun 2008) at the Broadway Theatre to mixed reviews.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Second Stage Theatre present Animals Out of Paper, by Rajiv Joseph, at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre from 14 Jul - 17 Aug 2008.
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Irish Repertory Theatre present Around The World In 80 Days, by Mark Brown, based on the novel by Jules Verne, at the Irish Repertory Theatre from 11 Jul - 7 Sep 2008.
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Horse Trade Theater Group and No Tea Productions present The Artistical Process Of Mark And Andy, by Jeff Sproul, at Under St. Marks from 24 Jul - 9 Aug 2008.
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Wings Theatre present Dance at Bataan, by Blake Bradford, at the Wings Theatre from 28 Jun - 26 Jul 2008
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The Public Theater's production of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will now play through to 31 Aug 2008 at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
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Jackie Mason's 8th and final one-man comedy show, Jackie Mason - The Ultimate Jew will play its final performance at New World Stages / Stage 3 on 20 Jul 2008. The show had been booking through to 31 Aug 2008.
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Megan Lawrence replaces Ana Gastayer in the second of New York City Center’s Encores! Summer Stars series, Damn Yankees, playing at New York City Center from 5 - 27 Jul 2008.
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Thu 26 Jun 2008

Off & Off Off Broadway

Primary Stages present Buffalo Gal, by A.R. Gurney, at 59E59's Theater A from 22 Jul - 30 Aug 2008
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Wed 25 Jun 2008

Taylor Hicks

Derek Keeling and Ashley Spencer are to play the lead roles of "Danny" and "Sandy" from 22 Jul 2008 in the Broadway revival of Grease. The musical is currently selling tickets through to 28 Dec 2008 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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Kate Mulgrew will join "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe and the Tony Award-winning actor Richard Griffiths in Peter Shaffer's Equus, opening at the Broadhurst Theatre on 25 Sep 2008, following previews from 5 Sep and running through to 4 Feb 2009.
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Tue 24 Jun 2008

Two-time Grammy Award winnerIndia.Arie will make her Broadway stage debut in a new, re-envisioned production of Ntozake Shange's play, For Colored Girls Who..., playing at Broadway's Circle in the Square from 19 Aug 2008.
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Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit assumes the role of 'Fiyero' this evening in the Broadway musical Wicked. The musical is currently booking through to 26 Apr 2009 at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre.
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Stephen Collins

This evening Stephen Collins assumes the role of 'King Arthur' and Drew Lachey the role of 'Patsy' in the Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot. The musical is currently booking through to 23 Nov 2008 at the Shubert Theatre.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Manhattan Theatre Source and Dark Brew Productions present All The Rage, by Keith Reddin, at the Manhattan TheatreSource from 30 Jul - 23 Aug 2008
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A.M.L. Entertainment present The Third Step, by Anthony Laura, at the American Theatre of Actors' Sargent Theatre from 24 - 27 Jul 2008
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Mon 23 Jun 2008

Beth Leavel, Michele Ragusa and Kelly Sullivan become the new leading ladies of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooke's new musical comedy, currently booking through to 4 Jan 2009 at the Hilton Theatre.
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Sun 22 Jun 2008

The new Broadway musical Cry-Baby plays its final performance on 22 Jun 2008 at the Marquis Theatre where it opened on 24 Apr 2008.
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The all African-American production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof plays its final performance on 22 Jun 2008 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

The Essentials present Perfect Harmony, by Andrew Grosso, at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre from 6 - 24 Jul 2008
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The second annual Undergroundzero Festival will take place at 2008 at the Collective: Unconscious from 8 Jul - 2 Aug 2008
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Sat 21 Jun 2008

Stockard Channing, Christian Hoff andMartha Plimpton are to star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of the musical Pal Joey on Broadway. Directed by Joe Mantello, the show will begin performances at Studio 54 from 14 Nov 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

The Public Theater’s 2008-2009 Season will feature premieres by Mike Daisey, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Danny Hoch, Craig Lucas, Stephen Sondheim, and Tracey Scott Wilson.
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Fri 20 Jun 2008

Off & Off Off Broadway

Soho Think Tank presents WMD (just the low points ), created by Sponsored by Nobody, and conceived by Kevin Doyle, at the Ohio Theater from 13 - 16 Aug 2008, as part of Ice Factory 2008
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Thu 19 Jun 2008

Harvey Fierstein's musical comedy, A Catered Affair has posted early closing notices. The show will play its final performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre on 27 Jul 2008, where it opened on 17 Apr 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

The Potomac Theatre Project presents its 22nd repertory season that includes Howard Barker’s Scenes From An Execution, Sarah Kane’s Crave, and the NY Premiere of Neal Bell’s Somewhere in the Pacific, playing at Atlantic Theatre's Stage Two from 1 - 26 Jul 2008.
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This years free Shakespeare in the Parking Lot presents 'Twelfth Night' and 'Henry V' from 3 Jul - 9 Aug Municipal Parking Lot on the corner of Ludlow and Broome streets.
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The New Yiddish Rep present The Essence: A Yiddish Theater Dim Sum, by Allen Lewis Rickman, Steve Sterner and Yelena Shmulenson-Rickman, at the Community Synagogue on 29 Jun 2008
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The New Yiddish Rep present Eva's Song, by Angelo Parra, and performed by Anita Keal, at the Community Synagogue on 22 Jun 2008
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Wed 18 Jun 2008

Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty, currently having its world premiere at the Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Theatre, is to play Broadway in early 2009. The production will mark the paywright's Broadway debut.
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The Broadway musical Cry-Baby has posted early closing notices. The show will play its final performance on 22 Jun 2008 at the Marquis Theatre where it opened on 24 Apr 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Playwright Horizons have announced additional details of their 2008/09 season, including two final productions:
Three Changes by Nicky Silver
Kindness by Adam Rapp
Prayer for my Enemy by Craig Lucas
The Savannah Disputation by Evan Smith
Inked Baby by Christina Anderson
Our House by Theresa Rebeck
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Tue 17 Jun 2008

The Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Simon McBurney, starring John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes, will play a limited engagement at the Schoenfeld Theatre from 18 Sep 2008.
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The winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play, Tracy Lett's August: Osage County, welcomes four new members of cast this evening: Jim True-Frost, Estelle Parsons, Robert Foxworth, Frank Wood and Molly Regan. The play is currently booking through to 4 Jan 2009 at the Music Box Theatre.
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Dwayne Clark

Dwayne Clark assumes the role of 'Dupree' this evening in the Broadway musical Cry-Baby. The musical is currently booking to 14 Sep 2008 at the Marquis Theatre.
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Marin Mazzie

Marim Mazzie assumes the role of 'Lady of the Lake' this evening in the 2005 Tony Award winning musical Spamalot, joining her is new cast member Wally Dunn who assumes the role of 'Sir Bedevere'. The musical is currently booking through to 23 Nov 2008 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre.
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Kerry Ellis

Kerry Ellis assumes the role of 'Elphaba' and Jayne Houdyshell the role of 'Madame Morrible' this evening in the 2004 Tony Award winning musical Wicked. The musical is currently booking through to 12 Apr 2009 at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre.
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Mon 16 Jun 2008

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry assumes the role of 'Mini' this evening in the 1996 Tony Award winning musical Rent. The musical opened at the Nederlander Theatre on 29 Apr 1996, where it will play its final performance at the Nederlander Theatre on 4 Sep 2008.
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Carla Renata

Carla Renata assumes the role of 'Gary Coleman' this evening in the 2004 Tony Award winning musical Avenue Q. The musical is currently booking to 9 Nov 2008 at the John Golden Theatre.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Abingdon's 2008/09 Season will present five plays by five American playwrights.
The English Channel by Robert Brustein
Beechwood Drive by Steven Leigh Morris
Freudian Slip: by Marvin Lifschitz
Greek Holiday: by Mayo Simon
Love Drunk: by Romulus Linney
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The Sixth Downtown Urban Theater Festival presents a diverse collection of new and emerging playwrights at the Cherry Lane Theatre from 18 - 29 Jun 2008
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Sun 15 Jun 2008

The 62nd Tony Awards: 'South Pacific' gained 7 Awards, inlcuding Best Revival of a musical, and was the most decorated production of the evening. 'August: Osage County' followed with 5 awards, including Best Play, followed by 'In The Heights' with four awards, including Best Musical.
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Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the Olivier Award-winning Elton John show Billy Elliot - The Musical, opening at the Imperial Theatre on 13 Nov 2008, following previews from 1 Oct.
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Sat 14 Jun 2008

George Stevens Jr., one-man play, Thurgood, extends its run at the Booth Theatre by two weeks, the musical will now play through to 17 Aug 2008.
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Dwayne Clark

Dwayne Clark assumes the role of 'Dupree' on 17 Jun 2008 in the Broadway musical Cry-Baby. The musical is currently booking to 14 Sep 2008 at the Marquis Theatre.
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Carla Renata

Carla Renata assumes the role of 'Gary Coleman' on 16 Jun 2008 in the Broadway musical Avenue Q. The musical is currently booking to 9 Nov 2008 at the John Golden Theatre.
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Fri 13 Jun 2008

Laura Bell Bundy, Broadway's original Elle Woods, will play her final performance in Legally Blonde on 20 Jul 2008. The role will be played by the winner of the TV reality show 'Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods' (winner tba) from the 23 Jul 2008.
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Marin Mazzie

Marim Mazzie returns to role of 'Lady of the Lake' in Monty Python's Spamalot on 17 Jun 2008, joining her on the same date will be new cast member Wally Dunn who will assume the role of 'Sir Bedevere'.
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Thu 12 Jun 2008

Off & Off Off Broadway

TADA! Youth Theater present Everything About a Day (Almost), conceived and written by Emmanuel Wilson, at the TADA! Theater from 10 Jul - 2 Aug 2008
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Zenph Studios Production present Art Tatum: Piano Starts Here, by Jeffrey B. McIntyre,Tre Garrett and Eric Hirsh, at the Apollo Theatre from 19 - 22 Jun 2008
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Sintroca present Lasanta, created and directed by Madeleine Bernatchez and Efren Degadillo jr., , at the Ontological Theater from 26 Jun - 5 Jul 2008
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Wed 11 Jun 2008

Off & Off Off Broadway

Howling Moon Cab Company present The Last Good Moment of Lily Baker, by Russell Davis, at the Shetler Studios from 10 - 29 Jun 2008
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Howling Moon Cab Company present Yom Kippur, by Meri Wallace, at the WorkShop Theater from 16 Jul - 2 Aug 2008. Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
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Mon 9 Jun 2008

Jeremy Irons

Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs. The production, which will be directed by Jack O’Brien, will come to Broadway in Spring 2009 at a theatre to be announced.
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Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons and Molly Regan are to join the cast of Tracy Letts' comic-drama, August: Osage County, the play is currently booking through to 7 Sep 2008 at the Music Box Theatre.
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David Mamet's new play, November, a contempory political comedy starring Nathan Lane's, will play its final performance on 13 Jul 2008
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Sat 7 Jun 2008

Kristin Scott Thomas

A casting call reveals that the London's Royal Court 2007 production of Chekhov's The Seagull will arrive on Broadway in the Fall, at a theatre to be announced. It is expected that Kristin Scott Thomas will once again star in the production.
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The Broadway musical Mamma Mia has extended its booking period. The show, playing at Winter Garden, is now selling tickets through to 30 Nov 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

The full cast has been announced for the second of New York City Center’s Encores! Summer Stars series, Damn Yankees, playing at New York City Center from 5 - 27 Jul 2008.
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Fri 6 Jun 2008

Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit is to join the cast of the Broadway musical Wicked on 24 Jun 2008, playing the role of 'Fiyero'. The musical is currently booking through to 12 Apr 2009 at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre.
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Taylor Hicks

'American Idol' Season Five winner, Taylor Hicks, makes his Broadway debut this evening when he joins the cast of the Broadway revival of Grease as “Teen Angel.” The musical is currently selling tickets through to 7 Dec 2008 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

The Roundabout Theatre Company present The Language of Trees, by Steven Levenson, beginning performances on 3 Oct
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Trafalgar Studios presents Some Kind of Bliss, by Samuel Adamson, at the 59E59's Theater C from 11 - 29 Jun 2008 as part of the Brits off-Broadway.
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DADAnewyork present Brunch at the Luthers, by Misha Shulman, at Theater For The New City's Community Space Theater from 19 Jun - 6 Jul 2008.
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Jamie Heinlein present Everyone Expects Me To Write Another Streetcar: An Evening With Tennessee Williams, written and performed by Jeremy Lawrence, at Abingdon's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre from 16 - 19 Jun 2008.
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New Professional Theatre present Single Black Female, by Lisa B. Thompson, at the Duke On 42nd Street from 10 - 29 Jul 2008.
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Two Guys and a Credit Card Productions present The Wedding Player, by Brian MacInnis Smallwood, at 14th Street Theater from 9 - 27 Jul 2008.
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Thu 5 Jun 2008

Sam Robards

Sam Robards will join the cast of the Broadway comedy The 39 Steps on 8 Jul 2008, playing the role of 'Richard Hannay' The show is currently booking through to 31 Aug 2008 at the Cort Theatre.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Atlantic Theater Company add two extra performances to their production of Port Authority, by Conor McPherson, playing at the Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater through to 22 Jun 2008.
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Culture Project present Expatriate, by Lenelle Moise, at the Culture Project-SoHo from 7 Jul - 14 Aug 2008.
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Second Stage Theatre present Some Americans Abroad, by Richard Nelson, at the Second Stage Theatre from 26 Jun - 3 Aug 2008.
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Wed 4 Jun 2008

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the musical A Tale of Two Cities, based on the book by Charles Dickens, with score, lyrics and book by Jill Santoriello, beginning previews at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre from 19 Aug 2008.
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Carrie Manolakos

Carrie Manolakos assumes the role of 'Sophie Sheridan' this evening in the Broadway musical, Mamma Mia!, now in it's 7th year, which is currently booking through to 26 Oct 2008 at the Winter Garden.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Citizen Pell Theater Group present Explicit Vows, written and performed by John Jiler, at the Flea Downstairs from 12 Jun - 29 Jul 2008.
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TKO Entertainment present Hana Ichimomme, by Ken Miyamoto, at the Bank Street Theatre from 2 - 13 Jul 2008.
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Tue 3 Jun 2008

The Broadway revival of A Chorus Line is to play its final performance at the Schoenfeld Theatre on 17 Aug 2008, the musical had been booking through to 7 Sep 2008. Mario Lopez returns to the role of 'Zach' this evening.
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The Tony Award winning Broadway musical Avenue Q plays its 2000th performance ths evening. The musical, playing at the John Golden Theatre, is currently selling tickets through to 9 Nov 2008.
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Mon 2 Jun 2008

Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins and Drew Lachey will join the cast of of Monty Python's Spamalot on 24 Jun 2008, playing 'King Arthur' and 'Patsy,' respectively. The musical is currently booking through to 23 Nov 2008 at the Shubert Theatre.
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Michelle DeJean

Michelle DeJean and Carol Woods join the cast of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Chicago this evening, assuming the roles of 'Roxie Hart' and 'Matron 'Mama' Morton' respectively.
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Sun 1 Jun 2008

The Tony Award winning Broadway musical Avenue Q has extended its booking period. The show, playing at the John Golden Theatre, is now selling tickets through to 9 Nov 2008.
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Off & Off Off Broadway

Jamie deRoy

Jamie deRoy & Friends present an evening of songs from Tony Award-winning Musicals, at the Metropolitan Room on 11 Jun 2008.
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The Helsinki Syndrome present True North, by the Helsinki Syndrome, at the Ontological Theater from 18 - 21 Jun 2008.
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