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Monday, November 25, 2024

Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen to Embark on North American Tour in Fall 2025 by Darryn King

The Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen will embark on a multi-year North American tour. The tour, which will visit more than 30 cities in its first year, will kick off at Playhouse Square …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

Boy George Will Swing From the Chandelier in Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! Again by Darryn King

Boy George, the British singer, songwriter, fashion designer and producer, will return to Broadway's Moulin Rouge!, reprising the role of impresario Harold Zidler. George replaces Robert …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM

Long-Running Blue Man Group to Close Off-Broadway After Three Decades in New York by Darryn King

Blue Man Group will conclude its New York run in February 2025. The off-Broadway sensation featuring the marshmallow-catching, paint-splattering, toilet paper-spraying antics of a trio of wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM

Boy George Will Swing From the Chandelier in Moulin Rouge! Again by Darryn King

Boy George, the British singer, songwriter, fashion designer and producer, will return to Broadway's Moulin Rouge!, reprising the role of impresario Harold Zidler. George replaces Robert …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54AM
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Tony Nominee De’Adre Aziza and More Join Idina Menzel in Redwood on Broadway by Darryn King

The complete cast is set for Redwood, the new musical starring Idina Menzel. The show begins performances on January 4, 2025 at the Nederlander Theatre ahead of a February 13 opening night. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Andrew Barth Feldman and More Join Manhattan Theatre Club's 2024-25 Off-Broadway Season by Darryn King

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced casting for the two remaining plays in its off-Broadway 2024-25 season, We Had a World and Dakar 2000. Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Littl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM

Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now, Starring Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy and Marissa Jaret Winokur, Extends Run by Darryn King

Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now, a show celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hairspray and reuniting three of its stars, has extended its run by three weeks. The show, starring Marissa Jaret Winokur…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM

Death Becomes Her Broadway Cast Album to Be Released in Spring 2025 by Darryn King

Death Becomes Her, the campy horror-comedy musical, will release its original Broadway cast album in spring 2025. The show, now in previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with an official ope…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM

Christy Altomare and Mary Beth Peil Will Return to Anastasia in Concert by Darryn King

Members of the original Broadway cast of Anastasia will reprise their roles for a one-night-only concert performance of the musical in February. Christy Altomare, Mary Beth Peil and John Bol…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Jasmine Amy Rogers to Lead BOOP! The Musical on Broadway, with Faith Prince, Ainsley Melham and More by Darryn King

BOOP!, the new musical inspired by the 1930s cartoon flapper Betty Boop, has announced initial casting for its Broadway run. The production will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theatre …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:31AM
Monday, November 18, 2024

Nick Kroll Joins Cast of Sketch Comedy All In on Broadway by Darryn King

Nick Kroll has joined the all-star cast of the sketch comedy show All In: Comedy About Love. Performances begin at the Hudson Theatre on December 11 with a rotating cast of four actors le…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PM

Alex Brightman, Sara Chase, Isabelle McCalla and More Join Schmigadoon! at the Kennedy Center by Darryn King

The upcoming world-premiere production of Schmigadoon!, based on the Emmy-winning Apple Original series, has announced initial casting and creative team. The show will be presented as part o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AM
Friday, November 15, 2024

Michael Arden and Dane Laffrey on Designing the Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow of Maybe Happy Ending by Darryn King

Maybe Happy Ending, the sci-fi adventure road-trip rom-com about second chances in robot life and love, is now playing at the Belasco Theatre, with Darren Criss and Helen J Shen as two retir…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PM

Beyond Broadway: A Mad King, A Spritz of Hairspray, A Lonesome Cowboy and More by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

This November and early December, as leather-jacket weather turns into puffer-jacket weather, New York’s most appealing non-Broadway offerings include a first-date comedy, a performance-ar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility for JOB, The Hills of California, Oh, Mary! and More by Darryn King

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today, for the first time this season, to confirm the eligibility status of 11 Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. The productions discu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM

Christian Borle Knows He's the Villain of the New Elton John Musical Tammy Faye by Darryn King

Back in June, the actor Andrew Rannells announced on the Tonys red carpet that he was departing the London-born, Broadway-bound production of the new Elton John musical Tammy Faye. “So I s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Jinkx Monsoon and More Join Pirates! The Penzance Musical by Darryn King

Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance has its cast and creative team. The jazz-infused, New Orleans-style adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan comi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PM

Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town Replaces The Wild Party in 2025 Encores! Season by Darryn King

A production of Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town will replace The Wild Party in New York City Center's 2025 Encores! season. Due to scheduling conflicts, The Wild Party—the 2000 Michae…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM
Monday, November 11, 2024

Normal People’s Paul Mescal to Star in A Streetcar Named Desire in Brooklyn by Darryn King

Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal will reprise his Olivier Award-winning performance as Stanley Kowalski in Tennesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in Brooklyn in 2025. The production, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM
Friday, November 8, 2024

Broadway Salutes You: Meet the Theater Veterans Who Are Celebrating the Ability to Say ‘I’m Still Here’ by Darryn King

“When people join our Broadway community,” says Lauren Reid, President of the John Gore Organization, “they become family for a lifetime.” Nowhere is this more apparent than at Broad…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM

A Kind of Love Story: How the Creators of the Sci-Fi Adventure Romcom Maybe Happy Ending Learned to Connect by Darryn King

Partway through the new Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending, the gloaming sky comes alight with the intermittent pinprick glow of a dozen or more fireflies and the musicians strike up a walt…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM
Thursday, November 7, 2024

In Cabaret, Bebe Neuwirth Is Ready to Tell Some Hard Truths by Darryn King

Bebe Neuwirth has some advice to theatergoers who are planning an evening of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. “You are going to have a new experience,” she told Tamsen Fadal on The Broadway…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Broadway's The Great Gatsby to Transfer to West End in 2025 by Darryn King

Broadway’s The Great Gatsby will transfer to the West End in 2025. The production will open at the London Coliseum on April 11, 2025. The announcement was made on social media. Casting i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Monday, November 4, 2024

Luke Brady to Play Title Role in Disney's Hercules in London by Darryn King

Luke Brady will play the title role in Disney's Hercules in London’s West End. The stage musical based on the 1997 animated film begins performances at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on June 6, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM

Dates Set for Light Dimming and Memorial Service in Honor of Gavin Creel by Darryn King

A date is set for the dimming of Broadway's marquee lights to honor the memory of Tony-winning actor Gavin Creel, who died on September 30, aged 48. The lights of every Broadway theater will…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM
Friday, November 1, 2024

Broadway Theaters to Dim Lights for Dame Maggie Smith on November 7 by Darryn King

As previously announced, every Broadway theater will dim its lights to honor the actress Maggie Smith, who passed away on September 27 at the age of 89. The light-dimming will take place at …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PM

Death Becomes Her, The Outsiders, Hell's Kitchen and More to Perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Darryn King

Performers have been announced for the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The festivities for the city’s 98th Macy’s Parade will include musical and dance performances from the cast …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Long Road to a Sunset Boulevard Musical by Darryn King

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard had its world premiere in London in 1993, opening on Broadway the following year. The backstage drama behind those premieres has been well documented…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM

Revamped Phantom of the Opera to Embark on North American Tour in 2025 by Darryn King

A reconfigured version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera will embark on a multi-year North American tour. The production will launch in November 2025 at the Hippodrome Thea…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM

Original Queen Adrianna Hicks to Return to Broadway's SIX by Darryn King

Adrianna Hicks will return to Broadway’s SIX as Catherine of Aragon, the role she originated on Broadway in 2020. Hicks replaces Khaila Wilcoxon, who plays her final performance at the Le…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM
Thursday, October 31, 2024

With Swept Away, John Gallagher Jr. Is Living His Avett Brothers Fanboy Dreams by Darryn King

One mid-August afternoon in the mid-aughts, John Gallagher Jr., at the time a folk-rock musician and up-and-coming New York stage actor, was strolling around the Philadelphia Folk Festival�…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime