In 2005, Lennon, starring Will Chase, Mandy Gonzalez, Terrence Mann, and Julia Murney, opens on Broadway.

In 1975, Liza Minnelli joins the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart.

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune begins May 4 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

The Tony nominee will play a defense attorney in the eight-episode series about the Menendez Brothers.

The 2002-2003 Tony Award Administration Committee has announced the rules for the current Broadway season, which began in May. Included is a new rule about "classic" productions that could affect current and upcoming shows.

The 2002-2003 Tony Award Administration Committee has announced the rules for the current Broadway season, which began in May. Included is a new rule about "classic" productions that could affect current and upcoming shows.

While theatres remain dark, revisit some of your favorites with Inside the Theatre, and get a closer look at the details you might miss before the show—plus a deep dive into the theatre's history.

The Araca Group, producers behind the risky (and so far, quite successful) move of Urinetown from Off-Off-Broadway to Broadway's Henry Miller Theatre, were planning to bring a revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune to Broadway's Belasco Theatre in the spring. Owing to its stars' schedules, plans have now been pushed to August, with the Belasco still a possible venue but not definite. Spokespersons for the show at the Boneau/Bryan-Brown press office confirmed Dec. 28 and again Jan. 10, 2002 that the McNally play would now be on the boards in "late summer or fall."

Plenty of lucky Broadway actors won't have to worry about getting up on Tuesday, New Year's Day, to drag their hungover bodies to the theatre to do a show. The casts of By Jeeves, Kiss Me, Kate and The Music Man can celebrate to their hearts content on Dec. 31, because their shows will have closed on Dec. 30. (I know, I know; I'm just trying to cast a positive light on the situation.)

Plenty of lucky Broadway actors won't have to worry about getting up on Tuesday, New Year's Day, to drag their hungover bodies to the theatre to do a show. The casts of By Jeeves, Kiss Me, Kate and The Music Man can celebrate to their hearts content on Dec. 31, because their shows will have closed on Dec. 30. (I know, I know; I'm just trying to cast a positive light on the situation.)

Schedule subject to change.

Schedule subject to change.

Schedule subject to change.

Frankie and Johnny were lovers.
Oh, what a sad-funny fling;
If they lock Falco and Tucci
They'll be at at the Belasco next spring...

The commercial and nonprofit arms of the New York theatre community this week stated, in words and actions, that they didn't expect the chilly economic wind emanating from Ground Zero to die down any time soon. The League of American Theatres and Producers released a study, conducted since mid-September, stating what many long suspected—tourist attendance is down 55 percent compared to a similar time period last year. Meanwhile, the Public Theater—suffering from a 15 percent cut in city funds and with an eye toward a potentially cash-lean future—announced it was laying off roughly 15 percent of its staff. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, another theatre housed in a city-owned building, is in the same boat, counting itself suddenly $1 million in the hole. One production, from South African, has already been sacrificed with more belt-tightening to come.

The commercial and nonprofit arms of the New York theatre community this week stated, in words and actions, that they didn't expect the chilly economic wind emanating from Ground Zero to die down any time soon. The League of American Theatres and Producers released a study, conducted since mid-September, stating what many long suspected—tourist attendance is down 55 percent compared to a similar time period last year. Meanwhile, the Public Theater—suffering from a 15 percent cut in city funds and with an eye toward a potentially cash-lean future—announced it was laying off roughly 15 percent of its staff. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, another theatre housed in a city-owned building, is in the same boat, counting itself suddenly $1 million in the hole. One production, from South African, has already been sacrificed with more belt-tightening to come.

The commercial and nonprofit arms of the New York theatre community this week stated, in words and actions, that they didn't expect the chilly economic wind emanating from Ground Zero to die down any time soon. The League of American Theatres and Producers released a study, conducted since mid-September, stating what many long suspected—tourist attendance is down 55 percent compared to a similar time period last year. Meanwhile, the Public Theater—suffering from a 15 percent cut in city funds and with an eye toward a potentially cash-lean future—announced it was laying off roughly 15 percent of its staff. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, another theatre housed in a city-owned building, is in the same boat, counting itself suddenly $1 million in the hole. One production, from South African, has already been sacrificed with more belt-tightening to come.