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Monday, April 3, 2023

Neil Patrick Harris Joins Broadway's 'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' For Limited Guest Star Run by Greg Evans

Neil Patrick Harris will take to the Broadway stage as a special guest star in Peter Pan Goes Wrong, producers announced today. Harris will appear in the comedy from Tuesday, April 11 throug…

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Broadway Casting Shake-Up: Duncan Stewart To Head New RWS Entertainment Group Casting Arm As Stewart/Whitley And Binder Casting Dissolve by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Duncan Stewart, whose big-name clients include the Tony-winning Hadestown, the new Life of Pi and the acclaimed The Great Comet of 1812, is dissolving hi…

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

'Life Of Pi' Broadway Review: A Boy And His Tiger Show Their Stripes by Greg Evans

When a character promises a life story so inspirational it'll make a believer of an atheist, the tale better come through on some big-time convincing. Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's stage …

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Laurence Fishburne Developing New Solo Play 'Like They Do In The Movies' With Summer Workshop by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Laurence Fishburne will present a workshop of his new solo stage show Like They Do In The Movies this July as part of the New York Stage and Film Summer Season at Marist Col…

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

'Phantom Of The Opera' Grabs Another $3M; 'Sweeney Todd' Sells Out For $1.4M " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera had yet another smashing, down-to-the-wire week at the Majestic, grossing more than $3 million for the second consecutive week as the countdown to its Apr…

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'Back To The Future' Musical Sets 2024 North American Tour by Greg Evans

Back to the Future: The Musical will launch a North American tour in the summer of 2024, producers announced today. The tour will start less than a year after the show's Broadway opening, sc…

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Monday, March 27, 2023

International Illusionist Antonio Díaz Sets Two-Week Broadway Run by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Antonio Díaz, one of Europe's highest grossing illusionists, will bring his El Mago Pop show to Broadway this summer, with a limited two-week engagement set for August. El Mago…

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Sunday, March 26, 2023

'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' Broadway Review: Josh Groban & Annaleigh Ashford Triumph In Sondheim Masterpiece by Greg Evans

In a Broadway season that might be remembered for a lovely, pared-down minimalism " the intriguing starkness of A Doll's House with Jessica Chastain, the less-is-more near-concert-style pres…

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Friday, March 24, 2023

Lea Michele Returns To Broadway's 'Funny Girl' This Weekend As Son Leaves Hospital by Greg Evans

Lea Michele will be back as Fanny Brice in Broadway's Funny Girl this weekend after missing shows this week due as unspecified health issue that that required the hospitalization of her two-…

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

'Bad Cinderella' Broadway Review: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Latest Could Use Some Badness by Greg Evans

Your first thought after seeing Bad Cinderella, the latest musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is, well, she isn't that bad. For better and worse. The musical, energetically directed by Laurence…

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Aaron Sorkin Had Stroke Last November Before 'Camelot' Rehearsals: "A Loud Wake-Up Call" For Lifelong Smoker by Greg Evans

Aaron Sorkin, whose adaptation of the musical Camelot opens on Broadway next month, has revealed that he suffered a stroke last November. "Mostly it was a loud wake-up call," Sorkin said in …

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'Smash' Musical Heading To Broadway With Steven Spielberg, Neil Meron & Robert Greenblatt Producing by Greg Evans

Smash is finally heading to Broadway. In an announcement long awaited by fans of the 2012 NBC series, a stage musical adaptation is planned tol arrive on Broadway during the 2024-25 season, …

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

'The Phantom Of The Opera' Scores Record $3M; Jonas Brothers, 'Parade' & 'Shucked' Sell Out " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway's old and new teamed up last week to boost total box office nearly 20%, with The Phantom of the Opera (the old) posting a best-ever $3 million weekly gross and The Jonas Brothers (t…

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Danny DeVito Sets Fall Broadway Return With Daughter Lucy In Theresa Rebeck Play 'I Need That' by Greg Evans

Danny DeVito will return to the Broadway stage this October in a new play by Theresa Rebeck called I Need That. The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor will star alongside his daughter L…

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Monday, March 20, 2023

'Room' Stars Adrienne Warren & Ephraim Sykes Speak Out On Broadway Show's Abrupt Withdrawal From Spring Line-Up by Greg Evans

Broadway's Room stars Adrienne Warren and Ephraim Sykes, along with choreographer Galen Hooks, are speaking out on the the bizarre, last-minute "indefinite postponement" of the much anticipa…

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Saturday, March 18, 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber Son Critically Ill; Composer Will Miss 'Bad Cinderella' Broadway Opening by Greg Evans

Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, is critically ill with gastric cancer, the Phantom of the Opera composer has announced. Nicholas' hospitalization will necessita…

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

'Parade' Broadway Review: Ben Platt & Micaela Diamond Lead Exceptional March Through History by Greg Evans

Neo-nazis tend to be a noisy bunch, and it takes an extraordinary and confident work of art to drown out their loud, ugly racket. Parade, opening tonight on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs…

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Final Stephen Sondheim Musical 'Here We Are' To Make Off Broadway World Premiere This Fall With Joe Mantello Directing by Greg Evans

Stephen Sondheim's final, long-awaited musical Here We Are will make its world premiere this September in a strictly limited Off Broadway engagement to be directed by two-time Tony winner Jo…

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Broadway's 'Room' Postponed Indefinitely After A Lead Producer Pulls Out At Last Minute by Greg Evans

Room, the stage adaptation of the bestselling novel and 2015 film, will not come to Broadway this spring as planned: Producers announced today that the show has been postponed indefinitely "…

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

'Merrily We Roll Along' With Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff & Lindsay Mendez Sets Broadway Preview Date by Greg Evans

The upcoming Broadway revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez will play its first performance at the Hudson…

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'Once Upon A One More Time': Tony Nominees Jennifer Simard & Adam Godley Join Broadway's Britney Spears Musical by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award nominees Jennifer Simard (Company) and Adam Godley (The Lehman Trilogy) have joined the cast of Broadway's upcoming Britney Spears musical Once Upon A One More Time. Th…

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Broadway Newcomers Fill Seats: 'A Doll's House', 'Sweeney Todd', 'Parade', 'Life Of Pi' & 'Shucked' Report Strong Attendance by Greg Evans

A raft of Broadway's recent arrivals led by Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street helped push the industry's total box office last week to $28,638,821, up 13.8% from the previous we…

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Monday, March 13, 2023

Ex-'SNL' Cast Member Alex Moffat To Make Broadway Debut In 'The Cottage' by Greg Evans

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Alex Moffat will make his Broadway debut in the upcoming comedy The Cottage, directed by Jason Alexander. Also joining the previously announced Eric Mc…

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Saturday, March 11, 2023

Broadway's 'Parade' Cancels Saturday Performance At Last Minute Due To Technical Issues by Greg Evans

Tonight's performance of Parade, the Broadway musical revival starring Ben Platt as Leo Frank and Micaela Diamond as wife Lucille Frank, was canceled 20 minutes after the scheduled 8 p.m. cu…

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Friday, March 10, 2023

'Here Lies Love': First-Look Images Of Broadway Theater Transformed Into Dance Club For David Byrne-Fatboy Slim Immersive Musical by Greg Evans

First-look images were released today of the wildly revamped Broadway Theatre that will be transformed, at least in part, into the disco dance club home of Here Lies Love, the immersive Davi…

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

'A Doll's House' Broadway Review: Jessica Chastain Finds A Home In Stark, Minimalist Revival by Greg Evans

At more than a few points during Jamie Lloyd's hypnotic Broadway revival of Ibsen's A Doll's House, you could swear that stars Jessica Chastain and Succession's Arian Moayed are confiding in…

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Sufjan Stevens 'Illinois' Stage Musical Sets World Premiere; 'West Side Story' Choreographer Justin Peck To Direct by Greg Evans

A stage adaptation of Sufjan Stevens' acclaimed 2005 album Illinois will make its world premiere this summer in a production by The Fisher Center at Bard where Daniel Fish's eye-opening Tony…

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

'A Doll's House' Starring Jessica Chastain Extends Broadway Run Ahead Of Opening by Greg Evans

A Doll's House starring Jessica Chastain and Succession's Arian Moayed has extended its Broadway run by a week, and will now play through Saturday, June 10. The extension announced by produc…

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

'Sweeney Todd' With Josh Groban & Annaleigh Ashford Takes $1.5M And Fills Every Available Seat " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

The revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, with Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in previews at the Lunt-Fontanne, is firmly in Broadway's $1 million club, with receipts…

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J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Teams With Broadway's Ambassador Theatre Group For Stage Projects by Greg Evans

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced an exclusive three-year partnership with the newly formed Bad Robot Live, the theatre division of J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions. As creative coll…

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Broadway's 'Funny Girl' Sets Fall 2023 Closing Date; Lea Michele Will Continue Through The End by Greg Evans

Funny Girl, Broadway's riches-to-rags-to-riches smash hit, will close on Sunday, Sept. 3, with stars Lea Michele, Ramin Marmloo, Jared Grimes and Tovah Feldshuh extending their planned runs …

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