Saturday, April 27, 2024

The Broadway Review: ‘Illinoise’ is a rapturous album tenderly brought to life by Brittani Samuel

Director-choreographer Justin Peck’s unique dance-theater-concert hybrid is a commendable, imaginative rendering of Sufjan Stevens’ concept album.

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Friday, April 26, 2024

Tony Awards makes final eligibility determinations for the 2023-2024 Broadway season by Michael Abourizk

The eligibility rulings for 12 productions have been announced.

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Actors’ Equity issues deadline for Development Agreement negotiations by Ruthie Fierberg

The union for professional actors and stage managers is currently bargaining with the Broadway League.

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Broadway revival of ‘The Wiz’ will receive cast album by Michael Abourizk

The production opened in April at the Marquis Theatre.

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‘Forbidden Broadway’ will not play the Main Stem this summer by Michael Abourizk

The musical revue has postponed its Broadway bow.

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In ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,’ playwright Jocelyn Bioh achieves ultimate balance by Ruthie Fierberg

Set in a Harlem-based African braiding salon, Bioh’s comedy blends humor and sincerity, familiarity and hyper-specificity and a micro story with macro issues.

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The Broadway Review:  With ‘The Great Gatsby,’ a production that’s more pyrite than treasure by Brittani Samuel

Director Marc Bruni mounts a sumptuous musical adaptation of the American classic that represents how dazzling theater can look, but now how impactful it can be.

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The Broadway Review: ‘Mother Play’ — Paula Vogel’s mother of a memory play by Brittani Samuel

Vogel’s nuanced exploration of her own family sets the stage for a profound and humorous new American play. 

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry will announce the 2024 Tony Award nominations by Michael Abourizk

Nominations for the 77th annual ceremony will be revealed on April 30.

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Bebe Neuwirth will announce 2024 Chita Rivera Award nominations by Michael Abourizk

The awards honor excellence in dance and choreography.

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Manhattan Theatre Club’s ‘Mary Jane’ receives extension by Michael Abourizk

The Amy Herzog drama will run two weeks longer than originally announced.

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The Broadway Review: An amorphous ‘Uncle Vanya’ straddles different times and genres by Brittani Samuel

Heidi Schreck pens a comedy-bolstered but disorienting translation of Chekhov’s seminal play.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Kathleen Turner to announce 2024 Drama Desk nominations by Michael Abourizk

The award nominations will be revealed on April 29.

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‘Cabaret’ cancels April 24 matinée due to cast illness by Andy Lefkowitz

The 8 p.m. evening performance is expected to proceed as planned.

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Cole Escola’s new comedy ‘Oh, Mary!’ to open on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

The comedy is currently making its world premiere at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre.

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Broadway’s ‘Great Gatsby’ musical to receive original cast recording by Andy Lefkowitz

The new musical is currently in previews at the Broadway Theatre.

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Episodes 10 and 11: Inside the full creation process for ‘Harmony’ by Ruthie Fierberg

Librettist Bruce Sussman, director Warren Carlyle, designers Beowulf Boritt, Linda Cho, Ricky Lurie, Peggy Eisenhauer and Dan Moses Schrier — plus members of the company — break down the…

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The Broadway Review: ‘Mary Jane’ — a heart-shattering drama that puts care at its core by Brittani Samuel

Amy Herzog’s play about a mother and her ill son is an expertly-crafted exploration of allegiance and love.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Broadway’s ‘Suffs’ to receive original cast album by Michael Abourizk

The record will preserve Shaina Taub’s original score.

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Broadway attendance grows slightly as season’s end draws near by Michael Abourizk

For the week ending April 21, the 36 currently running shows grossed $34,650,614.

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Amber Snead joins Murnane Casting by Michael Abourizk

Snead previously worked on “The Lion King.”

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Adi Roy will take on title role in Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ by Michael Abourizk

Roy previously played the role in the national tour.

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Monday, April 22, 2024

The Broadway Review: ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’ is a greatest-hits album of Broadway cliches by Brittani Samuel

Jonathan A. Abrams’s offering is a rote but still rollickin’ musical scored to Huey Lewis and the News’ nostalgia-inducing discography. 

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The Broadway Review: ‘Patriots’ is a bullish new play that doesn’t reach its epic ambitions by Brittani Samuel

In Peter Morgan’s latest, cartoonish versions of the red-blooded Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his political puppet, Vladimir Putin, go head-to-head.

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‘Watcher in the Woods’ will offer industry reading by Michael Abourizk

Kenita R. Miller, Julia Murney and others will appear in the musical adaptation of the Florence Engel Randall novel.

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards