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The Forrest Theatre will experience one of its biggest successes with the showing of the 'The Phantom of the Opera.' But the theater's future is still uncertain, as Broadway theater productions have reached an all-time low.

Byline: ALLAN KOZINN Audience members will use an app to suggest a title, write dialogue or offer musical notes. To view this article at nytimes.com, click here: [...]

Byline: PATRICK HEALY The lead producers of a revival of 'On the Town' are soliciting equity investors online, the first time a Broadway production has done so. To view this [...]

Byline: ERIK PIEPENBURG 'Spider-Man,' 'Annie,' 'Betrayal' and '700 Sundays' all wrap up with more than $1-million apiece at the box office. To view this article at nytimes.com, click here: [...]

Byline: JENNIFER SCHUESSLER The participatory show, which first ran Off Broadway in 1988, will be back in a new production in March. To view this article at nytimes.com, click here: [...]

Long before Hairspray became the biggest thing in a housedress to ever hit Broadway, promoters in the Pacific Northwest were busy shoring up their recruitment plans and making certain that [...]

When the Actors Collective was preparing to stage its production of 'Perfect Crime,' the troupe took its set from the trash dumpster of Circle Rep, which had just completed its [...]

Even as it grapples with complex questions of identity, the touring legit biz remained buoyant during the 1997-98 season, with audiences dropping some $794,144,642 at road box offices. That's a [...]

Direct mall doesn't get Tony Awards, nor does it get caricatured and hung on the wall of Sardi's. But it has become an integral component in making a Broadway show [...]

Byline: THERESA AGOVINO It is a very kinky case of kismet. The marketing team for Kinky Boots was looking for promotional partners for the new Broadway musical, and stumbled upon [...]

Check it out! If early reports are correct, the newest hit on Broadway, 'Hairspray,' is destined to rival the success of the last great Broadway hit, 'The Producers.' With Harvey [...]

CHICAGO Given its history of solo entrepreneurship, its longtime reliance on locally managed presenters, and its increasingly eclectic mix of product, few people would describe the Broadway road as an [...]

The two musicals that won two of the top Tony Awards this year, The Producers (best musical) and 42nd Street (best revival), both were based on movies (available from MGM [...]

SFX, a New York-based producer and marketer of live entertainment events, has crafted an interactive guide to promote current Broadway and national tour productions. 'The 2000-2001 Broadway Series Interactive Yearbook' [...]

The confirmation is in. Everyone loves Broadway, it seems. Even when it's on television. The premiere broadcast of the annual 'Broadway on Broadway' concert on WNBC proved an irresistible draw [...]

Perhaps it isn't a good idea for a Broadway season to begin with the notoriously jinxed 'Macbeth,' as this season did. It may or may not be due to The [...]

Marketing mavens jump online to boost sales The show has been open for a while, but Broadway is only now joining in the Internet frenzy. Long after music and film […]

Jack Kroll, the longtime Newsweek theatre critic, reviewed 'Dame Edna: The Royal Tour' a full week before its opening at the Golden Theatre Sunday night, Oct. 17, and prior to [...]

Mackintosh's Theatre Direct International Launches NYC Ed Program By the beginning of t his school year, Theatre Direct International--a subsidiary of Cameron Mackintosh, Ltd.--will begin offering workshops, study guides, cast [...]

The straight play reigned on Broadway this past season. But, think for a second, how many of those 17 plays were new plays written by. contemporary American authors? Three, to [...]

Performances of Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' will cease for over two months this fall as the production moves from one Broadway theatre to another. The musical will play its [...]

1998-'99 will be remembered on Broadway as the season of the play. Searing productions of timeless classics drew audiences like never before, and the musical, usually the dominant force on [...]

Broadway prepped for its annual Thanksgiving bounty last week, with the spike in sales at screen-to-stage tuner ''Elf' serving as prelude to the traditionally boffo Thanksgiving frame. The success of [...]

It's expensive. It's labor-intensive. And it may or may not lead to a quantifiable box office benefit. But Broadway shows still push to get musical numbers featured on TV talkshows [...]

It's not just Scott Rudin anymore. You can see Hollywood's fingerprints all over this year's crop of Tony-nominated shows THIS YEAR, FOUR SHOWS THAT HARK BACK TO FILMS FROM HOLLYWOOD'S [...]

The ads for Manhattan Theater Club's Broadway production of 'Top Girls' resemble a glammed-up photo spread for 'Sex and the City.' But make no mistake: The 1982 Caryl Churchill play [...]

'The Little Dog Laughed,' the Douglas Carter Beane comedy that's struggled at the box office since it began performances on Broadway on Oct. 26, will close Feb. 18. Hollywood-set play, [...]

'Slava's Snowshow,' the nouveau clown show coming off a boffo week Off Broadway, aims to spend the 2007 holidays on Broadway. 'Snowshow' wraps its 2 1/2-year run at the Union [...]

The cast of the Broadway revival of 'Les Miserables' will be storming the barricades a while longer: Producer Cameron Mackintosh has announced that the show will be extended at the [...]

The mighty witches of 'Wicked' gave up their extended domination atop the Broadway grosses chart for a second straight week, relinquishing the No. 1 position again to holiday upstart 'Dr. [...]

How much is an endorsement from Oprah Winfrey worth on Broadway? So far, about a couple of million. Winfrey, one of the producers of the new tuner 'The Color Purple,' [...]

Another opening, another show, but not just another theater. The Little Shubert makes its debut tonight with the revue 'Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails.' The new 499-seater on West [...]