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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Neil Patrick Harris & Jane Krakowski Join Starry Cast Of Robert O’Hara’s Off Broadway Play ‘Sh*t. Meet. Fan.’ by Greg Evans

Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski have joined the high-profile cast of Robert O’Hara’s upcoming Off Broadway play Shit.Meet.Fan., joining a line-up that includes the previously anno…

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Friday, August 30, 2024

‘The Notebook’ Sets December Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

The Notebook, the stage musical based on the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel and the 2004 film, will end its Broadway run on December 15 at the Schoenfeld Theatre, producers announced today. When…

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Garret Dillahunt, Billy Magnussen & Debra Messing To Head Off-Broadway Production Of New Robert O’Hara Play ‘Sh*t. Meet. Fan.’ by Greg Evans

The Off Broadway world premiere of the new Robert O’Hara play Shit. Meet. Fan. will feature a cast headed by Garret Dillahunt, Billy Magnussen and Debra Messing, MCC Theater announced toda…

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‘The Outsiders’, ‘Stereophonic’ & ‘Oh, Mary!’ Sell Out As Other Shows Wilt With Summer Doldrums And Kid Freebies – Broadway Box Offi by Greg Evans

Broadway continued its downward trend during these dog days of summer leading up to the fall season, with last week’s total grosses of $25,343,599 down about 10% from the previous week. Th…

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Playwright David Henry Hwang Signs With M88 by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: David Henry Hwang, the Tony and Grammy Award winning playwright, librettist, and screenwriter whose play Yellow Face begins performances on Broadway next month, has signed with M8…

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Tony Award Winner Kecia Lewis Signs With Paradigm by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Kecia Lewis, who won a Tony Award this year for her featured portrayal of Miss Liza Jane in the Alicia Keys Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen, has signed with Paradigm Talent Agen…

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‘Romeo And Juliet’ Starring Kit Connor & Rachel Zegler Extends Upcoming Broadway Run By Four Weeks by Greg Evans

The upcoming Broadway reimagined revival of Romeo And Juliet starring Heartstopper‘s Kit Conner and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler has extended its run by four weeks due to strong advan…

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Branford Marsalis Boards Broadway’s Louis Armstrong Musical To Create New Arrangements & Orchestrations, Replacing Original Team by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tony-nominated composer Branford Marsalis (Fences) is joining a revised music team for the upcoming fall Broadway production of A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical to c…

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker Join Broadway Producing Team For ‘Othello’ Starring Denzel Washington And Jake Gyllenhaal by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy winner and Real Housewives vet Kandi Burruss and husband/entrepreneur Todd Tucker have joined the producing team of next spring’s much-anticipated Broadway revival of Oth…

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Mighty ‘The Wiz’ Skips Away With Hefty $2M In Weekly Ticket Sales – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway seemed to take a breath last week before as it eyes the fall season, with box office for the second full week of August dipping about 9% from the previous week. In all, the 25 shows…

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Dozens Of Broadway’s Biggest Names Organize To Support Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Ticket by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: More than 50 of Broadway’s biggest names, including actors, directors, producers, writers and others, are organizing to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidenti…

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‘Swept Away’ Broadway Cast Confirmed: John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands To Lead Musical by Greg Evans

John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall will star in Broadway’s upcoming Avett Brothers musical Swept Away, reprising their acclaimed performances from the sh…

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Bus Crashes Into West End Home Of ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ – Report by Greg Evans

A city bus crashed into London’s Palace Theatre, home to the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, this afternoon, according to a report posted on the UK’s Metro news…

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Monday, August 12, 2024

‘Once Upon A Mattress’ Broadway Review: Sutton Foster Storms The Castle And Takes No Prisoners by Greg Evans

Carol Burnett is alive and well and not starring in the latest Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress, the fractured fairy tale musical opening tonight that laid the foundation for the fun…

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Actors’ Equity Endorses Kamala Harris For President: “We Need Everyone To Ride This Momentum” by Greg Evans

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing theater actors, stage manager and other workers in live entertainment, has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the ne…

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk & Bill Burr Are Broadway Bound In David Mamet’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’, Coming Spring 2025 by Greg Evans

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr will hit the Broadway stage next year in a revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. Set for a spri…

