Thursday, July 3, 2025
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed.
Lea Salonga Honored on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Tony and Olivier Award-winning singer, actress and Disney voice legend Lea Salonga wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMWednesday, July 2, 2025
Romy & Michele: The Musical, an adaptation of the 1997 cult comedy film, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, which starred Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino, will premiere off-Broadway th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMTuesday, July 1, 2025
Tessa Albertson is joining the cast of Julia Randall’s Dilaria off-Broadway, following Chiara Aurelia's departure to join the cast of John Proctor is the Villain. Albertson joins the world…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMThe off-Broadway production of Heathers the Musical has extended by four months. Originally scheduled to make its New York City return in a limited engagement at New World Stages through Se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMThe Drama Desk-, Obie- and Lucille Lortel Award-winning director Mark Brokaw died of cancer on June 29. He was 66.
Born in 1958, Brokaw grew up on a farm in the small town of Aledo, Illinoi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMMonday, June 30, 2025
Golden Globe winner 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. Directed by Debbie Allen, t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMPaul Libin, the Theater Hall of Fame inductee and longtime Broadway producer who received 12 Tony Awards, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, died on Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMBroadway's The Lion King will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee to the company as Scar. Lee will begin performances July 22, replacing Michael Hollick in the role.
Lee has rece…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMFriday, May 30, 2025
From the dancers and musicians that lit up the social clubs of 1950s Havana, to robots sitting idle in a near-future South Korea, to undead divas with a thirst for glamour, this year's Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMWednesday, May 21, 2025
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren's standbys in The Last Five Years will take the stage at the Hudson Theatre for a special, one-night only performance. Noah Kieserman (Dear Evan Hansen) an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMA stage adaptation of the John le Carré espionage thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold will premiere in the West End in the fall. Following its premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMTuesday, May 20, 2025
Brandon Espinoza has joined the cast of Joy: A New True Musical as Tony. He replaces the previously announced Mauricio Martínez, who leaves the production for personal reasons. The show wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMGianna Harris will take over the title role of Juliet in Broadway's & Juliet. She begins performances at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on June 10, taking over the role following Maya Boy…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMThe Chita Rivera Awards, recognizing outstanding choreography and dance in theater and film, had its 2025 ceremony on May 19 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Buena Vista …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMMonday, May 19, 2025
Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler has joined the upcoming off-Broadway production of Heathers the Musical as Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom. The musical will make its New York City return in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMFriday, May 16, 2025
The 91st Annual Drama League Awards, held on May 16 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, has named its winners.
The award for Distinguished Performance went to Sunset Boulevard's Nicole Scherzinger,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMThe original Broadway cast recording for Real Women Have Curves: The Musical has a release date. The digital album, featuring the songs by Joy Huerta (one half of the six-time Latin Grammy-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMOver a long, prolific career in comedy—encompassing stand-up, improv, sketch and writing for Saturday Night Live—Bob Odenkirk has elicited all kinds of laughs, from wry chuckles to gut-b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThursday, May 15, 2025
Charles Strouse, the multi-award-winning American film, television and Broadway musical composer, best known for his Tony-winning scores for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:48PMWednesday, May 14, 2025
When Broadway.com came on the scene 25 years ago, long-running hits like Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon were neighbors with new musicals like Aida, Contact and Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMHeathers the Musical has cast its Heathers. The musical will make its New York City return in a limited engagement at New World Stages from June 22 through September 28.
McKenzie Kurtz (Fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMTuesday, May 13, 2025
The Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer, producer and songwriter T Bone Burnett will compose the music for the world premiere of Call Me Izzy, starring Jean Smart. The show's 12-week limited …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMTony Award winners Celia Keenan-Bolger and Tony Shalhoub will star in Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), a reimagining of the ancient play by Sophocles, at the Public Theater in 202…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMThree-time Oscar Nominee and Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo will star in a solo adaptation of Dracula in the West End. The production is adapted and directed by Kip Williams, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMMonday, May 12, 2025
The new musical Wanted, about a pair of outlaw sisters, is aiming for a Broadway bow in 2026. The show features a book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri—a real-life descendant of the Sisters…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMThe Sondheim revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends has announced its final extension and closing date. The show, featuring a cast of 17 singing highlights from the composer-lyricist's esti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMThe new musical Wanted, about a pair of outlaw sisters, is aiming for a Broadway bow in 2026. The show features a book and lyrics by Angelica Chéri—a real-life descendant of the Sisters…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMFriday, May 9, 2025
Lana Gordon will reprise the role of Persephone in Hadestown on Broadway. She will begin performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre on June 3, replacing Merle Dandridge, who will take her final…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMWednesday, May 7, 2025
Last year, Ali Louis Bourzgui was launched like a pinball into the noisy, flashy, bewildering lunacy of the Broadway machine. When we last spoke to him, he was preparing to play the titular…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMTony nominee Lorna Courtney and Casey Likes will lead Heathers the Musical off-Broadway this summer. The musical will make its New York City return in a limited engagement at New World Sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMTuesday, May 6, 2025
Amanda Reid will take over the role of Ali in the Alicia Keys musical Hell's Kitchen on Broadway. Reid steps into the role on May 27, replacing Jade Milan, who plays her final performance…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM 
