Monday, June 30, 2025

Susan Sarandon Will Make London Stage Debut Starring With Andrea Riseborough In Tracy Letts Play ‘Mary Page Marlowe’ by Baz Bamigboye

Oscar winner Susan Sarandon said she’s “terrified but excited” to be making her UK stage debut this fall at London’s The Old Vic Theatre starring with Academy Award nominee Andrea R…

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Karl E. Held Dies: A Producer Of Broadway-Bound ‘Kowalski’ Was 63 by Greg Evans

Karl E. Held, a longtime arts advocate who was a producer on the Tony Award-nominated 2009 Broadway production of Ragtime and most recently on the Off Broadway hit Kowalski, died of a heart …

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‘Phantom’ Spin-Off ‘Masquerade’ Sells Out Six Weeks Of Previews In Three Hours; Additional Dates To Be Announced by Greg Evans

The six-week preview period for Masquerade, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, sold out with three hours of going on sale this morning. Due to the respon…

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Mark Brokaw Dies: ‘This Is Our Youth’, ‘How I Learned To Drive’ Director Succumbs To Cancer by Greg Evans

Mark Brokaw, a prolific director of Off Broadway, Broadway and regional stage productions who beginning in the 1990s worked with some of the brightest emerging playwrights including Douglas …

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Taraji P. Henson And Cedric “The Entertainer” To Star On Broadway In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Revival by Greg Evans

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer” will star in a new production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway next spring, producer Brian Anthony Moreland a…

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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Paul Libin Dies: Major Broadway Producer & Longtime Circle In The Square President Was 94 by Erik Pedersen

Paul Libin, a major figure in the American theater for nearly seven decades whose leadership positions at Circle in the Square Theatre and Jujamcyn Theaters contributed some of Broadway’s …

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Saturday, June 28, 2025

John Travolta Makes Surprise Appearance As Danny Zuko At Hollywood Bowl ‘Grease’ Event by Tomt

Fans at the Grease Sing-A-Long screening at the Hollywood Bowl last night got a surprise when the original Danny Zuko strutted out onstage. John Travolta posted a photo of himself in charact…

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Announces Preview Dates And A Cast Including Two Former Broadway Phantoms by Greg Evans

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Masquerade, the immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, will begin previews in New York on July 31, producers announced today, with a large cast that includes…

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Tony Award Winner Diane Paulus Unmasked As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Director by Greg Evans

Diane Paulus, a 2013 Tony Award winner for her direction of Pippin whose other Broadway credits include Waitress, Jagged Little Pill and Real Women Have Curves, is directing Masquerade, Andr…

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‘The Princess Bride’ Musical: EGOT Songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Director Alex Timbers And Producer Jeffrey Seller Join S by Greg Evans

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, two-time Tony winning director Alex Timbers and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller have joined the…

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Manhattan Theatre Club’s Visionary Artistic Director Lynne Meadow To Step Aside After 53 Years, Will Take Advisory Role by Greg Evans

Lynne Meadow, whose 53-year run as artistic director of the highly influential Manhattan Theatre Club included guiding shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henle…

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

‘Boop! The Musical’ Sets Broadway Closing, Latest In A String Of Post-Tony Early Departures by Greg Evans

Boop! The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, July 13, producers announced today. The show will have played 25 previews and 112 regular performances. The musical is t…

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Times Square Casino Opponents And Supporters To Brave NYC Heat With Separate Rallies by Greg Evans

Supporters and opponents of a proposed Caesars Palace casino in the Broadway theater district will step out into New York City’s heat wave this week with two separate rallies in Times Squa…

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

‘Chess’ Broadway Revival With Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele & Nicholas Christopher Sets Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

Chess, the first-ever Broadway revival of the Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Tim Rice musical that will star Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher, will begin previews at …

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‘Smash’, ‘Floyd Collins’ & ‘The Last Five Years’ See Business Uptick In Final Week – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Several Broadway shows – Smash, Floyd Collins and The Last Five Years – went out on high notes last week, with last-chancers boosting box office for all three productions. Smash, the mus…

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Caesars Palace Pledges $5 Million To Support LGBTQ+ Health Center If Times Square Casino Approved by Greg Evans

Caesars Palace Times Square, the bid from SL Green, Caesars Entertainment, and Roc Nation to bring a casino to 1515 Broadway in Times Square, announced today a $5 million commitment to suppo…

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‘Oedipus’ Starring Mark Strong & Lesley Manville Sets Broadway Dates by Greg Evans

Oedipus, the West End hit starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, will begin its 14-week engagement at Broadway’s Studio 54 on Thursday, October 30, with an opening night set for Thursda…

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Breaking Baz: Here Comes The Judge! First Look At ‘Gone Girl’ Rosamund Pike Playing A Karaoke-Loving Justice In National Theatre Debut ‘Inter Al by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike is captured in our exclusive first look at the actress wearing her Crown Court judge robes, red tippet and wig for her role in Suzie Miller’s new …

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Democratic Senators To Host Kennedy Center Pride Concert To Protest Trump Takeover – Report by Greg Evans

Five Democratic senators will host an invitation-only Pride concert at the Kennedy Center Monday as a protest against President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington D.C. arts institut…

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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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Breaking Baz: Red-Hot Rachel Zegler Soars In ‘Evita’ London Palladium Previews, Heating Up The Box Office As Chatter Turns To 2027 Broadway Transf by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) is a sensation as her voice soars through the London Palladium’s auditorium — and beyond — portraying Eva Perón in Evita, the classic Tim R…

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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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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Carrie Preston Teases Her ‘Elsbeth’ Guest Star Wish List: “Pretty Much Everybody On Broadway” by Glenn Garner

After reuniting with some of Elsbeth‘s biggest guests for a star-studded musical Season 2 finale, Carrie Preston is ready to apprehend more of the Great White Way. While attending last wee…

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Brit List Winner To Perform One-Woman Edinburgh Show About OnlyFans Star Who Beds 1,000 Men by Jake Kanter

EXCLUSIVE: Issy Knowles, a former winner of the emerging writer scheme The Brit List, is preparing to get into the mind of an OnlyFans star for her next project. The former model has created…

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