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Thursday, April 3, 2025

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Starring Sarah Snook, Extends Broadway Run by Two Weeks by Darryn King

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the multimedia take on the Oscar Wilde novel starring Emmy and Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook, has extended its Broadway run by two weeks. The play, which…

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Waking Ned Devine Musical in the Works from Once's Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard by Darryn King

A musical based on the 1998 Fox Searchlight film Waking Ned Devine is in the works from the Academy Award-winning composers of Once. Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard are writing th…

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Presenting Pudgy, BOOP's Paws-itively Perfect Puppy Puppet by Darryn King

One of the breakout stars of this Broadway season is a lovable, cheeky pup named Pudgy. As Betty Boop's canine companion in BOOP!, the little scamp is winning hearts eight times a week. "He'…

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Monday, March 31, 2025

Richard Chamberlain, Star of Stage and Screen, Dies at 90 by Darryn King

Richard Chamberlain, whose decades-long stage and screen career included celebrated performances in My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music on Broadway, has died. The actor passed away at …

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Friday, March 28, 2025

Bobby Darin Musical Just in Time Reschedules Broadway Opening by Darryn King

Just in Time, the Bobby Darin biomusical starring Tony winner Jonathan Groff, has postponed its opening night. The show will now officially open on April 26, having previously been schedu…

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The Picture of Dorian Gray Opening Night Turned Into a Succession Reunion by Darryn King

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the high-tech adaptation of Oscar Wilde's haunting novel starring Sarah Snook, celebrated opening night at the Music Box Theatre on March 27. The occasion was the…

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Frank Caruso, Longtime Betty Boop Artist, Is Excited for Betty's Broadway Moment by Darryn King

Thirty-eight years ago, an ambitious young cartoonist named Frank Caruso turned up to the Manhattan offices of King Features for what was meant to be a single day's freelance work. The compa…

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Ella Beatty, Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber to Lead Off-Broadway Premieres at Audible's Minetta Lane by Darryn King

Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman will star in the New York premiere of Hannah Moscovitch's Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, performed off-Broadway in repertory with Jen Silverman's new a…

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

John Proctor is the Villain, Starring Sadie Sink, Extends by Two Weeks by Darryn King

John Proctor is the Villain, an urgent classroom drama starring Sadie Sink, has extended by two weeks. The Kimberly Belflower play, directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, is now in previews, …

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Monday, March 24, 2025

Broadway's Floyd Collins Delays First Preview Performance by Darryn King

The musical Floyd Collins has delayed its first preview by one day. The show will now play its first Broadway performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on March 28. The tragic, tr…

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Encores! Wonderful Town, Starring Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson, Completes Casting by Darryn King

The Encores! production of Wonderful Town, starring Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson as sisters Ruth and Eileen, has announced complete casting. The show will …

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Operation Mincemeat Extends Broadway Run for Third Time by Darryn King

Operation Mincemeat, the musical caper based on a World War II deception operation, has extended for the third time. The show, which began its Broadway run at the John Golden Theatre o…

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Burlesque the Musical, With Songs by Christina Aguilera and Sia, Sets West End Premiere by Darryn King

A new musical based on Burlesque, the 2010 backstage musical movie starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, has set the dates for its West End premiere. Burlesque the Musical will begin perform…

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Friday, March 21, 2025

Aubrie-Mei Rubel Joins National Tour of Peter Pan as Wendy Darling by Darryn King

The national tour of Peter Pan has a new Wendy Darling. Aubrie-Mei Rubel takes over the role at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK on March 21. Rubel recently starred inÂ�…

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Andrew Scott on His Melancholy, Hilarious, Sexy One-Man Vanya by Darryn King

At first blush, a one-person take on Uncle Vanya might sound like a terrible idea"a belabored theatrical stunt destined to wear thin pretty quickly. But in the hands of Andrew Scott, one of …

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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Beaches the Musical to Launch a National Tour with an Eye Towards Broadway by Darryn King

Beaches the Musical, which had its international premiere at Theatre Calgary last year, will launch a pre-Broadway national tour in the fall of 2026. Casting and complete production te…

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Jonathan Groff on Channeling Bobby Darin for Just in Time and Having a 'Real, Primal Need to Perform' by Darryn King

In the late 1950s, a wave of handsome, heavily Brylcreemed white men named Bobby became teen idols: Bobby Denton, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton. The most talented, by far, was Bobby Darin. Darin f…

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Oscar Winner Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, Extends Again on Broadway by Darryn King

The Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr has extended its Broadway run for a second time by another two…

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Monday, March 17, 2025

Orville Peck to Perform Unmasked in Broadway Debut as Emcee in Cabaret by Darryn King

Country singer Orville Peck will take the stage without his signature mask when he makes his Broadway debut as the Emcee in Cabaret later this month. In an interview with The New York Times,…

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James Taylor Musical Fire & Rain Is in Development with Playwright Tracy Letts and David Cromer by Darryn King

The music of archetypal singer-songwriter James Taylor will be featured in a new stage musical titled Fire & Rain. The musical, currently in early development, will feature an original s…

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Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Kieran Culkin, May Get an All-Female Replacement Cast by Darryn King

The producers of Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway is looking to replace the current cast with an all female cast, according to Deadline. The revival of David Mamet's play about desperate r…

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Friday, March 14, 2025

Broadway Launches Quarterly Broadway in Memoriam Event Celebrating Multiple Honorees by Darryn King

The newly formed Broadway in Memoriam Committee, a coalition of theater owners working alongside industry service organizations, has announced the launch of Broadway in Memoriam, a quarterly…

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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Broadway Mamma Mia! Tickets Are Now on Sale by Darryn King

Tickets for Mamma Mia!, the hit musical about one woman's past romantic chaos crashing her daughter's wedding set to ABBA's greatest hits, are now on sale. The show will return to its …

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Operation Mincemeat Extends Broadway Run for Second Time by Darryn King

Operation Mincemeat, the musical caper based on a World War II deception operation, has extended for the second time. The show, which began its Broadway run at the John Golden Theatre …

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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Mamma Mia! Tickets Are Now on Sale by Darryn King

Tickets for Mamma Mia!, the hit musical about one woman's past romantic chaos crashing her daughter's wedding set to ABBA's greatest hits, are now on sale. The show will return to its …

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Rachel Zegler to Lead Jamie Lloyd's Evita in London by Darryn King

Rachel Zegler"not Ariana DeBose as previously supposed"will lead Jamie Lloyd's revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Evita in London. It will be Zegler's West End debut.…

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Music for Robots: Being a Firefly on the Wall In the Studio with the Maybe Happy Ending Band by Darryn King

Immediately after the musical Maybe Happy Ending began performances on Broadway last October, the show's devoted following started clamoring"loudly"for an original cast recording. This was …

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

Becoming Ricky Roma: Joe Mantegna on Originating the Cutthroat Charmer of Glengarry Glen Ross by Darryn King

A little over four decades ago, theater audiences first met Richard Roma, the strutting, soliloquizing top-dog salesman of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. In the hands of the actor Joe…

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Supermodel Ashley Graham to Join Chicago on Broadway as Roxie Hart by Darryn King

Broadway's Chicago will welcome supermodel, author and body positivity advocate Ashley Graham in the role of Roxie Hart beginning April 15, at the Ambassador Theatre through May 25. Graha…

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Chronicled Apartheid, Dies at 95 by Darryn King

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright and director whose searing dramas confronted the brutal realities of apartheid and found a lasting home on the New York stage, died on March 8. His…

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Amber Ardolino Joins Titanique as Céline Dion by Darryn King

Amber Ardolino will join the downtown musical comedy Titanique as Céline Dion. She replaces Dee Roscioli, who will play her final performance at the Daryl Roth Theatre on March 16.Â�…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off