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Friday, January 9, 2026

Ana Navarro Offered ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Walk-On Role As Part Of ‘The View’ Birthday Surprise by Greg Evans

The View co-host Ana Navarro has made no secret of her love for the musical Buena Vista Social Club – she says she’s seen the show four times – so on today’s episode celebrating Nava…

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John Cunningham Dies: Prolific Broadway Actor, ‘Dead Poets Society’ Dad Was 93 by Greg Evans

John Cunningham, a prolific Broadway actor who appeared in such acclaimed productions as the original stagings of Cabaret, 1776, Company, Six Degrees of Separation and The Sisters Rosensweig…

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‘Bug’ With Carrie Coon Extends Broadway Run By Two Weeks by Greg Evans

The Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ Bug starring Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood – which opened last night right on schedule after the previous day’s missed performances due to an …

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Marcia Rodd Dies: Tony-Nominated Broadway Actor, TV’s First ‘Maude’ Daughter Was 87 by Greg Evans

Marcia Rodd, a Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor whose prolific TV career included two memorable episodes of the groundbreaking sitcom All In The Family – one of which served as a pilot …

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Jim Parsons, Deborah Cox & Frankie Grande Board Broadway’s Upcoming ‘Titanique’ by Greg Evans

Jim Parsons will return to Broadway in the upcoming musical comedy Titanique, producers announced today, with other new cast members including Deborah Cox, Frankie Grande and the show’s co…

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

‘Bug’ Cancels Final Broadway Preview Due To Cast Illness; Opening Night Still Set For Tomorrow by Greg Evans

Bug, the Manhattan Theatre Club’s much-anticipated Broadway production of the Tracy Letts play starring wife and The White Lotus actor Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood, has canceled tonight…

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‘The Fantasticks’ To Be Reimagined For Broadway As Contemporary Gay Love Story by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The Fantasticks, that groundbreaking 42-year staple of New York’s Off Broadway scene, is about to break some more turf: A Broadway production is being readied that will reimagin…

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

‘Bug’ Starring Carrie Coon & Namir Smallwood Nears Sell-Out For Holiday Week; ‘Mamma Mia!’, ‘The Lion King’ Post Personal Bests – Br by Greg Evans

Broadway welcomed the New Year with reason for high spirits as the 33 productions grossed an impressive total of $52,037,125. Some 24 of the shows were sell-outs (or within a fraction) and o…

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Deadline’s Theater Critic Greg Evans Picks His Top 10 Broadway Shows Of 2025 by Greg Evans

Last spring, Broadway prognosticators would have been well within the boundaries of common sense to posit that the big theater story of 2025 might be the arrival of big-name Hollywood stars …

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’, ‘Ragtime’, ‘Just In Time’ & ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Smash Broadway House Records by Greg Evans

Christmas week was reliably bountiful for Broadway, with early reports of record-breaking grosses for the holiday period coming in hours before the official numbers are released by the Broad…

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Monday, December 29, 2025

‘Cobra Kai’s Peyton List Joins Off Broadway Hit ‘Heathers The Musical’ by Greg Evans

Peyton List, whose TV credits include the Paramount+ series School Spirits and Netflix’s Cobra Kai, will take to the stage later this month when she joins the hit Off Broadway revival of H…

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Scores Best-Ever $1.9M, ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Takes $3M In Busy Week – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

The holiday season is bringing Broadway some box office bounty, with grosses for the week ending December 21 totaling $47,437,512, an 8% boost over the previous week. Attendance for the 36 s…

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Playwrights Horizons Sued Over Discount Tickets For BIPOC Audiences by Greg Evans

Playwrights Horizons, one of New York’s premiere Off Broadway theaters and producers, is being sued by a New Jersey musician who claims that the venue’s recent discount offered to people…

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Monday, December 22, 2025

American College Theatre Festival Severs Affiliation With Kennedy Center After 58 Years by Greg Evans

After an affiliation that’s lasted nearly 60 years, the American College Theatre Festival is suspending its partnership with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washingto…

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

San Francisco Giants Organization Acquires City’s Historic Broadway-Style Curran Theatre by Greg Evans

The San Francisco Giants organization has acquired the city’s historic live theater venue the Curran for an undisclosed amount from owner Carole Shorenstein Hays in a private transaction. …

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Matthew Broderick To Star In David Ireland’s ‘Ulster American’ Off Broadway by Greg Evans

Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick will return to the New York stage this spring with a starring role in the American premiere of David Ireland’s Ulster American. Set for a limited run at…

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Sees Attendance Boost With Arrival Of TV’s Season 5 – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow saw a jump in attendance and grosses last week, no doubt spurred by the hoopla generated by last month’s arrival of the TV series’ Season 5…

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Alden Ehrenreich, Linda Emond And ‘The Pitt’s Patrick Ball Set For Broadway’s ‘Becky Shaw’ by Greg Evans

Second Stage Theater’s upcoming Broadway production of Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw will feature Alden Ehrenreich (Weapons), Patrick Ball (HBO Max’s The Pitt) and three-tie Tony n…

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‘Beaches’ Stage Musical Sets Spring Broadway Run Before National Tour by Greg Evans

Following a sold-out 2024 international premiere at Theatre Calgary in Alberta, Canada, Beaches, A New Musical will open on Broadway this spring at the Majestic Theatre. The limited New York…

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Simu Liu To Make Broadway Debut In ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Greg Evans

Simu Liu, best known for roles in, among other projects, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the CBC/Netflix comedy series Kim’s Convenience, will make his Broadway de…

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Hit Musical Comedy ‘Titanique’ Sailing To Broadway This Spring by Greg Evans

Titanique, the irreverent Off Broadway and West End reimagining of James Cameron’s hit 1997 film, will begin a 16-week limited Broadway engagement at the St. James Theatre on March 26, 202…

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‘Art’ Revival Starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden & Neil Patrick Harris Recoups Broadway Investment by Greg Evans

Producers of the first-ever Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play Art starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris say the production has recouped…

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Friday, December 12, 2025

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ To Close Early; Play Starring Laurie Metcalf Marked Producer Scott Rudin’s Return To Broadway by Greg Evans

Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road, the play starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock that marked the Broadway return of producer Scott Rudin, will end its limited engagement two mon…

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D.L. Coburn Dies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘The Gin Game’ Playwright Was 87 by Greg Evans

D.L. Coburn, the playwright who won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his much-produced The Gin Game, died from colon cancer December 3 at a Dallas hospice center. He was 87. His death w…

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Complete Broadway Casting Set For David Lindsay-Abaire’s ‘The Balusters’ by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Esper (Broadway’s Appropriate, TV’s Trust) and Kayli Carter (TV’s Mrs. America) are among the newly announced cast members for the Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcomin…

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Marsha Norman Catalog Acquired By International Literary Properties; Playwright Won Pulitzer Prize For ‘’Night, Mother’ by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The works of ‘Night, Mother playwright Marsha Norman have been acquired by the theatrical division of International Literary Properties (ILP), the global company that invests in…

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John Cameron Mitchell Sets Broadway Return With 12-Week Run In ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Greg Evans

Tony and Obie Award-winning actor, writer and director John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) will return to Broadway in Cole Escola’s hit play Oh, Mary! for a limited 12-week e…

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Broadway Audience Breakdown: Mostly Female, Mostly White, Probably Richer Than You, Report Finds (Again) by Greg Evans

Broadway got an updated look at itself today, with the Broadway League’s annual demographics report showing yet again that the typical theatergoer was more than likely female, white, about…

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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Actor Juan Carlos Sets Return Following Onstage Injury; Says Knee Ligaments “Looked Like Crab Meat” by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Juan Carlos, one of the original cast members of Broadway’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow, was onstage one evening last June when, just as Act One was coming to an end, he j…

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Tom Felton Conjures Up Ticket Sales For ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’; ‘Ragtime’ And ‘Chess’ Stay Strong Post-Turkey Day – Broad by Greg Evans

Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, revitalized by the recent casting of the film franchise’s Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, once again topped the box office roster with a magical…

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Broadway’s ‘The Queen Of Versailles’ To Close Even Earlier Than Expected Due To “Harsh Economic Realities” by Greg Evans

The Queen of Versailles, the new and soon-to-close Broadway musical starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham, will close its doors even earlier than previously announced: Producers i…

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