Thursday, August 14, 2025

‘Mamma Mia!’ Broadway Review: Here We Go Again by Greg Evans

If you love Mamma Mia!, you’re gonna love Mamma Mia! With the touring production of the hit ABBA musical making a six-month stop on Broadway, the flawed, fun-loving show returns to the ven…

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Scott Bakula To Star Opposite Ariana DeBose In ‘The Baker’s Wife’ Musical Off Broadway by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Bakula will star opposite Ariana DeBose in this fall’s Off Broadway presentation of the storied musical The Baker’s Wife, producer Classic Stage Company announced today.…

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber Teases Possible Arena Tour For Hollywood Bowl ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’; Confirms Broadway 2026 Transfer Of ‘Cats: The Jellic by Greg Evans

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group today announced a name-change – as expected it’s now LW Entertainment – and a line-up of projects, confirming a Spring 2026 Broadway transfe…

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Pre-Broadway ‘Purple Rain’ Finds Its Prince by Greg Evans

This fall’s world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter named Kris Kollins in the main role of The Kid, made famous in the…

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‘Mamma Mia’ Enters Ranks Of Top Weekly Grossers – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

The Mamma Mia! revival became one of the top five earners on Broadway last week, with the ABBA musical selling out and grossing $1,573,128 for seven previews at the Winter Garden. That figur…

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Boston-West End Musical Stage Hit ‘Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)’ Sets Fall Broadway Opening by Greg Evans

Following extended runs in Boston and London’s West End, the new musical comedy Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) will open on Broadway this fall, with previews beginning Sa…

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Monday, August 11, 2025

BD Wong Open Letter Denouncing ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Casting Gets 2,400 Signatures by Greg Evans

An open letter penned by actor BD Wong condemning the Maybe Happy Ending casting of a white actor in a role originally filled by an actor of Filipino descent has garnered more than 2,400 sig…

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Jack W. Batman Dies: Theater Producer Whose Recent Projects Included ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ & ‘John Proctor Is The Villain’ Was 81 by Greg Evans

Tony Award-winning producer and entertainment industry leader Jack W. Batman died of pancreatic cancer on Friday, August 1, in hospice care at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. …

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Bess Wohl’s Acclaimed ‘Liberation’ Keeps Off Broadway Cast For Broadway Transfer by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The acclaimed Off Broadway cast of Bess Wohl’s Liberation will follow the play to Broadway this October, producers announced today. The 14-week limited engagement Broadway produ…

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Ariana DeBose To Star In Rare Musical Revival Of ‘The Baker’s Wife’ Off Broadway This Fall by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) will star as Geneviève in a rare revival of the Joseph Stein-Stephen Schwartz 1976 musical The Baker’s Wife this fall at Off Broadw…

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Aubrey Plaza, Chris Bauer Among Cast Announced For Ethan Coen Off Broadway Play ‘Let’s Love!’ by Greg Evans

The world premiere of Let’s Love!, a trio of one-act comedy plays written by Academy Award winner Ethan Coen (Fargo) will debut Off Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company this fall with …

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

‘Mamma Mia!’ Revival Sells Out First Preview In Winter Garden Homecoming – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

While most of Broadway saw box office slips last week, new arrival Mamma Mia! got off to a fine start: The musical revival sold out its first preview at the Winter Garden Theatre, grossing $…

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International Literary Properties Enters Partnership For Paddy Chayefsky Literary Works by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The Theatrical division of International Literary Properties (ILP), the global company that invests in, acquires, and manages literary estates, has announced a strategic partner…

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Monday, August 4, 2025

Two-Time Tony Winner Victoria Clark Joins Manhattan Theatre Club’s ‘Punch’ On Broadway by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Tony winner Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza, Kimberly Akimbo) has joined the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club’s Punch, the James Graham play set to open on Broadw…

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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Josh Gad Makes Surprise Return To ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ After Covid Diagnosis: “What A Joy” by Glenn Garner

Someone upstairs must have been keeping an eye out for Josh Gad, who appeared to make a miraculous recovery in time for Saturday’s Jesus Christ Superstar performance at Hollywood Bowl. Aft…

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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Adam Lambert Defends Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Casting: “That’s The Point” by Glenn Garner

As Cynthia Erivo channels the Christian Messiah, her Judas is coming to her defense. Ahead of this weekend’s star-studded Jesus Christ Superstar concert at Hollywood Bowl, Adam Lambert def…

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Friday, August 1, 2025

How Get Lit’s ‘If I Awaken In Los Angeles’ Immersive Performance At The Ford Theater Will Craft A “Love Letter” To The City’s Many Culture by Katie Campione

On Friday night, the Ford Theater will transform into a living, breathing tribute to the city in which it resides for Get Lit’s multimedia production If I Awaken In Los Angeles. The intent…

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Obama Musical Comedy ’44’ Coming To New York After Hit, Star-Packed Engagements In Chicago And Los Angeles by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: 44 – The Musical, a satirical comedy about “the rise and presidency of Barack Obama, as well as the eccentric political characters he met along the way,” will follow up sold…

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Creators Respond To Andrew Barth Feldman Casting Discourse: “Extremely Saddened” by Glenn Garner

With a new leading man taking over Broadway‘s Maybe Happy Ending, the South Korean musical’s creators are responding to discourse around the casting of Andrew Barth Feldman. After Darren…

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John Stamos Replaces Ailing Josh Gad As King Herod In ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ At The Hollywood Bowl by Tomt

John Stamos is sliding into the golden slippers of King Herod just hours before the curtain comes up on Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl. Stamos’ last minute casting comes afte…

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Robert Wilson Dies: Visionary Theater Creator Whose Philip Glass Opera Collaboration ‘Einstein On The Beach’ Remains A Towering Example Of 1970s A by Greg Evans

Robert Wilson, the experimental theater stage director, playwright and choreographer whose career spanned decades of collaborations with such equally visionary artists as Phillip Glass, Lou …

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Bess Wohl’s Acclaimed Play ‘Liberation’ To Debut On Broadway This Fall by Greg Evans

The Roundabout Theatre Company production of Liberation, the critically acclaimed new play by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White, will begin previews o…

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Tim Blake Nelson’s Play ‘And Then We Were No More’ To Feature Elizabeth Marvel In Off Broadway Production by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: And Then We Were No More, a new play by actor-author Tim Blake Nelson, will star Homeland‘s Elizabeth Marvel when is begins performances in September at Off Broadway’s La MaMa…

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Josh Gad Drops Out Of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Hollywood Bowl Concert Due To Covid by Glenn Garner

Following his casting news as King Herod in the Hollywood Bowl’s upcoming Jesus Christ Superstar concert, Josh Gad has dropped out of the show after coming down with Covid. With opening ni…

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Andrew Durand, Christopher Sieber And Alex Newell Among New Cast Announcements For ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ Gala Presentation by Greg Evans

New York City Center has announced additional casting for its annual gala presentation Bat Boy: The Musical, the cult hit last seen Off Broadway in 2001. Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Alex Ne…

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Kelli O’Hara Joins Tom Hanks In His Off Broadway Play ‘This World Of Tomorrow’ by Greg Evans

Kelli O’Hara, the Broadway actress who can currently be seen on HBO’s The Gilded Age, will join Tom Hanks in his Off Broadway play This World Of Tomorrow this fall. O’Hara is among the…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:42AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Musical Impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh Pays Tribute To “Wickedly Witty” Tom Lehrer by Jake Kanter

EXCLUSIVE: In a tribute shared exclusively with Deadline, musical theater impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh has remembered Tom Lehrer, the musical comedy legend, who has died at the age of 9…

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Monday, July 28, 2025

Maria Shriver Blasts GOP Plan To Rename Kennedy Center For Trump by Tomt

Not long after GOP Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.) introduced a bill to designate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the “Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts,” JFK…

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Andrew Barth Feldman Taking Over ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Lead Role In September by Erik Pedersen

Maybe Happy Ending won Best Musical at the Tony Awards last month, and it’s getting a new lead actor after Labor Day. Andrew Barth Feldman will take over as Oliver starting September 2. Fe…

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Breaking Baz: Scorching Verdict For Rosamund Pike’s Judge In Suzie Miller Play ‘Inter Alia’ At London’s National Theatre  by Baz Bamigboye

Rosamund Pike gives a scorching central performance in the world premiere of Inter Alia at the National Theatre, playwright Suzie Miller’s follow-up to Prima Facie, which won Tony and O…

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Breaking Baz: ‘Downton Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern On Saying Goodbye To Lady Cora And Chronicling Ava Gardner On Stage by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth McGovern is fired up when she talks about sensuous silver screen goddess Ava Gardner, whom the Downton Abbey star portrays in a stage show that hits New York next week…

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