Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Mary Todd Lincoln Comedy ‘Oh, Mary!’ Sets Broadway Transfer For Summer by Greg Evans

The sold-out, twice-extended Off Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! will transfer to Broadway this summer, producers announced today. Written by and starring Cole Escola and directed by Sam Pinkleton…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AM

‘Barbie’ Producer LuckyChap To Make New York Stage Debut With New Work By ‘Titaníque’ Co-Writer & Star Marla Mindelle by Greg Evans

LuckyChap, the producing team Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara behind Barbie and Saltburn will team with multiple-Tony-winning Broadway producing veterans Sue Wagner and John J…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:30AM
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Breaking Baz: ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, Smash Stage Adaptation Of Studio Ghibli Classic, Transfers To West End, With Broadway Next by Baz Bamigboye

Following two sold-out limited seasons at London’s Barbican, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed stage version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbour Totoro w…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:58PM

‘Hell’s Kitchen’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘Uncle Vanya’ Among Strong Broadway Box Office Newcomers by Greg Evans

A very busy Broadway held its own last week, with 36 productions pulling in a combined $34,650,614, a good 10% increase over last year at this time. About 92% of all available seats were occ…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:49PM

Idina Menzel To Launch Career-Spanning North American Tour This Summer by Greg Evans

Tony winner Idina Menzel will launch a North American tour this summer featuring signature songs from her stage career – including Wicked and Rent – and albums including her latest, Dram…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:32PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

Broadway’s ‘Stereophonic’ Extends Run By Six Weeks by Greg Evans

Stereophonic, David Adjmi’s Broadway play about a ’70s Fleetwood Mac-type group, has announced a six-week extension following a slew of rave reviews. Initially set to close July 7, the p…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:51AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Breaking Baz: ‘Cruising’ Star Jane McDonald Cruises Into Lavish London Palladium ‘Robin Hood’ Panto Starring Julian Clary In Title Role by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian and writer Julian Clary (Julian Clary: Live – Lord of the Mince) will play the title role in this festive season’s London Palladium pantomime Robin Hood, with singer…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:00PM
Friday, April 19, 2024

Breaking Baz: ‘Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert’ Movie Sequel Readying To Shoot With Original Stars; ‘Maurice’s Jubilee’ Update; Love’s Lab by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Stephan Elliott, who directed the celebrated cult classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, tells this column that a sequel “is happening” and that the orig…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:22PM
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films Acquires Film Rights To Hit Stage Adaptation ‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’, Whose Current Star Sarah Snook Just Won by Andreas Wiseman

EXCLUSIVE: Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films has acquired the film rights to one of the hottest theater shows around: the Sydney Theatre Company’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde classic The Pict…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:20AM
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Jon M. Chu To Direct ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Broadway Musical by Greg Evans

Wicked director Jon M. Chu will make his Broadway directorial debut with a new stage adaptation of his 2018 hit film Crazy Rich Asians, producers announced today. The new musical, still in d…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:01AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

‘The Wiz’, ‘Cabaret’ Among Week’s Top-Earning Newcomers – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway’s spring newcomers continued pulling in the city’s tastemakers, tourists and the merely curious last week, with overall box office down about 10% from the previous week but most…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:22PM

Carrie Robbins Dies: Broadway Costume Designer From Poodle Skirts Of ‘Grease’ To Holiday Gowns Of ‘White Christmas’ Was 81 by Greg Evans

Carrie Robbins, whose more than 30 years as a Broadway costume designer saw her involvement in 1972’s Grease, for which she contributed the production’s signature poodle skirts, and the …

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:59PM

Kit Connor & Rachel Zegler Headed To Broadway In Sam Gold-Directed ‘Romeo + Juliet’ by Greg Evans

Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler will star in the new Broadway production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet this fall, directed by Tony Award winner …

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:24AM
Monday, April 15, 2024

West End ‘Dorian Gray’ Director Kip Williams Signs With CAA by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Kip Williams, the adapter and director of the buzzy West End production of the Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring newly minted Olivier A…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:12PM
Friday, April 12, 2024

Breaking Baz: Daniel Mays Talks On-Set Sing-Alongs With Michael Douglas, ‘Guys & Dolls’ Olivier Nom & “Horrendous” Treatment Of ‘Rom by Baz Bamigboye

Daniel Mays remembers Michael Douglas and Timothy Van Patten, the respectively star and director of new Apple TV drama Franklin, bursting into song whenever he appeared on set. It came abo…

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:33PM

Olivier Awards To Stream On BritBox International In Australia, Canada And U.S. by Stewart Clarke

The Olivier Awards will be available to stream on Britbox this year, alongside its regular UK broadcast on ITV1. The Olivier Awards will take place on Sunday, April 14, and will be available…

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:37AM
Thursday, April 11, 2024

‘Yellow Face’, ‘English’ & Reimagined ‘The Pirates Of Penzance’ Set Broadway Openings by Greg Evans

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the dates for its 2024-25 season, with David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face starring Daniel Dae Kim kicking off the company’s Broadway line-up with an…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:11PM
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

‘An Enemy Of The People’ Starring Jeremy Strong & Michael Imperioli Gets One-Week Broadway Extension Due To Popular Demand by Greg Evans

The critically-acclaimed hit Broadway revival of An Enemy of the People has announced a one-week extension at Circle in the Square Theatre. The Ibsen revival will now play through Sunday, Ju…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:26AM
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

‘Cabaret’, ‘Stereophonic’, ‘Uncle Vanya’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Outsiders’ Sell Out As Busy Broadway Spring Blooms by Greg Evans

Broadway’s busy spring was reaching peak bloom last week as the season’s final batch of new shows – save for the upcoming Sufjan Stevens musical Illinoise – was in previews, boosting…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:37PM

‘The Lord Of The Rings’ UK Musical Sets Chicago U.S. Premiere by Greg Evans

The Lord of the Rings musical that opened last year in the UK will stage its U.S. debut in Chicago this July, producers announced today. Based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien and directed by …

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:54PM

Proposed Legislation Would Provide $1B To Struggling Nonprofit Theaters Across Country by Greg Evans

A group of Democratic lawmakers is proposing new legislation that would provide $1 billion annually to the nonprofit professional theater industry still struggling to recover from the Covid …

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:20AM
Monday, April 8, 2024

Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga To Headline New Sondheim Broadway Revue ‘Old Friends’; Pre-Broadway Staging Set For L.A. by Greg Evans

The Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will begin previews March 25, 2025, in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at the Samuel …

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:56AM
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Tom Holland’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ To “Transfer To Broadway After Tickets Sell Out In Two Hours” by Caroline Frost

Tom Holland’s above-the-title appearance in Romeo & Juliet will transfer to Broadway, according to an insider quoted in the UK press. The Spider-man star’s return to London’s West …

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:37AM
Friday, April 5, 2024

Breaking Baz: As ‘Mamma Mia!’ Celebrate 25 Years In The West End, Producer Judy Craymer Dreams Of ‘Barbie’s Greta Gerwig “Being Available” by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Judy Craymer would just love it if Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig could just make herself available to complete the Mamma Mia! movie trilogy. “Hey, Greta, if you’re free to…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:18PM

Kate Shindle Stepping Down As Actors’ Equity President After Nine-Year Tenure by Greg Evans

Actors’ Equity President Kate Shindle has announced that she will not seek re-election when her nine-year tenure ends May 23. Shindle, who revealed the news in an interview with The New Yo…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:22PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Broadway Spring 2024: All Of Deadline’s Reviews by Patrick Hipes

April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune classic, is bustin’ out all over with no fewer than 14 new plays and musicals set to open before the April 25 Tony Award eligibility c…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:30PM

Christopher Durang Dies: Playwright With A Genius For The Absurd Was 75 by Greg Evans

Christopher Durang, one of American’s most acclaimed and accomplished playwrights whose works like Beyond Therapy, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You and the Tony-winning Vanya a…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:32AM

‘Our Town’ Broadway Cast To Include Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes, Richard Thomas, Ephraim Sykes, Zoey Deutch & 23 More by Greg Evans

The upcoming fall Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will feature a 28-actor cast led by Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Ephraim Sykes and Richard Thomas, producers ann…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

‘Ghost Of John McCain’ Musical Comedy Sets Off Broadway Election Season Run by Greg Evans

Ghost of John McCain, the musical comedy set inside the brain of Donald Trump that got under the skin of Meghan McCain, will make its world premiere Off Broadway this fall, producers announc…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:14PM

Broadway Box Office Soars As Newcomers ‘The Who’s Tommy’, ‘Suffs’, ‘The Outsiders’, ‘The Wiz’ & Others Draw Crowds by Greg Evans

Broadway box office soared last week, as five productions joined the roster, one returned and no fewer than 30 of the 32 shows saw attendance at 90% of capacity or more. Twenty productions w…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:08PM
Monday, April 1, 2024

Broadway Actors Michael Stuhlbarg And John Cardoza Latest Victims Of New York City Crime by Greg Evans

Broadway actors John Cardoza, currently appearing in The Notebook, and Michael Stuhlbarg, who begins previews tonight in Patriots, have become the latest victims in what seems a surge of hig…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:09PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards