Monday, 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 06:03PMBuena Vista Social Club, the musical telling of the story behind the landmark Afro-Cuban jazz album of the same name, will embark on a North American tour next year. The tour will launch in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ family drama Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The announcement took place on May 5, the same day the play was …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMThe New York City Center production of Ragtime, mounted in 2024 in a two-week gala presentation, will transfer to Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Tony nominee Joshua Henr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMMonday, May 5, 2025
The honorees of the 2025 Theatre World Awards, recognizing outstanding debut performances in Broadway or off-Broadway productions, were announced on May 5. The ceremony will take place at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:32PMThe 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama has been awarded to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' family drama Purpose. Making the announcement, Pulitzer administrator Marjorie Miller described the play as "a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PMThe 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement off-Broadway were awarded on May 4 in a ceremony at NYU Skirball.
Our Class led with four awards, including Outstanding Revival…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMInitial casting has been announced for Ginger Twinsies, the sendup of the 1998 film The Parent Trap written and directed by Kevin Zak. Previews begin on July 10 with the official opening set…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMSix-time Emmy nominee Tituss Burgess will return to the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! Burgess' encore six-week engagement at the Lyceum Theatre will run from June 23 through Augu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMFriday, May 2, 2025
BANISHING THE PHANTOM
A few years ago, the Majestic Theatre was in pretty rough shape.
By the end of The Phantom of the Opera’s historic 35-year run, the theater bore the telltale traces…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMThe entirety of the Tony-nominated musical Dead Outlaw will be available exclusively on Audible this fall. Additionally, Dead Outlaw Original Broadway Cast Recording: Part 1, featuring seven…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMThursday, May 1, 2025
The countdown to the Tony Awards is officially on! New musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the pack with 10 each. Close behind with seven are De…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMWednesday, April 30, 2025
Rolling Thunder, a show grappling with the Vietnam war and its aftermath set to the rock songs of the era, will have its U.S. premiere off-Broadway this summer. The show will begin performan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMThe nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring work on Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway, have been announced. The ceremony, hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Bur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMTuesday, April 29, 2025
Mamma Mia!, the musical set to ABBA's greatest hits, has announced complete casting for its upcoming Broadway return. The show will run for six months at the Winter Garden Theatre from Aug…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM 
