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Sunday, September 15, 2024

Marsha Mason Steps Into Broadway’s ‘The Roommate’ For Covid-Struck Mia Farrow by Greg Evans

Mia Farrow, who just opened with costar Patti LuPone in the hit comedy-drama The Roommate on Broadway, has tested positive for Covid, resulting in two canceled performances Saturday. At this…

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Mia Farrow & Patti LuPone In ‘The Roommate’: Odd Couple, Odder Play – Broadway Review by Greg Evans

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone make for an appealing and very welcome stage duo in Broadway’s new comedy-drama The Roommate, a pairing that’s selling out the Booth Theatre in an engagement …

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‘Real Women Have Curves’ Musical Sets 2025 Broadway Run by Greg Evans

Real Women Have Curves, a new musical based on the 1990 play and subsequent 2002 film adaptation that starred America Ferrera, will debut on Broadway in 2025, producers announced today. The …

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut ‘McNeal’ Sells Out First Previews, Joining SROs ‘Oh, Mary!’, ‘The Outsiders’ & ‘The Roommate’ by Greg Evans

The Broadway debut of Robert Downey Jr. got off to an excellent start last week, with McNeal selling out all four previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and grossing a whoppi…

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Lincoln Center Theater Names Lear deBessonet And Bartlett Sher To Top Leadership Roles by Greg Evans

In a major development in the leadership of New York City’s non-profit theater scene, Lincoln Center Theater has named directors Lear deBessonet and Bartlett Sher to the roles of Artistic …

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Larry David Sets Fall Tour Dates For “Conversation” Appearances by Greg Evans

It’s going to be a pretty, pretty, pretty good fall for Larry David fans: The Curb Your Enthusiasm creator will take his A Conversation with Larry David show on a 10-city tour beginning in…

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‘Elf The Musical’ Returning To Broadway For Holiday Engagement With Grey Henson Starring by Greg Evans

Elf The Musical is returning to Broadway for a limited holiday engagement this November, with Tony nominee Grey Henson (Mean Girls) in the lead role. Producers Temple Live Entertainment and …

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Monday, September 9, 2024

Michael McKean Joins ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Broadway Revival With ‘Better Call Saul’ Costar Bob Odenkirk by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Michael McKean will join the previously announced Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr in the upcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross. McKean will pl…

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John Mulaney Sets Broadway Return In Simon Rich’s Just-Announced ‘All In: Comedy About Love’; Joins Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Chloe by Greg Evans

The world premiere of Simon Rich’s All In: Comedy About Love will launch a limited Broadway run this December with a rotating cast to include John Mulaney in his first Broadway production …

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Friday, September 6, 2024

Ian McKellen wants to take Shakespeare play to Southport and Sunderland following race riots by Greg Evans

‘Come on, I believe in you, Southport,’ said the veteran actor in response to August’s race riots

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Denzel Washington-Jake Gyllenhaal ‘Othello’ Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

The previously announced Broadway revival of Othello starring Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Molly Osborne has announced its opening date and venue: The production will begin preview…

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Emmy Rossum & Zoë Winters To Star In Off Broadway Production Of Amy Berryman’s ‘Walden’ by Greg Evans

Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters are set to star in the Amy Berryman play Walden this fall in a Second Stage Theater Off Broadway production. To be directed by Whitney White (Jaja’s African Ha…

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‘The Roommate’ With Patti LuPone & Mia Farrow Sells Out First Weekend – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway turned out to see favorites Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow for the first weekend of The Roommate, the new Jen Silverman play at the Booth. In its first weekend of previews, The Roommat…

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Neil Patrick Harris & Jane Krakowski Join Starry Cast Of Robert O’Hara’s Off Broadway Play ‘Sh*t. Meet. Fan.’ by Greg Evans

Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski have joined the high-profile cast of Robert O’Hara’s upcoming Off Broadway play Shit.Meet.Fan., joining a line-up that includes the previously anno…

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Friday, August 30, 2024

‘The Notebook’ Sets December Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

The Notebook, the stage musical based on the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel and the 2004 film, will end its Broadway run on December 15 at the Schoenfeld Theatre, producers announced today. When…

