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Ariana Grande Is ‘Taking a Step Back from Visibility’ After Tour as Public Scrutiny Intensifies: Rep (Exclusive) by Nicholas Rice

Grande will also no longer be appearing in the West End revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, PEOPLE confirms.

SOURCE: People at 5:58pm on August 2, 2026☆⚑

Ariana Grande to Take ‘Step Back From Visibility’ After Tour Ends Amid ‘Public Scrutiny,’ Drops Out of ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ Mu by Jack Dunn

Ariana Grande is stepping out of the spotlight for an extended break after she wraps her Eternal Sunshine Tour, a rep for the actress and pop star told People. The rep’s statement cited �…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:56pm on August 2, 2026☆⚑

Geno Segers Will No Longer Join Hadestown on Broadway Following Online Outcry by Meg Masseron

Segers's casting was met with instant concern and criticism due to anti-trans rhetoric he has expressed in videos online.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:38pm on August 2, 2026☆⚑

Boy George Withdraws From West End ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Following Release Of Controversial Anti-Palestine Song by Greg Evans

Boy George has withdrawn from the West End Jesus Christ Superstar revival just days before he was set to appear in the role of King Herod, apparently as a result of the former Culture Club s…

SOURCE: Deadline at 5:29pm on July 30, 2026☆⚑

Exclusive: Aaron Lazar Thanks Broadway for Their Support, Says He’ll ‘Be on a Stage’ Someday ‘Soon’

Aaron Lazar is grateful for the support from the Broadway community and beyond amid his journey living with slow-moving ALS. “I am totally blown away,” the beloved stage actor, 50, t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00pm on July 19, 2026☆⚑

Frank Sinatra bio musical in London is an insult — and not ready for Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

Ol’ Blue Eyes has been given the ol’ cruise ship treatment.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 6:11pm on July 16, 2026☆⚑

& Juliet's Chrissy Metz Thinks Shows Should Have 2 Casts, Each Doing 4 Performances a Week by Andrew Gans

The This Is Us star recently made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:45am on July 16, 2026☆⚑

Off Broadway’s La Mama is Back, Big Time! Oscar Winner Sam Rockwell to Star in Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” with Alfred Molina by Roger Friedman

There was a time when Ellen Stewart’s theater, La Mama, was the cutting edge of off Broadway. These days, La Mama is still going, but it doesn’t get much publicity. It sure will now! Osc…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 1:55pm on July 14, 2026☆⚑

Josh Grisetti Has Died at 44 by Meg Masseron

The beloved actor and educator graced the Broadway stage in Something Rotten! and It Shoulda Been You.

SOURCE: Playbill at 7:36pm on July 12, 2026☆⚑

Hana Sharif Leaves Arena, Leaving Questions for the Field by American Theatre Editors

The artistic director’s departure, after just 3 years, from the helm of the D.C.’s flagship theatre has ignited a debate about the American theatre’s systemic challenges.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 8:00am on July 14, 2026☆⚑

Andrew Lloyd Webber Sounds Alarm on Broadway's 'Dire Danger' After a Cats: The Jellicle Ball Closing Notice by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony- and Olivier-winning composer is calling on theatre owners, unions, and producers to find a fix for financial woes.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03am on July 14, 2026☆⚑

Tracee Ellis Ross Is Back in New York City, Living a Dream Come True by Addie Morfoot

The actress and entrepreneur got an apartment in the city for the summer while she makes her Broadway debut in “Every Brilliant Thing.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:10am on July 12, 2026☆⚑

Remembering music theater historian Robert Kimball by Terry Gross

Kimball, who died July 2, unearthed hundreds of pieces long thought lost, and co-wrote books about George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Eubie Blake. Originally broadcast in 1994.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:05pm on July 10, 2026☆⚑