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‘Matilda’ Launches National Tour in Los Angeles May 2015

Producers of the Tony Award winning musical Matilda the Musical announced that the production is set to launch a national tour in May 2015 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The musical will play a technical preview at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, CT prior to the tour’s official launch. Other stops on the

Billy Crystal’s ‘700 Sundays’ Comes to HBO April 19

After a live taping January 3rd and 4th at the Imperial Theatre in New York, HBO has confirmed that Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays will debut on the network Saturday, April 19, 2013 between 9-11 pm ET/PT. This comes after a highly successful Broadway run and tour throughout the U.S. 700 Sundays is described as “an original two-act play in

NYC Super Bowl Didn’t Translate to Sales for Broadway Shows

Originally, it was thought that a Super Bowl hosted in New York would translate into stronger sales for Broadway shows. However, it seems as though the Super Bowl hurt rather than helped Broadway tickets sales; sales that were already weakened by the annual January slowdown. The Broadway box office dipped approximately 13%, or $2.4 million

‘Jersey Boys’ Set to Tour the UK in September

Jersey Boys is set to launch its first ever concurrent U.K. tour beginning in September. Performances will start September 4, 2014 at Manchester’s Palace Theater for a run that will last through October 4, 2014. The tour will then continue to Edinburgh, Stoke, Hull, Sunderland, and Birmingham. The U.K. tour is produced by Dodger Theatricals, David

Broadway Aspiring ‘Gigi’ Gets Tryout in Seattle in May

A concert version of Lerner and Loewe’s Tony Award winning musical Gigi will be presented by the 5th Avenue Theatre May 16 – 18, 2014. The musical, set to open on Broadway in 2015, will be presented in a concert setting that features a wide array of Seattle talent alongside a newly re-created book by Heidi

Theater Extras: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Theater Extras is service located in New York and Los Angeles that is said to offer discounted theatre tickets on a subscription basis. The website for the service claims, “For the price of One Broadway Ticket, you and a guest can enjoy 365 days of Theater and Entertainment.” While on the surface this seems to