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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Broadway’s Emily Skinner Joins ‘Bridgerton’s Luke Newton In Alexander McQueen Bioplay by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Broadway actor Emily Skinner will join Bridgerton star Luke Newton in the upcoming Off Broadway production House of McQueen, a new play about the late, famed fashion desig…

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Broadway Box Office Stumbles During July 4th Holiday Week, With Star Absences Hitting ‘Gypsy’, ‘Call Me Izzy’ & ‘Death Becomes Her’ by Greg Evans

Broadway wilted a bit in last week’s summer heat, with 23 of 30 shows taking a hit at the box office, some significantly. No doubt playing a part in Broadway’s overall decline last week …

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Jean Smart Out Of Broadway’s ‘Call Me Izzy’ This Week Due To Knee Injury by Greg Evans

Jean Smart is out of her solo Broadway play Call Me Izzy this week due to a knee injury. An Instagram message on the show’s official page says, “We look forward to having her back on sta…

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‘Bridgerton’ Star Luke Newton To Play Fashion Designer Alexander McQueen In New Off Broadway Play by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Bridgerton star Luke Newton will play the late fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen in a new Off Broadway play starting next month. Darrah Cloud’s House of McQueen will begin …

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International Literary Properties Teams With The University Of The South On Management Of Tennessee Williams Works by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: International Literary Properties’ theatrical division (ILP) has entered into a strategic partnership with The University of the South for ILP to assume an active management rol…

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Producer Scott Rudin Sets Broadway Return With New Play Starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock; Joe Mantello Will Direct by Greg Evans

Producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller announced today that Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road will premiere on Broadway for a limited 18-week run this fall in a production starring…

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’ Starring Sarah Snook Officially Recoups Its Broadway Investment by Greg Evans

The Picture of Dorian Gray has officially recouped its investment, producers announced. The play starring Succession‘s Sarah Snook in a solo performance was reportedly capitalized at more…

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‘Romy & Michele: The Musical’ To Debut Off Broadway This Fall by Greg Evans

Romy & Michele: The Musical will debut Off Broadway this fall, producers announced today. Based on the 1997 cult film classic Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion that starred Mira…

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’, ‘Dorian Gray’, ‘Dead Outlaw’, ‘Real Women Have Curves’ & ‘Steven Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Go Out With by Greg Evans

Broadway thinned its summer roster a bit last week, with five shows playing their final performances (and each one posting significant box office gains as last-chancers bought up seats). Thr…

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Monday, June 30, 2025

Karl E. Held Dies: A Producer Of Broadway-Bound ‘Kowalski’ Was 63 by Greg Evans

Karl E. Held, a longtime arts advocate who was a producer on the Tony Award-nominated 2009 Broadway production of Ragtime and most recently on the Off Broadway hit Kowalski, died of a heart …

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‘Phantom’ Spin-Off ‘Masquerade’ Sells Out Six Weeks Of Previews In Three Hours; Additional Dates To Be Announced by Greg Evans

The six-week preview period for Masquerade, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, sold out with three hours of going on sale this morning. Due to the respon…

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Mark Brokaw Dies: ‘This Is Our Youth’, ‘How I Learned To Drive’ Director Succumbs To Cancer by Greg Evans

Mark Brokaw, a prolific director of Off Broadway, Broadway and regional stage productions who beginning in the 1990s worked with some of the brightest emerging playwrights including Douglas …

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Taraji P. Henson And Cedric “The Entertainer” To Star On Broadway In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Revival by Greg Evans

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer” will star in a new production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway next spring, producer Brian Anthony Moreland a…

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Announces Preview Dates And A Cast Including Two Former Broadway Phantoms by Greg Evans

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Masquerade, the immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, will begin previews in New York on July 31, producers announced today, with a large cast that includes…

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Tony Award Winner Diane Paulus Unmasked As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Director by Greg Evans

Diane Paulus, a 2013 Tony Award winner for her direction of Pippin whose other Broadway credits include Waitress, Jagged Little Pill and Real Women Have Curves, is directing Masquerade, Andr…

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‘The Princess Bride’ Musical: EGOT Songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Director Alex Timbers And Producer Jeffrey Seller Join S by Greg Evans

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, two-time Tony winning director Alex Timbers and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller have joined the…

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Manhattan Theatre Club’s Visionary Artistic Director Lynne Meadow To Step Aside After 53 Years, Will Take Advisory Role by Greg Evans

Lynne Meadow, whose 53-year run as artistic director of the highly influential Manhattan Theatre Club included guiding shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henle…

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

‘Boop! The Musical’ Sets Broadway Closing, Latest In A String Of Post-Tony Early Departures by Greg Evans

Boop! The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, July 13, producers announced today. The show will have played 25 previews and 112 regular performances. The musical is t…

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Times Square Casino Opponents And Supporters To Brave NYC Heat With Separate Rallies by Greg Evans

Supporters and opponents of a proposed Caesars Palace casino in the Broadway theater district will step out into New York City’s heat wave this week with two separate rallies in Times Squa…

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

‘Chess’ Broadway Revival With Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele & Nicholas Christopher Sets Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

Chess, the first-ever Broadway revival of the Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice musical that will star Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher, will begin previews at …

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‘Smash’, ‘Floyd Collins’ & ‘The Last Five Years’ See Business Uptick In Final Week – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Several Broadway shows – Smash, Floyd Collins and The Last Five Years – went out on high notes last week, with last-chancers boosting box office for all three productions. Smash, the mus…

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Caesars Palace Pledges $5 Million To Support LGBTQ+ Health Center If Times Square Casino Approved by Greg Evans

Caesars Palace Times Square, the bid from SL Green, Caesars Entertainment, and Roc Nation to bring a casino to 1515 Broadway in Times Square, announced today a $5 million commitment to suppo…

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‘Oedipus’ Starring Mark Strong & Lesley Manville Sets Broadway Dates by Greg Evans

Oedipus, the West End hit starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, will begin its 14-week engagement at Broadway’s Studio 54 on Thursday, October 30, with an opening night set for Thursda…

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Democratic Senators To Host Kennedy Center Pride Concert To Protest Trump Takeover – Report by Greg Evans

Five Democratic senators will host an invitation-only Pride concert at the Kennedy Center Monday as a protest against President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington D.C. arts institut…

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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ Spin-Off ‘Masquerade’ Plans Six-Week NYC Run by Greg Evans

Tickets for a six-week New York summer run of Masquerade, the immersive Phantom of the Opera spin-off production from Andrew Lloyd Webber, will go on sale June 30 with access granted to anyo…

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Friday, June 20, 2025

‘Dead Outlaw’ Announces Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

Dead Outlaw will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, June 29, producers announced today. The critically lauded musical, nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, …

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Michelle Williams & Mike Faist To Star In Thomas Kail Staging Of ‘Anna Christie’ Off Broadway by Greg Evans

Michelle Williams will star as the title character in an Off Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie this fall opposite Mike Faist in a production directed by Hamilton‘s Tho…

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‘Cabaret At The Kit Kat Club’ Will End Broadway Run In October With Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace In Lead Roles by Greg Evans

Broadway’s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will close on Sunday, October 19, producers announced today, ending a 14-week run that was spotty at the box office and will almost certainly leave i…

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Jinkx Monsoon To Join ‘Oh, Mary!’ In Title Role, Play’s Broadway Run Extended To January by Greg Evans

Jinkx Monsoon will take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Broadway’s smash hit comedy Oh, Mary! for an eight-week engagement beginning in August, producers announced. Also today, produ…

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Roastmaster Jeff Ross Lands Venue For Broadway Summer Stand, Sets Opening Date by Greg Evans

Emmy-nominated comedian Jeff Ross will bring his new theatrical solo show to Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre this August. While a Broadway run was previously announced, the venue and openin…

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

‘Oh, Mary!’ Breaks House Record As Cole Escola’s Starring Run Nears End; Overall Receipts Drop As Hollywood Goes Home – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

With the star-driven megahits Good Night, And Good Luck (George Clooney) and Othello (Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal) having exited the stage, Broadway saw a drop of nearly 15% at the bo…

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