Tuesday, May 27, 2025

JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN Extends on Broadway

The seven-time Tony Award-nominated production of John Proctor is the Villain has extended its run at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. The new play by Kimberly Belflower, directed by Tony Awar…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM
Saturday, May 17, 2025

5 minutes with a Tony nominee: ‘Romeo + Juliet‘‘s Greg Nobile by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony Award nomination marks the first ever for a production of “Romeo and Juliet” on Broadway.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:00AM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Death Becomes Her, Romeo + Juliet, Sunset Boulevard and More Win at the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards by Broadway.com

Broadway.com has announced the winners of the 25th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, the only major theatrical awards where the nominating jury and voting committee is made up enti…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AM
Saturday, May 10, 2025

2025 Tony Predictions by Wendy Caster

Although we have not previously shown great acuity in Tony prediction, here we are again. Hope springs eternal! This year’s list of Tony nominees reveals a healthy, exciting season. Lookin…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:36PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025

Broadway Debuts by Alana Arenas, Kit Connor, Nicole Scherzinger and More Win Theatre World Awards by Darryn King

The honorees of the 2025 Theatre World Awards, recognizing outstanding debut performances in Broadway or off-Broadway productions, were announced on May 5. The ceremony will take place at th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:32PM

Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, Oh, Mary! and More Earn Nominations for the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards by Broadway.com

The results are in! Broadway.com readers have selected the nominees for the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, the only major theatrical awards where the nominating jury and voting…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Friday, May 2, 2025

Friday 5: 5 Takeaways from the 2025 Tony Award Nominations by JK

With so many great musicals, plays and revivals this season, there is simply no way that every deserving person and production could make the cut. I am glad I'm not on the nominating committ…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

The 2025 Tony Awards: If We Were Nominators by JK

The 2025 Tony Awards:  If We Were Nominators This year, Mike and I still have several Tony-eligible shows to see before the nominations are announced tomorrow. So, instead of our typical l…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:24AM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Celebrating the OCC's 75th Anniversary— and Its Nominees for the 2024-2025 Season by Jan Simpson

The 2024-2025 theater season ends on Sunday with the dual openings of the musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves. And I’m exhausted. But it’s the kind of good exhaustion that c…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 06:24PM
Monday, April 21, 2025

Tommy Dorfman Unpacks the Poetic and Poignant 'Becoming Eve' by BroadwayWorld

It's been just weeks since Tommy Dorfman concluded her Broadway debut run in Romeo + Juliet, and in no time at all, she's back onstage, off-Broadway this time. Dorman is playing 'Chava' in E…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:24PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

2025 Tony Awards: How 'Romeo + Juliet' could break a surprising Shakespearean shutout

Romeo and Juliet Playbill. Playbill. Since premiering in 1597, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet has endured as one of the greatest and most ...

SOURCE: Google at 11:32PM

2025 Tony Awards: How ‘Romeo + Juliet’ could break a surprising Shakespearean shutout by Jeffrey Kare

Since premiering in 1597, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet has endured as one of the greatest and most tragic love stories ever written. It's been performed countless times all over the …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PM

Video: Tommy Dorfman Unpacks the Poetic and Poignant BECOMING EVE

It's been just weeks since Tommy Dorfman concluded her Broadway debut run in Romeo + Juliet, and in no time at all, she's back onstage, off-Broadway this time. Dorman is playing 'Chava' in …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PM

Tommy Dorfman Discusses Going From Broadway's 'Romeo and Juliet' to 'Becoming Eve' by Playbill

Tommy Dorfman has been having a busy season. She started out the year playing the dual roles of the Nurse and Tybalt in the Broadway revival of "Romeo + Juliet. She's now leading the cast of…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:54AM

Is it curtains up on a new generation on Broadway? by Jesse Hassenger

Younger audiences are helping to reposition a typically older-skewed activity with hot ticket gen Z stars and impassioned online fanbases For much of the past decade, probably longer, regula…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:15AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Kit Connor, Jake Gyllenhaal, Denzel Washington could make Tonys history for ‘Othello’ and ‘Romeo + Juliet’ by David Buchanan

In all of Tony Awards history, there has never once been a season in which three performers have been nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Shakespearean roles. That could very well change …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:27PM

Video: Tommy Dorfman Was Doing Romeo + Juliet on Broadway When She Got Offered Becoming Eve by Diep Tran, Jeffrey Vizcaíno

The busy performer is leading the cast of a new play about Abby Chava Stein, a rabbi who came out as trans.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Monday, April 14, 2025

‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ puts Gen Alpha through a modern crucible (Broadway review) by Thom Geier

There’s something refreshing about seeing a Broadway theater packed with Gen Alpha patrons. Many of them flocked to the recent Romeo + Juliet with barely-twentysomething stars Kit Connor a…

SOURCE: Culture Sauce at 11:00PM

Gabby Beans discusses the ‘oppressive and violent’ world of ‘Romeo + Juliet’ and starring opposite the ‘absolutely brilliant’ Kit Connor by David Buchanan

“Romeo and Juliet has featured in my life at these pivotal moments in a really funny way,” Gabby Beans smiles as she considers all the times she has crossed paths with one of Shakespeare…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Video: Kit Connor Recalls ROMEO + JULIET On-Stage Mishap

In an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Kit Connor recalled a performance during the recent production of Romeo and Juliet when one of his stunts almost went awry. Watch the intervie…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Othello review – Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s underwhelming blockbuster by Adrian Horton

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York The record-breaking take on the Shakespearean tragedy might already be a smash, but it’s disappointingly muddled With the smell of doom and regression in …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Friday, March 14, 2025

Rachel Zegler to Lead Jamie Lloyd's Evita in London by Darryn King

Rachel Zegler—not Ariana DeBose as previously supposed—will lead Jamie Lloyd's revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Evita in London. It will be Zegler's West End debu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM
Monday, March 3, 2025

Looking Forward to Spring: March - May 2025 by JK

Winter is starting to wind down, and spring will be here in full bloom before we know it! And as always, the Broadway theater scene is starting to heat up, too. We have more shows that we wa…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:54AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ And ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Sell Out Preview Performances; ‘Gypsy’ Slips With Audra Absent – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway seemed to be shedding a bit of winter weight last week as the industry gears up for a busy March and busier April. With two fewer shows on the roster during the week ending February…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:03PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

‘Romeo + Juliet’ exits on a high; most shows get a Presidents’ Day weekend boost by Michael Abourizk

For the week ending Feb. 16, the 28 currently running productions grossed $32,188,003.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:21PM

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Sells Out Unlit Preview; ‘Romeo + Juliet’ And ‘All In’ Go Out On Big Notes – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Even with its name in unlit lights, Operation Mincemeat, the hit London musical that’s just arrived on Broadway, sold out its first preview Saturday at the John Golden Theatre, taking in $…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:03PM

Broadway Box Office: ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Ends Run On $1.5M High by Caitlin Huston

The musical played the last performance of its run, as did 'All In.' Both recouped their capitalizations.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:32PM
Monday, February 17, 2025

Broadway’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ revival recoups investment ahead of closing by Andy Lefkowitz

The revival broke the Circle in the Square’s single-performance gross record three times.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:53PM

Broadway’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ With Kit Connor & Rachel Zegler Recouped $7 Million Capitalization Before Closing by Greg Evans

Romeo + Juliet, the just-closed Broadway production starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, recouped its $7 million capitalization during its extended, sold-out 20-week limited engagement at …

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:27AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre