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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth Signs With UTA by Greg Evans

Kristin Chenoweth, the Emmy- and Tony-winning singer-actor who will return to Broadway this fall in The Queen of Versailles musical, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas.  C…

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Atlantic Theater Company And IATSE Reach Tentative, Potentially Historic Agreement Covering Production Workforce In Nonprofit Off Broadway Venue by Greg Evans

Off Broadway’s much-honored Atlantic Theater Company and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have reached a tentative agreement that could see the Atlantic become the …

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Jean Smart Returning To Broadway This Summer In World Premiere Play ‘Call Me Izzy’ by Greg Evans

Hacks star Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in the world premiere of Jamie Wax’s darkly comedic play Call Me Izzy. The 12-week limited engagement will play at Broadway’s St…

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James Graham’s Acclaimed ‘Punch’ To Open Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2025-2026 Broadway Season by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Punch, the acclaimed new play by the Olivier Award winning James Graham, will open on Broadway this fall as part of the Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2025-2026 season. The play, base…

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

West End Hit ‘Oedipus’ With Mark Strong And Lesley Manville Sets Fall Broadway Transfer As Part Of Roundabout Season by Greg Evans

Oedipus, Robert Icke’s West End hit reimagining of the Sophocles tragedy starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, will transfer to Broadway this fall for a 14-week engagement as part of t…

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Rachel Dratch, Amy Spanger Complete Cast Of ‘Vape! The Grease Parody’ Benefit Concert by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live, Broadway’s POTUS) and Amy Spanger (Broadway’s Rock Of Ages, Chicago and The Wedding Singer) are the latest stars to join next week’s one-…

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Whoopi Goldberg Won’t Attend Kennedy Center Until It “Becomes What Kennedy Center Was Always Supposed To Be”; Trump Appointee Calls ‘Hamilton� by Greg Evans

The Kennedy Center just lost another patron. Whoopi Goldberg announced on today’s The View that she will no longer attend Kennedy Center performances in light of the Donald Trump board tak…

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

‘Hamilton’ Producers Cancel Upcoming Kennedy Center Engagement: “Some Institutions Are Sacred And Should Be Protected From Politics” by Greg Evans

Producers of Hamilton, the massively popular Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, have canceled a planned 2026 engagement at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., decrying the “recent purge by th…

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Broadway’s ‘Othello’ With Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal Sells Out First Week, Shattering House Records With A $2.6 Million Weekly Gros by Greg Evans

Othello, the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tale of power and envy starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke four house records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last wee…

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‘Mamma Mia!’ Returning To Broadway This August by Greg Evans

The hit musical Mamma Mia! is returning to Broadway this summer after a 10-year intermission. The musical – with casting to be announced later – will begin previews at Broadway’s Winte…

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre To Dim Lights For Tony-Winning Linda Lavin by Greg Evans

Linda Lavin, the Broadway, TV and film star who died in December, will be honored by Broadway’s Shubert Organization with the traditional dimming of lights at the venue where Lavin gave he…

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

‘Sunset Blvd.’ Starring Nicole Scherzinger Announces Broadway Closing Date by Greg Evans

Sunset Blvd., director Jamie Lloyd’s reimagined production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with the critically acclaimed Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond, will play its final Broadwa…

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Actors’ Equity And The Broadway League Reach Agreement On Thorny Issues Around New Work Development by Greg Evans

Actors’ Equity Association has reached a deal with the Broadway League on a new five-year Development Agreement, resolving an eight-month strike prohibiting Equity members’ participation…

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Broadway Stars To Perform Kennedy Center’s Canceled ‘Finn’ Musical At New York Town Hall; Andrew Rannells, Andrea Martin, Kelli O’Hara, Bonnie by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Finn, the children’s musical that opened to great reviews at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. last year only to have its national tour canceled by the venue’s new Trump-l…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ And ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Sell Out Preview Performances; ‘Gypsy’ Slips With Audra Absent – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway seemed to be shedding a bit of winter weight last week as the industry gears up for a busy March and busier April. With two fewer shows on the roster during the week ending February…

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Cole Escola, Conrad Ricamora & James Scully Will Return To ‘Oh, Mary!’, Reuniting Original Cast Of Broadway Hit Comedy by Greg Evans

Cole Escola, creator of the Broadway hit comedy Oh, Mary!, will return to star in their show as Mary Todd Lincoln, and will bring the rest of the original cast – including Conrad Ricamora …

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Friday, February 21, 2025

Alice Hirson Dies: ‘Dallas’, ‘Ellen’, ‘One Life To Live’ Actor Was 95 by Greg Evans

Alice Hirson, who had long-running roles on soaps Another World and One Life to Live in the 1970s before becoming a busy and familiar presence in primetime on Dallas, Full House, 7th Heaven …

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Musical Adaptation Of Manga Graphic Novel ‘Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen’ In Development With Duncan Sheik by Greg Evans

A new musical based on the Manga graphic novel Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen by Moyoco Anno is in development, with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening), producers announced to…

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Cynthia Erivo To Host 78th Annual Tony Awards From Radio City Music Hall In June by Greg Evans

No stranger to Broadway’s Tony Awards, Cynthia Erivo has been announced as the host of this year’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, broadcasting live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall Sunday, Ju…

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Sells Out Unlit Preview; ‘Romeo + Juliet’ And ‘All In’ Go Out On Big Notes – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Even with its name in unlit lights, Operation Mincemeat, the hit London musical that’s just arrived on Broadway, sold out its first preview Saturday at the John Golden Theatre, taking in $…

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‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Musical Starring Sutton Foster As Loretta Lynn In Development For Broadway by Greg Evans

Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn’s bestselling autobiography-turned-smash-hit movie, is heading to Broadway, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster to play the role of the late…

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‘All In: Comedy About Love’ Recoups Broadway Capitalization, Producers Announce 2025-26 Sequel by Greg Evans

All In: Comedy About Love, the hit Simon Rich play in which a rotating cast of stars read-performed the author’s comic stories, recouped its Broadway capitalization before playing its fina…

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Monday, February 17, 2025

Injured Patrick Page Out Of London ‘Hadestown’ Reunion But Will Return For Live Capture Taping by Greg Evans

Patrick Page, Broadway’s Tony-nominated Hades of Hadestown who was scheduled to join the other original production castmates in a monthlong West End reunion engagement this month, has with…

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Broadway’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ With Kit Connor & Rachel Zegler Recouped $7 Million Capitalization Before Closing by Greg Evans

Romeo + Juliet, the just-closed Broadway production starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, recouped its $7 million capitalization during its extended, sold-out 20-week limited engagement at …

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Friday, February 14, 2025

Trump Tariff Battle Darkens Broadway’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Marquee, Lights Stuck In China by Greg Evans

Operation Mincemeat, the hit London musical comedy that begins previews at Broadway’s John Golden Theatre tomorrow, will have to start performances without the usual marquee lights shining…

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Kennedy Center Cancels Tour Of Acclaimed Children’s Musical ‘Finn’; Actors’ Equity Calls Decision “Beyond Appalling” by Greg Evans

The Kennedy Center, under Donald Trump’s newly announced leadership, has canceled its tour of Finn, an acclaimed Kennedy Center-produced children’s musical about a young shark who, in th…

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

‘Broadway’s Leading Ladies’ Concert Set For New York’s Town Hall And PBS Broadcast by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: A one-night-only concert event called Broadway’s Leading Ladies has been set for New York CIty’s Town Hall next month, with a live capture to be broadcast later this year on P…

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Broadway Box Office Slips While ‘All In’, ‘Romeo + Juliet’, ‘The Outsiders’ & ‘Wicked’ Sell Out by Greg Evans

With the busy spring season just around the corner, Broadway was in a bit of the winter doldrums last week, with all but four productions – Cabaret, Redwood, Romeo + Juliet, Wicked – rep…

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Cast Set For George Clooney Broadway Debut: Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, Many Others by Greg Evans

The large cast of the upcoming Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney in his Broadway debut has been announced by producers, and among those onstage will be Ilana Glazer, Clark Gr…

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Tituss Burgess Set For Three-Week Run As Mary Todd Lincoln In Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Greg Evans

Six-time Emmy Award-nominated actor Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Schmigadoonl) will take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! for…

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

David Edward Byrd Dies: ‘Follies’ Artist Whose Iconic Psychedelic Posters Spanned Rock And Broadway Was 83 by Greg Evans

David Edward Byrd, an artist whose swirling, psychedelic, instantly entrancing illustrations gave the rock mecca Fillmore East its signature look and contributed at least two of the greatest…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre