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After 34 years serving as the Creative Director and then Senior Vice President of  Jujamcyn Theaters,  Jack Viertel  has announced his retirement as of the end of 2021. Mr. Viertel came to the company in 1987 and was involved in the production of many award-winning plays and musicals, including six of August Wilson’s legendary ten–play “Century Cycle”, beginning…

2022 GALA: “Paint the Town!” Sara Bareilles (Waitress)  will join Roundabout Theatre Company‘s 2022 Gala evening celebrating Tony Award winner, RTC alumna and friend Chita Rivera  with The Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre. The 2022 Gala “Paint the Town!” is confirmed for  Monday, March 7  at 7pm at the Ziegfeld Ballroom (141 West 54th Street) in New…

FINAL THREE WEEKS Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations  will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th  Street), it was announced by the show’s producers  Ira Pittelman  and  Tom Hulce. The musical, with a book by Tony Award nominee  Dominique Morisseau, choreography by Tony Award winner  Sergio…

The Obie Award-winning company HERE is co-presenting with PROTOTYPE, The Hang,  featuring book and lyrics by  Taylor Mac,  music by  Matt Ray  and  directed by  Niegel Smith. Performances begin on January 20, 2022 on the HERE Mainstage  (145 Sixth Avenue, NY, NY 10013)  for a run through Sunday February 20, 2022. The Hang  is a ritual celebration of queerness, questions, and the eternity of the…

Pal Joey, the  Rodgers and Hart-John O’Hara  classic musical, has been revised in a brand-new production that will be heading to Broadway in the 2022-2023 season.  The creative team for this reimagined  Pal Joey  includes  Richard LaGravenese  (new book), co-directors  Tony Goldwyn  and  Savion Glover, choreographer  Savion Glover, set designer  Derek McLane, costume designer  Emilio Sosa, lighting designer  Natasha Katz  and orchestrator/arranger/music supervisor  Daryl Waters.Adapting O’Hara’s book so that the primary…

IT’S SHOWTIME, FOLKS! BEETLEJUICE, “The Ghost with the Most”, makes his Broadway return in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film.  BEETLEJUICE  tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice, a demon with a thing for…

Dion. One name set the standard of cool for a generation. He was one of the most popular American Rock n’ Roll performers of his time. The songwriting icon incorporated elements of Doo-Wop, Rock, and R&B throughout his’¯career, both as lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts and then as a solo artist. He had…

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, in a new production by Ruth Stage, has announced that the upcoming off-Broadway engagement, scheduled to begin on January 14 at  The Theater at St. Clements, has been postponed until Summer, 2022 due to the current health situation. Directed by  Joe Rosario  (Flowers for Algernon), this is the first production of the…

New York City Center’s 2022 Encores! season has been announced and — starting at $35 — tickets are now on sale. You can purchase online at NYCityCenter, by calling 212.581.1212, or at the City Center Box Office. New York City Center is located at 131 W 55th St between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The next…

THE MUSIC MAN OPENS TONIGHT! Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the curtain will rise on the first preview performance of the hugely anticipated revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man,  starring Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill, and    Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo, at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) for a sold-out audience. Opening Night is scheduled…

LINCOLN CENTER THEATER/LCT3 TO PRODUCE AT THE WEDDING A NEW PLAY BY  BRYNA TURNER DIRECTED BY  JENNA WORSHAM CAST TO FEATURE REBECCA S’MANGA FRANK, KEREN LUGO, CAROLYN McCORMICK, WILL ROGERS, HAN VAN SCIVER, MARY WISEMAN PERFORMANCES BEGIN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 OPENING NIGHT IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 FOR SIX WEEKS ONLY THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 27 AT THE CLAIRE…

Tickets for the upcoming Â Second Stage Theater production of Â Richard Greenberg’s Â Tony Award-winning play, Â TAKE ME OUT, are now available. Â The Broadway production will Â begin previews March 9, 2022 and officially open on April 4, 2022 at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Â Street). Tickets can be purchased by visiting 2ST.com, by calling 212-541-4516. $30 tickets are available to people aged…

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT PREVIEWS BEGIN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 AHEAD OF A MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022 OPENING NIGHT AT BROADWAY’S HUDSON THEATRE Neil Simon’s  Plaza Suite with Matthew Broderick  and  Sarah Jessica Parker played a sold-out pre-Broadway engagement at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre but had to scrap the Broadway opening when COVID struck. It ahs been announce that preview…

J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company announces the exciting three-musical lineup for its second season. The 2022 season, running February 10 – March 20, 2022 at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street – between 9th and Dyer Avenues), will include A Class Act, A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine, and The Baker’s…