Maggie Smith was a constant in the life of producer Robert Fox for half a century. She could "make grown men cry,” says Fox, because "if you weren't 100 percent on top of your game, you were dead in the water, and she was right." Fox produced Dame Maggie in some of her greatest stage hits from Peter…

Andrew Scott will reprise his acclaimed West End performance in Vanya, described as a radical new adaptation of Chekhov's masterwork Uncle Vanya, for a spring 2025 Off Broadway engagement at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, producers announced today. Co-created by Scott and Simon Stephens and directed…

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The Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play directed by Sam Mendes that began previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on September 11 and opens this Sunday, September 29, has received a two-week extension to its limited engagement. The New York premiere production will now run through Sunday…

In the third major shake-up of leadership in New York’s non-profit theater world in recent months, the Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that Tony Award-winning director Christopher Ashley will become its Artistic Director in July 2026 for the 2027-28 season. Related…

Ghost of John McCain, the Off Broadway musical comedy that sent Meghan McCain into a summer-long pre-opening tizzy, has arrived after months of free publicity. A modestly entertaining, fitfully clever political satire that takes place entirely within the frazzled head of Donald Trump, a place that…

With only three Broadway productions selling out last week, total grosses for the 29 shows was down about 7% from the previous week, settling in at $25,296,948. Total attendance was 226,267 for the week ending September 22, a slip of about 4% from the previous week. The sell-outs, as usual, were Oh, M…

EXCLUSIVE: Job, the Broadway thriller starring Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon, is partnering with the Tony Award-winning organization Broadway For All in launching the Next Gen Ticketing Initiative to make free tickets available to emerging artists and new theater audiences. Funded by charitable…

The upcoming Broadway revival of Gypsy starring Audra McDonald has found its Louise and June: Joy Woods and Jordan Tyson will move over from the soon-to-close The Notebook in the two roles. Woods, who currently plays Middle Allie in The Notebook on Broadway, will take the role of Louise, aka Gypsy…

EXCLUSIVE: He was one of the most feared and revered British art critics of his generation — and now, nearly a decade after his death, Brian Sewell could be about to wield his pen once more. Deadline understands that London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has been making plans to revive its…

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn, Wheel of Time) will make her debut at London's National Theatre in 2025, and they've given her the starring role in the world premiere of a new work by Suzie Miller, the playwright who created Prima Facie, the legal drama that catapulted Jodie Comer to…

Lin-Manuel Miranda will lead the second company of Simon Rich’s All In: Comedy About Love on Broadway this January, taking over when John Mulaney finishes up his limited run in a production featuring a revolving cast of actors. The production, directed by Alex Timbers, begins performances on…