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Monday, October 6, 2025

Kandi Burruss Joins Producing Team For Broadway’s ‘Joe Turner’s Come And Gone’ by Greg Evans

Kandi Burruss, the producer, singer and TV personality, has joined the producing team of Broadway’s upcoming revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone starring Taraji P. He…

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Broadway Break-Out Casey Likes Sets Delfine Paolini’s ‘Sky, Zyprexa, Night’ As Upcoming Film Project by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Casey Likes, who recently starred on Broadway in Back To The Future and Almost Famous, will star in writer-director Delfine Paolini’s sophomore feature Sky, Zyprexa, Night, whic…

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Broadway Performers Pledge Support For Actors’ Equity As Possibility Of Strike Looms by Greg Evans

More than 1,000 actors have signed a letter expressing solidarity with Actors’ Equity in its ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League as the union demands significant increases in hea…

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John Malkovich To Play ‘The Hunger Games’ President Coriolanus Snow On Screen In London Stage Adaptation by Greg Evans

John Malkovich will appear on screen as President Coriolanus Snow in the first-ever stage adaptation of The Hunger Games when the production begins performances in London later this month. A…

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Dolly Parton Broadway Musical Won’t Be Impacted By Singer’s Health Challenges by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Development of the upcoming Broadway-bound Dolly Parton bio-musical Dolly: A True Original Musical is continuing as planned and will not be impacted by the singer’s recently dis…

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Broadway’s ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ With Jon Bernthal & Ebon Moss-Bachrach Sets Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

Dog Day Afternoon, the new Stephen Adly Guirgis play based on the classic 1975 movie and starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, will begin Broadway previews on Tuesday, March 10, 2026…

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Ethan Slater’s Marcel Marceau Play Sets Premiere Date For Off Broadway Engagement by Greg Evans

Marcel on the Train, the new play by Ethan Slater and Marshall Pailet, will make its world premiere at Classic Stage Company Off Broadway this February, with Slater starring as mime Marcel M…

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

‘Ragtime’ Sells Out First Previews; ‘Hamilton’ Hits $3.8M – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Ragtime, Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens-Terrence McNally musical, began previews last week and filled every seat at the Vivian Beaumont Theater for th…

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‘Schmigadoon!’ Musical Heads To Broadway This Spring For Limited Engagement by Greg Evans

Schmigadoon!, a new musical based on the popular Apple Original series from Universal Television, will head to Broadway for a limited engagement this spring after a successful run at The Ken…

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Monday, September 29, 2025

‘Punch’ Broadway Review: When Violence Meets Forgiveness by Greg Evans

The arrival of James Graham’s Punch on Broadway at this particular moment in time would seem thoroughly in keeping with horrific real-life events and the gut-wrenching zeitgeisty fictions …

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

‘Waiting For Godot’ Broadway Review: Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter’s Existential Adventure by Greg Evans

Of course it works. Two old friends known for their clownish escapades, always wanting to get back to somewhere they were – anywhere but here, really – all the while using ever so odd ve…

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Friday, September 26, 2025

John Christopher Jones Dies: Actor Who Appeared On Broadway In ‘Hurlyburly’, ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Was 77 by Greg Evans

John Christopher Jones, an actor whose more than a dozen Broadway credits include David Rabe’s Hurlyburly, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and the 1993 musical adaptation of The Goodbye G…

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Manhattan Theater Club Names Nicki Hunter Its First New Artistic Director in 53 Years by Greg Evans

New York’s venerable Manhattan Theatre Club has selected Associate Artistic Director Nicki Hunter to take over as Artistic Director when Lynne Meadow steps aside on December 1. Meadow has …

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‘Waiting For Godot’ With Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Has Another Sell-Out Week; ‘Hamilton’ & Leslie Odom Jr. Gross $3.6M – Broadway B by Greg Evans

Waiting For Godot (starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) and a supercharged Hamilton (with newly returned star Leslie Odom, Jr., reprising his role as Aaron Burr) were among Broadway’s to…

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Nicholas Braun & Kara Young To Star In Off Broadway Revival Of Pulitzer Finalist ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ by Greg Evans

Succession‘s Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony winner Kara Young (Purpose, Purlie Victorious) will star in an Off Broadway revival of Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Gruesome Playg…

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

‘Evita’ Actor Diego Andres Rodriguez Signs With Anonymous Content by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Diego Andres Rodriguez, who portrayed “Che” in the 2025 West End production of Evita, has signed with Anonymous Content for representation. In Evita, Rodriguez starred alongsi…

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth Addresses Fan Backlash Over Sympathetic Comment About Charlie Kirk by Greg Evans

Kristin Chenoweth, whose about to star in the upcoming Broadway musical The Queen of Versailles, is opening up about the flack from fans she caught last week after posting a social media mes…

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Times Square Casino Backed By Caesars Palace & Jay-Z Halted By Advisory Committee by Greg Evans

A proposal to build a casino in Times Square has been denied by the Community Advisory Committee whose approval was needed for the bid to proceed through the state’s licensing process. In …

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Ari’el Stachel Sets Solo Dramedy ‘Other’ For Off Broadway Next Month; LaChanze Producing by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award winner Ari’el Stachel (The Band’s Visit) will star in a new autobiographical solo drama-comedy he’s written titled Other, which actor-producer LaChanze will produ…

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

‘Art’ Broadway Review: Bobby Cannavale, Neil Patrick Harris And James Corden Paint A Brutal Portrait Of Friendship by Greg Evans

I don’t think I’d consider Yasmina Reza’s Art a masterpiece, though after seeing the sharp new Broadway production of the play starring Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick H…

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Grosses Soar For ‘Hamilton’ As Leslie Odom Jr. Returns; ‘Waiting For Godot’ With Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter Sells Out First Preview – Br by Greg Evans

Broadway box office surged last week as some big name stars arrived – and in one case, returned – to New York stages: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter sold out their first preview of Waiting…

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John Lithgow To Star As Roald Dahl In Broadway Transfer Of West End Hit ‘Giant’ by Greg Evans

John Lithgow will bring his Olivier Award winning performance as Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant to Broadway in March, 2026, producers announced today. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, G…

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Monday, September 15, 2025

‘Dreamgirls’ Revival Heading To Broadway In Fall 2026 With Camille A. Brown Directing And Choreographing by Greg Evans

Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and LaChanze Productions announced today that the Tony Award-winning musical Dreamgirls will return to New York in the Fall of…

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The Baby-Sitters Club Book Series Being Adapted As Stage Musical With ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Composer On Board by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Ann M. Martin’s bestselling book series The Baby-sitters Club is being developed into a stage musical with a book by Kate Wetherhead (The Devil Wears Prada), music and lyrics by…

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Broadway General Management Firm Foresight Theatrical Ups Two In Exec Transition by Greg Evans

Foresight Theatrical, which serves as both executive producer and general manager on many Broadway shows and tours, today announced a planned transition in company partnership, with two long…

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Broadway’s Bespoke Theatricals Promotes General Managers David Roth & Danielle Saks To Partners by Greg Evans

Broadway general management and executive producing firm Bespoke Theatricals is expanding its leadership team with the promotions of general managers David Roth and Danielle Saks to partners…

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Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Marisa Tomei & Others Set For One-Night Benefit Production Of New Play ‘This Is Crazy!’ In NYC by Greg Evans

Jane Fonda, Marisa Tomei, Mark Ruffalo, Sanaa Lathan and Rosanna Arquette are among the stars who will take part in a one-night-only benefit production in New York next month of This Is Craz…

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Facing Lawsuit, Broadway ‘Cabaret’ Producers Say Show Not In “Position Fiscally To Make Any Distribution To Investors” by Greg Evans

An investor in the Broadway production of Cabaret At The Kit Kat Club is suing that show’s producers, claiming that despite the revival grossing more than $90 million he has seen no return…

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‘John Proctor Is The Villain’ Closes Run With Best Week In Months, While ‘Art’ Hits $1M+; ‘Cabaret’ Sinks Low – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway took a hit in the box office over the Labor Day holiday weekend last week, with most of the shows on the boards reporting declines in weekly grosses. In all, the 27 productions on B…

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‘Beetlejuice’ Announces Broadway Cast With Justin Collette In Title Role by Greg Evans

Broadway’s upcoming Beetlejuice The Musical return has found its cast, with most of the performers from the show’s national tour intact, including Justin Collette in the title role. The …

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Wallace Shawn Play Set For Off Broadway Production From Scott Rudin & Barry Diller; André Gregory To Direct Cast Including Hope Davis & Josh by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: A new play by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, will be produced Off Broadway by Scott Rudin and Barry Diller, the producers announced today. Hope Davis, Maria Dizzia, Jo…

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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