Following the line of canceled musicals that has preceded them (Hairspray and Legally Blonde), Wicked and Spamalot will be no more once February of 2009 dawns. Wicked will be leaving it’s place of origin (Chicago) on January 25th and Spamalot will no longer be seen at Shubert Theatre after January 17th. Due to low ticket sales, Spamalot will not be able to continue.

Greening The Great White Way Today New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg along with the Broadway League, made a special announcement: Broadway is going green.

Leader of Broadway Dies Gerald Schoenfeld died early Tuesday at his Manhattan home, said Sam Rudy, a spokesman for the Shubert Organization, according to a report by AP. The cause of his death was not immediately known

Mayor’s Office and Broadway League Making Announcment In one of the most inexplicable articles recently written about Broadway, Patricia Cohen the New York Times describes theater people as having an “unusual guilty glee” at the news of a show’s recent closing announcement. I can’t see anyone who loves theater happy at the news of the number of show closings this season. Sobering is the word. The number and frequency of strong shows closing on Broadway is breathtaking

  British playwright Catherine Johnson has taken all of the ABBA songs that you loved so dearly and placed them inside of her smash musical hit “Mamma Mia!” However, it would be more applicable to say that the ABBA songs are the driving force of the show. Inspired by their songs, Johnson created a fictional story to serve as the backdrop to put ABBA on display once more. Since its opening in 1999, the musical has garnered over 2 billion dollars and continues to delight theatre goers

A Wonder of the Season  We were at the Broadway opening of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas last night in New York. Click here to read a full story on last nights events. Want to see pictures from the red carpet and after party?

Young Talent Combined With Teacher’s Love We had a chance to take a peak at the Applause Theater Workshop in Manhattan recently. Founder, Audrey Kaplan spoke to us on why she started the theater school and why it is one of the best acting school in Manhattan. Click here to see kids learning how to become Broadway stars

Mel Brooks’ Musical Ending The Mel Brooks’ Musical Young Frankenstein today announced that it will close on January 4, 2009. The production has run for over a year, surviving an early sabotage to become an audience favorite. This is the third Broadway production in the last two days to announce its closing in January.

Newest Issue Hits The Town We are quite thrilled to share the news that the new holiday issue of Broadway Magazine is now available in New York City. Check your hotel or the Times Square Visitor Center (1560 Broadway- between 46th & 47th) for free copies. Also, Broadway Ambassadors hand the free magazine out in the Duffy Square area of Times Square every day (but Monday)

Vampire Movie Could Live On Broadway? With the opening of the vampire movie Twilight all over the news, it is only natural to speculate that the theatrical vampire story may find its way to the Broadway stage. Can Edward Cullen (or Robert Pattinson ) and Bella Swan (or Kristen Stewart ) sing and dance?