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Friday, February 6, 2026

Anika Noni Rose Joins Broadway’s ‘The Balusters’ As Renée Elise Goldsberry Exits Over Scheduling Conflict by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change) has joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway world premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s The Balusters, stepping in for Ren�…

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Original British Cast Of Broadway’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’ To Play Extra Final-Night Performance Before Making Way For New American Cast by Greg Evans

The original British cast of Broadway’s Operation Mincemeat, the offbeat musical embraced by critics and audiences alike, will perform an additional, second show on its final performance d…

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

‘Moulin Rouge!’ Musical To End Seven-Year Broadway Run This July by Greg Evans

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the Tony-winning stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 hit film, will end a seven-year Broadway run with a final performance on July 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Th…

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Rhode Island Theater Cancels Production By Feminist Playwright After Name Surfaces In Husband’s Epstein Correspondence; Lauren Gunderson Says “I N by Greg Evans

A regional theater in Rhode Island has cancelled its staging of a play by much-produced feminist playwright Lauren Gunderson after her name appeared nine times in the recently released Jeffr…

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

‘Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer & Tony Winner Lauren Patten Join Broadway’s ‘Becky Shaw’ With Patrick Ball, Alden Ehrenreich & by Greg Evans

Emmy Award-nominee Madeline Brewer (You, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Tony Award winner Lauren Patten (Jagged Little Pill) have joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of the play …

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‘Dirty Dancing’ Stage Musical Sets North American Tour Launch For August by Greg Evans

A new stage musical adaptation of Dirty Dancing will launch a North American tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The production will be di…

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

‘Mamma Mia!’, ‘Liberation’ End Runs On High Notes; ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Stays On Top – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway said its goodbyes to Mamma Mia! and Liberation Sunday, with both productions getting a boost at the box office last week from last chancers scooping up tickets before the February 1…

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Monday, February 2, 2026

‘The Outsiders’ Original Broadway Cast Members Set Final Performance Dates by Greg Evans

Nine original cast members of Broadway hit musical The Outsiders will leave the show in March, producers have announced. The Tony-winning musical began previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Thea…

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Takes Musical Theater Grammy Over Frontrunner ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ by Greg Evans

Buena Vista Social Club, the much-lauded Havana-set Broadway musical inspired by the groundbreaking 1997 album of the same name, added another laurel to its credit today: The cast album, pro…

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Broadway’s ‘Rocky Horror’ Casts Rachel Dratch, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Durand, Juliette Lewis, Amber Gray, Harvey Guillén, Josh Rivera & Mich by Greg Evans

Luke Evans won’t be doing the Time Warp alone this spring: Broadway’s Roundabout Theatre Company has announced additional cast for The Rocky Horror Show. Joining the previously announced…

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Broadway’s Woodstock? New Three-Day Summer Outdoor Festival Draws Big-Name Stage Stars by Greg Evans

A first-of-its-kind three-day outdoor music festival celebrating Broadway and featuring a large roster of big-name stage talent including Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, Christopher Jackson,…

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Winter Storm Chills Broadway While Weather-Proof Jonathan Groff Warms Up ‘Just In Time’ – Box Office by Greg Evans

Ten inches of snow and freeze-your-assets-off temperatures stung Broadway last weekend, forcing cancelations and box office drops for some shows by the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In a…

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‘The Outsiders’ Recoups $22 Million Broadway Capitalization, An Increasingly Rare Feat by Greg Evans

The Outsiders, the Tony-winning stage musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s film version, has recouped its $22 million capitalization, an inc…

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Acclaimed London Stage Production ‘Kenrex’ Heading To New York With Star Jack Holden by Greg Evans

Kenrex, the critically acclaimed one-person play co-written and performed by Olivier Award nominee Jack Holden, will follow up three sold-out runs across London with a spring engagement at N…

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Monday, January 26, 2026

Tony Awards Sets Date & Return To Radio City Music Hall For 2026 Ceremony by Greg Evans

The 2026 Tony Awards has been set for Sunday, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall, producers announced today. Tony Award Productions also set the eligibility cut-off date for the 2025-2026 seas…

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Most Broadway Shows Vow Snowstorm Performances (And Not All Performers Warm Up To The News) by Greg Evans

As of this snowy New York morning, most Broadway productions are expecting to tough out the state-of-emergency weather, with – so far – only a couple productions (Disney’s The Lion Kin…

