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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Drag: The Musical to Release Live Album Featuring Alaska Thunderf*ck, Liza Minnelli and More by Hayley Levitt

Drag: The Musical, running through April 27 at New World Stages, will release a live cast album on April 25. The album is produced by Liza Minnelli (co-producer of the show) and co-creator …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PM
Friday, April 11, 2025

In Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway, Comedian Ilana Glazer Can Lose Her Signature Chill by Hayley Levitt

Ilana Glazer’s magic trick is fooling you into thinking she’s really the underachieving stoner chick she plays on screen. Yes, she shares a first name with Ilana Wexler, the chaotic but…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Sunset Boulevard's Diego Andres Rodriguez to Star Opposite Rachel Zegler in Jamie Lloyd's Evita in London by Hayley Levitt

Diego Andres Rodriguez will join the previously announced Rachel Zegler in Jamie Lloyd's revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita at the London Palladium this summer. Rodriguez,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM
Saturday, April 5, 2025

The Last Five Years Through the Years: Veteran Cathys and Jamies Reflect as the Musical Two-Hander Lands on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

In 1999, just on the cusp of 30, Jason Robert Brown won his first Tony Award. It was for Best Original Musical Score for Parade, an ambitious, two-act drama with sweeping Americana melodie…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Broadway's Rising Star Joy Woods on Giving Gen Z a Gypsy to Remember by Hayley Levitt

Joy Woods doesn't burn hot and fast with her characters. She's more apt to let them simmer a while, giving them time to reveal themselves in due course—even if the Broadway calendar refuse…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Adam Driver, Kara Young, Alaska Thunderf*ck and More Receive Lucille Lortel Award Nominations by Hayley Levitt

Nominations for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced today by Francis Jue, star of Broadway’s Yellow Face, and Krysta Rodriguez, currently appearing in Smash on Broadway. T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PM
Friday, March 28, 2025

Netflix to Release Backstage Documentary Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Hayley Levitt

As Stranger Things: The First Shadow prepares to take its first Broadway bow at the Marquis Theatre, Netflix has announced plans to release a documentary about the making of the theatrical…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AM
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

John Krasinski to Star in Penelope Skinner's Angry Alan, the Debut Production at Studio Seaview by Hayley Levitt

John Krasinski will perform the one-man dark comedy Angry Alan, written by Penelope Skinner and co-created by Don Mackay. It will be the inaugural production at Studio Seaview—the midtown …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Little Shop of Horrors Stars Milo Manheim and Elizabeth Gillies on Being a Seymour and Audrey for the Next Generation of Superfans by Hayley Levitt

In 2003, Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler birthed a new generation of Little Shop of Horors fans: millennials who practiced their "Suddenly Seymour" harmonies in the shower and dreamed of one…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

The Jonathan Larson Project Will Play Its Final Performance on March 30 by Hayley Levitt

The Jonathan Larson Project, a revue of the late Rent composer's unpublished work, will play its final off-Broadway performance at the Orpheum Theatre on March 30. The show began previews …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren on How Their Paths Intersected for the Broadway Premiere of The Last Five Years by Hayley Levitt

It was 2002 and Nick Jonas—pre-Disney Channel and family-band stardom—was playing Chip in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. He was one of the only kids in a magical cupboard of seasoned …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Tituss Burgess on Making Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! Dream Cast Come True and Returning to Broadway on His Own Terms by Hayley Levitt

"I fantasize about Tituss Burgess."  That was Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!'s original star and mastermind, back in July 2024, just before his downtown hit opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM
Friday, March 14, 2025

Helperbot Next Door with Maybe Happy Ending's Helen J Shen, Episode 6: 'See You Around, Neighbor' by Hayley Levitt

Helen J Shen is making her Broadway debut in the robot romcom Maybe Happy Ending, pairing up with Darren Criss for its futuristic and life-affirming will-they-won't-they. And like in al…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Exclusive: See the Cast of The Jonathan Larson Project Perform the Musical's Showstopper 'Love Heals' by Hayley Levitt

The Jonathan Larson Project, conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper and directed by John Simpkins, is unearthing lost treasures by the late Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning composer at the O…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Molly Osborne Is Making Her Broadway Debut as the Desdemona to Denzel Washington's Othello—Maybe Someday She'll Believe It by Hayley Levitt

Age: 27 Hometown: Wivenhoe in Essex, U.K. Current Role: Molly Osborne plays Desdemona in Kenny Leon’s production of Othello, starring Denzel Washington in the title role and Jake Gyllenh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM
Monday, March 10, 2025

Buena Vista Social Club: From Hollywood Glamour to Bloody Revolution, How an Island of Mystery Produced a Musical Sensation by Hayley Levitt

In March 1996, 20 musicians—many of them stars of Cuba’s pre-revolution “golden age”—spent six days in Havana’s EGREM studio recording Buena Vista Social Club. As the story goes,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM

The Queen of Versailles, Starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham, Will Open at Broadway's St. James Theatre in the Fall by Hayley Levitt

The Queen of Versailles, the Stephen Schwartz-scored musical starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham as billionaire-couple Jackie and David Siegel, will open on Broadway this fall…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM

Jean Smart Will Return to Broadway in the World Premiere of Call Me Izzy, Opening This Summer by Hayley Levitt

Tony nominee and six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in the world premiere of Call Me Izzy, a new play by Jamie Wax (Evangeline) and directed by Sarna Lapin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM
Friday, March 7, 2025

Inside the Rehearsal Room with BOOP!, the Big Broadway Musical That's Gonna Be the Bee's Knees by Hayley Levitt

Vintage Betty Boop of the 1930s was a hip-swishing, boop-oop-a-doop-ing flapper chick whose colorful personality cut through the greyscale. She even had a coquettish theme song that put wo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM

Odds & Ends: Sunset Boulevard's Nicole Scherzinger to Make Carnegie Hall Debut, and More by Hayley Levitt

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Nicole Scherzinger Sets Carnegie Hall Debut for October 8 Nicole Scherzinger, Olivier Award-winning star of Broadway's Sunset Boule…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM

Helperbot Next Door with Maybe Happy Ending's Helen J Shen, Episode 5: A Recharge and a Trip to Jimmy Fallon by Hayley Levitt

Helen J Shen is making her Broadway debut in the robot romcom Maybe Happy Ending, pairing up with Darren Criss for its futuristic and life-affirming will-they-won't-they. And like in al…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

John Cardoza and Solea Pfeiffer Are Holding Tight to the Broadway Bullet Train That Is Moulin Rouge! by Hayley Levitt

"I've always kind of described it as a show that happens to you." That's how John Cardoza sees life at Moulin Rouge! on Broadway. And he's an old pro, having played the bohemian lover boy…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM

Redwood Creator Tina Landau and Composer Kate Diaz on Making the Trees Alive with the Sound of Music by Hayley Levitt

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, director and writer Tina Landau suddenly found herself with a lot of free time. She figured it was the right moment to call up Idina Menzel and resurrect an i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AM
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Operation Mincemeat's Jak Malone: How a Fan Artist Wound up at Sardi's Sipping Martinis with Patti LuPone by Hayley Levitt

Age: 31 Hometown: The Wirral in Merseyside, England Current Role: Jak Malone plays a variety of characters in Operation Mincemeat, most notably Hester Leggett, a fastidious MI5 staff membe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm Mark Their First Day at Shiz as Wicked's Newest Witches; New Production Photos! by Hayley Levitt

Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm begin their run at the Gershwin Theatre as Wicked's iconic pair of witches on March 4. Kebede takes over as Green Girl Elphaba while Trimm takes on the role…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PM

Here We Go Again! Mamma Mia! Returns to Broadway for Limited Summer Engagement by Hayley Levitt

Mamma Mia!, the hit musical set to ABBA's greatest hits, will return to its original Broadway home at the Winter Garden Theatre for a limited engagement this summer. The show will run for s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm Mark Their First Day at Shiz as Wicked's Newest Witches by Hayley Levitt

Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm begin their run at the Gershwin Theatre as Wicked's iconic pair of witches on March 4. Kebede takes over as Green Girl Elphaba while Trimm takes on the role…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03AM
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Wicked Costume Designer Paul Tazewell Wins the Academy Award by Hayley Levitt

Paul Tazewell brought it home for the Wicked film, winning the Oscar for Costume Design at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2. It was his second Oscar nomination, having been nominated in …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54PM
Friday, February 28, 2025

Helperbot Next Door with Maybe Happy Ending's Helen J Shen, Episode 4: At the 'Clairb' with Guest Host Hannah Kevitt by Hayley Levitt

Helen J Shen is making her Broadway debut in the robot romcom Maybe Happy Ending, pairing up with Darren Criss for its futuristic and life-affirming will-they-won't-they. And like in al…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Sunset Boulevard, Starring Nicole Scherzinger, Will End Its Broadway Run This Summer by Hayley Levitt

Jamie Lloyd's revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring Olivier Award winner Nicole Scherzinger as faded film star Norma Desmond, will play its final performance at the St. James Theatre on Ju…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Saturday Church, with Music and Lyrics by Sia, to Have World Premiere at New York Theatre Workshop by Hayley Levitt

The world-premiere musical Saturday Church will open New York Theatre Workshop's 2025-26 season. The show features a a book by Emmy nominee Damon Cardasis (She Came to Me) and Pulitzer Pri…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre