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Musicals
How is Broadway getting ready to reopen?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
May 11, 2021
Broadway producer Eva Price says getting her show, "Jagged Little Pill," up and running again is like starting over.
Play about the Constitution may be Broadway's hottest ticket this season
by
Janet Babin
Feb 12, 2019
Broadway seems to want to seize on the success of global phenomenon hip-hop musical “Hamilton” by having more politically themed shows. This season, Hillary and Bill Clinton are the subjects of one play. But another play is coming off a successful off-Broadway run to grace a marquee on the Great White Way. Its subject? The […]
Hollywood turns Broadway into a theatrical multiplex
by
Annie Rees
May 4, 2018
There can be big money in musicals based on popular movies and TV shows.
SpongeBob’s Broadway musical hits the right notes
by
Erika Beras
Dec 25, 2017
Over the last 18 years, SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends in the underwater town of Bikini Bottom have been a pop culture juggernaut — a long-running TV show, a movie franchise, tons of tie-ins. And now SpongeBob is making his mark on the Broadway stage. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Thanks to "La La Land," Hollywood is back in the musical business
by
Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2017
Singin' in the flood.
Broadway ends year with a (slightly smaller) bang
Dec 30, 2015
Despite record attendance for some shows, Broadway's box office slips a bit.
Hakuna Matata: That means $1 billion
by
Queena Kim
Oct 18, 2013
"The Lion King" will become the first Broadway musical in history to gross more than $1 billion.