Thursday, July 25, 2024

Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh And Jesse Tyler Ferguson To Star In ‘Twelfth Night’ For Shakespeare In The Park’s 2025 Return by Dade Hayes

Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sandra Oh have been cast in Shakespeare in the Park’s summer 2025 production of Twelfth Night. The show will mark the return of t…

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Auli’i Cravalho & Adam Lambert Set To Make Broadway Debuts As ‘Cabaret’ Leads by Erik Pedersen

The Kit-Kat Club is getting some new blood. Queen singer and American Idol alum Adam Lambert and Moana and The Power star Auli’i Cravalho will step in the respective roles of Emcee and Sal…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:46PM

Breaking Baz: Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal Task Up-And-Comer Molly Osborne To Make Broadway Debut As Desdemona In ‘Othello’ by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal that Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will be joined by fast-rising West End actress Molly Osborne, who will play Desdemona opposite them, in the spring 2…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:58AM
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ Extends Run, Breaks Box Office Record by Denise Petski

Broadway’s smash hit Oh, Mary! has announced a nearly two-month extension following rave reviews. Initially set to close September 15, Cole Escola’s comedy will now perform at the Lyceum…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:48PM
Friday, July 19, 2024

J.K. Rowling Edinburgh Play: Producers Brace For Protests Over Story That Imagines Trans Rights Row Between Author & ‘Harry Potter’ Stars by Jake Kanter

EXCLUSIVE: The producers of a buzzy Edinburgh Festival play about J.K. Rowling’s trans views are preparing for protests ahead of the show opening next month. Penned by Joshua Kaplan, a Hol…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:44AM

Breaking Baz: ‘Downton Abbey’ Star Jim Carter Goes “Wow!” When He Sees Wife Imelda Staunton Dazzle In ‘Hello, Dolly!’ At The London Pallad by Baz Bamigboye

Jim Carter, who famously played Carson the master butler on Downton Abbey, clearly was taken by the leading artist giving a terrifically moving performance as Dolly Gallagher Levi upon th…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:36AM
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Tom Viola Announces Retirement After 36-Year Leadership Of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by Greg Evans

Tom Viola, the longtime executive director of the groundbreaking nonprofit organization Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, announced today that he’ll retire at the end of 2024, ending a 36…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:47PM

‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Starring Darren Criss Delays Broadway Opening A Month Due To Scenic Design Supply Chain Issues by Greg Evans

The upcoming Broadway production of the musical Maybe Happy Ending starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen will be delayed by nearly a month due to what producers say are supply chain issues …

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:38PM

Mandy Gonzalez To Guest Star As Norma Desmond In Broadway’s ‘Sunset Blvd.’ On Nicole Scherzinger’s Weekly Day Off by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Mandy Gonzalez, star of In The Heights, Hamilton and Aida, will play the role of Norma Desmond at select performances of Broadway’s upcoming Sunset Blvd., taking one performance…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PM
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

‘Boop! The Betty Boop Musical’ Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

Boop! The Betty Boop Musical will begin previews at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre on on March 11, 2025, with an opening night set for April 5. The previously announced engagement follows a…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:38PM
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

‘Oh, Mary!’, ‘The Outsiders’, ‘Stereophonic’, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Sizzle With Sell Out Summer Weeks – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

New York’s July heat wave is doing nothing to wilt the prospects of some recent Broadway arrivals, with four spring-summer arrivals filling each and every seat at their respective venues l…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:31PM

Anthony Hopkins On Roman Emperors, Trump’s Hannibal Lecter Obsession, & Taking It All Too Seriously by Dominic Patten

“Now I am ready to become a god,” says Anthony Hopkins as the Emperor Vespasian in the Roland Emmerich directed Those About to Die. Of course, as ruler of Rome in the year 79 CE, the vic…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:15AM

‘Redwood’ Starring Idina Menzel Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

Redwood, the new musical starring Idina Menzel in her return to Broadway, will begin performances January 24, 2025, at the Nederlander Hotel, with opening night set for February 13. The date…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Monday, July 15, 2024

‘The Queen Of Versailles’: First Look At Broadway-Bound Musical Starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham by Greg Evans

Producers of the Broadway-bound musical The Queen of Versailles released first look images of Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham in character as one-time Florida billionaires Jackie and…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:31AM
Friday, July 12, 2024

Jonathan Groff Eyes Broadway Return In Musical About ‘Mack The Knife’ Singer Bobby Darin by Greg Evans

Tony-winner Jonathan Groff is set to star in a staged reading next month of a new musical about Bobby Darin, the 1950s-’60s-era singer who scored hits with “Mack the Knife,” “Dream L…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:49PM
Thursday, July 11, 2024

‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway Review: How Was The Play, Mrs. Lincoln? Sensational by Greg Evans

There’s funny, there’s very funny, and then there’s Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola’s riotous new comedy that brings more laughs to Broadway than all the Gutenberg!s, Edelmans and Birbiglias …

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PM
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Breaking Baz: Well Hello, Imelda! ‘The Crown’s Imelda Staunton Finds Humor And Poignancy In Rollicking ‘Hello, Dolly!’ At The London Palladium by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: Imelda Staunton, swathed in glamorous red taffeta, descends a staircase on the London Palladium stage to lead a line of eager waiters in a chorus of “one of our favorite songs…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:18PM

Breaking Baz: Broadway-Bound ‘Ali’ Musical Gets Set For A Rumble In The Windy City by Baz Bamigboye

Ali, the Broadway-bound musical about boxing titan and 20th century icon Muhammad Ali, who sought to use his fame to champion human rights, is headed for a springtime rumble in Chicago. The …

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:59AM
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

‘Merrily’ Goes Out On A High, ‘Mary’ Arrives Big – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Merrily We Roll Along, the Tony-winning mega-hit musical revival starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, went out on a very high note last week, selling out with a $2,7…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:41PM
Monday, July 8, 2024

Kristen Bell & Christian Campbell Will Perform 1-Night-Only ‘Reefer Madness’ 25th Anniversary Concert by Glenn Garner

For one night only, Reefer Madness is taking a trip back to its musical roots. Kristen Bell and Christian Campbell are reuniting onstage July 30 for a Reefer Madness: The Musical 25th annive…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:01PM

Joseph Hardy Dies: Tony-Winning Broadway Director, Exec Producer Of ‘Ryan’s Hope’ Was 95 by Greg Evans

Joseph Hardy, the stage director who introduced the enduring charmer You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, won a Tony Award for 1970’s Child’s Play and, as an executive producer in daytime…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:49PM
Sunday, July 7, 2024

‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Musical Provides A First Look Wow At Vanessa Williams As Miranda Priestly by Bruce Haring

The Devil Wears Prada musical has revealed a stunning first social media glimpse of Vanessa Williams as Miranda Priestly. The musical began preview performances at the Theatre Royal Plymouth…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:43PM
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Broadway’s ‘Suffs’ Disrupted When Activists Unfurl Sign Calling The Tony-Winning Musical A “White Wash” by Greg Evans

Last night’s performance of the Broadway musical Suffs, the two-time Tony-winning musical about the suffragist movement written by Shaina Taub that counts Hillary Clinton among its produce…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:31AM
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

‘The Outsiders’, ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Set More House Records As Broadway Settles Into Summer by Greg Evans

Broadway continued settling in to its post-Tonys summer last week, with box office for most shows slipping at least a bit from the previous week and the total roster trimmed to 30 from 32. I…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:12PM

Bartlett Sher To Direct Dolly Parton Broadway Musical ‘Hello, I’m Dolly’ by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Bartlett Sher, nine-time Tony Award directing nominee and winner for 2008’s South Pacific, will direct the recently announced Dolly Parton musical Hello, I’m Dolly, set for Br…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AM
Monday, July 1, 2024

Ian McKellen Pulls Out Of ‘Player Kings’ Tour “With The Greatest Reluctance” After Fall by Max Goldbart

British acting icon Ian McKellen has pulled out of the Player Kings tour following a June 17 onstage fall that saw him fracture his wrist and sustain other injuries. The Lord of the Rings st…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:05AM
Friday, June 28, 2024

‘Stereophonic’ Launching Pad Playwrights Horizons Names New Managing Director As Tough Economy Lashes Nonprofit Theaters by Greg Evans

Playwrights Horizons, the longstanding and prominent Off Broadway theater company that launched the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Stereophonic, has appointed a new managing director as it …

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:08PM
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Delia Ephron’s ‘Left On Tenth’ Starring Julianna Margulies And Peter Gallagher Sets Broadway Opening Date, Venue by Greg Evans

Left on Tenth, the new play by Delia Ephron starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher, will begin Broadway performances at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Thursday, September 26, with …

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:34PM

Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’ Announces Alternate Cast Schedule As Eddie Redmayne & Gayle Rankin Shift To Pre-Planned Seven-Performance Weeks by Greg Evans

As Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin shift to pre-planned seven-performance weeks for Broadway’s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, producers have announced the summer schedule for the alternate p…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:30PM

‘Studio 54 The Musical’ In Development For Broadway By Producers Robert Greenblatt & Neil Meron; Sergio Trujillo Directing & Choreographin by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron are developing the Broadway-bound Studio 54 The Musical, a new work with a book by Chad Hodge and set to feature a full playlist of hits…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:26PM

Evan Cabnet Named Artistic Director Of Broadway’s Second Stage, Taking Over For Departing Founder Carole Rothman by Greg Evans

Evan Cabnet, currently Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3, will be Second Stage Theater’s new Artistic Director beginning in September, Second Stage trustees announced to…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:30AM

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