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Friday, October 4, 2024

Broadway To Dim Lights For Gavin Creel As Theater Community Continues To Reel From Shocking Death by Greg Evans

Select Broadway theaters will dim their lights for the late Gavin Creel at a date and time being coordinated with his family, the Broadway League said today. Creel’s death from a rare and …

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Whoopi Goldberg Shares First Look Image As Miss Hannigan In Upcoming ‘Annie’ Stage Revival by Greg Evans

Whoopi Goldberg has shared a first-look image of herself as Miss Hannigan in the upcoming stage revival of the musical Annie. See it below. “It may not be your grandma’s Annie, but it wi…

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Sean Astin To Make Broadway Debut As Santa In ‘Elf The Musical’ Revival by Greg Evans

Actor Sean Astin will make his Broadway debut this holiday season as Santa in the revival of Elf The Musical, producers announced today. Astin, best known for his roles in the original Lord …

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Broadway Lights To Dim For Late Actor Adrian Bailey Whose Career Was Cut Short in 2008 By Tragic Onstage Accident by Greg Evans

Broadway will honor the late actor Adrian Bailey, who died September 22 at the age of 67 following an at-home fall, by dimming the marquee lights of one theater from every theater owner on O…

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Fleetwood Mac Sound Engineer Sues ‘Stereophonic’, Says Hit Broadway Drama “Copies The Heart And Soul” Of His ‘Rumours’ Memoir by Greg Evans

A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a lawsuit, along with his coauthor of the book Making Rumours, agains…

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‘Succession’s Sarah Snook Sets Spring Broadway Debut With ‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’ by Greg Evans

Following a sold out, critically acclaimed run in the West End, the new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Succession actor Sarah Snook in 26 roles will open o…

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

‘Yellow Face’ Broadway Review: Daniel Dae Kim Lets Loose In Farce That Unmasks Hypocrisy by Greg Evans

David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face debuted Off Broadway 17 years ago, spinning a farcical tale about a real-life Broadway controversy that had taken place some 17 years before that. How it ma…

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‘Water For Elephants’ Musical Sets Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

Water For Elephants, the Jessica Stone-directed musical adaptation of the bestselling Sara Gruen romantic novel, will play its final performance at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on Sunday, D…

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‘Romeo + Juliet’ Starring Kit Connor And Rachel Zegler Sells Out First Week With Broadway’s Top Ticket Price by Greg Evans

Romeo + Juliet, Sam Gold’s new Broadway adaptation of the Shakespeare classic starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, sold out its first three preview performances last week, filling Circle…

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Ken Page Dies: Broadway’s Original Old Deuteronomy In ‘Cats’, Tim Burton’s Voice Of Oogie Boogie Was 70 by Greg Evans

Ken Page, one of Broadway’s most familiar character actors who indelibly lent his voice to Tim Burton’s holiday film classic The Nightmare Before Christmas as the villainous Oogie Boogie…

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Olivier-Winning ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Musical Comedy Arrives On Broadway In February by Greg Evans

Operation Mincemeat, the most recent Olivier Award-winning Best Musical, will open on Broadway in 2025 after two sold-out years (and counting) on the West End. Directed by Robert Hastie and …

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Bette Midler leads tributes to Gavin Creel after Broadway star dies aged 48 by Greg Evans

The theatre star has passed away following a short battle with an aggresive form of cancer

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Monday, September 30, 2024

‘McNeal’ Review: Robert Downey Jr. Confronts A Fake New World In A Fearless Broadway Debut by Greg Evans

Slow to grab hold and knotty when it does, Ayad Akhtar’s McNeal, opening tonight and starring Robert Downey Jr. in a formidable Broadway debut, is, at its core, a sort of literary parlor g…

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Broadway Mourns Its Beloved Gavin Creel: “We Lost Our Prince”; Bette Midler, Casey Likes Among Those Paying Tribute by Greg Evans

REFRESH FOR UPDATES: Today’s shocking news of the cancer death of stage star Gavin Creel has left Broadway reeling and in deep mourning. “We lost our prince,” wrote New York City Cente…

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Gavin Creel Dies: Broadway Star Of ‘Waitress’, ‘Into The Woods’ Was 48 by Greg Evans

In stunning and sad news, Gavin Creel, one of Broadway’s most popular and acclaimed leading men, died in Manhattan today just two months after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive fo…

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Dancer & TikToker Charli D’Amelio Joins Ensemble Of Broadway’s ‘& Juliet’ by Greg Evans

