Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Breaking Baz: Regé-Jean Page Readies For Stage Comeback As Star And Producer Of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Adaptation by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Regé-Jean Page, the swaggering Bridgerton star, is banking on starring in a new West End stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s doomed love story of old …

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Breaking Baz: Beloved ‘Billy Elliot’ Musical Returning To London’s West End In 2027 For First Time In Eleven Years: “It Still Has Legs,” Say by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Beloved musical Billy Elliot will return to London’s West End in February 2027 eleven years after it ended an acclaimed eleven-year run. Writer Lee Hall’s story follows young…

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Broadway’s ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Being Filmed This Week For Future Release by Greg Evans

Theater-goers won’t be able to see Broadway’s Stranger Things: The First Shadow this week – producers have canceled public performances of the prequel drama from tonight to Saturday so…

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‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Once Again Dominates Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

With a slightly thinned-out roster and a deep-freeze blast of NYC winter weather, Broadway did a decent job of holding its own last week, the 29 productions (down from 31 the previous week) …

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‘Galileo’ Musical Starring Raúl Esparza Sets Fall Broadway Premiere With Michael Mayer Directing by Greg Evans

Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life of Galileo Galilei and starring Raúl Esparza, will begin Broadway preview performances on November 10 at the Shubert Theatre ahead of an openin…

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Saying Goodbye: A Video Tribute To The Hollywood & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2026 by Erik Pedersen

Watch a video montage paying tribute to some of the Hollywood celebrities and media figures who have died in 2026. The clips are updated the first week of every month.

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Monday, February 9, 2026

Broadway’s ‘Oedipus’ With Mark Strong & Lesley Manville Breaks House Record In Final Week by Greg Evans

Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oedipus starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville broke the record for highest weekly gross at Broadway’s Studio 54, taking in $1,212,949 for its final week of…

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Ephraim Sykes Joins Adrien Brody In Broadway’s ‘The Fear Of 13’ As Full Cast Announced by Greg Evans

Tony Award nominee Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations) will join Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson in the upcoming Broadway production of Lindsey Ferren…

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Comedian & Podcaster Jake Shane To Make Broadway Debut In Simon Rich’s ‘All Out: Comedy About Ambition’ by Greg Evans

Comedian and Therapuss podcaster Jake Shane will make his Broadway debut later this month in All Out: Comedy About Ambition, the Simon Rich short story readings with a rotating cast. Shane w…

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‘Practical Magic’ Musical In Development With Norah Jones-Gregg Wattenberg Score And Maria Friedman Directing by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: A stage musical adaptation of best-selling novel and hit film Practical Magic is being developed by author Alice Hoffman, Grammy winners Norah Jone and Gregg Wattenberg, and Merri…

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Friday, February 6, 2026

Anika Noni Rose Joins Broadway’s ‘The Balusters’ As Renée Elise Goldsberry Exits Over Scheduling Conflict by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change) has joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway world premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s The Balusters, stepping in for Ren�…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PM

Original British Cast Of Broadway’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’ To Play Extra Final-Night Performance Before Making Way For New American Cast by Greg Evans

The original British cast of Broadway’s Operation Mincemeat, the offbeat musical embraced by critics and audiences alike, will perform an additional, second show on its final performance d…

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Thursday, February 5, 2026

‘Moulin Rouge!’ Musical To End Seven-Year Broadway Run This July by Greg Evans

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the Tony-winning stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 hit film, will end a seven-year Broadway run with a final performance on July 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Th…

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Rhode Island Theater Cancels Production By Feminist Playwright After Name Surfaces In Husband’s Epstein Correspondence; Lauren Gunderson Says “I N by Greg Evans

A regional theater in Rhode Island has cancelled its staging of a play by much-produced feminist playwright Lauren Gunderson after her name appeared nine times in the recently released Jeffr…

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

‘Handmaid’s Tale’s Madeline Brewer & Tony Winner Lauren Patten Join Broadway’s ‘Becky Shaw’ With Patrick Ball, Alden Ehrenreich & by Greg Evans

Emmy Award-nominee Madeline Brewer (You, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Tony Award winner Lauren Patten (Jagged Little Pill) have joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of the play …

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‘Dirty Dancing’ Stage Musical Sets North American Tour Launch For August by Greg Evans

A new stage musical adaptation of Dirty Dancing will launch a North American tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The production will be di…

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J.K. Rowling Didn’t Invite Jeffrey Epstein To ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’s Broadway Opening & Sex Offender Was Turned Away At Door by Jake Kanter

Jeffrey Epstein was refused entry to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s Broadway opening party, according to U.S. Department of Justice files on the sex offender. The Epstein documents re…

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Epstein Files: Julie Taymor Denies Knowledge Of Arranging ‘The Lion King’ Musical Tickets For Sex Offender While He Was In Jail by Jake Kanter

EXCLUSIVE: Julie Taymor, the celebrated film and theater director, has denied any knowledge of helping arrange tickets to The Lion King musical for Jeffrey Epstein while he was serving time…

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‘Mamma Mia!’, ‘Liberation’ End Runs On High Notes; ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Stays On Top – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway said its goodbyes to Mamma Mia! and Liberation Sunday, with both productions getting a boost at the box office last week from last chancers scooping up tickets before the February 1…

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Monday, February 2, 2026

‘The Outsiders’ Original Broadway Cast Members Set Final Performance Dates by Greg Evans

Nine original cast members of Broadway hit musical The Outsiders will leave the show in March, producers have announced. The Tony-winning musical began previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Thea…

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Takes Musical Theater Grammy Over Frontrunner ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ by Greg Evans

Buena Vista Social Club, the much-lauded Havana-set Broadway musical inspired by the groundbreaking 1997 album of the same name, added another laurel to its credit today: The cast album, pro…

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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Woodie King Jr. Dies: ‘The Renaissance Man of Black Theater’ Who Advocated For Onstage Representation Was 88 by Glenn Garner

Woodie King Jr., the theater actor, director and producer, who advocated for Black onstage representation, has died. He was 88. The New Federal Theatre (NFT), his company dedicated to amplif…

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Breaking Baz: How ‘The Full Monty’ Alum Mark Addy Is Poised To Become The West End’s Unlikeliest Musical Star In ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of H by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Addy (The Full Monty, Game of Thrones) says that starring in a new musical was not something he’d ever imagined doing — that is, until he was sent The Unlikely Pilgrima…

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Broadway’s ‘Rocky Horror’ Casts Rachel Dratch, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Durand, Juliette Lewis, Amber Gray, Harvey Guillén, Josh Rivera & Mich by Greg Evans

Luke Evans won’t be doing the Time Warp alone this spring: Broadway’s Roundabout Theatre Company has announced additional cast for The Rocky Horror Show. Joining the previously announced…

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Leguizamo, Constance Wu & More Set For ‘People’s Filibuster’ Anti-ICE Protest by Glenn Garner

Following the recent ICE killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti, Renee Good and Keith Porter Jr., the NYC theater community is coming together in protest. On Saturday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., The…

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Broadway’s Woodstock? New Three-Day Summer Outdoor Festival Draws Big-Name Stage Stars by Greg Evans

A first-of-its-kind three-day outdoor music festival celebrating Broadway and featuring a large roster of big-name stage talent including Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, Christopher Jackson,…

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Winter Storm Chills Broadway While Weather-Proof Jonathan Groff Warms Up ‘Just In Time’ – Box Office by Greg Evans

Ten inches of snow and freeze-your-assets-off temperatures stung Broadway last weekend, forcing cancelations and box office drops for some shows by the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In a…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:34PM

‘The Outsiders’ Recoups $22 Million Broadway Capitalization, An Increasingly Rare Feat by Greg Evans

The Outsiders, the Tony-winning stage musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s coming-of-age novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s film version, has recouped its $22 million capitalization, an inc…

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Acclaimed London Stage Production ‘Kenrex’ Heading To New York With Star Jack Holden by Greg Evans

Kenrex, the critically acclaimed one-person play co-written and performed by Olivier Award nominee Jack Holden, will follow up three sold-out runs across London with a spring engagement at N…

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Monday, January 26, 2026

Cate Blanchett, Sandra Oh, Nina Hoss & Lorraine Toussaint Add Star Wattage To The UK National Theatre’s 2026 Season by Baz Bamigboye

The UK’s National Theatre has added star wattage to its 2026 season with luminous names such as Cate Blanchett (Tár, Carol), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy), Nina Hoss (Hedda) a…

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Tony Awards Sets Date & Return To Radio City Music Hall For 2026 Ceremony by Greg Evans

The 2026 Tony Awards has been set for Sunday, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall, producers announced today. Tony Award Productions also set the eligibility cut-off date for the 2025-2026 seas…

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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