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Monday, April 14, 2025

Keanu Reeves-Alex Winter ‘Waiting For Godot’ Sets Broadway Venue, Opening Night by Greg Evans

The previously announced Broadway production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter has found a home in the Hudson Theatre, where the play will begin p…

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Broadway’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Boasts Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin & Bill Burr But Has No Leading Actor, Tony Committee Says by Greg Evans

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met yesterday in the third of their four Tony eligibility meetings, and while most of the decisions where the usual determinations about what categor…

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

‘Smash’ Broadway Review: Scratching A 13-Year Itch by Greg Evans

When the Broadway-themed drama Smash began its two-season run on NBC in 2012, the entire theater industry, it seemed then, was entranced. The lingo, the faces, the concerns – all seemed, i…

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‘The Who’s Tommy’ National Tour Delayed A Year: Launch Now Set For Fall 2026 by Greg Evans

The national tour of The Who’s Tommy, the Des McAnuff-revival that played on Broadway last year, has been delayed by a year, with a new launch date of Fall 2026. Producers had previously a…

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Whoopi Goldberg To Join Joy Behar In Performance Of Behar’s Off Broadway Play ‘My First Ex-Husband’ by Greg Evans

The View costars Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar will soon share a stage of an entirely different sort: Goldberg will appear for one performance only with Behar in the latter’s Off Broadway …

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Jonathan Groff’s Bobby Darin Musical Makes Big Splish-Splash In First Week Of Previews – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

With the insanely busy Broadway spring season nearing peak production – only one musical, Dead Outlaw, has yet to begin previews – most shows felt the heat of competition last week, with…

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William Finn Dies: ‘Falsettos’, ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Playwright Was 73 by Greg Evans

William “Bill” Finn, the acclaimed writer and composer of the 1992 musical Falsettos and 2005’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, died Monday, April 7, following a lengthy il…

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Review: George Clooney Makes Broadway Debut Battling Alternative Facts Through The Decades by Greg Evans

There are moments in Good Night, and Good Luck, the new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov opening on Broadway tonight at the Winter Garden Theatre and starring Clooney as pioneering TV…

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Elizabeth McGovern To Play Ava Gardner in ‘Ava: The Secret Conversations’ At New York City Center by Greg Evans

Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) will reprise her role as movie star Ava Gardner in the play Ava: The Secret Conversations at New York City Center this summer. The play, written by McGover…

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‘Waking Ned Devine’ Stage Musical In Works With ‘Come From Away’ & ‘Once’ Creators by Greg Evans

A new stage musical based on the 1998 film comedy Waking Ned Devine is being developed with The Color Purple director John Doyle, Come From Away book writer David Hein and Oscar winning Once…

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

‘Stranger Things’ Sells Out First Two Previews; ‘Othello’, ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Top $3M Again; ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Hits $2.1M by Greg Evans

Stranger Things: The First Shadow began stalking Broadway last week, selling out the first two previews of its engagement at the Marquis, grossing $433,725 for the pair of performances. Open…

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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Worldwide Rights To Broadway’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Film Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff & Lind by Greg Evans

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to the film of the recent hit Tony winning musical performance Merrily We Roll Along starring Tony Award winne…

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Maya Hawke, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Others Set For Benefit Reading Of Ruby Rae Spiegel’s ‘Dry Land’ by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: A one-night 10th anniversary Off Broadway benefit reading of Ruby Rae Spiegel’s Dry Land will star Maya Hawke, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Dominic Sessa, Eden Marryshow, and Alice Kre…

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Monday, March 31, 2025

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Review: Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr & Bob Odenkirk Break Bad In Unmissable Succession Of Cutthroats by Greg Evans

Glengarry Glen Ross Opening night: March 31, 2025Venue: Broadway’s The Palace TheatreWritten by: David MametDirected by: Patrick MarberCast: Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr, Mi…

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Broadway’s ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ Gets Four-Week Extension Prior To Opening by Greg Evans

Pirates! The Penzance Musical, the Gilbert & Sullivan musical reimagined by Rupert Holmes in a New Orleans jazz-infused style, has been given a four-week Broadway extension “due to pop…

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Rock Band Guster Invites ‘Finn’ Cast To Share Kennedy Center Stage by Greg Evans

Cast members of children’s musical Finn made an unexpected return to the Kennedy Center stage when rock band Guster invited the young singer-actors to join the band in a song Friday night.…

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Friday, March 28, 2025

‘Just In Time’ Starring Jonathan Groff Moves Opening Night In Crowded Broadway Week by Greg Evans

The official opening night for Just In Time, the new Bobby Darin musical starring Jonathan Groff, will move Wednesday, April 23, to Saturday, April 26 at Broadway’s Circle in the Square …

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Producer Scott Rudin, Once Banished, Now Contrite, Plans A Big Broadway Comeback by Greg Evans

Broadway and film producer Scott Rudin, whose aggressive and bullying behavior to some of his staff led to public condemnation and his withdrawal from producing four years ago, is making a c…

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‘Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Trailer: New Netflix Doc Chronicles Making Of ‘Stranger Things’ Stage Show by Greg Evans

Netflix has released a trailer for its new documentary about the making of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the stage adaptation that was a hit on the West End and begins Broadway previews…

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Sarah Snook Goes Fantastically Wilde In ‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’ – Broadway Review by Greg Evans

The Picture of Dorian Gray Opening night: March 27, 2025Venue: Broadway’s Music Box TheatreWritten by: Oscar WildeAdapted and Directed by: Kip WilliamsPerformer: Sarah SnookCamera Ope…

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‘Fellow Travelers’ Lavender Scare Opera Withdraws From Kennedy Center In Protest Of Trump Takeover by Greg Evans

The composer and lyricist of Fellow Travelers, an opera based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about the anti-gay lavender scare of the 1950s, have withdrawn the work from the 2025-26 season …

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Hugh Jackman-Sonia Friedman Venture Teams With Audible On Two Off Broadway Repertory Plays Starring Jackman, Ella Beatty, Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff by Greg Evans

Just a week after actor Hugh Jackman and producer Sonia Friedman announced their new theatrical partnership called Together, the venture has its first high profile project: In a collaboratio…

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Kennedy Center Lays Off Social Impact Staffers Tasked With Reaching New And Diverse Audiences – Reports by Greg Evans

The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. has reportedly laid off as many as seven staffers of its Social Impact team, all but dismantling an initiative established in 2020 to “leverage the ar…

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Broadway’s Shubert Organization Ups Jeff T. Daniel To President by Greg Evans

The Shubert Organization’s Jeff T. Daniel has been named president of the company effective immediately. Daniel was previously Chief Strategy Officer at Shubert, a role he assumed in Septe…

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John Krasinski To Star In ‘Angry Alan’ Off Broadway; Sam Gold Will Direct Inaugural Studio Seaview Production by Greg Evans

John Krasinski will return to the Off Broadway stage this May in Angry Alan, Penelope Skinner’s critically acclaimed dark comedy that premiered at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Direc…

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Breaks Broadway Box Office Record With $3.3M Weekly Gross by Greg Evans

Good Night, And Good Luck, the new play at the Winter Garden Theatre co-written by and starring George Clooney in his Broadway debut, shattered the weekly box office record for a play last w…

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Atlantic Theater Company Resumes Season After Groundbreaking Union Agreement Concludes Strike by Greg Evans

The Atlantic Theater Company, the prominent Off Broadway venue that recently reached an agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees that ended a several-months-lo…

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First ever image of Frankenstein’s Monster in print set to go on auction by Greg Evans

It’s Frankenstein’s Monster as you’ve never seen him before

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Monday, March 24, 2025

Nicole Scherzinger Adds Six ‘Sunset Blvd.’ Dates Before July 13 Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

Nicole Scherzinger will play Norma Desmond in Broadway’s Sunset Blvd. for six additional performances prior to the limited engagement’s conclusion on July 13. Scherzinger typically does …

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Broadway Revival Of Noël Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ Set For 2026-2027 Season by Greg Evans

A new production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives will be presented on Broadway in the 2026-2027 season, producers announced today. Information about the director, casting, dates and thea…

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Broadway’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Extends Into 2026; $79 Ticket Draw Announced by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Operation Mincemeat, the Olivier Award-winning musical comedy doing sell-out business in New York, has extended its Broadway run through February 15, 2026. The show, directed by R…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre