Friday, July 11, 2025

Milo Manheim & Raúl Esparza Join Hollywood Bowl’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Starring Cynthia Erivo by Greg Evans

Milo Manheim and Raúl Esparza have joined the cast of next month’s Hollywood Bowl production of Jesus Christ Superstar starring the previously announced Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert. Ma…

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John Tiffany’s ‘Wild Rose’ Stage Musical Adaptation Eyes London West End Run Following Successful Edinburgh Debut by Melanie Goodfellow

EXCLUSIVE: John Tiffany’s stage musical adaptation of award-winning 2018 feature Wild Rose could be headed to the London’s West End, following its critically acclaimed debut in Edinbur…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:24AM
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Tony Awards Nominating Committee Announced by Greg Evans

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced the Nominating Committee for the 2025-2026 Broadway season, with newcomer nominators including Jaja’s African Hair Braiding playwrigh…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:19PM

Broadway ‘Smash’ Actor John Behlmann Cast As Dolly Parton’s Husband Carl Dean In ‘Dolly’ Nashville Musical by Greg Evans

John Behlmann, who just finished a starring role in the recently closed Broadway musical Smash, has been cast as Dolly Parton’s late husband Carl Dean in Dolly: A True Original Musical, th…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:44PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Joe Locke Set For West End Debut After Wrapping ‘Heartstopper’ Film This Fall by Natalie Oganesyan

After making his Broadway debut last year, Joe Locke is taking his performing prowess to London’s West End, where he will star in Clarkston, Samuel D. Hunter’s play about two 20-somethin…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:44PM

Broadway’s Emily Skinner Joins ‘Bridgerton’s Luke Newton In Alexander McQueen Bioplay by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Broadway actor Emily Skinner will join Bridgerton star Luke Newton in the upcoming Off Broadway production House of McQueen, a new play about the late, famed fashion desig…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:52AM
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Broadway Box Office Stumbles During July 4th Holiday Week, With Star Absences Hitting ‘Gypsy’, ‘Call Me Izzy’ & ‘Death Becomes Her’ by Greg Evans

Broadway wilted a bit in last week’s summer heat, with 23 of 30 shows taking a hit at the box office, some significantly. No doubt playing a part in Broadway’s overall decline last week …

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:56PM

Jean Smart Out Of Broadway’s ‘Call Me Izzy’ This Week Due To Knee Injury by Greg Evans

Jean Smart is out of her solo Broadway play Call Me Izzy this week due to a knee injury. An Instagram message on the show’s official page says, “We look forward to having her back on sta…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:56PM

‘Bridgerton’ Star Luke Newton To Play Fashion Designer Alexander McQueen In New Off Broadway Play by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Bridgerton star Luke Newton will play the late fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen in a new Off Broadway play starting next month. Darrah Cloud’s House of McQueen will begin …

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AM

International Literary Properties Teams With The University Of The South On Management Of Tennessee Williams Works by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: International Literary Properties’ theatrical division (ILP) has entered into a strategic partnership with The University of the South for ILP to assume an active management rol…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Monday, July 7, 2025

Producer Scott Rudin Sets Broadway Return With New Play Starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock; Joe Mantello Will Direct by Greg Evans

Producers Scott Rudin and Barry Diller announced today that Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road will premiere on Broadway for a limited 18-week run this fall in a production starring…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:22AM
Saturday, July 5, 2025

Richard Greenberg Dies: Tony-Winning ‘Take Me Out’ Playwright Was 67 by Glenn Garner

Richard Greenberg, the playwright behind Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain and Eastern Standard, has died. He was 67. The Tony winner’s death was announced on social media, where several peo…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:52PM
Friday, July 4, 2025

Breaking Baz: Tony Award Winner Nicole Scherzinger Is “Over The Moon” About Royal Albert Hall Solo Concert Debut by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Scherzinger, recently anointed Best Actress In A Musical at the Tony Awards for her powerhouse performance in  director Jamie Lloyd’s production of Sunset Boulevard, t…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:29AM
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

‘The Picture Of Dorian Gray’ Starring Sarah Snook Officially Recoups Its Broadway Investment by Greg Evans

The Picture of Dorian Gray has officially recouped its investment, producers announced. The play starring Succession‘s Sarah Snook in a solo performance was reportedly capitalized at more…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:37PM

‘Romy & Michele: The Musical’ To Debut Off Broadway This Fall by Greg Evans

Romy & Michele: The Musical will debut Off Broadway this fall, producers announced today. Based on the 1997 cult film classic Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion that starred Mira…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:29AM

‘Evita’ Opening Night: Rachel Zegler’s Moving Balcony Scene, Keanu Reeves, Pedro Pascal & Sarah Paulson — Watch Deadline’s Videos by Nada Aboul Kheir