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

‘Ghost Of John McCain’ Sets Off-Broadway Cast Ahead Of Fall Opening; Daughter Meghan Still Hasn’t RSVP’d Invitation by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Ghost Of John McCain, the new, upcoming Off Broadway musical satire that finds the late Senator in a very, very strange heaven, has found its cast for characters that include McCa…

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Whoopi Goldberg Joins Holiday Season ‘Annie’ Tour For NYC’s Madison Square Garden Run Only by Greg Evans

Whoopi Goldberg will play Madison Square Garden this holiday season with a touring production of the popular musical Annie. She’ll play the villainous Miss Hannigan, who runs an orphanage…

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Astonishing Success Of ‘Oh, Mary!’ And ‘The Outsiders’ Swells Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Oh, Mary!, a sleeper hit if ever there was one, and The Outsiders, a musical so popular that more than 200 people bought tickets last week knowing they wouldn’t get an actual seat, are con…

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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Coming To Broadway In March; See Trailer Released Today by Greg Evans

The hit London play Stranger Things: The First Shadow is coming to work its magic on Broadway: Producers Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions announced today the production will begin prev…

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‘Particle Fever’ Musical In Development For Broadway, Based On 2013 God Particle Doc by Greg Evans

A new musical inspired, in part, by the Higgs boson and the discovery of the so-called God Particle is heading to Broadway, with David Henry Hwang and Suffs director Leigh Silverman as part …

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Monday, August 5, 2024

Tony-Nominated ‘Lempicka’ Star Eden Espinosa Signs With Stewart Talent by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Eden Espinosa, the 2024 Tony Award nominee for her starring role as the title character of the musical Lempicka, has signed with Stewart Talent. Espinosa played Tamara De Lempicka…

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‘SNL’ Alum Alex Moffat Joins Off Broadway’s ‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ From ‘Titanique’ Co-Author Marla Mindelle by Greg Evans

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Alex Moffat is joining the cast of Off Broadway’s The Big Gay Jamboree, the much-anticipated follow-up from Marla Mindelle, co-author and original st…

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‘Fat Ham’ Actor Calvin Leon Smith To Join New Cast Of Broadway’s ‘Cabaret At The Kit Kat Club’ by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Calvin Leon Smith, who appeared in the Tony-nominated comedy Fat Ham, will return to Broadway this fall when he takes over the role of Cabaret‘s Clifford Bradshaw from Ato Blank…

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Friday, August 2, 2024

New Jez Butterworth Broadway Play Joins Manhattan Theatre Club 2024-25 Season Line-up by Greg Evans

The subscription-based nonprofit Manhattan Theatre Club has joined producers of the previously announced Broadway production of Jez Butterworth’s The Hills Of California and will offer the…

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Laurie Metcalf Signs With CAA As ‘The Connors’ Heads Into Final Season by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Laurie Metcalf has signed with CAA. Metcalf, who stars on ABC’s The Connors, is a four-time Emmy winner and two-time Tony winner. The signing comes at a time of impending change…

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Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter Reuniting For Broadway Production Of ‘Waiting For Godot’ In Fall 2025 by Greg Evans

Bill & Ted are planning another excellent adventure: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will star in a Broadway production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in fall 2025, with Jamie …

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Talent Manager & ‘Stereophonic’ Co-Producer Jen Namoff Joins Artists First NYC Office by Greg Evans

Jen Namoff, the talent manager and Tony Award-winning co-producer of Stereophonic, has joined the Artists First management and production company. Namoff, who will remain based in New York…

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Ryan Eggold, Kevin Del Aguila Join Daniel Dae Kim In Broadway’s ‘Yellow Face’; Complete Cast Announced by Greg Evans

New Amsterdam star Ryan Eggold and Tony Award-nominated Kevin Del Aguila will join the previously announced Daniel Dae Kim on Broadway this fall in David Henry Hwang’s much anticipated Yel…

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Adam Driver To Star In Kenneth Lonergan Play ‘Hold On To Me Darling’ Off Broadway This Fall by Greg Evans

Adam Driver will star in a new Off Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling this fall, producers announced today. Neil Pepe will direct the limited 13-week engagemen…

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Lin-Manuel Miranda And Eisa Davis Confirm ‘Warriors’ Concept Album, Set Release Date by Greg Evans

Lin-Manuel Miranda and playwright-composer Eisa Davis announced today that their long-rumored Warriors musical adaptation is moving forward, with a concept album to be released October 18 on…

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