Dancer and TikTok personality Charli D’Amelio will make her Broadway debut this fall when she joins the company of the musical & Juliet, producers announced today. D’Amelio, who spen…

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‘Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil’ Musical Announces 2025 Broadway Debut by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The musical adaptation of Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, John Berendt’s bestselling nonfiction tale of murder and moss-covered secrets in Savannah, Georgia, will debut…

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

‘The Hills Of California’ Broadway Review: Jez Butterworth’s Homecoming Tale Of Harmony Long Gone by Greg Evans

Is there a more dependable set-up for family drama than the gathering of long-estranged siblings? Last season’s dark and wonderful Appropriate proved there was plenty of life in Pinter’s…

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Andrew Scott Heading To Off Broadway With West End Solo Hit ‘Vanya’ by Greg Evans

Andrew Scott will reprise his acclaimed West End performance in Vanya, described as a radical new adaptation of Chekhov’s masterwork Uncle Vanya, for a spring 2025 Off Broadway engagement …

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills Of California’ Gets Two-Week Broadway Extension by Greg Evans

The Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play directed by Sam Mendes that began previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on September 11 and opens this Sunday, September 29, has received a…

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Tony-Winning Director Christopher Ashley Named Artistic Director Of Roundabout Theatre Company, Latest Shake-Up In NYC’s Nonprofit World by Greg Evans

In the third major shake-up of leadership in New York’s non-profit theater world in recent months, the Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that Tony Award-winning director Christopher…

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

‘Ghost Of John McCain’ Off Broadway Review: Living Rent Free In The Mind Of A Not-So-Stable-Genius by Greg Evans

Ghost of John McCain, the Off Broadway musical comedy that sent Meghan McCain into a summer-long pre-opening tizzy, has arrived after months of free publicity. A modestly entertaining, fitfu…

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New Stars For ‘Cabaret’, Mia Farrow Returns To ‘The Roommate’ And ‘Our Town’ Opens For Business – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

With only three Broadway productions selling out last week, total grosses for the 29 shows was down about 7% from the previous week, settling in at $25,296,948. Total attendance was 226,267 …

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Stage Thriller ‘Job’ Partners With Broadway For All In Ticket Initiative For Emerging Artists And New Audiences by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Job, the Broadway thriller starring Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon, is partnering with the Tony Award-winning organization Broadway For All in launching the Next Gen Ticketing I…

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Broadway ‘Gypsy’ Casts ‘The Notebook’s Joy Woods & Jordan Tyson As Louise & June by Greg Evans

The upcoming Broadway revival of Gypsy starring Audra McDonald has found its Louise and June: Joy Woods and Jordan Tyson will move over from the soon-to-close The Notebook in the two roles. …

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Lin-Manuel Miranda To Lead Second Company Of Broadway’s ‘All In: Comedy About Love’ With Appearances By Aidy Bryant, Jimmy Fallon, David Cross & by Greg Evans

Lin-Manuel Miranda will lead the second company of Simon Rich’s All In: Comedy About Love on Broadway this January, taking over when John Mulaney finishes up his limited run in a productio…

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Tony Awards Returning To Radio City Music Hall, Sets 2025 Date by Greg Evans

After two years away from its most familiar home, the Tony Awards will return to New York’s Radio City Music Hall for the 2025 ceremony set for Sunday, June 8. The 78th Annual Tony Awards …

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Broadway To Dim Lights For James Earl Jones by Greg Evans

Broadway will dim its lights for the late James Earl Jones this Thursday, September 26, at at 6:45 pm/ET , the Broadway League announced today. The traditional honor, in which the marquee li…

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Broadway Smash ‘Oh, Mary!’ Extends Run For Second Time by Greg Evans

Cole Escola’s hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! is extending its record-breaking run at the Lyceum Theatre by two months, and will now play through January 19, 2025. The first show in the 121-…

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Danny Burstein Set For Broadway’s ‘Gypsy’ Opposite Audra McDonald by Greg Evans

Tony winner Danny Burstein will play Herbie to Audra McDonald’s Rose in the upcoming Broadway revival of Gypsy, producers announced today. A veteran of no fewer than 19 Broadway production…

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto & Barbie Ferreira Heading To Broadway In ‘Cult Of Love’ by Greg Evans

Cult of Love, the upcoming new Broadway play by Star Wars: The Acolyte writer and showrunner Leslye Headland, will feature a cast that includes Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), Zachary Qu…

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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
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic