Thursday, February 23, 2023
JoJo, the singer of bops from the early aughts like “Leave (Get Out)” and “Too Little Too Late,” is making her Broadway debut as Satine in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” She will t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:34AMWednesday, February 22, 2023
Ben Platt is speaking out against the anti-semitic protestors who gathered outside the first preview performance of Broadway’s revival of “Parade,” a musical about the true story of th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:54AMTuesday, February 21, 2023
Laurie Metcalf and Tatiana Maslany will share the stage in the upcoming Broadway play “Grey House.” Joe Mantello, the Tony-winning director of “Wicked,” “Take Me Out” and “As…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
The City of Stars is heading to the Great White Way. The Oscar-winning musical “La La Land” is being adapted as a stage show, with plans to open on Broadway at an undetermined date. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
Lea Michele is officially the greatest star. “Funny Girl,” the once-struggling musical revival, has been selling strong and broke the all-time box office record at Broadway’s August Wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AMFriday, December 2, 2022
“Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical powered by the discography of Britney Spears, is coming to Broadway in 2023. The show will begin previews at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre ahead of …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMThursday, December 1, 2022
Broadway darling Aaron Tveit is returning to Broadway in January, reprising his Tony-winning role as Christian in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” But don’t get too excited, chickens. Tvei…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PMFriday, November 25, 2022
Agatha Christie’s landmark thriller “The Mousetrap” is the longest-running play in the world, yet it’s never been staged on the Great White Way. That’s about to change as the show …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, November 16, 2022
Jessica Chastain will return to Broadway to star in “A Doll’s House,” a modern version of Henrik Ibsen’s landmark play. Jamie Lloyd (“Betrayal,” “Cyrano de Bergerac”) is dire…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:21AMMonday, November 14, 2022
“Shucked,” a musical comedy featuring songs by Grammy winners Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, will open on Broadway in the spring. The show will play at the Nederlander Theatre with pre…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:32PMMonday, November 7, 2022
Hugh Jackman isn’t leaving River City just yet. “The Music Man” is extending its Broadway run and will now play its “positively final performance” on Jan. 15, 2023. The hit musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:26AMMonday, October 24, 2022
“Life of Pi” is rowing to Broadway in the new year. A stage version of Yann Martel’s bestselling adventure novel, which also inspired the Oscar-winning movie by director Ang Lee, is be…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:59AMMonday, October 17, 2022
Jesse Williams and the company of “Take Me Out” are especially grateful to the plumbing on Broadway. Without hot water flowing through the pipes at the Schonfeld Theatre, the infamous lo…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:03PMFriday, October 14, 2022
Theater veteran Tovah Feldshuh has performed in 10 Broadway shows over the last five decades, garnering acclaim and Tony Awards love for “Yentl” and “Golda’s Balcony,” among others…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:15AMThursday, October 13, 2022
At Carolines on Broadway, the legendary comedy club in Times Square, taking the main stage can be a death-defying proposition — and not just because the audience, likely several drinks…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, October 11, 2022
“A Strange Loop,” creator Michael R. Jackson’s meta comedy-drama, which won the Tony for best musical, is closing on Broadway in 2023. It will play its final performance on Jan. 15 at …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:33PMTuesday, September 20, 2022
“Beetlejuice” is closing on Broadway in January, ending its unconventional, fan-fueled run on the Great White Way. It will play its final show at the Marquis Theater on Jan. 8, 2023. But…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:05PMSaturday, September 10, 2022
Lea Michele won’t be taking the stage in “Funny Girl” on Saturday due to “early signs and symptoms of COVID.” Even though the results of her COVID test were “inconclusive,” she…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:17PMWednesday, September 7, 2022
It appears the weather gods didn’t heed Fanny Brice’s humble request. But not even a dreary, drizzly Tuesday in Manhattan could rain on Lea Michele’s parade as the former “Glee” st…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15AMThursday, August 11, 2022
Lin-Manuel Miranda is praising lawyers who get the job done after a Texas church staged an “illegal, unauthorized” production of “Hamilton.” Producers of the hit Broadway musical hav…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:45PMTuesday, July 19, 2022
“Let It Burn,” the galvanic highpoint of the Broadway musical “Paradise Square,” pours out of star Joaquina Kalukango in a torrent of pain and frustration over the hurt that her char…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThursday, July 14, 2022
“Funny Girl” producers are attesting they knew about Beanie Feldstein’s earlier-than-expected exit from the Broadway musical. Amid the whirlwind drama over the actor’s abrupt departu…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:46AMMonday, July 11, 2022
The rumors are true: Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway’s revival of “Funny Girl.” Feldstein on Sunday night announced she would be leaving the show on July 31, roug…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMonday, June 13, 2022
On Sunday night, the Tony Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall, where relaxed mask mandates made it easier than ever (OK, easier than last year’s ceremony) to spot the stars mixing and…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:14PMTuesday, June 7, 2022
“Dear Evan Hansen” won’t be playing on Broadway “for forever.” The show, about a socially awkward high schooler who tells a spiraling lie, is ending its run in September, five year…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:25PMWednesday, June 1, 2022
Arthur Miller’s classic play “Death of a Salesman” is returning to Broadway this fall. Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke will reprise their roles as Willy and Linda Loman in the reviv…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38AMThursday, May 26, 2022
A star-studded production of “Into the Woods” is heading to Broadway. Following its buzzy, sold-out run at New York City Center, Encore’s rendition of “Into the Woods” is transferr…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:27AMWednesday, April 20, 2022
A musical comedy based on the classic film “Some Like It Hot” will premiere on Broadway in the fall of 2022. The show, which was originally scheduled to open in Chicago last year before …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:37AMOutside New York City’s Ambassador Theatre, the name on everybody’s lips isn’t Roxie. It’s Pamela Anderson, the former “Baywatch” star who is making her Broadway debut in “Chic…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:43AMThursday, April 7, 2022
Broadway’s “Plaza Suite” has canceled Thursday night’s performance because the show’s lead Sarah Jessica Parker has tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes two days after Park…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:32PMMonday, March 21, 2022
Ben Stiller is in talks to star in Ivo van Hove’s upcoming stage adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic “The Shining,” Variety has confirmed. The play is scheduled to open on t…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:47PM 
