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Friday, January 26, 2024

Fly Away with These Photos From the Peter Pan National Tour by Hayley Levitt

Take a peek inside Neverland with these first-look photos of the Peter Pan national tour. Lonny Price directs the reimagined production, based on Sir James M. Barrie's classic tale and its…

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber Promise a 'Godzilla vs. King Kong' Battle of Stage Titans in Doubt by Hayley Levitt

The Broadway Show caught up with the stars of Doubt: A Parable, John Patrick Shanley’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play that is returning to Broadway for the first time in nearly 20 ye…

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Beauty and the Beast to Launch North American Tour in 2025 by Hayley Levitt

In celebration of Beauty and the Beast's 30th anniversary, Disney Theatrical Group will launch a North American tour of the musical's reimagined stage production in June 2025. This new versi…

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Outer Critics Circle Sets Dates for 73rd Annual Awards Ceremony by Hayley Levitt

The 73rd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, celebrating the 2023-24 Broadway and off-Broadway season of theater, will be held on May 23. Nominations will be announced April 22 with winners …

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The Chita Rivera Awards Sets a Date for 2024 Ceremony by Hayley Levitt

The 2024 Chita Rivera Awards, an annual celebration of excellence in dance and choreography, will be held on May 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The nominees will be a…

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Monday, January 22, 2024

Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen to Lead Peter Morgan’s Political Play Patriots on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Tony Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg, last seen on Broadway nearly 20 years ago in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, will lead Peter Morgan’s Olivier Award-nominated play Patriots on Broa…

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

How to Dance in Ohio to Close on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

How to Dance in Ohio, the new Broadway musical inspired by Alexandra Shiva's award-winning documentary of the same name, will play its final performance on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on…

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Friday, January 19, 2024

Marcia Marcia Marcia and More Added to Kit Kat Club Ensemble in Broadway's Cabaret by Hayley Levitt

Rebecca Frecknall's Olivier Award-winning revival of Cabaret has found its ensemble of performers to fill out the Kit Kat Club on Broadway. Led by Tony and Olivier Award winner Eddie Redma…

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Apple TV Shutters Musical Series Schmigadoon! Ahead of Third Season by Hayley Levitt

Cinco Paul—creator, composer and showrunner of the satirical musical comedy series Schmigadoon!—announced today on Instagram that Apple TV will not be producing the show's third season…

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Patrick Page Extends Off-Broadway Run in All the Devils Are Here Through March by Hayley Levitt

Patrick Page's All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain has added a month to its off-Broadway run at the DR2 Theatre. In a second and final extension, the production w…

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Ones to Watch: Shaina Taub Brings Suffs to Broadway on Her Own Terms by Hayley Levitt

Calling Shaina Taub “One to Watch” might seem redundant to fans who have been keeping a close eye on her career for the past decade. But never has a work more fully epitomized Taub as an…

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Ones to Watch: Brody Grant, Star of Broadway’s The Outsiders, Embodies Art at Its Coolest by Hayley Levitt

Brody Grant is one of 15 Broadway debuts in the cast of The Outsiders—the musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel, written by Adam Rapp, Justin Levine and the Folk duo Ja…

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Ones to Watch: Joy Woods, Star of Broadway's The Notebook, Is No Imposter by Hayley Levitt

Joy Woods has played a medieval pop star, a riffing street urchin and a gold-digging dancer. But not until The Notebook—beginning performances February 10 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre�…

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Broadway’s Prayer for the French Republic Rejoices with Heartbreak and Humor on Opening Night by Hayley Levitt

This week, The Broadway Show celebrates the opening of Joshua Harmon’s family drama Prayer for the French Republic, a Manhattan Theatre Club production directed by Tony Award winner David …

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David Adjmi’s Rock Drama Stereophonic to Open on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

David Adjmi’s musical play Stereophonic will move to Broadway in the spring following its successful world-premiere production off-Broadway this past fall at Playwrights Horizons. The show…

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Film Adaptation of Big River in Development from Chicken & Biscuits Playwright Douglas Lyons by Hayley Levitt

Douglas Lyons, author of Broadway's Chicken & Biscuits, will be penning a film adaptation of the country-gospel musical Big River, per an exclusive Variety report. Based on Mark Twa…

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Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada to Star in The Great Gatsby Musical on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada will lead the Broadway production of The Great Gatsby, opening this spring. Both reprise their performances …

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Monday, January 15, 2024

Broadway’s Shucked Will Be Adapted for the Silver Screen by Hayley Levitt

After 28 previews and 319 regular performances, Shucked ended its run at the Nederlander Theatre on Sunday, January 14. However, its Broadway farewell turned out to be much less final than a…

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Director Jessica Stone on Juggling the Tony-Winning Kimberly Akimbo with New Broadway Musical Water for Elephants by Hayley Levitt

Much has happened in the life of Jessica Stone since her last appearance on The Broadway Show. Standing on 45th Street outside the Booth Theatre, Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens co…

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Meet the Six Stars of Broadway's The Notebook and Find Out Why the Show 'Hurts So Good' by Hayley Levitt

In the 2004 film version of Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook, director Nick Cassavetes had two pairs of actors play out the love story between brooding millworker Noah Calhoun and wealthy Sou…

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Why The Summer I Turned Pretty Star Lola Tung Is the Perfect Songbird for Broadway's Hadestown by Hayley Levitt

One month from now, The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung will be traversing the underworld as the latest Eurydice in Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony-winning musical Hadestown at the Walter Ke…

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

David Hyde Pierce, Ramin Karimloo and Daniel Dae Kim to Lead Roundabout's 2024-25 Broadway Season by Hayley Levitt

Roundabout Theatre Company has set its slate of productions for the 2024-25 theatrical season—the company's first season planned by Interim Artistic Director Scott Ellis following the pass…

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Monday, January 8, 2024

Derek Klena Sets Return to Broadway's Moulin Rouge! The Musical! by Hayley Levitt

Tony nominee Derek Klena will reprise his performance as the Bohemian poet Christian in Moulin Rouge! The Musical! beginning on February 6 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Klena takes…

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Prince’s Purple Rain Gets Stage Adaptation from Lileana Blain-Cruz and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins by Hayley Levitt

Purple Rain, Prince’s 1984 musical film, is being adapted for the stage with production details to be announced in the coming months. Based on the original screenplay by William Blinn and …

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Smash Continues Broadway Development With Six-Week Workshop by Hayley Levitt

The Broadway-bound musical Smash will begin the next leg of its development this month. With its sights set on a 2024-25 season production, director/choreographer Susan Stroman will lead a s…

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Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James Reclaim Their Time on Broadway in Days of Wine and Roses by Hayley Levitt

Broadway lovers salivate over a new score they can add to the ever-expanding soundtrack of their lives. But more than that, they relish a new piece of lore—a nugget of history that binds a…

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Aladdin’s Electrician Jimmy Maloney Takes Us Wonder by Wonder Through the Musical’s Broadway Magic by Hayley Levitt

Broadway electricians don’t necessarily want audiences dissecting every bit of stage magic they engineer. Nevertheless, it’s important to know that behind every awe-inspiring technical f…

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Liana Hunt Relives Her Broadway Past in Back to the Future: The Musical by Hayley Levitt

Over a decade ago, Liana Hunt made her Broadway debut at the Winter Garden Theatre as Sophie in the long-running ABBA musical Mamma Mia! In a fittingly thematic turn, Hunt is back at the Win…

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

A Sign of the Times to Follow Limited Engagement With Run at New World Stages by Hayley Levitt

A Sign of the Times, a new musical featuring hits by Petula Clark, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield and other popular artists of the 1960s, will follow its limited off-Broadway engagement with…

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Meet the Physical Therapist That Keeps MJ The Musical Dancing by Hayley Levitt

Broadway dancers make their work look effortless, but it takes a village to keep a performer healthy enough to get on stage eight times a week. MJ The Musical—featuring Christipher Wheeldo…

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Kimberly Akimbo’s Alli Mauzey Breathes in the Magic of Being Back on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Alli Mauzey has been donning her double arm casts as Kimberly Akimbo’s quirky matriarch Pattie for over a year now at Broadway’s Booth Theatre. As a five-time Broadway veteran who launch…

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