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Monday, March 24, 2025

Broadway Revival Of Noël Coward's 'Private Lives' Set For 2026-2027 Season by Greg Evans

A new production of Noël Coward's Private Lives will be presented on Broadway in the 2026-2027 season, producers announced today. Information about the director, casting, dates and …

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Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat' Extends Into 2026; $79 Ticket Draw Announced by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Operation Mincemeat, the Olivier Award-winning musical comedy doing sell-out business in New York, has extended its Broadway run through February 15, 2026. The show, directed by R…

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'Othello' With Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal: Once Again Iago Gets The Last Laugh " Broadway Review by Greg Evans

Othello Opening night: March 23, 2025Venue: Broadway's Barrymore TheatreWritten by: William ShakespeareDirected by: Kenny LeonCast: Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Molly O…

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Friday, March 21, 2025

'Operation Mincemeat' Co-Producers Raye Levine & JT Tsou Launch Left No Ring Production Company For Film, Television & Theater by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: With Broadway's Operation Mincemeat opening to rave reviews last night, the timing couldn't be better for two of the musical's co-producers to announce their next project: Raye Le…

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Thursday, March 20, 2025

'Beaches' Musical Sets Pre-Broadway National Tour For Fall 2026 by Greg Evans

A new stage musical adaptation of Beaches will launch what producers are calling a pre-Broadway national tour in the fall of 2026. Based on the 1985 novel by Iris Rainer Dart that was adapte…

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater Hires Woolly Mammoth's Maria Manuela Goyanes And Alliance Theatre's Mike Schleifer For Leadership Team by Greg Evans

Lincoln Center Theater has tapped Maria Manuela Goyanes, currently Artistic Director of Washington D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, to serve as Artistic Director of LCT3 and Producer, …

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Broadway's 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk & Bill Burr Gets Final Two-Week Extension by Greg Evans

The new Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross directed by Patrick Marber and starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk & Bill Burr has now extended by an additional final two …

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Producer Sonia Friedman And Hugh Jackman Announce New Partnership To Stage "Intimate And Accessible" Live Theater In Small Venues by Greg Evans

Producer Sonia Friedman and actor Hugh Jackman have launched a new company dedicated to creating "intimate and accessible" live theater. Called Together, the company, its founders say, "will…

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Broadway Grosses Bounce With Big Names, Big Ticket Prices: Clooney, Kieran, Denzel, Gyllenhaal And Others Bring Box Office Flowers For Spring by Greg Evans

No doubt about: The big guns of Broadway's spring season are arriving fast and furious, and boosting box office figures from receipts to ticket prices. Another newcomer " Good Night, And Goo…

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Monday, March 17, 2025

James Taylor Stage Musical In Development With Playwright Tracy Letts And Director David Cromer by Greg Evans

A new stage musical using the songs of James Taylor is in early development, with August: Osage County playwright Tracy Letts penning an original story and direction by Good Night, and Good …

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Orville Peck Unmasked: Singer Will Show Face As Emcee In Broadway's 'Cabaret At The Kit Kat Club' by Greg Evans

Since the announcement came in January that country music star Orville Peck will replace Adam Lambert as the next Emcee in Broadway's Cabaret at the KitKat Club, the question in fans' minds …

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All-Female 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Expected For Broadway Following Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk & Bill Burr Limited Engagement by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: In a very interesting move, Deadline hears that producers of the currently previewing Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, B…

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Friday, March 14, 2025

Broadway Marquees To Dim Quarterly To Widen Scope Of Memorial Honorees; Solo Dimmings For Select Individuals Will Continue by Greg Evans

Broadway's tradition of dimming marquee lights for departed theater stars and leaders has often drawn criticism over what some in the theater community saw as a process that was both too sec…

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Jesse L. Kearney Jr. Dies: Playwright And Strong Advocate For Black Opportunities In Theater Was 49 by Greg Evans

Jesse L. Kearney Jr., a playwright, a recipient of the Dramatists Guild's Jonathan Larson Musical Theater Fellowship and the vice president of the advocacy group Black Broadway Men United, d…

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Lights Shine For Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat' Marquee After Tariff-Caused Delay by Greg Evans

The marquee lights were shining bright for Broadway's Operation Mincemeat musical last night, with the tariff-delayed shipment of the specialty Satco Decorative 11W LED Ceramic Yellow Indica…

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

CAA Signs Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Tim Sheader by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Sheader, who last year became the Artistic Director of prestigious London theater the Donmar Warehouse, has signed with CAA. Prior to taking over as Artistic Director at the D…

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

'Othello' With Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal Breaks Record For Top-Grossing Play In Broadway History by Greg Evans

Othello, now in previews at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre and starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal had a weekly gross last week of $2,818,297, making the revival the top-grossing (e…

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Kristin Chenoweth Signs With UTA by Greg Evans

Kristin Chenoweth, the Emmy- and Tony-winning singer-actor who will return to Broadway this fall in The Queen of Versailles musical, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas.…

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Atlantic Theater Company And IATSE Reach Tentative, Potentially Historic Agreement Covering Production Workforce In Nonprofit Off Broadway Venue by Greg Evans

Off Broadway's much-honored Atlantic Theater Company and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have reached a tentative agreement that could see the Atlantic become the fi…

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Jean Smart Returning To Broadway This Summer In World Premiere Play 'Call Me Izzy' by Greg Evans

Hacks star Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in the world premiere of Jamie Wax's darkly comedic play Call Me Izzy. The 12-week limited engagement will play at Broadway's Studio…

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James Graham's Acclaimed 'Punch' To Open Manhattan Theatre Club's 2025-2026 Broadway Season by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Punch, the acclaimed new play by the Olivier Award winning James Graham, will open on Broadway this fall as part of the Manhattan Theatre Club's 2025-2026 season. The play, based …

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

West End Hit 'Oedipus' With Mark Strong And Lesley Manville Sets Fall Broadway Transfer As Part Of Roundabout Season by Greg Evans

Oedipus, Robert Icke's West End hit reimagining of the Sophocles tragedy starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, will transfer to Broadway this fall for a 14-week engagement as part of the…

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Rachel Dratch, Amy Spanger Complete Cast Of 'Vape! The Grease Parody' Benefit Concert by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live, Broadway's POTUS) and Amy Spanger (Broadway's Rock Of Ages, Chicago and The Wedding Singer) are the latest stars to join next week's one-night-…

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Whoopi Goldberg Won't Attend Kennedy Center Until It "Becomes What Kennedy Center Was Always Supposed To Be"; Trump Appointee Calls 'Hamiltonâ by Greg Evans

The Kennedy Center just lost another patron. Whoopi Goldberg announced on today's The View that she will no longer attend Kennedy Center performances in light of the Donald Trump board takeo…

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

'Hamilton' Producers Cancel Upcoming Kennedy Center Engagement: "Some Institutions Are Sacred And Should Be Protected From Politics" by Greg Evans

Producers of Hamilton, the massively popular Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, have canceled a planned 2026 engagement at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., decrying the "recent purge by the …

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Broadway's 'Othello' With Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal Sells Out First Week, Shattering House Records With A $2.6 Million Weekly Gros by Greg Evans

Othello, the new Broadway production of Shakespeare's tale of power and envy starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke four house records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last week,…

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'Mamma Mia!' Returning To Broadway This August by Greg Evans

The hit musical Mamma Mia! is returning to Broadway this summer after a 10-year intermission. The musical " with casting to be announced later " will begin previews at Broadway's Winter Gard…

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre To Dim Lights For Tony-Winning Linda Lavin by Greg Evans

Linda Lavin, the Broadway, TV and film star who died in December, will be honored by Broadway's Shubert Organization with the traditional dimming of lights at the venue where Lavin gave her …

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

'Sunset Blvd.' Starring Nicole Scherzinger Announces Broadway Closing Date by Greg Evans

Sunset Blvd., director Jamie Lloyd's reimagined production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with the critically acclaimed Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond, will play its final Broadway …

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Actors' Equity And The Broadway League Reach Agreement On Thorny Issues Around New Work Development by Greg Evans

Actors' Equity Association has reached a deal with the Broadway League on a new five-year Development Agreement, resolving an eight-month strike prohibiting Equity members' participation in …

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Broadway Stars To Perform Kennedy Center's Canceled 'Finn' Musical At New York Town Hall; Andrew Rannells, Andrea Martin, Kelli O'Hara, Bonnie by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Finn, the children's musical that opened to great reviews at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. last year only to have its national tour canceled by the venue's new Trump-led r…

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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