In 2013, repertory productions of No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, open on Broadway.

A British entrepreneur is planning to elbow his way into one of the most exclusive clubs in New York—ownership of Broadway theaters. The New York Post reports that Howard Panter of the London-based Ambassador Theatre Group is looking to expand his holdings in the Times Square area, having purchased the Lyric Theatre last year.

Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street turns 100 on March 12. Martin Markinson and Jeff Tick, who own and operate the venue — first called The Little Theatre back in 1912 — will celebrate with a toast with friends, staff and guests. A more formal private centennial celebration is planned for May 24.

Who needs to look for news when you've got David Richenthal around? The theatrical producer has become a one-man font of new items and rampant speculation, and this week he ruled the trades and columns. The week began with more news about his projected Chicago-to-Broadway revival of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. Richenthal seems to have won the tug of war with British producer Bill Kenwright over the rights to the play (not a pushover opponent, Mr. Kenwright), and continues to court the star of Kenwright's London production of the drama, Jessica Lange. Richenthal's choice for director, Robert Falls, has also been chatting with Lange, who was sweetly noncommittal with Variety, saying "I'm not through with Mary [Tyrone] yet." Falls was more open about the ongoing negotiations to place the movie star on the Goodman Theatre stage opposite Brian Dennehy. Falls also mentioned that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Billy Crudup were in contention to play the two Tyrone sons. If all goes forward, Richenthal plans to move Journey from the Goodman to a March 2002 debut at a Jujamcyn house on Broadway.

Who needs to look for news when you've got David Richenthal around? The theatrical producer has become a one-man font of new items and rampant speculation, and this week he ruled the trades and columns. The week began with more news about his projected Chicago-to-Broadway revival of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. Richenthal seems to have won the tug of war with British producer Bill Kenwright over the rights to the play (not a pushover opponent, Mr. Kenwright), and continues to court the star of Kenwright's London production of the drama, Jessica Lange. Richenthal's choice for director, Robert Falls, has also been chatting with Lange, who was sweetly noncommittal with Variety, saying "I'm not through with Mary [Tyrone] yet." Falls was more open about the ongoing negotiations to place the movie star on the Goodman Theatre stage opposite Brian Dennehy. Falls also mentioned that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Billy Crudup were in contention to play the two Tyrone sons. If all goes forward, Richenthal plans to move Journey from the Goodman to a March 2002 debut at a Jujamcyn house on Broadway.

Happy birthday to Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Suzanne Bertish and Paxton Whitehead are presented with the 2014 Joe A. Callaway Awards by the Actors’ Equity Foundation Jan. 9.

Suzanne Bertish and Paxton Whitehead are the recipients of the 2014 Joe A. Callaway Awards presented by the Actors’ Equity Foundation.

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.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the British-based live-theatre company that recently announced plans to reopen and operate the 1903 vintage Hudson Theatre as a Broadway house, also will contain a "private British-style [theatre] club," according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the British-based live-theatre company that established a Broadway beachhead in 2014 with the purchase of Broadway's biggest theatre, the Lyric, has made good on its plans to expand its Broadway holdings. The company announced that it will reopen and operate the 1903 vintage Hudson Theatre on West 44th Street, east of Times Square, as a Broadway house.

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.

The theatre is scheduled to reopen in March 2017 with Burn This.

The support organization for show folk began in 1882 with a question that appeared in the New York Dramatic Mirror: "Who Will Start the Actors' Fund?"

The Band's Visit opens on Broadway in 2017.

In 2008, Jason Robert Brown's musical 13 opens on Broadway.

The Broadway revival of Prelude to a Kiss — starring John Mahoney, Annie Parisse and Alan Tudyk — ends its scheduled run April 29 at the American Airlines Theatre.