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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Jonathan Groff and the Stars of Just in Time Come Out to Play on Opening Night: 'Let's. F**king. Go.' by Hayley Levitt

Just in Time, a Bobby Darin biomusical wrapped in a nightclub act, had its swingin' opening-night celebration at Circle in the Square Theatre on April 23. Jonathan Groff leads the cast as D…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM

Alex Joseph Grayson, The Outsiders' Dallas Winston, Sings 'Little Brother' from the Tony-Winning Musical by Hayley Levitt

Back in February, Alex Joseph Grayson stepped into the role of Dallas Winston in the Tony-winning musical The Outsiders. He's the elder statesman of the Greasers, looking out for the young…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

For Real Women Have Curves' Aline Mayagoitia, the Road to Broadway Started with Party Tricks and Jennifer Lopez by Hayley Levitt

Age: 30 Hometown: Aline Mayagoitia (uh-LEEN ma-ya-GOY-tya) grew up in Austin, Texas, but spent her first 10 years in Mexico City where much of her family still lives. “I claim both with e…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PM

Smash to Release an Original Broadway Cast Recording on May 16 by Hayley Levitt

Concord Theatricals Recordings will digitally release the original Broadway cast recording of Smash on May 16 at midnight ET. The CD and vinyl will also be available for preorder beginning …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM
Monday, April 28, 2025

2025 Tony Honors to Be Presented to PBS' Great Performances, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New 42 and Michael Price by Hayley Levitt

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced four recipients of the 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Great Performances, Michael Price, New 42 and the New York Public L…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Taye Diggs and Wayne Brady to Join Moulin Rouge! on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Taye Diggs and Wayne Brady will return to Broadway in Moulin Rouge! as the Duke of Monroth and Harold Zidler, respectively, beginning July 22 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Both will play l…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:36AM
Friday, April 25, 2025

Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending and BOOP! Lead 2025 Outer Critics Circle Nominations by Hayley Levitt

Nominations have been announced for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Death Becomes Her leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Maybe Happy Ending with nine, BOOP! The Music…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Jeremy Jordan and the Stars of Floyd Collins Celebrate Opening Night: 'It's Unlike Anything That's on Broadway Right Now' by Hayley Levitt

On April 21, Floyd Collins celebrated its first-ever Broadway opening, nearly 30 years after making its off-Broadway debut. The show tells the true story of its title cave explorer, musica…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PM

BOOP! The Musical to Release Broadway Cast Recording June 6 by Hayley Levitt

The original Broadway cast recoring for BOOP! The Musical will be released on June 6 at midnight in streaming and digital formats. A special edition double LP of the album is available to…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM

Basura, a New Musical Scored by Gloria Estefan and Emily Estefan, to Premiere at the Alliance Theatre by Hayley Levitt

Basura, a new musical featuring a score by nine-time Grammy Award winner Gloria Estefan and her daughter Emily Estefan, will have its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Geor…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM

Paddington The Musical to Have Its World Premiere in London's West End This Fall by Hayley Levitt

Paddington The Musical will have its world premiere this fall at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End. The production will open November 1.  Adapted from the beloved books written by Mic…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

10 Things I Hate About You Musical by Carly Rae Jepsen, Lena Dunham and More in Development by Hayley Levitt

10 Things I Hate About You, the beloved 1999 teen romantic comedy written by Karen McCullah and Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, is being adapted for the stage as a new musical. The show is being …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM

Dez Duron Will Melt Your Robot Heart with His Performance of 'A Sentimental Person' from Maybe Happy Ending by Hayley Levitt

Earlier this week, Broadway's favorite robots (who take the form of Darren Criss and Helen J Shen at the Belasco Theatre), stopped by the Broadway.com studio to perform one of their due…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

How Ashley Graham Manifested Her Broadway Debut as Chicago's Roxie Hart by Hayley Levitt

Supermodel Ashley Graham is now starring on Broadway as Chicago's starlet of the cell block, Roxie Hart. And it all started with a vision board. "I'm all about writing down things that w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PM

Gracie Lawrence on Starring with Jonathan Groff in Just in Time, Channeling a Music Icon and the Beautiful Humiliation of Acting by Hayley Levitt

Age: 28 Hometown: New York City Current Role: Gracie Lawrence plays singer and actress Connie Francis in the Bobby Darin musical Just in Time, starring Jonathan Groff and directed by Alex …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM

Redwood, Starring Idina Menzel, Will Release an Original Broadway Cast Recording in May; Debut Track Out Today by Hayley Levitt

Redwood, the original Broadway musical now running at the Nederlander Theatre and starring Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, has set the digital release of its original Broadway cast recordin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54AM
Monday, April 21, 2025

Check Out These Drop-Dead Photos from Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Dead Outlaw, a musical about the outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy, is now on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Featuring music and lyrics by Tony winner David Yazbek and E…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PM

The Creatives of Glengarry Glen Ross on Building a Two-Faced World of Seduction and Desperation on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Glengarry Glen Ross is famously a play about "men at work," a subject that never much interested director Patrick Marber. "I was doing my best to avoid ever having to work," he says—the h…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PM

Helen J Shen and Darren Criss Sing 'Hitting the Road' from Maybe Happy Ending by Hayley Levitt

Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park's heartwarming musical about a pair of obsolete robots who set out on an adventure, has been the surprise smash of the Broadway season. Darren …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Hailey Kilgore Was a Teenage Tony Nominee—Now as an Adult, She Leads Hadestown with No Fear by Hayley Levitt

Hailey Kilgore is accustomed to building a home among the gods. Since January, she’s been cavorting with Greek deities as Hadestown’s Eurydice—her first time back on Broadway since pr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM

Drag: The Musical to Release Live Album Featuring Alaska Thunderf*ck, Liza Minnelli and More by Hayley Levitt

Drag: The Musical, running through April 27 at New World Stages, will release a live cast album on April 25. The album is produced by Liza Minnelli (co-producer of the show) and co-creator …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PM
Friday, April 11, 2025

In Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway, Comedian Ilana Glazer Can Lose Her Signature Chill by Hayley Levitt

Ilana Glazer’s magic trick is fooling you into thinking she’s really the underachieving stoner chick she plays on screen. Yes, she shares a first name with Ilana Wexler, the chaotic but…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Sunset Boulevard's Diego Andres Rodriguez to Star Opposite Rachel Zegler in Jamie Lloyd's Evita in London by Hayley Levitt

Diego Andres Rodriguez will join the previously announced Rachel Zegler in Jamie Lloyd's revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita at the London Palladium this summer. Rodriguez,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM
Saturday, April 5, 2025

The Last Five Years Through the Years: Veteran Cathys and Jamies Reflect as the Musical Two-Hander Lands on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

In 1999, just on the cusp of 30, Jason Robert Brown won his first Tony Award. It was for Best Original Musical Score for Parade, an ambitious, two-act drama with sweeping Americana melodie…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Broadway's Rising Star Joy Woods on Giving Gen Z a Gypsy to Remember by Hayley Levitt

Joy Woods doesn't burn hot and fast with her characters. She's more apt to let them simmer a while, giving them time to reveal themselves in due course—even if the Broadway calendar refuse…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Adam Driver, Kara Young, Alaska Thunderf*ck and More Receive Lucille Lortel Award Nominations by Hayley Levitt

Nominations for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced today by Francis Jue, star of Broadway’s Yellow Face, and Krysta Rodriguez, currently appearing in Smash on Broadway. T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PM
Friday, March 28, 2025

Netflix to Release Backstage Documentary Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Hayley Levitt

As Stranger Things: The First Shadow prepares to take its first Broadway bow at the Marquis Theatre, Netflix has announced plans to release a documentary about the making of the theatrical…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AM
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

John Krasinski to Star in Penelope Skinner's Angry Alan, the Debut Production at Studio Seaview by Hayley Levitt

John Krasinski will perform the one-man dark comedy Angry Alan, written by Penelope Skinner and co-created by Don Mackay. It will be the inaugural production at Studio Seaview—the midtown …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Little Shop of Horrors Stars Milo Manheim and Elizabeth Gillies on Being a Seymour and Audrey for the Next Generation of Superfans by Hayley Levitt

In 2003, Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler birthed a new generation of Little Shop of Horors fans: millennials who practiced their "Suddenly Seymour" harmonies in the shower and dreamed of one…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

The Jonathan Larson Project Will Play Its Final Performance on March 30 by Hayley Levitt

The Jonathan Larson Project, a revue of the late Rent composer's unpublished work, will play its final off-Broadway performance at the Orpheum Theatre on March 30. The show began previews …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren on How Their Paths Intersected for the Broadway Premiere of The Last Five Years by Hayley Levitt

It was 2002 and Nick Jonas—pre-Disney Channel and family-band stardom—was playing Chip in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. He was one of the only kids in a magical cupboard of seasoned …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AM

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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