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Friday, June 20, 2025

Roastmaster general Jeff Ross will bring ‘Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride’ to Broadway this summer by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Performances will run from August 5 through September 29 at the Nederlander Theatre with an official August 18 opening.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Brenda Pressley to replace LaTanya Richardson Jackson in ‘Purpose’ on Broadway by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper on July 15, replacing the production's original Tony-nominated Claudine, LaTanya Richardson Jackson.

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Tom Francis sets final performance in ‘Sunset Boulevard’; Pierre Marais to play final stretch of the Broadway run by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Tom Francis will play his final performance as Joe Gillis on July 6.

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Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace to lead ‘Cabaret’ for its final weeks on Broadway by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The pair begin performances July 22 for the production’s final 13 weeks through October 19.

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Monday, June 16, 2025

‘A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration’ to reunite original Broadway cast members for one night only by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The performance will be held on July 27 at 7:30pm ET at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ will record an original Broadway cast album by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

With music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W.S. Gilbert, “The Pirates of Penzance” first premiered in New York in 1879.

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Chiara Aurelia to replace Sadie Sink for final weeks of ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ on Broadway by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Aurelia will perform from July 15 through its final performance on August 31.

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Tom Felton extends his Broadway run as Draco Malfoy in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

He will now stay with the company through May 10, 2026.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

‘Sunset Boulevard’ announces final Broadway extension by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The show will play its final performance at the St. James Theatre on July 20.

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‘John Proctor is the Villain,’ starring Sadie Sink, extends Broadway run by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The show has extended its Broadway engagement at the Booth Theatre through August 31.

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Tom Felton to reprise film role as Draco Malfoy in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Felton makes his Broadway debut in the role, beginning performances at the Lyric Theatre on November 11 and playing a limited 19-week engagement through March 22, 2026.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Lena Waithe, Debbie Allen and more collaborating on Broadway-bound musical adaptation of the Disney film ‘Polly’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The stage adaptation will feature a book by Lena Waithe and Michael Benjamin Washington, music and lyrics by Siedah Garrett and Joriah Kwamé, and direction and choreography by Debbie Allen,…

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Broadway premieres of ‘Marjorie Prime’ and ‘Becky Shaw’ join Second Stage's 2025-26 season by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Opening the off-Broadway season at the Pershing Square Signature Center will be the world premiere of Meet the Cartozians, written by Talene Monahon and directed by Tony winner David Crome…

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Monday, June 2, 2025

Kerry Washington and Kara Young to star in ‘The Whoopi Monologues’ as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2025-26 season by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Lincoln Center Theater has announced its 2025-26 season programming, the inaugural season under the artistic direction of Lear deBessonet.

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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ to release original Broadway cast recording by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The album is produced by Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, co-produced by Marco Paguia and Orin Wolf and executive produced by Allan Williams.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Pulitzer-winning ‘Purpose’ extends eight weeks on Broadway by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Performances will now run through August 31.

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Jordan Donica will step into the role of Max in the Broadway cast of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Donica begins performances on June 10 after Thaxton plays his final performance on June 8.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher to lead a Broadway revival of ‘Chess’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The production, directed by Michael Mayer and choreographed by Lorin Latarro, will begin performances this fall at a Shubert theater to be announced.

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Christopher Jackson will join the cast of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on Broadway by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

He begins performances June 3 at the Shubert Theatre, replacing Durrell “Tank” Babbs, who plays his final performance on June 1.

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Nichelle Lewis, Shaina Taub, Colin Donnell and more join Broadway revival of ‘Ragtime’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Directed by Lear deBessonet, performances will begin September 25.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Montego Glover to play Momma Rose in ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway during Audra McDonald’s vacation by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Glover will star in the Broadway revival at the Majestic Theatre for one week from June 30 through July 6.

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‘John Proctor is the Villain’ extends its Broadway run by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Performances will now run through July 13 at the Booth Theatre.

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Derek Klena to return to ‘Wicked’ as Broadway’s Fiyero for two weeks by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Klena will head back to Wicked from May 27 to June 8 while current fulltime Fiyero Jordan Litz is away on vacation.

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale to star in Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s ‘Art’ by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Directed by Scott Ellis, the production will begin previews August 28 ahead of a September 16 opening at the Music Box Theatre. Performances run through December 21.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

David Lindsay-Abaire’s ‘The Balusters’ to open on Broadway in spring 2026 by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

MTC has also added a newly imagined version of Queens, by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok, to its off-Broadway season.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

‘Operation Mincemeat’ to launch world tour in 2026 by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The tour is scheduled to begin February 16, 2026 at The Lowry in Manchester, UK—the venue that supported the musical's early development.

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Aisha Jackson to star as Daisy in ‘The Great Gatsby’ on Broadway by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

Ryan McCartan’s current co-star Sarah Hyland will play her final performance as Daisy Buchanan on June 15.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

‘Maybe Happy Ending’ will be hitting the road on a national tour, launching fall 2026 by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The tour will kick off in Baltimore at the Hippodrome Theatre at The France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

‘Smash’ to release an original Broadway cast recording on May 16 by Hayley Levitt For Broadway.com

The album is produced by Scott M. Riesett, composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman, music supervisor Stephen Oremus, Sean Patrick Flahaven and score supervisor Samuel Hoad.

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Monday, April 28, 2025