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Monday, February 10, 2025

Playbill Songwriter Series: The Boundary Breaking Work of Samora la Perdida by Margaret Hall

La Perdida is a trans trilingual creator and performer whose work straddles a language divide to emphasize the creative possibilities within the hybrid language of Spanglish.

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Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell Led Much Ado About Nothing Begins Performances February 10 by Margaret Hall

The play is the second production in The Jamie Lloyd Company's season of Shakespeare at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Mandy Patinkin To Play Mob Boss Anthony Accardo in JFK Thriller November 1963 by Margaret Hall

The film purports to examine the Chicago Outfit's alleged involvement in the JFK assassination, drawing directly from firsthand accounts and insights from the family of crime boss Sam Gianca…

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Chelsea Packard, Matt Bogart, Jessica Grové to Star in Revised Sense & Sensibility by Margaret Hall

Amended by creator Paul Gordon, the new production will premiere in Dexter, Michigan.

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Wicked's Paul Tazewell Wins Costume Designers Guild Award by Margaret Hall

The Tony-winning designer has also donated a Shiz University costume to auction in support of the IATSE Emergency Relief Fund.

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Ilana Glazer, Clark Gregg, More Join George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov from the 2005 film, David Cromer will direct the new play later this season.

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Neurodiverse Performing Arts Festival Big Umbrella Reveals 2025 Programming by Margaret Hall

Using sensory-based and interactive experiences to welcome neurodiverse individuals into the theatre, the festival is the first of its kind.

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See Who's Joining Sadie Sink in Broadway's John Proctor Is the Villain by Margaret Hall

Danya Taymor will direct the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Step Inside Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream With Photos and Video by Margaret Hall

Influencer Paytas' made her one-night-only Broadway debut February 3 at the St. James Theatre.

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Elizabeth A. Davis and Dan Amboyer to Star in Maybe Tomorrow Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Inspired by a true story, Maybe Tomorrow explores the complex wear and tear wrought on a relationship of nearly 10 years.

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Carmen Jones Star Olga James has Died at 95 by Margaret Hall

Ms. James, also a Broadway alum, played Harry Belafonte's fiancée Cindy Lou in Otto Preminger's film adaptation of the 1943 musical.

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow Is Selling $19.59 Tickets to Celebrate Box Office Opening by Margaret Hall

Based on the an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne, and Kate Trefry, the play is set in the world of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things.

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Poster Artist David Edward Byrd Has Died at 83 by Margaret Hall

Byrd created the art for original productions of Follies, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, and more.

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Monday, February 3, 2025

Photos: Go Behind The Scenes of Broadway's Romeo + Juliet by Margaret Hall

The Sam Gold-directed Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy is flying high on the final weeks of their run!

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Operation Mincemeat Finds Full Cast and Creative Team For Broadway Bow by Margaret Hall

The Olivier-winning Best Musical begins performances at the Golden Theatre this spring.

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Formerly Incarcerated Actors of Sing Sing to Reunite February 3 Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The actors inspired the Colman Domingo led film, which is now an awards season darling.

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Mint Theater Company's Garside's Career Begins Performances February 1 Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Matt Dickson directs Harold Brighouse's political satire Off-Broadway.

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Friday, January 31, 2025

Video: See the Cast of The Jonathan Larson Project Perform 'One of the These Days' and 'S.O.S.' by Margaret Hall

The Off-Broadway show features seldom-heard songs from the late Rent composer.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray to Offer Special In-Person Ticket Deal to Celebrate Box Office Opening by Margaret Hall

Succession star Sarah Snook won an Olivier Award for her performance in the solo play in the West End.

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Recipients of 2025 USA Fellows Program Have Been Revealed by Margaret Hall

Launched in 2006, the USA Fellowship is United States Artists' flagship granting program, through which it has distributed more than $41 million to more than 1,000 creative practitioners.

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World Premiere of Bess Wohl's Liberation Begins Off-Broadway January 31 by Margaret Hall

Directed by Whitney White, the Roundabout Theatre Company production will feature Kristolyn Lloyd, Susannah Flood, Kayla Davion, and more.

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

The Jeopardy! Category Is...Broadway Debuts by Margaret Hall

Test your Broadway musical knowledge against the Jeopardy contestants for a whole category of musical theatre answers.

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Roger Q. Mason's The Pride of Lions to Receive Industry Reading by Margaret Hall

Set in 1928, the play centers on five fabulous drag queens who were about to become dolls of Broadway in a Mae West play, until the New York vice police took them in.

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2025 Broadway Backwards Concert Will Play Gershwin Theatre in March by Margaret Hall

The star-studded evening benefits Broadway Cares and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.

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Film Adaptation of Cult of Love In the Works by Margaret Hall

Leslye Headland's play centers on four adult children and their partners as they return home for a rocky holiday gathering.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Watch: Kenny Leon Marks His Homecoming to Broadway's Barrymore Theatre Ahead of Othello by Margaret Hall

Leon previously directed Othello star Denzel Washington in a revival of A Raisin in The Sun at the same storied venue.

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A Eulogy for Roman to Return Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The acclaimed solo show will play a variety of churches and community centers in Manhattan and Brooklyn later this year.

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How to Navigate the Broadway Stage Door by Margaret Hall

The post-show tradition has become bigger in recent years. Here's how to participate respectfully.

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Pulitzer Winner Fat Ham Sets European Premiere at Royal Shakespeare Company by Margaret Hall

The James Ijames play, which premiered in New York in 2022, is a reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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Larissa FastHorse's Fake It Until You Make It Begins Los Angeles World Premiere January 29 by Margaret Hall

In the play, a collision of friends and foes within the nonprofit sector spirals into a whirlwind of competition, chaos, and comedic revelation.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at London's Scissorhandz Jukebox Musical by Margaret Hall

The musical, a reinvention of Tim Burton's cult classic film Edward Scissorhands, uses the pop music of Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Alanis Morissette, and more.

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All that Chat

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