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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Ron Chernow to Adapt Lin-Manuel Miranda Biography Into Hip-Hop Musical by Broadway Beat

by Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. BROOKLYN, New York —  Journalist and biographer Ron Chernow announced today that he will adapt...

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

“Black and White Headshots are So Back!” says Guy Whose Printer is Low on Ink by Broadway Beat

by Leah Windahl. @leah_windahl. NEW YORK, NY – At home, actor James Camarillo may have just been a guy with no printer ink. But in a...

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WOW! Community Theatre "Discovers" Content Warnings by Broadway Beat

by Zack Hodges. @hodges_3.0. COLUMBUS, Oh. — Local political activist and fresh-out-of-college barista Sara Stickles announced her...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Exciting! The Plant From MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Has Announced That He is Now Offer-Only by Broadway Beat

by Keeley Bell. @omgitskee. NEW YORK, NY. – Long gone are the days where playing a tree onstage was considered an insult. HwaBoon, the...

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Friday, August 1, 2025

Top Five Worse Things Than Staring at the Water as You’re Posing for a Picture Being Painted by Your Lover After Sleeping on the Ferry After Getting by Broadway Beat

by Reilly Wilmit. @Reilly.Wilmit. NEW YORK, NY – Uh-oh! You were looking forward to some fun in the sun this Labor Day weekend, but not...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

OPINION: Why Is It Always Casey Likes and Never Casey Subscribes? by Broadway Beat

by Mike Abrams. @TheWrongCatDied. NEW YORK, NY – Do you ever feel like you are in Tik Tok jail? Or wonder why your YouTube channel is...

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

We Found Out Why Jenny’s Afraid of Water, and It’s Sharks by Broadway Beat

by Sarah Lasko. @saraheleora. After years of speculation, our journalists can now confirm that the actual reason Jenny’s afraid of water...

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BREAKING: World Premiere Musical Features the Music of Ed Sheeran, Also the Teeth of Ed Sheeran But We’re Not Sure What They Mean By That? by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. By Harald Krichel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88009757 NEW...

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High School Theatre Teacher Spent Whole Night Coming Up with Cast List Optimized to Destroy Friendships by Broadway Beat

by Brady Thomas. @cbradyt. BAKERSFIELD, CA. —  The halls of Bakersfield Preparatory High School hummed with anticipation as theatre...

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Kid Playing Dolls Has Figured Out the Meisner Method? by Broadway Beat

by Allyson Stathers. @allysonstathers. LANCASTER, KY — Ten year-old Bella Halstead has reportedly figured out the Meisner Method while...

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Site-Specific Production of NEXT TO NORMAL Revealed as Trap to Get Tenors in Therapy by Broadway Beat

by Izzy Knapp. @izzyknapptheatre. BROOKLYN, New York — A site-specific production of Next to Normal , staged at Mount Sinai, has been...

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Little Girl Dreams of Broadway Stardom So That She Can One Day Be Cast in a Small Role on HBO’s THE GILDED AGE by Broadway Beat

by Kinsey Jasnoch. @kinseyjasnoch. EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Nine-year-old Lily Crimp officially announced today that when she grows up, she...

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BREAKING: Suffs from 2024 Tony Performance Still Slowly Marching Toward Us by Broadway Beat

by Jake Alexander. @ jake.alexander.play wright. NEW YORK, NY - Terrifying as a tidal wave approaching shore, there are reports that...

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

“AI is the Future of Art!” says Producer Who Hasn’t Used Zoom Right Even Once by Broadway Beat

by Dylan Bivings. FT. COLLINS, Co - After reports that his new musical is facing script delays, Producer David Dunn, who has never used...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

BOOKED AND BLESSED! This Man is in The Epstein Files by Broadway Beat

WASHINGTON D.C. — Booked it, baby! It was revealed today that the DOJ informed Donald Trump that he is, officially, in the Epstein files....

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Tragic: Local Actor Trills Lips So Fast He Flies Away by Broadway Beat

by Elanna White. @ewelannawhite. WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - Summer stock patrons and performers alike were flummoxed this week when local actor...

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Zohran Mamdani Listed HAMILTON as His Favorite Musical in 2015, But It Didn’t Show Up On His Spotify Wrapped That Year, Per NYT by Broadway Beat

by Jake Alexander. @ jake.alexander.playwright. Hamilton poster provided by https://www.reddit.com/r/hamiltonmusical/comments/4urvcg/loo...

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Ah, Shit: Set Designer Made Rapunzel’s Tower Way Too Short by Broadway Beat

by Ben Schrager. Instagram: @ben.schrager. Bluesky: @ benschrager.bsky.social . SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH. –  Theatergoers at Saturday evening’s...

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"The Search for Dolly" Unsuccessful, She’s Still Missing by Broadway Beat

by Eli Mendenhall. @elihmen. Photo by Curtis Hilbun - http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/liseberg/image/view/dolly-parton-mottagare-a...

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Casting Director Stuck in Traffic After Choosing to Go in Another Direction by Broadway Beat

by Matt Keeley. @reallymattkeeley. LOS ANGELES – In a predicament wholly unique to his profession, casting director Martin Pennington...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

BREAKING: Broadway Announces Official Reopening After COVID-19 Shutdown by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Curtain up! Broadway announced today its official reopening following the devastating...

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Dunkin’ Donuts to Begin Selling Middle of Jennifer Simard in DEATH BECOMES HER as Munchkin Flavor by Broadway Beat

by Phin Samdperil. NEW YORK, NY — In an attempt to fund the operating costs of Death Becomes Her , a pop-up Dunkin’ Donuts location has...

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

AMAZING! Tenor Discovers “Macbeth” Isn’t the Only Word You Can Get in Trouble for Saying by Broadway Beat

by Phin Samdperil. TOLEDO, OH — Braden Slater, a high school junior at the Toledo School For the Arts, has earned a one-week suspension...

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Mixing it Up! For Final Week, DEAD OUTLAW Swapped Corpses With OPERATION MINCEMEAT, Just for Funsies by Broadway Beat

by Ben Schrager. Instagram: @ben.schrager. Bluesky: @ benschrager.bsky.social . NEW YORK, NY. –  This summer on Broadway is getting...

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WICKED: FOR GOOD to Open with Public “Executionification” of Pfannee and Shenshen by Broadway Beat

by James La Bella. @ James.La . Bella. LOS ANGELES - Let us be glad, let us be…shocked? Leaked script to Wicked: For Good  reveals the...

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

15 Famous Actors Who Got Their Start on Broadway, Maybe, I Don’t Know, We’re Banned from Wikipedia by Broadway Beat

by The Broadway Beat writers, in alphabetical order: Mike Abrams, Jake Alexander, Isabella Basile, Kinsey Jasnoch, Matt Keeley, Sarah...

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Degree in Stage Management Turns Out Useful for Organizing Orgy by Broadway Beat

by Garrett Brown. @garrettbrownproductions. NEW YORK, NY —  Mariner Duncan, a recent graduate from NYU Tisch School of the Arts,...

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Audra McDonald Receives 2026 Tony Nomination; Production to be Announced by Broadway Beat

by Jake Alexander. Original photo by Heather Gershonowitz. NEW YORK, NY - Audra McDonald has already  been announced as a 2026 Tony...

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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Greek Remains of Rotating Stage by Broadway Beat

by O. V. Ashbury. ATHENS, Greece —  Northeastern University professor Shannon Matheson announced today that a recent dig uncovered the...

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Broadway to Lower Thermostats to 68 in Honor of Dads Not Being Made of Money by Broadway Beat

by Matt Keeley. @reallymattkeeley. NEW YORK, NY - In a heartfelt display of solidarity among the performance community, the league of...

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Broadway Play Features Promo with Cast All Wearing Black, So Get Ready to Lock the Fuck In by Broadway Beat

by Ben Schrager. Instagram: @ben.schrager. Bluesky: @ benschrager.bsky.social NEW YORK, NY. – The marquee for Cort McClintock’s new play...

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