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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

‘Beaches’ Broadway Review: ’80s Tearjerker Washes Out As Stage Musical by Greg Evans

Beaches, that tearjerking ’80s tale of female friendship beloved by some, snubbed by others and mostly remembered for Bette Midler’s rendition of the soaring theme song “Wind Beneath M…

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

‘The Balusters’ Broadway Review: Richard Thomas And Anika Noni Rose Battle Thy Neighbor In David Lindsay-Abaire Comedy by Greg Evans

Hell hath no fury like a well-intentioned self-appointed watchdog challenged, as David Lindsay-Abaire’s new ensemble comedy The Balusters reminds us. We’ve seen this group dynamic before…

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‘Proof’, ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ & ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Fill Seats During Springtime Crunch – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway box office sagged a bit last week, possibly as the previous week’s Easter vacationers and spring-breakers returned home and a crowded, 40-show production slate with lots of newcom…

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Broadway’s Nichelle Lewis Signs With Rebel Creative Group For Management by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Nichelle Lewis, a star of Broadway’s hit musical revival Ragtime, has signed with Rebel Creative Group for management. Lewis is currently starring as Sarah in Ragtime. She made …

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‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’ Set For 2027 Broadway Revival With Sam Gold Directing by Greg Evans

Tony winner Sam Gold (Fun Home, Romeo + Juliet, An Enemy of the People) is attached to direct a Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for spring 2027, …

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Monday, April 20, 2026

‘Schmigadoon!’ Broadway Review: TV Series Leaps To The Stage With Corn Puddin’ For Everyone by Greg Evans

Titaníque is more outlandish (and funnier), Something Rotten! was sharper (and funnier) and Smash, well, Smash was none of those. Taking a comfortable, crowd-satisfying spot somewhere in th…

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New York Drama League Award Nominees: Daniel Radcliffe, Luke Evans, Rose Byrne, Christopher Abbott, Lea Michele Make Roster ; Shows Include ‘Giant†by Greg Evans

Christopher Abbott, Jon Bernthal, Rose Byrne, Carrie Coon, Ayo Edebiri, Alden Ehrenreich, Luke Evans, Daniel Radcliffe, Laurie Metcalf and Lea Michele are just a sampling of the big-name per…

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne & Kelli O’Hara Are Absolutely Fabulous In Sparkling Noël Coward Comedy by Greg Evans

Noël Coward’s delightful, rarely produced 1925 comedy Fallen Angels is the sort of Broadway fare that gives critics ample reason to use descriptors like “fizzy” and �

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

‘Proof’ Review: ‘The Bear’ Star Ayo Edebiri Serves Up Transfixing Broadway Debut In Mathematical Mystery Play by Greg Evans

You don’t have to come equipped with a knowledge of super-advanced mathematics, or even know what two-plus-two equals, to grasp, from the very start of Thomas Kail’s new reviva…

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‘The Full Monty’ Broadway Revival Among 2026-2027 Roundabout Season Offerings by Greg Evans

A revival of the hit 2000 musical The Full Monty will be staged on Broadway next season in a Roundabout Theatre Company production to be directed by Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Yellow Face), wit…

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J.T. Harding Musical ‘Music City’ Finds New Home After Heavily-Renovated Venue Fell Through Days Before Previews by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The critically acclaimed, Nashville-set Off Broadway musical Music City, featuring the music of multi-platinum hit songwriter J.T. Harding, has found a new home weeks after plans …

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

‘The Fear Of 13’ Broadway Review: Adrien Brody Stars In Dark Tale Of Justice So Very Long Delayed by Greg Evans

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make affecting Broadway debuts in The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s based-on-a-true-story play about a falsely accused death row inmate and the woma…

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Billy Crystal Sets Fall Broadway Return In Solo Show ‘860’ Named For Home Lost In Palisades Fire by Greg Evans

Tony and Emmy Award winner Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in 860, his new solo show named for the home he lost in the 2025 Palisades fires. Scott Ellis will direct. Written …

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’, ‘Death Of A Salesman’, ‘Becky Shaw’ & ‘Titaníque’ Open Big; ‘Fear Of 13’, ‘Rocky Horror’, ‘P by Greg Evans

Broadway held strong last week as a bevy of spring arrivals caught ticket-buyers’ attention, with Becky Shaw, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman and Titaníque opening to …

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Monday, April 13, 2026

Kim Kardashian Joins Producing Team Of Broadway’s Wrongful-Conviction Drama ‘The Fear Of 13’ Starring Adrien Brody And Tessa Thompson by Greg Evans

Kim Kardashian has joined the producing team of Broadway’s wrongful-conviction drama The Fear of 13 starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson as part of what the media personality and …

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Bebe Neuwirth Joins Industry Readings Of Cole Porter Musical ‘The New Yorkers’ With Cast From Acclaimed Encores! Staging by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Two private industry readings of a new production of Cole Porter’s The New Yorkers featuring much of the cast of an acclaimed 2017 Encores! presentation along with new addi…

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Sunday, April 12, 2026

‘Titaníque’ Broadway Review: An Uproarious Musical Parody As Unsinkable As Céline Dion Herself by Greg Evans

Ah, another Broadway musical that positions Tina Turner as a lethal iceberg, a leading man who quotes 20 year old YouTube memes and a time-traveling Céline Dion whose surreal version of a…

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Tyler Perry Joins ‘Joe Turner’s Come And Gone’ Broadway Producing Team by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Perry has joined the Broadway producing team of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric The Entertainer ahead of the re…

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

‘Death Of A Salesman’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane And Laurie Metcalf Shine In Director Joe Mantello’s Stark, Blistering Revival by Greg Evans

Don’t waste time asking whether we really need another Death of a Salesman, and certainly don’t even begin to question whether Nathan Lane has the dramatic chops to tackle one …

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Broadway Newcomer ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Is A Revival After All by Greg Evans

Even though it’s never before been staged on Broadway, Every Brilliant Thing, currently starring Daniel Radcliffe, will be Tony-eligible in the Best Revival of a Play category, the To…

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Pink Named Host Of 2026 Tony Awards by Greg Evans

Grammy-winning singer Pink will host the 79th Annual Tony Awards this June, producers announced today. In a Broadway season that has seen a range of performers with widespread, multi-genre a…

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Rosamund Pike Sets Fall Broadway Debut With Suzie Miller’s Acclaimed ‘Inter Alia’ by Greg Evans

Saltburn‘s Rosamund Pike will make her Broadway debut this fall in Suzie Miller’s acclaimed West End play Inter Alia. Directed by Justin Martin, who last teamed with Miller on P…

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

‘House Of The Dragon’s Freddie Fox To Make Musical Theater Debut In West End ‘High Society’ by Greg Evans

House of the Dragon‘s Freddie Fox will make his musical theater debut next month in the West End’s High Society revival. Costars will include Helen George (Call the Midwife), Fe…

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Off Broadway’s ‘The Unknown’ Starring Sean Hayes Recoups $1.1M Capitalization by Greg Evans

Off Broadway’s The Unknown starring Sean Hayes has recouped its $1.125 million capitalization during its 10-week run at Studio Seaview, producers announced today. The play, written by…

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Broadway Review: A Queer, Radiant Reinvention Makes A Lasting Memory by Greg Evans

An entirely convincing how-to guide in transforming (rescuing, even) well-trod, beloved material (and, yes, the musical that gave us “Memory” is beloved, every bit as much as it …

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‘The Lost Boys’, ‘Death Of A Salesman’, ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ & Other Spring Shows Pull Audiences; ‘Joe Turner’s Come And Gone’ Be by Greg Evans

Broadway’s busy season was packed with recent arrivals last week, most pulling in decent-sized audiences (more than decent in many cases), with shows like Dog Day Afternoon, Proof, Sc…

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Tom Felton Extends Lucrative Box Office Run In Broadway’s ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ by Greg Evans

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child‘s Tom Felton is extending his wildly popular run in the Broadway hit by six months, now starring as Draco Malfoy through Sunday, November 1. Felton, w…

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Monday, April 6, 2026

‘Becky Shaw’ Broadway Review: A Blind Date Goes Crazy Bad In Enthralling Dark Comedy With Alden Ehrenreich & Patrick Ball by Greg Evans

Seventeen years after being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Gina Gionfriddo’s dark, sometimes giddy comedy Becky Shaw finally arrives on Broadway, and noting that it was worth the wai…

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Edward Graczyk Dies: ‘Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean’ Playwright Was 84 by Greg Evans

Edward Graczyk, best known for Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the 1982 Broadway play and film adaptation both directed by Robert Altman, died in Sidney, Ohio, on Feb…

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David Gersten Dies: Longtime Broadway & Off Broadway Publicist Was 67 by Greg Evans

David Gersten, whose career as a Broadway and Off Broadway press representative and marketing consultant spanned more than 30 years and included such clients as notable revivals f Jonathan L…

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Off Broadway’s ‘The Unknown’ Starring Sean Hayes To Stream Worldwide by Greg Evans

The Unknown, David Cale’s Off Broadway thriller starring Sean Hayes that was recently nominated for a prestigious Lucille Lortel Award, will be streamed during its final weekend on st…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off