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Monday, February 3, 2025

Broadway’s Tara Rubin Casting Changes Name To The TRC Company As Founder Hands Over Leadership by Greg Evans

Tara Rubin Casting, one of the busiest casting agencies on Broadway, is changing its name to The TRC Company as Rubin hands over leadership to casting associates Claire Burke, Kevin Metzger-…

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Obie Awards: Cole Escola, ‘Teeth’ And ‘Cats’ Reimagining Among Tonight’s Winners by Greg Evans

Oh, Mary!‘s Cole Escola, the drag ball reimagining of Cats and Jeremy Tiang’s Salesman之死 are among the big winners of this year’s Obie Awards honoring Off and Off Off Broadway prod…

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Jenny Gersten Named Artistic Director Of New York City Center’s Encores! by Greg Evans

Jenny Gersten, New York City Center VP & Producer has been upped to the new position of VP & Artistic Director, Musical Theater, according to New York City Center President & CEO…

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‘Hadestown’ Original Broadway Cast Reunites For Live Filming In London by Greg Evans

Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell’s hit Tony-winning Broadway musical based on the Orpheus myth will be professionally filmed live during its current West End engagement featuring the original Br…

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

First Look: Jimmy Fallon Goes ‘All In’ For Broadway Debut by Greg Evans

Late night TV star and former SNL regular Jimmy Fallon made his Broadway debut last night, even if it won’t be particularly a long-running gig. Fallon will do six performances of All In: C…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

‘Redwood’ With Idina Menzel Sells Out First Two Previews; Jimmy Fallon Debuts Tonight In ‘All In’ – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

The annual winter Broadway Week 2-for-1 ticket promotion – it’s actually several weeks, but no one’s complaining – arrived January 21, and as usual the promotion took a bite into gro…

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Dolly Parton Stage Musical Sets Pre-Broadway Nashville Premiere by Greg Evans

With music by Dolly Parton and direction by nine-time Tony Award nominee Bartlett Sher, Dolly: An Original Musical will will play a four-week limited engagement in Nashville this summer befo…

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Baryshnikov Arts To Celebrate 20th Season With New Works Starring Christopher Abbott, Jessica Hecht, Marisa Tomei And Others by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Baryshnikov Arts, the New York City multidisciplinary arts organization founded in 2005 by artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov, will celebrate its 20th anniversary spring season…

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Monday, January 27, 2025

‘The Lost Boys’ Musical Sets Spring 2026 Broadway Arrival by Greg Evans

The Lost Boys, a musical adaptation of the classic 1987 vampire film, will arrive in Broadway in spring 2026 at the Palace Theatre. The announcement was made today by producers James Carpine…

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‘A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical’ Announces Broadway Closing Date by Greg Evans

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, February 23, producers have announced. At the time of closing, the production will have pla…

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

‘English’ Broadway Review: Pulitzer Winner Lives Up To Expectations In Superb Production by Greg Evans

Absolutely nothing gets lost in the translation of Sanaz Toossi’s English as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a group of Iranians longing for the West finally makes its Broadway debut…

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Ken Wydro Dies: ‘Mama, I Want To Sing’ Co-Creator & Producer Was 81 by Greg Evans

Ken Wydro, who co-created, co-wrote and produced the long-running 1983 Off Broadway hit musical Mama, I Want To Sing inspired by the life of 1960s “Just One Look” singer Doris Troy, died…

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Trisha Paytas’ One-Night-Only ‘Big Broadway Dream’ To Feature Special Guests Sutton Foster, Ben Platt, Rachel Zegler, Joy Woods & Surprises by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The “Big Broadway Dream” of internet sensation Trisha Paytas just got a bit bigger: The one-night-only event at Broadway’s St. James Theatre next month will include special …

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

‘Wicked’ Casts Lencia Kebede As Broadway’s First Black Elphaba; Allie Trimm To Join As Glinda by Greg Evans

Wicked is getting a new Elphaba, and she’s about to make history: Lencia Kebede will be the first Black actress to assume the role full time in the Broadway company. Kebede, who recently s…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

‘Our Town’ Closes On A High Note While Some Original Cast Members Of ‘Oh, Mary!’ & ‘The Great Gatsby’ Take Final Bows – Broadway Box by Greg Evans

Broadway said a few so-longs last week, with the star-studded Our Town ending its limited run and some original cast members of Oh, Mary! and The Great Gatsby giving way to replacements. Tic…

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Taran Killam Steps Away From Off Broadway’s ‘Urinetown’ After Losing Home In L.A. Fires by Greg Evans

Taran Killam has dropped out of the upcoming Off Broadway production of the popular comedy Urinetown following the destruction of his home in the Pacific Palisades fires earlier this month. …

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Much Anticipated ‘Dead Outlaw’ Musical Announces Broadway Cast & Creative Team by Greg Evans

Dead Outlaw, the much anticipated Broadway musical coming this spring, has announced that the cast of the critically acclaimed Off Broadway cast will reprise their roles from the 2024 stagin…

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Monday, January 20, 2025

Lynne Taylor-Corbett Dies: Choreographer For Hollywood’s ‘Footloose’, Broadway’s ‘Titanic’ Was 78 by Greg Evans

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the Tony Award-nominated choreographer of Broadway’s Swing and Titanic who also left an indelible mark on Hollywood by guiding Kevin Bacon through his famed solo danc…

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Friday, January 17, 2025

Merle Louise Dies: Original ‘Gypsy’ Cast Member, Sondheim Favorite Was 90 by Greg Evans

Merle Louise, whose Broadway debut in the original cast of Gypsy launched a decades-long association with Stephen Sondheim that would include notable appearances in Company, Sweeney Todd and…

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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Skateboarding Zombie Comic Series ‘Ollie Mongo’ Prepping To Stick A Landing With Broadway Musical by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Ollie Mongo, the teenage post-apocalyptic skateboarding zombie who has built a devoted fanbase since his creation as a digital comic series in 2016 now has his wheels aimed for Br…

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‘Real Women Have Curves’ Broadway Musical Casts Justina Machado & Tatianna Córdoba In Lead Roles by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Justina Machado (One Day at a Time, Broadway’s In The Heights) and Broadway newcomer Tatianna Córdoba have been cast as the leads in the upcoming Broadway production Real Women…

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Atlantic Theater Company Closes Two Off Broadway Productions Amidst Stagehands Strike by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The Atlantic Theater Company, one of Off Broadway’s most celebrated theaters, has officially closed two new, previewing productions – Eliya Smith’s Grief Camp and Mona Pirno…

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Orville Peck And Eva Noblezada Set For Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’ As New Emcee And Sally Bowles by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Masked country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada are set as the new Emcee and Sally Bowles of Broadway’s Cabaret at the KitKat Club, producer…

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Robert Machray Dies: Character Actor Who Played Fire Marshal Dobbins On ‘Cheers’ Was 79 by Greg Evans

Robert Machray, whose prolific, decades-long career as a character actor included appearances on Three’s Company, Roseanne, Suddenly Susan, The Drew Carey Show and, in a four-episode recur…

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‘Stereophonic’ Ends Run With Full House And $1M Gross; Overall Broadway Box Office Slips Post-Holidays by Greg Evans

Broadway took a somewhat humbling post-holiday slip at the box office last week, with the roster of shows down by three productions and overall receipts off by about 29% from the previous we…

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Gracie Lawrence To Make Broadway Debut Opposite Jonathan Groff In ‘Just In Time’; Emily Bergl Joins Cast by Greg Evans

Gracie Lawrence of The Sex Lives of College Girls and the band Lawrence will make her Broadway debut this spring opposite Jonathan Groff in the Bobby Darin musical Just In Time. She’ll pla…

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Monday, January 13, 2025

Broadway Producer Seaview Acquires Second Stage’s Historic Tony Kiser Theater Off Broadway by Greg Evans

Seaview, the Tony Award winning production company behind such Broadway shows as Stereophonic, Romeo + Juliet, Once Upon a Mattress and All In and recent Off Broadway stagings of Hold Onto M…

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Stagehands Strike Off Broadway’s Prominent Atlantic Theater Company, Two Productions Postponed by Greg Evans

After negotiations broke down over the weekend between Off Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the stagehands union ordered a …

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Thursday, January 9, 2025

Jack Waddell Dies: Revered Vocal Coach Honored As “Unsung Hero Of Broadway” Was 83 by Greg Evans

Jack Waddell, a former opera singer who became a beloved and revered vocal coach for such Broadway stars as Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vosk and Brandon Victor Dixon, died January 1 at hi…

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‘The Jonathan Larson Project’ World Premiere Musical Sets Cast: Taylor Iman Jones, Andy Mientus & More by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The Off Broadway world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical featuring dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals and pop songs found in files an…

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

‘Eureka Day’ Extends Broadway Run For Second Time by Greg Evans

Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s critically acclaimed comedy about a private school in California grappling with its vaccine policy, has extended its Broadway run for the second time. Extend…

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