Thursday, February 27, 2025
Broadway Backwards, the annual one-night-only event that takes beloved show tunes and transforms them into queer anthems, has announced more special guest performers. The event will take pl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMGene Hackman, the Academy Award-winning actor whose breakout Broadway role paved the way to a career in film, has died. Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, along with thei…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMA live stage adaptation of The Hunger Games will open in London in 2025. The Hunger Games: On Stage will begin performances on October 20 at the Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre, which has b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:12AMWednesday, February 26, 2025
The actor, podcaster and stand-up comedian Bill Burr owes his Broadway debut in Glengarry Glen Ross to the actor Nathan Lane.
Lane was originally approached by the playwright David Mamet an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMTuesday, February 25, 2025
Drag: The Musical, the feelgood musical about competing drag houses created by and starring Alaska Thunderf*ck, will play its final performance on April 27. At the time of closing, the pro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMCole Escola, the writer and original star of Oh, Mary!, will return to the role of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln at the Lyceum Theatre on April 8.
Escola will be joined by original cast me…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMMonday, February 24, 2025
Dancer and social media superstar Charli D’Amelio will once again extend her engagement as Charmion in the hit musical comedy & Juliet. D’Amelio made her Broadway debut in the role o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThe Kennedy Center’s post-Broadway engagement of Jonathan Spector's comedy Eureka Day has been canceled.
The cancelation marks the latest in a series of programming changes following Pres…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThe SAG Awards were held on February 23 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, honoring the best film and TV performances of the last year, with a number of theater artists among the honor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMFriday, February 21, 2025
The cast album of Maybe Happy Ending, the romantic musical comedy starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen as robots in love, will be available via streaming on March 14. "The Rainy Day We…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:02PMThursday, February 20, 2025
Paul Ford, a self-described Broadway “piano-thumper” and a vital presence in the rehearsal room and the pit for Broadway musicals for three decades, including several works by Stephen So…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMWednesday, February 19, 2025
Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo will host the 78th Annual Tony Awards. This year’s ceremony will take place on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMJordan Fisher is set to play Christian in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway.
The casting will reunite Fisher with his former Hadestown costar—the Eurydice to his Orpheus—Solea Pfeiffer, who pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMOperation Mincemeat, the Olivier-winning World War II musical caper, has extended its run at Broadway's Golden Theatre by four weeks. The show, currently in previews with an official openin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMThe Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr has extended its Broadway run by two weeks. The drama, directed by Patric…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMThe 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring work on Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway, will be presented on June 1 at NYU Skirball Center. The nominations will be announced on Apri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMTuesday, February 18, 2025
Coal Miner's Daughter, a musical celebrating the music and life of country singer Loretta Lynn, starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, is in development for Broadway.
The proj…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMTony winner Cynthia Erivo will play Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. The Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical will be presented at the venue for three perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMTony nominee Betsy Wolfe will take on the title role in Joy: A New True Musical, coming to the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre for an eight-week ru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMTony nominee Patrick Page will perform in the live-capture pro-shot performances of Hadestown in the West End but has withdrawn from the rest of the run due to injury. Phillip Boykin, who p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMFriday, February 14, 2025
Redwood, the new Broadway musical starring Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, about a woman discovering a life among the trees, had its opening night on February 13.
It was a tree-mendous occ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMStranger Things: The First Shadow, the theatrical prequel to Netflix’s ’80s nostalgia/sci-fi horror series, is gearing up for its Broadway run precisely as anticipation for the televisio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMFor Valentine’s Day this year, why not give the gift of Broadway? To help you woo your plus one of choice—Valentine, galentine or whomever—Broadway.com offers up six poems tailor-made …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMThursday, February 13, 2025
Broadway Backwards, the annual one-night-only event that takes beloved show tunes and transforms them into queer anthems, has announced its first slate of special guest performers. The even…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMJay Armstrong Johnson, whose Broadway credits include Parade, The Phantom of Opera and On the Town, will take over the role of Christian in the North American tour of Moulin Rouge! Replaci…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMThe West End production of The Great Gatsby has announced complete casting. The production begins performances at the London Coliseum on April 11.
The show will star Jamie Muscato as Jay …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMBroadway’s Chicago will welcome Dylis Croman back into the role of Roxie Hart while also welcoming Rema Webb to the role of Matron "Mama" Morton. Taking over the roles from Erika Jayne a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMKyra Belle Johnson will play Belle and Fergie L. Philippe will play the Beast in the North American tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, launching this June.
Johnson made her national t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:24AMWednesday, February 12, 2025
A couple of years ago, in downtown Oakland, locals going about their daily business might have glanced skywards to see a troupe of dancers, suspended high above the pavement, moving fluidly …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMJohn Rapson will join the knockabout comedy The Play That Goes Wrong off-Broadway, playing the role of Robert for a limited run from February 14 through March 16 at New World Stages.
Rapso…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMThe Great Gatsby will welcome a new Myrtle Wilson and Tom Buchanan. Linedy Genao joins as Myrtle, while Austin Colby takes over the role of Tom. The duo begin performances at the Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM 
