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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Hell's Kitchen Wins Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album by Darryn King

Hell's Kitchen, the Alicia Keys-scored Broadway musical now running at the Shubert Theatre, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The honor was announced at the 67th …

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Saturday, February 1, 2025

Cole Escola and Cats: The Jellicle Ball Among 2025 Obie Award Winners by Darryn King

The winners of the 2025 Obie Awards, celebrating excellence in off- and off-off-Broadway theater, were announced on February 1. Several honorees are well known to Broadway audiences. In the…

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Friday, January 31, 2025

Michael Palin on His Diaries and Adventurous Life by Darryn King

In an interview, the Monty Python veteran looks back on his experiences performing in the revered sketch troupe and touring the world as a travel host.

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Jenny Gersten Appointed VP & Artistic Director, Musical Theater of New York City Center by Darryn King

New York City Center has promoted Jenny Gersten to the new position of VP & Artistic Director, Musical Theater. Previously, she served as VP & Producer. In this newly created positi…

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Sophie Carmen-Jones Is Chicago's New Velma Kelly on Broadway by Darryn King

Sophie Carmen-Jones will play Velma Kelly in Broadway's Chicago. Carmen-Jones begins performances at the Ambassador Theatre on February 10, replacing Kimberly Marable in the role. Carmen-Jo…

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Costume Designer Paul Tazewell on the Glamour and Body Horror of Death Becomes Her on Broadway by Darryn King

As anyone familiar with the 1992 sci-fi comedy Death Becomes Her knows, its most jaw-dropping "looks" are its Looney Tunes-inspired body-horror grotesqueries. The chiropractic nightmare of M…

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Leslye Headland Is Adapting Her Broadway Play Cult of Love for Film by Darryn King

Leslye Headland is adapting Cult of Love, her home-for-the-holidays family dramedy currently on Broadway, for film, she revealed in an interview with Variety. "It would be it [sic] interest…

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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Rainn Wilson Exchanged Waiting for Godot Notes with 'Fellow Beckett Enthusiasts' Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter by Darryn King

When Rainn Wilson played Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Geffen Playhouse last year, two audience members were paying particularly close attention. It was Keanu Reeves…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Broadway Bares Returns for NYC Pride Month 2025 by Darryn King

Broadway Bares, the industry's one-night-only striptease event, will take place on June 22 at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The NYC Pride Month spectacular, created by director and choreographer…

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Erika Jayne Extends as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway by Darryn King

Singer, actress and TV star Erika Jayne will extend her run as Roxie Hart in Broadway's Chicago. Previously scheduled to perform through February 9, she will stay in the role for two m…

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Milo Manheim and Elizabeth Gillies Are Little Shop of Horrors' Next Seymour and Audrey by Darryn King

Milo Manheim and Elizabeth Gillies are the next Seymour and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway. The duo begin performances at the Westside Theatre on February 25, taking over the …

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Jennifer Nettles to Write and Star in New Musical About 17th-Century Professional Poisoner, Premiering Late 2025 by Darryn King

A new musical about a female professional poisoner, written by and featuring Grammy winner and Broadway actress Jennifer Nettles (Waitress, Chicago), will have its world premiere in late …

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Monday, January 27, 2025

The Lost Boys Musical, Adapted from Cult-Classic Vampire Film, Sets Broadway Debut for Spring 2026 by Darryn King

The Lost Boys, a new musical based on the cult-classic 1987 teenage vampire movie of the same name, will premiere at Broadway's Palace Theatre in spring 2026. The musical will feature a b…

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Glengarry Glen Ross Performance Schedule Altered for Kieran Culkin's Family Time by Darryn King

The Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, beginning performances at the Palace Theatre on March 10 and opening on March 31, will be dark on Sundays to accommodate star (and committed "wif…

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Friday, January 24, 2025

Stranger Things: The First Shadow Completes Casting for Broadway by Darryn King

Casting is complete for Stranger Things: The First Shadow. The theatrical prequel to the Netflix science fiction-horror series will begin performances at Broadway's Marquis Theatre on …

