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Monday, June 23, 2025

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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‘Real Women Have Curves’ Announces Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on June 29 following 31 previews and 73 regular performances. The musical opened April 27 at The James Earl Jones…

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Monday, June 16, 2025

Matthew Broderick And David Cross To Lead Cast In Lucas Hnath’s ‘Tartuffe’ Adaptation Off Broadway by Greg Evans

Matthew Broderick and David Cross will star in Lucas Hnath’s new version of Molière’s Tartuffe in an Off Broadway production opening in late fall. The New York Theatre Workshop producti…

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Jean Smart Welcomes In The New Broadway Season With The Remarkable ‘Call Me Izzy’ – Review by Greg Evans

The great Jean Smart is in full control of her every last Designing Women sitcom skill and Mare of Easttown drama chop as she delivers a tour de force in Broadway’s Call Me Izzy, a one-per…

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Harris Yulin Dies: Star Of Broadway, TV & Film Was 88 by Greg Evans

Harris Yulin, the acclaimed actor who starred in such Broadway productions as Hedda Gabler, The Price, The Visit and Watch on the Rhine and in the films Scarface, Clear and Present Danger, G…

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The Phantom Of The Opera Is Back In NYC: Immersive ‘Masquerade’ Hints At Imminent Opening by Greg Evans

For months, cryptic messages have appeared on the social media of one Andrew Lloyd Webber about the pending return to New York City of The Phantom Of The Opera, or at least a Phantom-like ex…

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Tony-Winning ‘MJ’ Star Myles Frost Signs With Echo Lake Entertainment by Greg Evans

Actor Myles Frost, winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for his performance as Michael Jackson in Broadway’s MJ The Musical, has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment. J…

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

‘Smash’ Sets Broadway Closing After Tony Award Shut-Out by Greg Evans

Smash has become the first Broadway show to close following a 2025 Tony Award shut out. The musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 22, after 32 previews and 84 regular perfo…

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‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ & ‘Othello’ Go Out On High Notes; ‘Call Me Izzy’ With Jean Smart Takes $416,759 – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Of course it’s too soon to determine what impact Sunday’s Tony Awards will have on Broadway box office – we’ll get a better sense of that with next Tuesday’s numbers covering the f…

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New York City Center Encores! Season To Include All-Black ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ Starring Billy Porter by Greg Evans

New York City Center today announced that its musical theater programming for the 2025–2026 Season will include an Encores! presentation of an all-Black production of La Cage Aux Folles st…

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Monday, June 9, 2025

Tony Awards 2025: The Musical Performances by Greg Evans

Last night’s 78th Annual Tony Awards featured some wonderful musical performances, a nice summation of the 2024-2025 Broadway season. We’ve compiled them, so take a look and decide for…

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Keanu Reeves ‘won the Tonys’ say fans after Jonathan Groff straddles him in viral moment by Greg Evans

The ‘Matrix Resurrections’ co-stars briefly reunited for the intimate moment

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Friday, June 6, 2025

Tony Awards Predictions 2025: Who Will Win? Who Should Win? by Greg Evans

Broadway’s history books might remember the 2024-2025 season as the year Hollywood stars – George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook – sent box off…

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Off Broadway Hit ‘Kowalski’ Aims For Broadway Transfer by Greg Evans

The hit Off Broadway production of Gregg Ostrin’s comedy Kowalski is aiming for a Broadway transfer this fall, producers have announced. They’re on the lookout for a venue. Directed by C…

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Broadway’s Inaugural Group Marquee Dimming To Honor Gene Hackman, Linda Lavin, Helen Gallagher, Others by Greg Evans

Broadway’s inaugural group marquee dimming to honor multiple artists and industry members who have passed away will pay tribute to such luminaries as Gene Hackman, Linda Lavin, Helen Galla…

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Director Jamie Lloyd On How ‘Sunset Blvd.’ Goes For The Jugular, ‘Evita’ Rocks And ‘Godot’ Was Keanu Reeves’ Midnight Dream – The Dead by Greg Evans

Director Jamie Lloyd is, to say the least, very busy these days. In four days his radical, magnificent Broadway reworking of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd. will be competing for seven …

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Tom Felton Returning To Role Of Harry Potter’s Draco Malfoy For Broadway’s ‘The Cursed Child’ by Greg Evans

Tom Felton, who played young Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movie franchise, is reprising the role as an adult in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The play is set 19 years a…

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Jon Bernthal & Ebon Moss-Bachrach To Make Broadway Debuts In ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Next Year by Greg Evans

Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach will make their Broadway debuts next year in Dog Day Afternoon, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis (Between Riverside and Crazy) bas…

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Kara Young Makes Tony Award History And Finds ‘Purpose’ In Broadway – The Deadline Q&A by Greg Evans

Before she sets foot in Radio City Music Hall this Sunday, actor Kara Young will have already made Tony Award history by becoming the first Black person to receive Tony acting nominations in…

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Will Ferrell Developing ‘Eurovision’ Stage Musical Based On His 2020 Netflix Film by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: A stage musical based on the 2020 Netflix movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is under development with Will Ferrell, Harper Steele and Anthony King writing the …

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Could Tour And “Might” Go To London, George Clooney Tells Seth Meyers by Greg Evans

George Clooney dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers last night to plug this Saturday’s live broadcast of his Broadway play Good Night, And Good Luck when he let slip what might be a bit …

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Countdown To Broadway’s Tony Night: How Are The Nominees Doing At The Box Office? by Greg Evans

Broadway began its new season last week with a negligible dip at the box office, understandable given that the previous week had the included the tourist-friendly Memorial Day weekend holida…

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Tony Awards Announce Presenter Line-Up: Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Part Of Excellent Adventure by Greg Evans

Tony Award Productions announced today the lineup of stars set to present at this Sunday’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, a roster that includes Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter of the upcoming Wait…

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Second Stage Theater Sets New Broadway Season With Pulitzer Finalists ‘Marjorie Prime’ & ‘Becky Shaw’ by Greg Evans

Jordan Harrison’s play Marjorie Prime and Gina Gionfriddo’s comedy Becky Shaw – both Pulitzer Prize finalists – will be presented on Broadway as part of Second Stage Theater’s 2025…

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Mia Farrow Explains Why ‘The Roommate’ Worked And Why She Sobbed When Learning Of Her Tony Nominaton by Greg Evans

One of the more surprising team-ups of this Broadway season was surely Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, the stars of Jen Silverman’s two-character comedy-drama that had a limited run last fall…

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