Broadway theatre

The shutdown on Broadway has been extended again — until at least early September.

Although an exact date for performances to resume has yet to be determined, Broadway producers are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through Sept. 6.

New York's celebrated Broadway theaters have been shuttered since March 12 and may well not reopen before September. The very real fear is that with no public funding to help them weather the crisis, some shows may never reopen.     

Today is the World Theatre Day.

The date was chosen in 1961 at a congress of the UNESCO International Theater Institute and is associated with the opening of the season of the Theater of Nations in Paris in 1962, ITI reported.

These days, you can watch a Broadway musical from a subway train seat. You can get your stage fix at your local movie theater or hear a play while jogging. Theater just isn't what it used to be.

Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Aug. 26. He was 91.

Albania's government has come under fresh fire over a proposed law that will transfer the public property currently occupied by the National Theatre to a construction company, Fusha sh.p.k., in exchange for it erecting a new theatre building.

A hit play from the "Harry Potter" franchise joined an acclaimed revival of AIDS drama "Angels in America" to dominate Broadway's Tony award nominations on May 1.

‘Fiddler on The Roof,’ based on the ‘Tevye and his Daughters’ tale written in the Yiddish language and one of the shows running on Broadway, will make its premiere at Zorlu PSM on Jan 2, 2018. The show will continue on Jan 3, 25 and 26.

The Boss plans to stick around on Broadway - before he even gets started on Broadway.

Bruce Springsteen has said on his website that he'll extend his upcoming one-man show "Springsteen on Broadway" into early February, offering an extra 10 weeks of shows.

The young Turkish musical group 'Journey to Broadway' will present the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning 'Rent' musical in Istanbul. The musical will be on stage on April 11, 12 and 13 at the Ataşehir Mustafa Saffet Culture Center, the Kozyatağı Culture Center and the Caddebostan Culture Center respectively.