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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Tony Winners Wendell Pierce and Sarah Paulson Will Announce 2025 Tony Nominations by Darryn King

Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce will announce the nominations for the 78th Annual Tony Awards on May 1. A selection of categories will be revealed live from Sofitel New York on CBS Mornings…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PM

Death Becomes Her to Launch North American Tour in Fall 2026 by Darryn King

Death Becomes Her will head out on a multi-year North American tour beginning in fall 2026. The tour will launch at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, with planned stops in Los Angeles, Sa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM

2025 Drama League Nominations Announced; Idina Menzel, Helen J Shen, Nicole Scherzinger, Lea Salonga and More Up for Awards by Darryn King

The Drama League has announced the nominees for the 2025 Drama League Awards. Honoring Broadway and off-Broadway achievements, the nominations were announced by Sarah Hyland and Orville Pec…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Tony Winner Reed Birney and Lisa Emery to Star in Postponed Lunar Eclipse Off-Broadway by Darryn King

Tony Award winner Reed Birney and Drama Desk Award nominee Lisa Emery are set to star in the postponed New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies’ Lunar Eclipse. The play…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Friday, April 18, 2025

Tony Winner Reed Birney and Lisa Emery to Star in Lunar Eclipse Off-Broadway by Darryn King

Tony Award winner Reed Birney and Drama Desk Award nominee Lisa Emery will star in the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies’ Lunar Eclipse. The play, a Second Stage…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM

Jeremy Jordan, Lizzy McAlpine and Jason Gotay on Floyd Collins' Ascent to Broadway by Darryn King

For musical theater aficionados inclined to spelunk through the obscurest corners of the canon looking for treasures, Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins—which ran for 25 performances off-Broad…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Floyd Collins to Release Original Broadway Cast Recording by Darryn King

Floyd Collins will release an original Broadway cast recording both physically and digitally on July 11. Star Jeremy Jordan, who plays the cave explorer of the title in the Lincoln Center T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

TLC Musical CrazySexyCool Set for World Premiere Next Summer by Darryn King

They’re not chasing waterfalls—but they may be chasing Broadway. A musical about and driven by the songs of the female R&B superstars TLC—the group behind such enduringly smooth a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:24PM

TLC Musical CrazySexyCool Set for World Premiere This Summer by Darryn King

They’re not chasing waterfalls—but they may be chasing Broadway. A musical about and driven by the songs of the female R&B superstars TLC—the group behind such enduringly smooth a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM
Monday, April 14, 2025

Tony Winner Leslie Odom Jr. to Return to Hamilton as Aaron Burr by Darryn King

Tony and Grammy-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Oscar-nominated performer Leslie Odom Jr. is set to return to his role as Aaron Burr in Hamilton. Odom will reprise the role, which he o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM

Waiting for Godot, Starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, Sets Venue and Dates by Darryn King

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, starring Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure co-stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, has set its venue and performance dates. The production will begin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM
Friday, April 11, 2025

Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility for Glengarry Glen Ross, Operation Mincemeat, Redwood and More by Darryn King

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 10 to confirm the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. This was the second time this season that the…

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Off-Broadway Hit Titanique to Set Sail For the Last Time (But Our Hearts Will Go On) by Darryn King

The musical comedy Titanique will play its final performance off-Broadway on June 15. The splash-hit comedy, sending up the blockbuster film Titanic and driven by the songs of pop icon Cé…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PM

Broadway Cast Recording for Gypsy, Starring Audra McDonald, to Be Released This Month by Darryn King

The cast recording for the current Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald as Momma Rose, will be released on streaming and digital formats on April 25. CD and vinyl editions wil…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM

Two-Time Tony Winner Bryan Cranston to Star in All My Sons in London, Directed by Ivo van Hove by Darryn King

Two-time Tony winner, six-time Emmy winner and Olivier winner Bryan Cranston will reunite with director Ivo van Hove in a production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons in London’s West End i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

William Finn, Tony-Winning Composer of Falsettos, A New Brain and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dies at 73 by Darryn King

