Jagged Little Pill, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical inspired by Alanis Morissette‘s 1995 album of the same name, is closing for good, The New York Times reports. It’s the first major Broadway show casualty ending due to Omicron. The news comes following the production suspending performances beginning last Saturday, …
Read More »'Putting It Together' Takes Theater Lovers Behind the Scenes at Creation of 'Sunday in the Park With George'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The acclaimed Broadway musical, Sunday in the Park With George, famously lost the Best Musical Tony Award to La Cage Aux Folles in 1985, even as it picked …
Read More »Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Prove His Freestyle Skills on 'Fallon'
Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on The Tonight Show to reveal his plans for a new Broadway show created by his hip-hop collective Freestyle Love Supreme. Titled Freestyle Love Supreme,the improvised show will open at the Booth Theater in September and feature an unannounced rotating cast each night. “Before Hamilton, before In …
Read More »The Hell With Broadway: The Story of Anais Mitchell's 'Hadestown'
The set of Hadestown, the Broadway musical up for 14 Tony Awards on June 9th, incorporates wildly swinging lamps and a trap door that hurls people into the underworld. But as the show’s auteur, Anaïs Mitchell, demonstrates, the show wasn’t always so hi-tech. Putting down the iced beverage she’s sipping …
Read More »Why Small-Town Theater Productions of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Are Being Threatened With Legal Action
UPDATE: In an emailed statement, Scott Rudin reiterated to Rolling Stonethat he was working to “enforce the agreement” made with the estate of the late author, Harper Lee. He also added that he has been “hard at work” creating a solution for this problem. “In an effort to ameliorate the …
Read More »Michael Jackson Estate Cancels Musical's Chicago Dates
The Michael Jackson Estate has called off a Chicago run of its jukebox musical, Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, ahead of the release of the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland. The production was set to open around Halloween; it will now open on Broadway in New York in the summer …
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