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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Cynthia Nixon Takes a Break From Your TV to Return to the Stage in The Seven Year Disappear by Hayley Levitt

“It’s been seven years since I’ve been on stage,” Cynthia Nixon tells Tamsen Fadal on The Broadway Show. “I can’t remember another time in my life when I haven’t been on stage …

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Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel Reach for Precision and the Ecstatic in Days of Wine and Roses by Hayley Levitt

Days of Wine and Roses, now running at Studio 54, is the second Craig Lucas-Adam Guettel collaboration to make it to Broadway. The first, as fans of their partnership remember, was The Light…

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Ariana Madix Is Ready to Find Her Own Roxie During Her Chicago Broadway Debut by Hayley Levitt

Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix celebrated her Broadway debut on January 29 at the Ambassador Theatre as Chicago’s latest Roxie Hart. Before taking her opening-night bow, she chatted wi…

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Broadway's The Great Gatsby Adds Noah J. Ricketts, Samantha Pauly, Eric Anderson & More by Hayley Levitt

The Great Gatsby, coming to Broadway this spring, welcomes additional principal cast members to the production. As previously announced, the musical will star Tony nominees Jeremy Jordan an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM

Kelli O’Hara, Brian d’Arcy James and More Toast the Broadway Opening of Days of Wine and Roses by Hayley Levitt

Days of Wine and Roses, starring Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James, celebrated its Broadway opening at Studio 54 on January 28. The musical drama, written by Craig Lucas and Adam Guett…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Merrily Director Maria Friedman to Celebrate Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch and Michel Legrand in Concert by Hayley Levitt

Maria Friedman, four-time Olivier Award winner and director of this season's hit revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Along, will bring her concert Legacy: An Ev…

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Clue, a Murder Mystery Comedy, Casts Its North American Tour by Hayley Levitt

The North American tour of Clue, directed by Casey Hushion, has found the cast to take the comedic whodunit across the continent. The tour will launch in Minneapolis, MN, playing the Orphe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

My Best Friend's Wedding Musical Sets Fall World Premiere by Hayley Levitt

Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse will debut a new musical adaptation of TriStar Pictures' 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding during its 2024 season. The production will be the final o…

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Monday, January 29, 2024

Gutenberg! The Musical! Ends Broadway Run With Plans for a Cast Album by Hayley Levitt

Bud and Doug have bid Broadway farewell, but they exit the stage with more dreams to feast upon. As Gutenberg! The Musical! played its final Broadway performance on January 28 at the Jame…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM

Lempicka, Starring Eden Espinosa, Completes Broadway Casting by Hayley Levitt

Lempicka, the new musical about famed Art Deco painter Tamara de Lempicka, has completed Broadway casting. Directed by Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin, the production begins performances …

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Friday, January 26, 2024

BOOP! The Musical Will Open on Broadway in Spring 2025 by Hayley Levitt

BOOP! The Musical, inspired by the iconic 1930s cartoon character, has confirmed plans to open on Broadway in spring 2025. Jasmine Amy Rogers, who led the musical's world premiere at Broadw…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PM

Fly Away with These Photos From the Peter Pan National Tour by Hayley Levitt

Take a peek inside Neverland with these first-look photos of the Peter Pan national tour. Lonny Price directs the reimagined production, based on Sir James M. Barrie's classic tale and its…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:36AM
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber Promise a 'Godzilla vs. King Kong' Battle of Stage Titans in Doubt by Hayley Levitt

The Broadway Show caught up with the stars of Doubt: A Parable, John Patrick Shanley’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play that is returning to Broadway for the first time in nearly 20 ye…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM

Beauty and the Beast to Launch North American Tour in 2025 by Hayley Levitt

In celebration of Beauty and the Beast's 30th anniversary, Disney Theatrical Group will launch a North American tour of the musical's reimagined stage production in June 2025. This new versi…

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Outer Critics Circle Sets Dates for 73rd Annual Awards Ceremony by Hayley Levitt

The 73rd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, celebrating the 2023-24 Broadway and off-Broadway season of theater, will be held on May 23. Nominations will be announced April 22 with winners …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The Chita Rivera Awards Sets a Date for 2024 Ceremony by Hayley Levitt

The 2024 Chita Rivera Awards, an annual celebration of excellence in dance and choreography, will be held on May 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The nominees will be a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Monday, January 22, 2024

Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen to Lead Peter Morgan’s Political Play Patriots on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Tony Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg, last seen on Broadway nearly 20 years ago in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, will lead Peter Morgan’s Olivier Award-nominated play Patriots on Broa…

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

How to Dance in Ohio to Close on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

How to Dance in Ohio, the new Broadway musical inspired by Alexandra Shiva's award-winning documentary of the same name, will play its final performance on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:32PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

Marcia Marcia Marcia and More Added to Kit Kat Club Ensemble in Broadway's Cabaret by Hayley Levitt

Rebecca Frecknall's Olivier Award-winning revival of Cabaret has found its ensemble of performers to fill out the Kit Kat Club on Broadway. Led by Tony and Olivier Award winner Eddie Redma…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AM
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Apple TV Shutters Musical Series Schmigadoon! Ahead of Third Season by Hayley Levitt

Cinco Paul—creator, composer and showrunner of the satirical musical comedy series Schmigadoon!—announced today on Instagram that Apple TV will not be producing the show's third season…

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Patrick Page Extends Off-Broadway Run in All the Devils Are Here Through March by Hayley Levitt

Patrick Page's All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain has added a month to its off-Broadway run at the DR2 Theatre. In a second and final extension, the production w…

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Ones to Watch: Shaina Taub Brings Suffs to Broadway on Her Own Terms by Hayley Levitt

Calling Shaina Taub “One to Watch” might seem redundant to fans who have been keeping a close eye on her career for the past decade. But never has a work more fully epitomized Taub as an…

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Ones to Watch: Brody Grant, Star of Broadway’s The Outsiders, Embodies Art at Its Coolest by Hayley Levitt

Brody Grant is one of 15 Broadway debuts in the cast of The Outsiders—the musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel, written by Adam Rapp, Justin Levine and the Folk duo Ja…

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Ones to Watch: Joy Woods, Star of Broadway's The Notebook, Is No Imposter by Hayley Levitt

Joy Woods has played a medieval pop star, a riffing street urchin and a gold-digging dancer. But not until The Notebook—beginning performances February 10 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre�…

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Broadway’s Prayer for the French Republic Rejoices with Heartbreak and Humor on Opening Night by Hayley Levitt

This week, The Broadway Show celebrates the opening of Joshua Harmon’s family drama Prayer for the French Republic, a Manhattan Theatre Club production directed by Tony Award winner David …

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David Adjmi’s Rock Drama Stereophonic to Open on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

David Adjmi’s musical play Stereophonic will move to Broadway in the spring following its successful world-premiere production off-Broadway this past fall at Playwrights Horizons. The show…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Film Adaptation of Big River in Development from Chicken & Biscuits Playwright Douglas Lyons by Hayley Levitt

Douglas Lyons, author of Broadway's Chicken & Biscuits, will be penning a film adaptation of the country-gospel musical Big River, per an exclusive Variety report. Based on Mark Twa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PM

Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada to Star in The Great Gatsby Musical on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada will lead the Broadway production of The Great Gatsby, opening this spring. Both reprise their performances …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM
Monday, January 15, 2024

Broadway’s Shucked Will Be Adapted for the Silver Screen by Hayley Levitt

After 28 previews and 319 regular performances, Shucked ended its run at the Nederlander Theatre on Sunday, January 14. However, its Broadway farewell turned out to be much less final than a…

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Director Jessica Stone on Juggling the Tony-Winning Kimberly Akimbo with New Broadway Musical Water for Elephants by Hayley Levitt

Much has happened in the life of Jessica Stone since her last appearance on The Broadway Show. Standing on 45th Street outside the Booth Theatre, Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens co…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM

Meet the Six Stars of Broadway's The Notebook and Find Out Why the Show 'Hurts So Good' by Hayley Levitt

In the 2004 film version of Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook, director Nick Cassavetes had two pairs of actors play out the love story between brooding millworker Noah Calhoun and wealthy Sou…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM