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Friday, August 15, 2025

Broadway’s Chicago Welcomes Back Rachel Schur as Roxie Hart by Darryn King

Rachel Schur is returning to Broadway’s Chicago as Roxie Hart. Schur will play the part from August 18 through September 14. She is taking over for Dylis Croman. On September 15, Oscar w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Odds & Ends: Michael Crawford to Be Honored, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Rebrand and More by Darryn King

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Scott Bakula to Play The Baker's Wife's Husband Scott Bakula has joined Ariana Debose in the off-Broadway production of the 1976 S…

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Broadway’s Mamma Mia! Star Amy Weaver on Finding Joy and Embracing Her Inner Mermaid by Darryn King

Age: 32 Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL Current role: Amy Weaver plays Sophie in Mamma Mia! on Broadway. She graduated to the role from the ensemble in the second year of the show's Nort…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PM
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Cats: The Jellicle Ball Is Coming to Broadway in Spring 2026 by Darryn King

Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the drag and ball culture-inspired take on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that played downtown last year, is coming to Broadway in spring 2026. The venue and cast …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PM

Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino Will Make Her Broadway Debut in Chicago by Darryn King

Oscar winner Mira Sorvino is set to make her Broadway debut Chicago as Roxie Hart. Replacing Dylis Croman in the role, Sorvino will perform at the Ambassador Theatre on September 15 thr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PM
Monday, August 11, 2025

Odds & Ends: Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada Join Cabaret in London and More by Darryn King

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada Join London's Cabaret Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada, the original London and Broadway Orpheus and …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PM
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Odds & Ends: Hamilton on the Big Screen, Waiting for Godot Star Keanu Reeves Honored and More by Darryn King

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Hamilton Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Film Release and Madame Tussauds Broadway's Hamilton is coming to a movie theater nea…

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Jorge Bosch and More Join Stephen Kunken Political Thriller Kyoto Off-Broadway by Darryn King

The U.S. premiere of the Olivier-nominated political thriller Kyoto has its complete cast and creative team. The play will begin performances at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on October 8 wi…

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Jorge Busch and More Join Stephen Kunken Political Thriller Kyoto Off-Broadway by Darryn King

The U.S. premiere of the Olivier-nominated political thriller Kyoto has its complete cast and creative team. The play will begin performances at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on October 8 wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Grammy-Winning Producer and Songwriter Kid Harpoon Will Make Original Music for Art by Darryn King

Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Kid Harpoon will create original music for Art, the Broadway revival starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale. Yasmina Reza’s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM

Disney's Aladdin to Become the 14th Longest-Running Broadway Show of All Time by Darryn King

Disney's Aladdin is set to surpass Miss Saigon as the 14th longest-running Broadway show in history on August 6. Since its opening on March 20, 2014, the show will have welcomed more than…

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Meet the Leads of The Phantom of the Opera National Tour by Darryn King

Chandeliers will fall. Pipe organs will resound. Dark, romantic love will triangulate. In November, the North American tour of The Phantom of the Opera will kick off at the Hippodrome Theat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PM

Tony Winners Will Brill and Andrea Martin to Star in Meet the Cartozians Off-Broadway by Darryn King

Complete casting is set for Talene Monahon's Meet the Cartozians, a new play that grapples with Armenian-American history from World War I to the Kardashian family. Performances begin at th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PM

Look Around, Look Around Backstage as Hamilton Marks 10 Years on Broadway by Darryn King

“History has its eyes on you,” and for 10 years, all eyes have been on Hamilton. On August 6, 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda made his opening-night entrance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. �…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AM
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Meet Erin Morton, Whose Viral 'Creep' Paved the Way to Her Dream Role in Heathers by Darryn King

Age: 21 Hometown: Jackson, Mississippi Current Role: Erin Morton is currently playing poor, sweet Martha Dunnstock in Heathers the Musical at New World Stages. Credits: In April, Morton'…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

City Center Bat Boy Adds Original Star Kerry Butler, Tony Winners Alex Newell and Marissa Jaret Winokur and More by Darryn King

Additional casting has been announced for Bat Boy: The Musical, starring Taylor Trensch, at New York City Center. The show will run from October 29 through November 9 as City Center's annua…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM
Monday, July 28, 2025

Cleo Laine, Celebrated Jazz Singer and Edwin Drood Tony Nominee, Dies at 97 by Darryn King

Cleo Laine, the British singer and actress dubbed the Queen of Jazz, who earned a Tony nomination for her role in the The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Broadway, died on July 25. She was 97. Bo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM

Suffs National Tour Announces Cast and Route by Darryn King

Casting has been announced for the national tour of Suffs, along with the route for its first year. The musical, telling the story of the fight for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM
Friday, July 25, 2025

The Outsiders Announces Casting and Full Route for North American Tour by Darryn King

Principal casting has been announced for the first year of the North American tour of The Outsiders, the musical based on S.E. Hinton’s novel and the 1983 film. The full route for the leg …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Chiara Aurelia On Her Self-Made Career and Just Letting Go in John Proctor is the Villain by Darryn King

Age: 22 Hometown: Taos, New Mexico Current role: Chiara Aurelia plays the lead role of Shelby Holcomb in John Proctor is the Villain on Broadway, having taken over the role from close fri…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Underground Railroad Musical Mexodus Will Have New York Premiere at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre by Darryn King

A sonically adventurous musical about the lesser known southern route of the Underground Railroad will have its New York City premiere at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. Mexodus, written a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PM

The Great Gatsby North American Tour Dates Announced by Darryn King

The Great Gatsby has announced all dates and tour stops for the first leg of its North American tour set to launch in 2026. The touring production will open on January 31 at Baltimore's Hi…

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Emily Skinner, Paige Davis and More Join Pen Pals Off-Broadway by Darryn King

More members of the rotating cast have been announced for off-Broadway’s Pen Pals. Michael Griffo’s play, a celebration of a friendship between two women conducted via decades’ worth o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM
Monday, July 21, 2025

Broadway's John Proctor is the Villain, Starring Chiara Aurelia, Extends for Final Time by Darryn King

Class will be in session a while longer. John Proctor is the Villain, starring Chiara Aurelia in her Broadway debut, has extended for the third and final time. The coming-of-age play wil…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PM
Friday, July 18, 2025

Surprise, Bitch: John Proctor is the Villain Movie in the Works; Sadie Sink to Executive Produce by Darryn King

The Tony-nominated coming-of-age play John Proctor is the Villain is to be adapted into a movie with its Tony-nominated star Sadie Sink executive producing. As reported by Hollywood Reporter…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM

Just In Time, Starring Jonathan Groff, to Release Original Broadway Cast Recording by Darryn King

Just In Time, the Bobby Darin biomusical starring Jonathan Groff as the chameleonic ’50s and ’60s musical artist, will release a cast album. The album is to be released on August 15 on a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PM
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Just in Time's Gracie Lawrence on Portraying Connie Francis; Music Legend Has Died at 87 by Darryn King

Connie Francis, the perky-voiced ‘50s and ‘60s pop singer and one of the biggest selling female recording artists of all time—currently portrayed by Gracie Lawrence in the Bobby Darin …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PM

As the New Star of Broadway's & Juliet, Gianna Harris Is Finding Her Light by Darryn King

Age: 20 Hometown: Hamilton, NJ Current Role: On June 10, Gianna Harris stepped into the role of Juliet in & Juliet, a reimagined version of Shakespeare's famous tragedy set to the p…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PM

RuPaul's Drag Race Star Onya Nurve and Noah Silverman to Star in Kinky Boots on Tour by Darryn King

Justin Woody, best known as drag queen Onya Nurve, will take on the role of Lola in the North American tour of Kinky Boots, alongside Noah Silverman as Charlie Price. The tour kicks off on N…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Reimagined Beauty and the Beast Is Set to Make New Core Memories by Darryn King

For Fergie L. Philippe, one of the delights of starring in a reimagined version of Disney's stage musical Beauty and the Beast is getting to introduce the story to a new generation of firs…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

History Gets Sexypants: Top 25 Broadway Shows That Really Happened by Darryn King

Of all the art forms, theater may be the best at making the distant past feel immediate. In the right storytelling hands, even long-dead characters and stories can come vividly to life when …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PM

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