All stories by Andy Lefkowitz on BroadwayStars

Monday, July 31, 2017

Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright of Buried Child & Oscar-Nominated Actor, Dies at 73 by Andy Lefkowitz

Sam Shepard, known for his plays True West, Fool for Love and the Pulitzer-winning Buried Child, as well as his 1984 Oscar-nominated performance in The Right Stuff, died on July 27…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM[SHARE]

Watch the Broadway-Bound Frozen Musical Come to Life in the Rehearsal Studio by Andy Lefkowitz

Disney’s new Broadway musical Frozen has released its first sneak peek! The show based on the hit animated movie is in rehearsal for its out-of-town run at the Buell Theatre at th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM[SHARE]

Anthony Giardina's New Play Dan Cody's Yacht Set for Off-Broadway Premiere Directed by Doug Hughes by Andy Lefkowitz

Dan Cody’s Yacht, a new play by Anthony Giardina, will make its world premiere with Manhattan Theatre Club at off-Broadway venue New York City Center—Stage I in 2018. Directed by…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM[SHARE]
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Exclusive! First Look at Michael Moore's Broadway Debut in Trump-Aimed Solo Show The Terms of My Surrender by Andy Lefkowitz

Prolific documentary filmmaker Michael Moore made his first appearance on the Broadway stage on July 28, and we have an exclusive first look! Oscar winner Moore takes on President Donald Tru…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Mandy Patinkin Cancels Plans to Join Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony winner Mandy Patinkin, who was announced on July 26 to join the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 in the role of Pierre on August 15, will no longer go…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04AM[SHARE]
Friday, July 28, 2017

Mandy Patinkin Cancels Plans to Join Broadway's Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony winner Mandy Patinkin, who was announced on July 26 to join the Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 in the role of Pierre on August 15, will no longer go into t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PM[SHARE]

Off-Broadway's Napoli, Brooklyn Will Close One Week Early at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre by Andy Lefkowitz

Napoli, Brooklyn, a new work by playwright Meghan Kennedy, will conclude its run on August 27 at off-Broadway's Laura Pels Theatre. The limited engagement was originally scheduled to con…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM[SHARE]

Dear Evan Hansen & Hamilton Tony Winner Alex Lacamoire Joins The Greatest Showman as Executive Music Producer by Andy Lefkowitz

Alex Lacamoire, the mastermind orchestrator behind Tony-winning musicals Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton, has been named executive music producer of the highly anticipated movie musical T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PM[SHARE]

Kelsey Grammer Will Lead London Production of Andrew Lippa's Big Fish Musical by Andy Lefkowitz

Kelsey Grammer is set to play the central role of Edward Bloom in a new London production of the 2013 Broadway musical Big Fish, beginning performances at the West End's Other Palace The…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM[SHARE]

From Boy George to King George: Taboo Tony Nominee Euan Morton Returns to Broadway in Hamilton by Andy Lefkowitz

Euan Morton, the actor who earned a 2004 Tony nomination portraying iconic singer/songwriter Boy George in the musical Taboo, joins Broadway juggernaut Hamilton on July 28 in …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AM[SHARE]

Michael Moore Takes on Donald Trump as The Terms of My Surrender Begins on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore makes his first Broadway appearance on July 28 in his new solo play The Terms of My Surrender at the Belasco Theatre. Directed by Tony winner Michael…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Broadway-Bound Mean Girls Musical to Star Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman & More by Andy Lefkowitz

This lineup is so fetch! The world premiere production of the musical Mean Girls will star Erika Henningsen as Cady Heron, Taylor Louderman as Regina George, Ashley Park as Gretchen Wie…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36PM[SHARE]

Broadway-Bound Mean Girls Musical to Be Led by Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman, & More by Andy Lefkowitz

This lineup is so fetch! The world premiere production of the musical Mean Girls will star Erika Henningsen as Cady Heron, Taylor Louderman as Regina George, Ashley Park as Gretchen Wie…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM[SHARE]

Sherie Rene Scott, Mary Testa & More to Join Jason Alexander in John Patrick Shanley's The Portuguese Kid by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony nominees Sherie Rene Scott and Mary Testa, along with Pico Alexander, will appear in John Patrick Shanley's new play The Portuguese Kid, set to play Manhattan Theatre Club's off…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM[SHARE]

Brandy Norwood Will Reprise Her Jazzy Broadway Turn in Chicago by Andy Lefkowitz

Grammy Award winner Brandy Norwood will return to Broadway's Chicago for a special 17-performance engagement as Roxie Hart, from August 17 to 31 at the Ambassador Theatre. Norwood first …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM[SHARE]

Mean Girls Musical to Be Led by Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman, & More by Andy Lefkowitz

The world premiere production of the musical Mean Girls will star Erika Henningsen as Cady Heron, Taylor Louderman as Regina George, Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners, Kate Rockwell as Karen S…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM[SHARE]

Mario Cantone Will Play White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci on Comedy Central's The President Show by Andy Lefkowitz

Broadway veteran Mario Cantone has landed the perfect new role! Comedy Central has cast the sharp comedic actor as Anthony Scaramucci, the White House's communications director, on The P…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM[SHARE]

Tim Federle, Celia Keenan-Bolger & More to Serve on 2017-2018 Tony Awards Nominating Committee by Andy Lefkowitz

The Tony Awards administration committee has announced the Tony-nominating committee for the 2017-2018 Broadway season! Among the esteemed group is acclaimed author/librettist Tim Feder…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Two-Time Tony Winner Joe DiPietro on Tom Jones Musical What's New, Pussycat?: Broadway Run a 'Distinct Possibility' by Andy Lefkowitz

What’s New, Pussycat?, a new musical based on Henry Fielding's 1979 novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, could be bound for Broadway. The show received a July 14 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PM[SHARE]

World Premiere Play Too Heavy for Your Pocket Sets Casting & Dates for Roundabout Underground Run by Andy Lefkowitz

Jiréh Breon Holder's new play Too Heavy for Your Pocket, set to run at Roundabout Theatre Company's Black Box Theatre this fall, will star Hampton Fluker, Eboni Flowers, Brandon …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PM[SHARE]

Ellen Burstyn & More to Reprise Their Performances in Actor-Instrument As You Like It Off-Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Ellen Burstyn, Hannah Cabell, André De Shields and the full Bay Street Theater cast will reprise their performances in John Doyle's actor-instrument production of Shakespeare…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM[SHARE]

Mandy Patinkin Will Return to Broadway in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony winner Mandy Patinkin will return to the Broadway stage in the role of Pierre in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at the Imperial Theatre. Patinkin will play a three-week r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Innovative Theater Troupe Bedlam Will Debut New Take on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan Off-Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Off-Broadway theater troupe Bedlam, which has received acclaim for pared-down interpretations of such classics as Sense and Sensibility and Twelfth Night, will present the debut of Bedlam…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]

Stephen Spinella & Leslie Jordan to Take on Title Roles in Warhol Capote at American Repertory Theater by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony winner Stephen Spinella will play iconic artist, director and producer Andy Warhol and Emmy winner Leslie Jordan will appear as famed novelist, screenwriter and playwright Truman Capote…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]

Long Day's Journey Into Night, Starring Jeremy Irons & Lesley Manville, Confirmed for West End Transfer by Andy Lefkowitz

A West End production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring iconic actors Jeremy Irons as Edmund Tyrone and Lesley Manville as Mary Tyrone, is official! The…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]

A Doll's House, Part 2 Welcomes Julie White, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Erin Wilhelmi by Andy Lefkowitz

Ibsen would most certainly approve! Stage vets Julie White, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Erin Wilhelmi join Jayne Houdyshell in the Broadway cast of Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s Hous…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM[SHARE]

Tony Winner Blair Brown Will Join Uma Thurman & Josh Lucas in The Parisian Woman on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Blair Brown, who won a 2000 Tony Award for Copenhagen, is slated to return to Broadway in Beau Willimon's drama The Parisian Woman. The play, which will also star the previously announce…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM[SHARE]
Monday, July 24, 2017

Wilson Cruz Will Join Fellow Rent Alum Anthony Rapp as Gay Couple on Star Trek: Discovery by Andy Lefkowitz

Wilson Cruz, a former Angel from the long-running Broadway hit Rent, will join the previously announced Anthony Rapp (Rent's original Mark), as a gay couple on the upcoming Sta…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PM[SHARE]

Carmen Cusack to Reprise Tony-Nominated Bright Star Performance in Los Angeles by Andy Lefkowitz

Carmen Cusack will reprise her Tony-nominated role as Alice Murphy in Bright Star at the Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The Tony-nominated musical with music, ly…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM[SHARE]

Rebecca Naomi Jones, Joel Perez & More Set for Public Works As You Like It Musical by Andy Lefkowitz

Rebecca Naomi Jones will play Rosalind and Joel Perez will appear as Touchstone in the upcoming Public Works mounting of As You Like It, featuring music and lyrics by Shaina Taub and an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM[SHARE]

Chicago Welcomes the Return of Lana Gordon as Velma Kelly by Andy Lefkowitz

Chicago veteran Lana Gordon returns to the Broadway hit on July 24! Gordon plays the role of Velma Kelly, taking over for Amra-Faye Wright in the long-running musical at the Ambassador Theat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:04AM[SHARE]