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Friday, January 23, 2026

‘The Other Place’ Playwright & Director Alexander Zeldin Signs With CAA by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: British playwright, screenwriter and director Alexander Zeldin has signed with CAA. The signing comes as Zeldin’s critically-acclaimed play The Other Place is about to have its …

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Wallace Shawn To Perform Classic Solo Work ‘The Fever’ In Rep With New Play ‘What We Did Before Our Moth Days’ Off Broadway by Greg Evans

Wallace Shawn will stage his acclaimed 1990 solo work The Fever in repertory with his new, full-cast play What We Did Before Our Moth Days at the Greenwich House Theater Off Broadway beginni…

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‘Just In Time’: Jeremy Jordan To Succeed Jonathan Groff As Broadway’s Bobby Darin by Greg Evans

Broadway has its new Bobby Darin, and as the song says, just in time: Jeremy Jordan will take over the role of Bobby Darin from Just In Time‘s original star Jonathan Groff in April. “I�…

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Adds John Ortiz, Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett To Broadway Cast by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming Broadway adaptation of Sidney Lumet’s gritty classic Dog Day Afternoon has added three to its cast, with John Ortiz, three-time Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht and…

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Broadway’s ‘Six’ Producers Condemn Online Bullying Of Trans Cast Member Dylan Mulvaney, Limit Access To Show’s X Account by Greg Evans

Producers of Broadway’s hit musical Six are condemning the online bullying of recently announced trans cast member Dylan Mulvaney and have temporarily limited access to the show’s X acco…

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Broadway Hit ‘Oh, Mary!’ Will Launch U.S. Tour This Fall, Casting To Be Announced by Greg Evans

The Tony Award-winning hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! will launch a U.S. tour in Hartford, Connecticut, this fall, taking the bratty-curled and hilariously bad-demeanored widow Mary Todd Linc…

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Mark Consuelos To Make Broadway Debut In ‘Fallen Angels’ With Rose Byrne & Kelli O’Hara; Aasif Mandvi, Christopher Fitzgerald & Tracee C by Greg Evans

Live with Kelly and Mark‘s Mark Consuelos will make his Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming revival of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, joining the previously announce…

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Heather Hitchens Re-Upped To Lead Broadway’s American Theatre Wing For Five Years During “Pivotal Moment” by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Hitchens has been reappointed President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing under a new five-year contract, extending her leadership at what the organization says is a pi…

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Acclaimed ‘Music City’ Musical Plans Move To Off Broadway Space Refashioned As Nashville Honky-Tonk by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Music City, the acclaimed and popular jukebox musical featuring the songs of multi-platinum songwriter J.T. Harding that was extended three times at the Upper West Side’s West E…

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Bobby Darin Jukebox Musical ‘Just In Time’ Takes Box Office Dive With Jonathan Groff On Vacation by Greg Evans

Broadway box office pretty much held steady last week with the 31 productions more or less settling into the post-holiday/pre-spring groove, though there was one big exception: Proving the s…

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‘Sinatra The Musical’ Heading To London’s West End This Summer by Greg Evans

Sinatra The Musical, a new stage show based on the life and career of the iconic singer, will open at London’s West End this June. Following a sold-out 2023 run at The Birmingham Rep in Bi…

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Channing Tatum’s ‘Magic Mike Live’ Show To Open At Newly Renovated Times Square Venue This Fall by Greg Evans

Magic Mike Live, the live stage show created and directed by Channing Tatum adapted from his male exotic dancer film franchise, is heading to New York: The show will open this fall in a newl…

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Carrie Coon Explains Mysterious ‘Bug’ Cancellations: Allergic Reaction To Fake Blood In Broadway Show by Greg Evans

Carrie Coon, the star of Broadway’s Bug and wife of the thriller-play’s author, has revealed exactly what prompted the cancellations of two shows last week just before opening night: She…

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Alicia Keys Broadway Musical ‘Hells Kitchen’ To Close Next Month With About 60% Of $22M Capitalization Returned by Greg Evans

Hell’s Kitchen, the musical created and inspired by Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys, will end its nearly two-year Broadway run on Sunday, February 22, at the Shubert Theatre, producers ann…

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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’, ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Sell Out As Overall Grosses Take Post-Holiday Hit – Broadway Box Of by Greg Evans

Broadway box office was solid and clear-headed last week after the previous week’s lucrative holiday-fueled numbers, with receipts for the 31 productions settling at a solid $34,320,229. T…

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