Monday, November 4, 2024
A date is set for the dimming of Broadway's marquee lights to honor the memory of Tony-winning actor Gavin Creel, who died on September 30, aged 48. The lights of every Broadway theater will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMFriday, November 1, 2024
As previously announced, every Broadway theater will dim its lights to honor the actress Maggie Smith, who passed away on September 27 at the age of 89. The light-dimming will take place at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PMPerformers have been announced for the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The festivities for the city’s 98th Macy’s Parade will include musical and dance performances from the cast …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard had its world premiere in London in 1993, opening on Broadway the following year. The backstage drama behind those premieres has been well documented…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMA reconfigured version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera will embark on a multi-year North American tour. The production will launch in November 2025 at the Hippodrome Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMAdrianna Hicks will return to Broadway’s SIX as Catherine of Aragon, the role she originated on Broadway in 2020. Hicks replaces Khaila Wilcoxon, who plays her final performance at the Le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMThursday, October 31, 2024
One mid-August afternoon in the mid-aughts, John Gallagher Jr., at the time a folk-rock musician and up-and-coming New York stage actor, was strolling around the Philadelphia Folk Festival�…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMTony Award winner Andrew Burnap, Kimber Elayne Sprawl and more will join Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in Broadway’s Othello. Directed by Kenny Leon, the production begins perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, the Mexican-American coming-of-age musical, has a Broadway venue. The show will open at the James Earl Jones Theatre on April 1, 2025 after Left on Tent…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PMMonday, October 28, 2024
Andrew Lloyd Webber's next musical project will be The Illusionist, directed by Jamie Lloyd, whose production of Sunset Boulevard opened in New York this month. Lloyd Webber made the reveal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMMamma Mia!, the feelgood musical featuring the songs of ABBA, has finalized casting for the second year of its 25th Anniversary North American tour. Currently playing in Toronto, the product…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMFriday, October 25, 2024
An NBC special, airing in November, will go behind the scenes of the upcoming two-part movie adaptation of Wicked. Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked, previously scheduled to pre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMThursday, October 24, 2024
In Act Three of The Hills of California, the actress Laura Donnelly makes what might be the most thrilling character entrance on Broadway this year.
In an empty parlor in the middle of the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMJoey McIntyre will extend his run in Drag: The Musical. The former New Kid on the Block singer will play the role of "the straight man," Tom Hutchinson, through December 9 at New World Stage…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMTony nominee Michael Oberholtzer has joined the cast of the satirical play Shit. Meet. Fan. He replaces Billy Magnussen, who departs the production due to an "unforeseen health concern." U…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMLouis McCartney, who originated the role of Henry Creel in Stranger Things: The First Shadow in the West End, will reprise his performance on Broadway. The theatrical prequel to the Netflix …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMWednesday, October 23, 2024
The Cher Show has completed casting for the second season of its national tour. The production will kick off its second year in Orlando, FL on November 12, following previews in Duluth, GA, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMMax Jenkins will join the downtown musical comedy Titanique as Jack Dawson, replacing Michael Williams in the role. Williams will play his final performance at the Daryl Roth Theatre as Jac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PMBianca Marroquín will return to the Ambassador Theatre and the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart, the role currently played by Alyssa Milano. Milano will play her final performance o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMDeath Becomes Her, the new musical adapted from the camp 1992 horror-comedy film that starred Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis, is springing to life at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06AMTuesday, October 22, 2024
Mimi Hines, the Canadian actress, singer and comedian who replaced Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, has died. Her death by natural causes, at her home in Las Vegas, was announced by her longt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMA new, shorter version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Broadway. The leaner show, which runs under three hours including intermission, will premiere at the Lyric Theatre on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMThe stage musical Smash, based on the NBC series that centered on the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, will come to Broadway in spring 2025. The show begins performances at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMMonday, October 21, 2024
Succession's David Rasche and Emmy Award winner, Academy Award and two-time Tony Award nominee Mare Winningham (Girl from the North Country) have joined the Broadway cast of Leslye Headland�…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMThe cast is complete for the national tour of Life of Pi, the stage adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Yann Martell. The tour will launch at the Hippodrome Theatre at the France…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMIdina Menzel is among the recipients of the 2023 National Medals of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the federal government. President Joe Biden will present the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMSaturday, October 19, 2024
The new Elton John musical Tammy Faye, about a traveling preacher’s wife who put the fun in faith, begins performances at the Palace Theatre on October 19. The official opening is set for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06AMFriday, October 18, 2024
Broadway isn't the only place boasting big names. Off-Broadway stages are also getting their fair share of star power this month, with favorites from the silver screen telling fresh stories …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMThursday, October 17, 2024
Full casting has been announced for The Dead, 1904, the immersive adaptation, staged for just 48 people per night, of James Joyce's seasonal novella. Previews begin on November 20 in the ho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMMitzi Gaynor, a star from the golden age of Hollywood musicals known for roles in There’s No Business Like Show Business and South Pacific, has died. Her death, from natural causes, was co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMSadie Sink, best known for her role as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things on Netflix, will star in John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway this spring. The play, by Kimberly Belflower, will b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM 