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Garret Dillahunt, Billy Magnussen & Debra Messing To Head Off-Broadway Production Of New Robert O’Hara Play ‘Sh*t. Meet. Fan.’ by Greg Evans

The Off Broadway world premiere of the new Robert O’Hara play Shit. Meet. Fan. will feature a cast headed by Garret Dillahunt, Billy Magnussen and Debra Messing, MCC Theater announced toda…

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‘The Outsiders’, ‘Stereophonic’ & ‘Oh, Mary!’ Sell Out As Other Shows Wilt With Summer Doldrums And Kid Freebies – Broadway Box Offi by Greg Evans

Broadway continued its downward trend during these dog days of summer leading up to the fall season, with last week’s total grosses of $25,343,599 down about 10% from the previous week. Th…

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Playwright David Henry Hwang Signs With M88 by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: David Henry Hwang, the Tony and Grammy Award winning playwright, librettist, and screenwriter whose play Yellow Face begins performances on Broadway next month, has signed with M8…

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Tony Award Winner Kecia Lewis Signs With Paradigm by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Kecia Lewis, who won a Tony Award this year for her featured portrayal of Miss Liza Jane in the Alicia Keys Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen, has signed with Paradigm Talent Agen…

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‘Romeo And Juliet’ Starring Kit Connor & Rachel Zegler Extends Upcoming Broadway Run By Four Weeks by Greg Evans

The upcoming Broadway reimagined revival of Romeo And Juliet starring Heartstopper‘s Kit Conner and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler has extended its run by four weeks due to strong advan…

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Branford Marsalis Boards Broadway’s Louis Armstrong Musical To Create New Arrangements & Orchestrations, Replacing Original Team by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tony-nominated composer Branford Marsalis (Fences) is joining a revised music team for the upcoming fall Broadway production of A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical to c…

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker Join Broadway Producing Team For ‘Othello’ Starring Denzel Washington And Jake Gyllenhaal by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy winner and Real Housewives vet Kandi Burruss and husband/entrepreneur Todd Tucker have joined the producing team of next spring’s much-anticipated Broadway revival of Oth…

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Mighty ‘The Wiz’ Skips Away With Hefty $2M In Weekly Ticket Sales – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway seemed to take a breath last week before as it eyes the fall season, with box office for the second full week of August dipping about 9% from the previous week. In all, the 25 shows…

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Dozens Of Broadway’s Biggest Names Organize To Support Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Ticket by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: More than 50 of Broadway’s biggest names, including actors, directors, producers, writers and others, are organizing to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidenti…

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‘Swept Away’ Broadway Cast Confirmed: John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands To Lead Musical by Greg Evans

John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall will star in Broadway’s upcoming Avett Brothers musical Swept Away, reprising their acclaimed performances from the sh…

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Bus Crashes Into West End Home Of ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ – Report by Greg Evans

A city bus crashed into London’s Palace Theatre, home to the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this afternoon, according to a report posted on the UK’s Metro news…

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Monday, August 12, 2024

‘Once Upon A Mattress’ Broadway Review: Sutton Foster Storms The Castle And Takes No Prisoners by Greg Evans

Carol Burnett is alive and well and not starring in the latest Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress, the fractured fairy tale musical opening tonight that laid the foundation for the fun…

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Actors’ Equity Endorses Kamala Harris For President: “We Need Everyone To Ride This Momentum” by Greg Evans

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing theater actors, stage manager and other workers in live entertainment, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the ne…

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk & Bill Burr Are Broadway Bound In David Mamet’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’, Coming Spring 2025 by Greg Evans

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr will hit the Broadway stage next year in a revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. Set for a spri…

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

‘Ghost Of John McCain’ Sets Off-Broadway Cast Ahead Of Fall Opening; Daughter Meghan Still Hasn’t RSVP’d Invitation by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Ghost Of John McCain, the new, upcoming Off Broadway musical satire that finds the late Senator in a very, very strange heaven, has found its cast for characters that include McCa…

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Whoopi Goldberg Joins Holiday Season ‘Annie’ Tour For NYC’s Madison Square Garden Run Only by Greg Evans

Whoopi Goldberg will play Madison Square Garden this holiday season with a touring production of the popular musical Annie. She’ll play the villainous Miss Hannigan, who runs an orphanage…

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