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

Alaska Thunderf*ck to Return to Drag: The Musical as Show Extends by Darryn King

Alaska Thunderf*ck will return to the role of Kitty Galloway in Drag: The Musical. She takes over for JIMBO the drag clown, who stepped into the role on January 13 and whose final perf…

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Illinoise, Oh, Mary!, Cult of Love and More Receive GLAAD Media Award Nominations by Darryn King

The nominees have been announced for the 2025 Glaad Media Awards, recognizing fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community across television, film, Broadway, music and …

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Drama League to Honor Lea Salonga, Whitney White, Neil Meron and More with Special Recognition Awards by Darryn King

The Drama League has announced the 2025 Special Recognition Honorees of the 91st Annual Drama League Awards. The honorees will be celebrated for their outstanding lifetime contributions to t…

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Wicked Welcomes Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm as New Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway by Darryn King

Broadway's Wicked is set to welcome a new Elphaba and Glinda this spring. Lencia Kebede will play Elphaba, while Allie Trimm takes on the role of Glinda. They take over the roles from Mar…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Claire van Kampen, Tony-Nominated Playwright of Farinelli and the King, Dies at 71 by Darryn King

Claire van Kampen, a musical director and Tony-nominated playwright who frequently worked with her husband Mark Rylance, died on January 18 in Kassel, Germany. Her daughter, Juliet Rylance, …

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Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist and Tony-Nominated Playwright, Dies at 95 by Darryn King

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist, writer and Tony-nominated Broadway playwright, died on January 17. He died of congestive heart failure at his home in Richfield Spri…

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Lea Salonga and Arielle Jacobs to Star in Into the Woods in the Philippines by Darryn King

Lea Salonga and Arielle Jacobs are set to star in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods in the Philippines. Salonga will play the Witch and Jacobs will play Cinderella …

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Dead Outlaw's Full Off-Broadway Cast Returns for Broadway Run by Darryn King

The cast and creative team of Dead Outlaw, the folk musical about an ill-fated gunslinger, is set for Broadway. The show, which features music and lyrics by Tony winner David Yazbek and E…

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Betty Gilpin Takes Over the Title Role in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! Tonight by Darryn King

Betty Gilpin will don the bratty curls in the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola's hysterical, unhistorical comedy Oh, Mary! on January 21, taking over the role fr…

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Friday, January 17, 2025

Greg Hildreth to Play Lockstock in Urinetown, Replacing Taran Killam; Christopher Fitzgerald Joins Cast by Darryn King

Greg Hildreth will play Officer Lockstock in the upcoming Encores! production of Urinetown, running at New York City Center from February 5 through 16. Previously announced to be pl…

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Schmigadoon!, Starring Sara Chase, Alex Brightman and Isabelle McCalla, Completes Casting by Darryn King

The upcoming world-premiere production of Schmigadoon!, based on the Emmy-winning Apple Original series, has completed casting and announced its full creative team. The show will be presente…

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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Jacob Dickey and Kyle Selig Join Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends on Broadway by Darryn King

Kyle Selig and Jacob Dickey complete the cast of the Sondheim revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. The show begins performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on March 25 …

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Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony-Nominated Choreographer of Swing! and Footloose, Dies at 78 by Darryn King

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony-nominated choreographer who also choreographed the iconic steps for the 1984 movie Footloose, has died. Her death was confirmed by her son, actor Shaun Taylor…

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Tatianna Córdoba and Justina Machado to Star in Real Women Have Curves: The Musical on Broadway by Darryn King

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, the Mexican-American coming-of-age musical, has announced two of its leading ladies. The show will open at the James Earl Jones Theatre on April 1 …

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Sailor Moon Musical to Launch North American Tour and Play New York in Spring by Darryn King

A musical based on the popular manga and anime franchise Sailor Moon will launch a North American tour in the spring, concluding its run in New York. Beginning performances in Pittsburgh on…

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2025 Lucille Lortel Special Award Recipients Include Playwright Alice Childress by Darryn King

The Lucille Lortel Awards, the New York theater award that exclusively honors off-Broadway, have announced Special Award recipients for 2025. Playwright Alice Childress (1916-1994) will be …

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All that Chat

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