William Finn, the two-time Tony-winning composer and lyricist known for subversive, bitingly funny and tragic musicals—including Falsettos, A New Brain and The 25th Annual Putnam County S…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM

See Jonathan Groff Rehearse Just in Time, His Most Dance-Heavy Role Yet by Darryn King

Best known for his golden tenor, Jonathan Groff will be the first to admit that he's never really had the chance to dance—to really dance—on Broadway before. Now, thanks to his training…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM

Real Women Have Curves Broadway Cast Album, Produced by Grammy Winner Julio Reyes Copello, Due in June by Darryn King

Julio Reyes Copello, the 15-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning music producer, composer and pianist, will produce the original Broadway cast recording for Real Women Have Curves: The…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM

Cole Escola Sworn In for Second Term at Oh, Mary! Tonight with Original Cast by Darryn King

Cole Escola, the writer and original star of Oh, Mary!, returns to the role they created—a gloriously demented take on First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln—at the Lyceum Theatre on April 8. Es…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48AM
Monday, April 7, 2025

John Lithgow in Giant, Broadway-Bound Oedipus, Titanique and More Win 2025 Olivier Awards by Darryn King

Giant, starring John Lithgow as children’s author Roald Dahl, the Broadway-bound Oedipus, and the off-Broadway hit Titanique were among the biggest winners at this year’s Olivier Awards.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Starring Sarah Snook, Extends Broadway Run by Two Weeks by Darryn King

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the multimedia take on the Oscar Wilde novel starring Emmy and Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook, has extended its Broadway run by two weeks. The play, which ope…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Waking Ned Devine Musical in the Works from Once's Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard by Darryn King

A musical based on the 1998 Fox Searchlight film Waking Ned Devine is in the works from the Academy Award-winning composers of Once. Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard are writing the musi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Presenting Pudgy, BOOP's Paws-itively Perfect Puppy Puppet by Darryn King

One of the breakout stars of this Broadway season is a lovable, cheeky pup named Pudgy. As Betty Boop's canine companion in BOOP!, the little scamp is winning hearts eight times a week. “H…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM
Monday, March 31, 2025

Richard Chamberlain, Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 90 by Darryn King

Richard Chamberlain, whose decades-long stage and screen career included celebrated performances in My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music on Broadway, has died. The actor passed away at his …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM
Friday, March 28, 2025

Bobby Darin Musical Just in Time Reschedules Broadway Opening by Darryn King

Just in Time, the Bobby Darin biomusical starring Tony winner Jonathan Groff, has postponed its opening night. The show will now officially open on April 26, having previously been schedule…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

The Picture of Dorian Gray Opening Night Turned Into a Succession Reunion by Darryn King

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the high-tech adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s haunting novel starring Sarah Snook, celebrated opening night at the Music Box Theatre on March 27. The occasion was t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM

Frank Caruso, Longtime Betty Boop Artist, Is Excited for Betty's Broadway Moment by Darryn King

Thirty-eight years ago, an ambitious young cartoonist named Frank Caruso turned up to the Manhattan offices of King Features for what was meant to be a single day’s freelance work. The com…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Ella Beatty, Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber to Lead Off-Broadway Premieres at Audible's Minetta Lane by Darryn King

Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman will star in the New York premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, performed off-Broadway in repertory with Jen Silverman’s n…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

John Proctor is the Villain, Starring Sadie Sink, Extends by Two Weeks by Darryn King

John Proctor is the Villain, an urgent classroom drama starring Sadie Sink, has extended by two weeks. The Kimberly Belflower play, directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, is now in previews, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Broadway's Floyd Collins Delays First Preview Performance by Darryn King

The musical Floyd Collins has delayed its first preview by one day. The show will now play its first Broadway performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on March 28. The tragic, true sto…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Encores! Wonderful Town, Starring Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson, Completes Casting by Darryn King

The Encores! production of Wonderful Town, starring Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson as sisters Ruth and Eileen, has announced complete casting. The show will run at N…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes 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