The Broadway League says it will end forced masking in theaters, and that face masks will be optional by July 1, as stars test positive for the Chinese coronavirus. The decision also comes after Broadway star Patty Patti LuPone was caught on video screaming at a maskless audience member, while the actor herself was not wearing a mask.
Celebrities won’t have to wear masks when they attend the 75th annual Tony Awards in New York on Sunday, even as paying audiences at Broadway shows are still being forced to mask up through at least the end of June.
Maskless Broadway star Patti LuPone was caught on video screaming at a maskless audience member, demanding the patron to “put your mask over your nose,” adding, “if you don’t want to follow the rule, get the f**k out!”
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theatergoers will have to keep their masks up through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday.
An 87-year-old Broadway singing coach has died five days after being pushed over by a woman in an unprovoked attack near a subway station in Manhattan.
New York City police say a female suspect pushed an 87-year-old woman to the ground Thursday night in an unprovoked Manhattan attack, leaving the victim in critical condition with a head injury.
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth will undergo a partial sex-change operation when a highly anticipated Broadway production starring Daniel Craig opens this spring. Showtime’s Billions star Asia Kate Dillon, who was born female but identifies as non-binary and uses “they / them” pronouns, will play the role of Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan.
The red-carpet premiere of Broadway’s “The Music Man,” starring Hugh Jackman, featured the strange sight of a marching band performing with masks even though they were outdoors.
Jan. 24 (UPI) — “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” star James Snyder, who portrays the title character, has been fired from the Broadway production following a complaint about his conduct.
Dec. 28 (UPI) — Actor Hugh Jackman announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, as his Broadway show, The Music Man, canceled performances through the weekend.
Dec. 21 (UPI) — “The Jagged Little Pill” musical has closed on Broadway amid a new surge of COVID-19.
Universities and workplaces across the country are once again going remote as the coronavirus omicron variant spreads across the country.
NEW YORK (AP) — Many stages on both Broadway and the West End have been forced to go dark once more as the live theater community grapples with backstage outbreaks of the coronavirus and its variants, temporarily closing everything from London’s revival of “Cabaret” starring Eddie Redmayne to mighty “Hamilton” in New York.
New York’s theater district is once again cancelling Broadway’s biggest shows over the coronavirus. The latest Broadway shows to shut down include “Tina,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” and “Ain’t Too Proud.”
A Broadway actor has been arrested and charged with participating in the January 6 riots on Capitol Hill, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia said. James D. Beeks, 49, of Orlando, Florida, was arrested Tuesday in Milwaukee while reportedly on tour with a production of Jesus Christ Superstar, in which he played the role of Judas.
Broadway star Chad Kimball has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the stage musical “Come from Away,” alleging he wasn’t rehired for the show’s post-pandemic return due to his Christian beliefs.
The playwright of the Broadway drama “Slave Play” is cancelling the highly anticipated Los Angeles run of the show in order to protest of the lack of female playwrights in the current season.
Broadway’s “Jagged Little Pill” star Antonio Cipriano announced he is exiting the show, after suggesting that Broadway is not a “safe space” for transgender, non-binary, and marginalized people.
The critically acclaimed drama “Slave Play” will bring back performances for black-only audiences when it returns to Broadway for a limited engagement starting November, with producers saying the invitation-only performances will be limited to “Black-identifying” people.
Several hundred trans actors and activists descended on Broadway Avenue on Monday to protest what some of the protesters say is “trans erasure” in the New York theater industry.
Broadway icon Laura Osnes issued a statement on Monday to explain that she “withdrew” from a benefit concert after a Page Six report claimed she was “fired” for not getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Despite her distinguished Broadway career, actress Laura Osnes was reportedly fired from her Hamptons, New York, show after refusing the coronavirus vaccine.
Broadway’s theater owners and operators announced Friday they will require theatergoers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus and wear masks to attend performances.
The hit stage musical Hamilton will reportedly receive at least $30 million in federal aid, with a possible $20 million in additional funding, as part of the government’s pandemic relief program for the arts and entertainment.
Emmy-winning Hollywood star Billy Porter has called out fellow actor Jeffrey Wright for playing a gay character in “Angels in America,” noting that Wright is a “straight black man.”
Bruce Springsteen will return to Broadway this summer for a limited run of his one-man show “Springsteen on Broadway.”
Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that people who decline to be vaccinated are “selfish” and similar to people who decide to drive drunk and kill others.
NEW YORK (AP) — Film and theater producer Scott Rudin is resigning from the powerful Broadway League as he faces allegations of decades of abusive and violent behavior.
NEW YORK (AP) — Amid mounting anger over allegations of bullying, Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Rudin broke his silence Saturday, saying he is “profoundly sorry” and will step back from his theater work.
Broadway actress Karen Olivo has announced she won’t return to her starring role in the musical Moulin Rouge! in protest over Hollywood power producer Scott Rudin, who faces fresh accusations of workplace abuse and bullying.
NEW YORK (AP) — How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets.
As Hollywood continues its reckoning with bad managerial behavior, former assistants to Oscar-winning movie producer Scott Rudin are once again coming forward to spill the beans on his pattern of abusive workplace practices, including an incident in which he allegedly smashed a computer monitor on an assistant’s hand and another in which he allegedly threw a stapler at an assistant and called him a “retard.”
Hollywood celebrities are doing much of the heavy lifting to raise money for Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. The latest effort is a Broadway-themed fundraiser featuring Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Matthew Broderick, and Rosie Perez.
Broadway star and COVID-19 survivor Chad Kimball has sworn to “respectfully disobey” Washington state’s restrictions against singing in church, saying that such religious prohibitions represent an overreach of power by Gov. Jay Inslee (D).
A trade association of theater owners and producers announced there would be no ticket sales through May 2021. That may not be legal.
So, according to the CDC, the coronavirus survival rate is better than 995 out of 1,000, and Broadway’s still going to remain closed until June 1, 2021.
Amazon Studios is teaming up with a playwright who has publicly promoted the defunding of police departments and supported the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a bail-out organization with ties to the violent Antifa.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has shifted into damage control mode following mounting social media pressure to “cancel” his musical Hamilton, saying that “all criticisms are valid” and that “it’s all fair game.”
NEW YORK — Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. He was 41.
NEW YORK (AP) — The shutdown on Broadway has been extended again — until at least early January.