Over the last couple of weeks, Londoners have been gathering every night in the street under the London Palladium balcony to watch Rachel Zegler’s powerful rendition of Don’t Cry For Me …

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:09AM

Breaking Baz: London Palladium Hit ‘Evita’ Could Move Straight To Broadway As Rachel Zegler & Jamie Lloyd Cry: “Don’t Wait For Me Argentin by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Boulevard) is not prepared to sit on his hands and wait another two years to take the electrifying West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s�…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:18AM
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’, ‘Dorian Gray’, ‘Dead Outlaw’, ‘Real Women Have Curves’ & ‘Steven Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Go Out With by Greg Evans

Broadway thinned its summer roster a bit last week, with five shows playing their final performances (and each one posting significant box office gains as last-chancers bought up seats). Thr…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:49PM
Monday, June 30, 2025

Susan Sarandon Will Make London Stage Debut Starring With Andrea Riseborough In Tracy Letts Play ‘Mary Page Marlowe’ by Baz Bamigboye

Oscar winner Susan Sarandon said she’s “terrified but excited” to be making her UK stage debut this fall at London’s The Old Vic Theatre starring with Academy Award nominee Andrea R…

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:00PM

Karl E. Held Dies: A Producer Of Broadway-Bound ‘Kowalski’ Was 63 by Greg Evans

Karl E. Held, a longtime arts advocate who was a producer on the Tony Award-nominated 2009 Broadway production of Ragtime and most recently on the Off Broadway hit Kowalski, died of a heart …

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:56PM

‘Phantom’ Spin-Off ‘Masquerade’ Sells Out Six Weeks Of Previews In Three Hours; Additional Dates To Be Announced by Greg Evans

The six-week preview period for Masquerade, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, sold out with three hours of going on sale this morning. Due to the respon…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:28PM

Mark Brokaw Dies: ‘This Is Our Youth’, ‘How I Learned To Drive’ Director Succumbs To Cancer by Greg Evans

Mark Brokaw, a prolific director of Off Broadway, Broadway and regional stage productions who beginning in the 1990s worked with some of the brightest emerging playwrights including Douglas …

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:16AM

Taraji P. Henson And Cedric “The Entertainer” To Star On Broadway In ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Revival by Greg Evans

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer” will star in a new production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway next spring, producer Brian Anthony Moreland a…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:33AM
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Paul Libin Dies: Major Broadway Producer & Longtime Circle In The Square President Was 94 by Erik Pedersen

Paul Libin, a major figure in the American theater for nearly seven decades whose leadership positions at Circle in the Square Theatre and Jujamcyn Theaters contributed some of Broadway’s …

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:08PM
Saturday, June 28, 2025

John Travolta Makes Surprise Appearance As Danny Zuko At Hollywood Bowl ‘Grease’ Event by Tomt

Fans at the Grease Sing-A-Long screening at the Hollywood Bowl last night got a surprise when the original Danny Zuko strutted out onstage. John Travolta posted a photo of himself in charact…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:38PM
Friday, June 27, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Announces Preview Dates And A Cast Including Two Former Broadway Phantoms by Greg Evans

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Masquerade, the immersive spin-off of The Phantom of the Opera, will begin previews in New York on July 31, producers announced today, with a large cast that includes…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:30PM
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Tony Award Winner Diane Paulus Unmasked As Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Masquerade’ Director by Greg Evans

Diane Paulus, a 2013 Tony Award winner for her direction of Pippin whose other Broadway credits include Waitress, Jagged Little Pill and Real Women Have Curves, is directing Masquerade, Andr…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:02PM

‘The Princess Bride’ Musical: EGOT Songwriters Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Director Alex Timbers And Producer Jeffrey Seller Join S by Greg Evans

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, two-time Tony winning director Alex Timbers and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller have joined the…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:10PM

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Visionary Artistic Director Lynne Meadow To Step Aside After 53 Years, Will Take Advisory Role by Greg Evans

Lynne Meadow, whose 53-year run as artistic director of the highly influential Manhattan Theatre Club included guiding shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henle…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:29PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

‘Boop! The Musical’ Sets Broadway Closing, Latest In A String Of Post-Tony Early Departures by Greg Evans

Boop! The Musical will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, July 13, producers announced today. The show will have played 25 previews and 112 regular performances. The musical is t…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:39PM

Times Square Casino Opponents And Supporters To Brave NYC Heat With Separate Rallies by Greg Evans

Supporters and opponents of a proposed Caesars Palace casino in the Broadway theater district will step out into New York City’s heat wave this week with two separate rallies in Times Squa…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:44AM