Wednesday, December 10, 2025

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Actor Juan Carlos Sets Return Following Onstage Injury; Says Knee Ligaments “Looked Like Crab Meat” by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Juan Carlos, one of the original cast members of Broadway’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow, was onstage one evening last June when, just as Act One was coming to an end, he j…

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Tom Felton Conjures Up Ticket Sales For ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’; ‘Ragtime’ And ‘Chess’ Stay Strong Post-Turkey Day – Broad by Greg Evans

Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, revitalized by the recent casting of the film franchise’s Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, once again topped the box office roster with a magical…

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Broadway’s ‘The Queen Of Versailles’ To Close Even Earlier Than Expected Due To “Harsh Economic Realities” by Greg Evans

The Queen of Versailles, the new and soon-to-close Broadway musical starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham, will close its doors even earlier than previously announced: Producers i…

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Rachel Dratch, Campbell Scott, Claybourne Elder & Wayne Brady Join New York City Center’s Upcoming Encores! Productions by Greg Evans

Rachel Dratch, Campbell Scott, Claybourne Elder and Wayne Brady have signed on for several upcoming productions in the New York City Center’s Off Broadway Encores! revival series beginning…

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Jeremy O. Harris Released From Custody In Japan After Drug Smuggling Allegations by Greg Evans

Slave Play playwright Jeremy O. Harris has been has been released from custody in Japan three weeks after being arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country.…

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Monday, December 8, 2025

‘Bigfoot!’ Stage Musical Finds Its Beast: Grey Henson To Star Alongside Alex Moffat, Crystal Lucas-Perry & Katerina McCrimmon by Greg Evans

Bigfoot!, the new musical comedy set for an Off Broadway bow this February, has found its titular beast – it’ll be Grey Henson of Mean Girls and Elf – and its trio of humans to be play…

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Tony Nominee Shoshana Bean Joins Broadway’s ‘Lost Boys’ Musical by Greg Evans

 Shoshana Bean (Hell’s Kitchen, Wicked) is joining the cast of this spring’s Broadway musical version of The Lost Boys, taking the role of Lucy Emerson, the mother of two teenaged boys…

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Friday, December 5, 2025

Giancarlo Esposito On Adapting His Graphic Novel ‘The Venetian’ & Why He’s OK Being The Villain Of The Piece: “I’m Not Done With Being T by Stewart Clarke

Giancarlo Esposito has dished on plans for a Stephen King project he’s working up with Guy Busick, and an adaptation of his graphic novel ‘The Venetian’, which hits shelves soon. The B…

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Breaking Baz: UK Comedy Queen Catherine Tate Discovers Riotous Laughter As The Wicked Fairy In London Palladium Panto ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: British television comedy queen Catherine Tate sashays across the room where rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty, the 10th annual feast of fun (and filth), are taking place. Performa…

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Review: Expertly Shot Film Of Sondheim’s Tony Winning Musical Revival Gives You A Front Row Seat To This Dazzling Show by Pete Hammond

The holiday season is always a perfect time for movie musicals, but as it turns out Wicked: For Good is not the only one Broadway lovers will have this season. Director Maria Friedman’s ex…

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Breaking Baz: ‘The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup & ‘Andor’s Denise Gough Reveal Why Their London Stage Version Of ‘High Noon’ Still Reso by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: The clock is ticking as Billy Crudup (The Morning Show) and Denise Gough (Andor) run a scene from Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth’s stage adaptation of High Noon, director Fred …

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Monday, December 1, 2025

Nathan Lane & Laurie Metcalf To Lead ‘Death Of A Salesman’ Broadway Revival by Denise Petski

Arthur Miller’s classic American drama Death of a Salesman is returning to Broadway next spring, led by three-time Tony winner Nathan Lane and two-time Tony winner Laurie Metcalf. Directed…

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‘Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ Star Whitney Leavitt To Make Broadway Debut In ‘Chicago’ by Denise Petski

Whitney Leavitt, star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Season 34 semi-finalist on Dancing With The Stars, is heading to Broadway. Leavitt has been tapped to star as Roxie Hart next ye…

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Breaking Baz: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Rising Star Arty Froushan Lands Killer Role In London Revamp Of ‘American Psycho’ Stage Musical by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Arty Froushan, who plays Wilson Fisk’s sinister henchman Buck Cashman in Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again, will star as serial killer Patrick Bateman in a revamped revival of th…

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Sunday, November 30, 2025

‘Wicked’ Author Gregory Maguire To Release Galinda Prequel Book In 2026 by Natalie Oganesyan

The Wicked universe is officially expanding in all its technicolor splendor. Author Gregory Maguire, whose 1995 novel inspired the Broadway phenomenon-turned-Universal blockbuster starring A…

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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Judi Dench Details Worsening Eyesight Due To Macular Degeneration: “I Can’t See Anymore” by Natalie Oganesyan

Academy and Tony Award-winning actress Judi Dench detailed the realities of her eye condition, which has led to a loss of sight and her stepping back from the stage and screen. “No, you do…

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West End Will Dim Lights For Tom Stoppard Remembrance by Glenn Garner

As the theater industry and admirers around the world mourn Tom Stoppard, the community that gave the 3x Olivier Award winner his start is paying tribute. Following Stoppard’s death at age…

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Tom Stoppard Dies: Renowned Playwright & Oscar-Winning ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Writer Was 88 by Glenn Garner

Tom Stoppard, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love and 5x Tony-winning playwright, has died. He was 88. United Agents announced on Saturday that Stoppard died “peacefully�…

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Breaking Baz: Why Ian McKellen Was Right When He Told David Shields, Star Of James Graham’s ‘Punch,’ He Should Have His Name Up In Lights by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: The actor David Shields (Masters of the Air, Black Mirror) gives a word-perfect impersonation of Ian McKellen. The theatrical knight saw Shields backstage following a performance …

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Kristin Chenoweth Reacts To ‘The Queen Of Versailles’ Early Closing, Laments All Shows “That Have Come And Gone” by Nellie Andreeva

Two days after the announcement that the new Broadway musical The Queen of Versailles, in just its third week at the St. James Theatre, will close Jan. 4, its star Kristin Chenoweth is refle…

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Netflix & ‘Adolescence’ Director Philip Barantini Developing Small Screen Version Of Buzzy Edinburgh Fringe Play ‘Eat The Rich’ by Jesse Whittock

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Adolescence director Philip Barantini’s indie are in talks to turn Jade Franks’ buzzy Edinburgh play Eat the Rich (But Maybe Not Me Mates X) into a TV series. Insp…

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Studiocanal Opens Theater Label As ‘Paddington: The Musical’ Launches In The West End by Max Goldbart

With Paddington: The Musical hitting the West End, Studiocanal is launching a theater label. Ron Halpern, EVP Global Productions, is leading the Studiocanal on Stage label, which the French …

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The Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘The BFG’ Takes One Giant Step & Reveals Pics Ahead Of First Performance by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has something astronomic to boast about – the first look image of The BFG, the colossal star of its stage spectacle adapted from Roa…

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Monday, November 24, 2025

‘The Queen Of Versailles’ Gets Quick Broadway Closing Date by Patrick Hipes

The Queen of Versailles, the Broadway musical that is starting just its third week at the St. James Theatre, will play its final performance January 4, 2026. The show opened November 9 and t…

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Friday, November 21, 2025

Breaking Baz: Chiwetel Ejiofor Signs On As Creative For West End-Bound Musical ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’, Newcomer Alistair Nwachukwu Cast by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy star Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined the creative team of Royal Shakespeare Company show The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – a project close to his…

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Jonathan Groff Sets Exit Date For Broadway Musical ‘Just In Time’ by Patrick Hipes

Jonathan Groff will play his final performance as Bobby Darin in the jukebox musical Just In Time on March 29, 2026, almost a year to the day the show first began its performances on Broad…

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Range Media Partners Signs ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Actress & Musician Lauren Patten by Anthony D'Alessandro

EXCLUSIVE: Range has inked Tony Award-winning actress and musician Lauren Patten, the breakout star of the Tony-nominated Alanis Morissette-Diablo Cody Broadway musical Jagged Little Pi…

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Breaking Baz: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Sadie Sink Will Make London West End Stage Debut In ‘Romeo & Juliet’ With ‘Hamnet’s’ Noah Jupe by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Stranger Things star Sadie Sink will make her London stage bow as Juliet in a production of Romeo & Juliet that hot director Robert Icke will helm in March, Deadline can r…

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Monday, November 17, 2025

Sean Hayes Set For New One-Man Play ‘The Unknown’ Off Broadway by Erik Pedersen

Sean Hayes will be going it alone when he returns to the New York stage next year. The Good Night, Oscar Tony winner and two-time Emmy winner is set to star in The Unknown, a new one-man thr…

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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Elizabeth Franz Dies: Tony-Winning & Emmy-Nominated ‘Death Of A Salesman’ Actress Was 84 by Natalie Oganesyan

Elizabeth Franz — the Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated Death of a Salesman actress, whose performance was lauded by the seminal playwright Arthur Miller himself — has died at the age of 8…

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Ted Hartley Dies: Actor, Producer & Former RKO Pictures Boss Was 100 by Jesse Whittock

Ted Hartley, the film and stage actor and former CEO and Chairman of RKO Pictures, has died at 100. The Hamptons resident passed away October 10 in New York City, according to the East Hampt…

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