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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Barack & Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Signs On As Co-Producer Of Broadway's Upcoming 'Proof' Revival Starring Ayo Edebiri And Don Cheadl by Greg Evans

Higher Ground, the media company founded by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, today announced it will serve as a co-producer of the upcoming Broadway revival of Proof, the Pulitzer …

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Hugh Jackman, Cecily Strong & Corey Stoll Join Audible Theater Off Broadway Productions by Greg Evans

Audible Theater and Together, the theatrical partnership led by Sonia Friedman and Hugh Jackman, today announced two additional productions for their 2026 season at Audible's Off Broadway Mi…

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Tony Awards Sets 2026 Calendar Of Events by Greg Evans

The Tony Awards have announced the calendar of official events for the 2025-2026 Tony Awards season, with nominations for this year's awards to be announced on Tuesday, May 5. As previously …

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'The Pitt' Star Isa Briones Heading For Broadway's 'Just In Time' As Connie Francis by Greg Evans

The Pitt star Isa Briones is heading to Broadway as a cast member of the hit Bobby Darin jukebox musical Just In Time: As of April 1, she'll be playing "Who's Sorry Now?" singer Connie Franc…

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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

'Evita' On Broadway? Maybe, But No Outdoor Balcony Scene: "Something Awful Could Happen," Says Andrew Lloyd Webber by Greg Evans

Andrew Lloyd Webber isn't ruling out a long-rumored and much-hoped-for Broadway transfer of last year's hit London Evita revival, but he's absolutely drawing the line at a re-enactment of th…

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Jane Fonda To Honor Robert Redford At TCM Classic Film Festival Gala Screening Of 'Barefoot In The Park' by Greg Evans

Jane Fonda will honor her friend and frequent co-star Robert Redford by introducing their Barefoot in the Park as a special Opening Night Gala presentation at the 17th Annual TCM Classic Fil…

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'Death Of A Salesman' Sells Out First Two Previews; 'Every Brilliant Thing' Starring Daniel Radcliffe Passes $1M " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway dug itself out of the winter doldrums last week, with productions resuming their full, no-snow-days schedules and total box office and attendance rebounding 8% over the previous wee…

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Whitney Leavitt And 'DWTS' Partner Mark Ballas To Reunite In Broadway's 'Chicago' by Greg Evans

Dancing with the Stars' three-time pro champ Mark Ballas will reunite with his Season 34 partner Whitney Leavitt for a limited engagement in Broadway's musical revival Chicago. Producers ann…

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

'The Outsiders', 'Maybe Happy Ending', 'Buena Vista Social Club', 'Operation Mincemeat', 'The Who's Tommy' Revival & Others by Greg Evans

The 2026-2027 Broadway in Hollywood season will include seven Los Angeles premieres including Best Musical Tony winners The Outsiders and Maybe Happy Ending. Other Broadway shows making thei…

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Broadway To Dim Lights For Robert Duvall, Isiah Whitlock Jr. And Others Next Week by Greg Evans

All 41 Broadway theater marquees will dim simultaneously on Tuesday, March 10, to honor late actors Robert Duvall, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and John Cunningham, The Gin Game playwright D.L. Coburn…

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Debbie Gravitte And Carrie St. Louis To Join Broadway's 'Just In Time' by Greg Evans

Tony winner Debbie Gravitte and Dolly: A True Original Musical star Carrie St. Louis will join Broadway's Bobby Darin jukebox musical Just In Time in April, taking over the roles of, respect…

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Daniel Radcliffe Defies Blizzard To Conjure Audiences For 'Every Brilliant Thing' " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

New York City's winter weather took another bite out of Broadway business last week, with canceled performances and blizzard-averse potential audiences sending receipts for the 27 production…

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Broadway Producers Christopher Ketner & Hunter Regian Launch NY-Based Origin Story Productions by Greg Evans

Tony Award-winning theater producers Christopher Ketner and Hunter Regian have announced the launch of Origin Story Productions, a new NYC-based theatrical production company that formalizes…

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Friday, February 27, 2026

Luke Macfarlane & Cooper Koch Set For Private Industry Presentation Of Broadway-Bound 'The Little Dog Laughed' Revival; Billy Porter Co-Stars by Greg Evans

A private presentation next month of a new Broadway-bound production of Douglas Carter Beane's Tony-nominated 2006 play The Little Dog Laughed will feature Luke Macfarlane and Cooper Koch, w…

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Megan Thee Stallion Sets Broadway Debut In 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' by Greg Evans

Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut as the impresario Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, producers announced today. She'll begin a strictly limited ei…

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Sondra Lee Dies: Actor In Original Broadway Productions Of 'Peter Pan' And 'Hello, Dolly!' Was 97 by Greg Evans

Sondra Lee, a Broadway actor whose petit size allowed her, at 26, to convincingly play the Native American child princess Tiger Lily in Peter Pan opposite Mary Martin on Broadway and in the …

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Lena Waithe & Cynthia Erivo Join Broadway's 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' As Producers by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo are signing on as producers to Broadway's upcoming Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the production announced today. "I am so proud to be joining this product…

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Snow Socks Stage But 'Hell's Kitchen' And British Cast Of 'Operation Mincemeat' Get Warm Goodbyes " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Call New York City's recent weather what you want " bomb cyclone, blizzard, or plain old snowstorm " but it definitely chilled Broadway's box office over the weekend. Receipts for the week e…

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Baz Luhrmann Says Elvis Presley Stage Musical "Is Happening" by Greg Evans

Baz Luhrmann has been teasing the possibility of an Elvis Presley stage musical for a few years, but the director of 2022's Elvis and the current EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is now soundi…

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Monday, February 23, 2026

Snowy Broadway Cancels Performances For Second Consecutive Evening: 'Every Brilliant Thing', 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Among Freeze- by Greg Evans

For the second, consecutive blizzard-impacted day, Broadway has canceled all evening performances for Monday, February 23. While most productions typically go dark on Mondays anyway, some sh…

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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Broadway Shows Cancel Sunday Evening Performances Ahead Of Expected Blizzard by Greg Evans

While today's Broadway matinees are expected to go on as planned, performances scheduled for tonight have been canceled due to the anticipated blizzard and evening travel bans. The announcem…

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Friday, February 20, 2026

Climate Activist Group That Disrupted Broadway Show Says It's Under Escalating FBI Watch In Trump Era by Greg Evans

Nearly two years ago, a performance of the Broadway production An Enemy of the People starring Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli was briefly disrupted when climate activists who identified…

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Thursday, February 19, 2026

Move Over Sophocles: For Tony Awards, Robert Icke Is Author Of 'Oedipus' by Greg Evans

Playwright-director Robert Ickes' remarkable, modern-dress adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus is significantly different from that ancient version (no Rex in the title, for starters) t…

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David Hays Dies: Broadway Designer, National Theater Of The Deaf Co-Founder Was 95 by Greg Evans

David Hays, a prolific Broadway set and lighting designer and the founding artistic director of the National Theater of the Deaf, died Tuesday, February 17, at his home in Essex, Connecticut…

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Matthew Morrison Sets Three-Week Broadway Return As Bobby Darin In 'Just In Time' by Greg Evans

Glee star Matthew Morrison will take a turn as Bobby Darin in Broadway's Just In Time for three weeks between the departure of original star Jonathan Groff and previously announced replaceme…

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Tom Hiddleston-Hayley Atwell 'Much Ado About Nothing' Heads To Broadway This Fall; Jamie Lloyd Directs by Greg Evans

Jamie Lloyd's critically acclaimed West End production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will come to Broadway this fall for a 10-week…

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

'Mormon Wives' Star Whitney Leavitt Is Not-So-Secret Weapon For Long-Running 'Chicago' " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway's long-running musical revival of Chicago has gotten a massive boost at the box office from the latest in its years-long practice of celebrity stunt-casting: Now starring Whitney Le…

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

'Suffs' Musical By Tony-Winning Shaina Taub Gets May Airdate On PBS' 'Great Performances' by Greg Evans

Suffs, the 2024 Broadway musical that won two Tony Awards for creator Shaina Taub's book and score, will air on PBS' Great Performances on May 8, PBS said today. The performance featuring Ta…

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'Imitation Of Life' Stage Musical With John Legend Score Set For Off Broadway Premiere by Greg Evans

A new stage adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel Imitation of Life, featuring music and lyrics by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner John Legend and a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Ly…

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Tony Awards Sets Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall & Jack Sussman As Producers by Greg Evans

Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman will produce The 79th Annual Tony Awards this June, Tony Award Productions announced today. Kapoor, a multiple Emmy winner for his live event w…

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Ana Gasteyer Joins Broadway's 'Schmigadoon!' As Production Rounds Out Cast by Greg Evans

Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer will join Alex Brightman and Sara Chase in the upcoming Broadway production of Schmigadoon!, producers announced today as the musical comedy rounds out …

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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