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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Ye Bear & Ye Cubb Opens Off-Broadway December 13 by Leah Putnam

Go back to a tavern in 1665 Virginia with a drink and a sewing project for a show which reimagines North America's first-known English-language play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM
Monday, December 12, 2022

See Alex Newell, Jennifer Holliday, More Come Out for Broadway Dreams Gala by Leah Putnam

Founding members Adam Sansiveri and Ryan Stana were honored at the 15th anniversary gala.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PM

Jodie Comer Wins 2022 Evening Standard Best Actress Award for Broadway-Bound Prima Facie by Leah Putnam

James McAvoy picked up Best Actor for playing Cyrano de Bergerac, which ran at Brooklyn Academy of Music earlier this year.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM

Donna Lynne Champlin Leads One-Night-Only Performance of It's A Wonderful Life December 12 by Leah Putnam

Champlin plays George Bailey alongside Tony winner Maryann Plunkett as Clarence, Tony nominee Mary Testa as Henry F. Potter, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM

New York Theatre Workshop's Merrily We Roll Along Opens December 12 by Leah Putnam

Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe star in the already-extended Stephen Sondheim and George Furth revival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM
Saturday, December 10, 2022

Starring Michael Shannon and Johanna Day, Des Moines Begins Previews December 10 by Leah Putnam

Theatre for a New Audience stages Denis Johnson's final play Off-Broadway at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM
Friday, December 9, 2022

Tony Winner Ali Stroker and Director David Perlow Welcome Baby by Leah Putnam

The couple shared news of the pregnancy in July.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

London Revival of Watch on the Rhine Begins Previews December 9 by Leah Putnam

Donmar Warehouse presents the Lillian Hellman play about the dangers one family faces in 1941 America.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM
Thursday, December 8, 2022

The Lehman Trilogy to Close Out The Huntington's 2022-2023 Season by Leah Putnam

The Boston theatre's production replaces the previously scheduled Bhangin' It: A Bangin' New Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM

Previews Begin December 8 for New Play Ye Bear & Ye Cubb About America's First English Play—and Its Day in Court by Leah Putnam

Broadway alum Joseph Medeiros, Amara J. Brady, Anthony Michael Martinez, and more star in the Off-Broadway production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM

Irish Rep's A Child's Christmas in Wales Starring Ali Ewoldt Opens December 8 by Leah Putnam

The holiday favorite also features Dan Macke, Kerry Conte, Jay Aubrey Jones, Kylie Kuioka, and Ashley Robinson.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM

Tony Nominee Kara Young to Play Shakespeare's Viola Once Again by Leah Putnam

The Classical Theatre of Harlem's Twelfth Night is headed downtown in 2023.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM

Zadie Smith's The Wife of Willesden to Make NY Premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music by Leah Putnam

Smith's adaptation of Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath" tale joins the theatre's winter season, also featuring a Lorraine Hansberry revival with Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt Extends, Will Stay On Broadway Through July by Leah Putnam

The family drama was originally set to close at the Longacre Theatre in March.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM

At 73 Years Old, Stephen McKinley Henderson Is Finally Playing the Lead on Broadway by Leah Putnam

The actor talks about the hip replacement surgery that led to Between Riverside and Crazy and filming scenes in space in Dune: Part Two.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

2023 at 59E59 Will Feature Chorus Girls, A NYC Blackout, A One-Woman Show, More by Leah Putnam

The Off-Broadway theatre has announced more upcoming productions for the winter and spring seasons.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM

Santino Fontana Joins Cast of A Man of No Importance Through December 11; Jim Parsons Out by Leah Putnam

Joining Fontana in the cast are understudies Benjamin Howes and Justin Scott Brown.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PM

Reviews: Here's What Critics Think of Lloyd Suh's The Far Country by Leah Putnam

The story of one Chinese family immigrating to the United States in the 19th century makes its world premiere Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

Baltimore Center Stage Appoints Adam Frank as New Managing Director by Leah Putnam

Frank arrives at the Maryland theatre after serving as Managing Director of New York City's Waterwell.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

How Jefferson Mays and Michael Arden Turned A Christmas Carol Into an Eerie Ghost Story by Leah Putnam

In the new Broadway production, Mays plays over 50 characters. Here is how the show’s design team helps him tell the "mind altering" tale.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Broadway's KPOP Sets Abrupt Closing Date by Leah Putnam

The musical's final performance will be dedicated to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders community.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:18PM

Go Inside Opening Night of Julia May Jones' Your Own Personal Exegesis by Leah Putnam

Take a look at the opening night photos and video of the world premiere Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Orlando Starring Emma Corrin in London's West End? by Leah Putnam

The Neil Bartlett play about the hero-heroine's journey over five centuries opened at the Garrick Theatre December 5.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PM

See New Queens of SIX Take 1st Royal Bows by Leah Putnam

Take a look at photos and video of the show's ascending monarchs in their first performance December 5.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

Black Broadway Men, Inc. Launches 2023 Mentorship, Playwriting Initiatives by Leah Putnam

The nonprofit organization looks to support and uplift Black men in theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

STOMP to Close in New York City After 29 Years by Leah Putnam

The New York theatre staple has played more than 11,000 performances at Off-Broadway's Orpheum Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

Josie Rourke-Directed As You Like It Begins Previews December 6 at West End's Soho Place by Leah Putnam

Leah Harvey, Martha Plimpton, Alfred Enoch, Tom Edden, and more star in the Shakespeare production at the newly built theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AM
Monday, December 5, 2022

Anthony Rapp and Ken Ithiphol Step Into the Roles of Dad to Baby Boy by Leah Putnam

The couple announced the news via Instagram.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM

Reviews: Critics Are Weighing In On Sarah Ruhl's Witchy Becky Nurse of Salem by Leah Putnam

2022 Tony winner Deirdre O'Connell stars as the modern-day descendant of a woman accused of being a with during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM

Six Welcomes New Royals to Broadway December 5 by Leah Putnam

Hailee Kaleem Wright, Leandra Ellis-Gaston, Bella Coppola, Nasia Thomas, Zoe Jensen, and Taylor Iman Jones begin their reigns.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM
Sunday, December 4, 2022

Starring Michael Shannon and Johanna Day, Des Moines Begins Previews December 4 by Leah Putnam

Theatre for a New Audience stages Denis Johnson's final play Off-Broadway at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM

All that Chat

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
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic