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Friday, July 11, 2025

With London's Evita and Waiting for Godot on the Way, the Sun Never Sets on Jamie Lloyd by Hayley Levitt

Jamie Lloyd’s simultaneously stripped down and amped up production of Sunset Boulevard, playing its final Broadway performance on July 20, walked away from this year’s Tony Awards with t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PM
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Walk to Work with Krystal Hernandez, SIX's Queen of Confidence by Hayley Levitt

Krystal Hernandez is SIX's Anna of Cleves, the unflaggingly self-possessed fourth wife in Broadway's histo-remix. By the way she gets down at the Lena Horne Theatre with the abandon of Card…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PM

Floyd Collins Pushes Broadway Cast Album Release to August by Hayley Levitt

Floyd Collins will release its original Broadway cast recording digitally on August 8, with a physical CD due September 5. The album was previously scheduled to be released both physically …

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

Helen J Shen on Her Year of Maybe Happy Ending: 'This Is Beyond Anything I Could've Ever Dreamed' by Hayley Levitt

Maybe Happy Ending is the reigning Tony-winning Best Musical—an accolade that seemed all but assured going into the June 8 ceremony. But a year ago, when Helen J Shen had just booked her B…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PM

James Monroe Iglehart Joins Broadway's & Juliet This August by Hayley Levitt

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will join the Broadway cast of & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre this August, playing a limited 13-week engagement as Lance from August 5…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PM
Monday, July 7, 2025

Richard Greenberg, Tony-Winning Playwright of Take Me Out, Dies at 67 by Hayley Levitt

Richard Greenberg, the celebrated playwright best known for his 2003 Tony-winning play Take Me Out, has died. The cause of death has not been confirmed. He was 67.  Theater director Rober…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM

Montego Glover to Star in Broadway’s Gypsy at Sunday Matinees All Summer by Hayley Levitt

Montego Glover's turn as Gypsy's Rose isn't over yet. Following her weeklong run earlier this month during Audra McDonald's vacation, Glover will continue to perform the role at the Majestic…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock to Lead Samuel D. Hunter's Little Bear Ridge Road on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Little Bear Ridge Road, a new play by Samuel D. Hunter, will premiere on Broadway for a limited 18-week run this fall starring two-time Tony winner Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, with dire…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Brenda Pressley to Succeed LaTanya Richardson Jackson in Purpose on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Brenda Pressley will join the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose at the Hayes Theater. Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Brenda Pressley to Replace LaTanya Richardson Jackson in Purpose on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Brenda Pressley will join the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose at the Hayes Theater. Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM

Tony Nominees and Jimmy Alums Jasmine Amy Rogers and Julia Knitel to Present at the Jimmy Awards; Coaches and Judges Announced by Hayley Levitt

The 16th annual Jimmy Awards (National High School Musical Theatre Awards), hosted by Josh Groban at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre on June 23, has its roster of theater professionals and indus…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM

Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret for Its Final Weeks on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Tony Award winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace will star as Emcee and Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the August Wilson Theatre. Fresh off their run in the Lon…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PM

Rolling Thunder, Vietnam Musical Set to the Hits of the Era, Has Its Complete Cast by Hayley Levitt

The complete cast and creative team is set for Rolling Thunder, a show described as "part rock concert, part documentary" about the Vietnam War and set to the rock songs of the era. The sh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM

Roastmaster General Jeff Ross Will Bring Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride to Broadway This Summer by Hayley Levitt

Jeff Ross, nicknamed the "Roastmaster General" for his ubiquity at celebrity roasts, will come to Broadway with his solo show Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride. Performances will run f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM

Tom Francis Sets Final Performance in Sunset Boulevard; Pierre Marais to Play Final Stretch of the Broadway Run by Hayley Levitt

Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Tom Francis will play his final performance as Joe Gillis in Jamie Lloyd's Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard on July 6. Pierre Marais, who c…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Monday, June 16, 2025

The Play That Goes Wrong Inducts New Players Into the Cornley University Drama Society by Hayley Levitt

The Play That Goes Wrong will welcome Joanie Anderson, Liana Hunt and Evan Alexander Smith to the off-Broadway cast at New World Stages this summer. Anderson begins performances as Annie b…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM

A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration to Reunite Original Broadway Cast Members for One Night Only by Hayley Levitt

The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), along with Tony Award-winning producers Christopher Ketner and Hunter Regian, have announced a one-night-only special concert A C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM
Friday, June 13, 2025

Ann Morrison to Star in the National Tour of Kimberly Akimbo by Hayley Levitt

Ann Morrison will join the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo as Kimberly beginning July 29 in Cleveland, OH. Current star Carolee Carmello will play her final performance on July 27. Morriso…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Pirates! The Penzance Musical Will Record an Original Broadway Cast Album by Hayley Levitt

Pirates! The Penzance Musical, now running on Broadway at the Todd Haimes Theatre, will record an original Broadway cast album, due on CD and in streaming and digital formats this summer. T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PM

Watch Eva Noblezada Sing 'Maybe This Time' as Cabaret's Sally Bowles by Hayley Levitt

Eva Noblezada is the latest Sally Bowles to take the mic at the Kit Kat Club—also known as the August Wilson Theatre where Rebecca Frecknall's revival of Cabaret is in its second year on…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Chiara Aurelia to Replace Sadie Sink for Final Weeks of John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer, Luckiest Girl Alive) will join the Broadway cast of John Proctor is the Villain in the lead role of Shelby Holcomb for its final weeks on Broadway. Aurelia wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Tom Felton Extends His Broadway Run as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Hayley Levitt

Tom Felton, best known for his eight-film turn as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, has added seven weeks to his run as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Broadwa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

25 Broadway Opening Numbers That Define Musical Theater Post-Millennium by Hayley Levitt

Broadway.com's 25th anniversary celebration continues with another roundup that defines the past 25 years of Broadway. We've made our way through cultural milestones and standout Tony moment…

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Friday, June 6, 2025

My Life on the Dee List with Just in Time's Erika Henningsen, Episode 5: An Audience Meet-and-Greet with the 'Grool'est Groff Fans by Hayley Levitt

Back in her Mean Girls era, Erika Henningsen was Too Grool for School. But now that she's a-splishin' and a-splashin' in the Bobby Darin musical Just in Time, she's happily living lif…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PM

Marco Paguia and David Oquendo of the Buena Vista Social Club Band on Their Tony Recognition: 'We Feel so Honored' by Hayley Levitt

On top of its 10 competitive Tony nominations, Buena Vista Social Club is being honored at this year's Tony Awards ceremony with a special award for the musicians that turn the Schoenfeld …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

John Proctor is the Villain, Starring Sadie Sink, Extends Broadway Run by Hayley Levitt

John Proctor is the Villain, Kimberly Belflower's coming-of-age play currently nominated for seven Tony Awards, has extended its Broadway engagement at the Booth Theatre through August 31. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PM

Watch the Wicked: For Good Trailer, But Not Without Tissues by Hayley Levitt

The second act of Jon M. Chu's film version of Wicked is coming to theaters this fall with Wicked: For Good, where we'll see how the story wraps up for our favorite witches, played by Cy…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM

Sunset Boulevard Announces Final Broadway Extension by Hayley Levitt

Jamie Lloyd's revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring Olivier Award winner Nicole Scherzinger as faded film star Norma Desmond, will play its final performance at the St. James Theatre on …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM

Tom Felton to Reprise Film Role as Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Hayley Levitt

Tom Felton is going back to Hogwarts! The actor who played the title character's arch nemesis in all eight Harry Potter films will reprise his role as Draco Malfoy on Broadway in Harry Po…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Lena Waithe, Debbie Allen and More Collaborating on Broadway-Bound Musical Adaptation of the Disney Film Polly by Hayley Levitt

Producer Brian Anthony Moreland announced the development of Polly: The Musical, a new Broadway-bound production based on the Disney television movie with teleplay by William Blinn and the n…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PM

Eurovision Stage Musical in Development with Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Alex Timbers and More by Hayley Levitt

The Netflix motion picture Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is now being developed as a stage musical. Produced by Lia Vollack, the production will feature a book by Will Fe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM