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Friday, November 8, 2024

Broadway Scores Clean Sweep For Theater Album Grammy Nominations; 'Outsiders' Nom Won't Help Angelina Jolie EGOT Potential by Greg Evans

Another Grammy nominations clean-sweep for Broadway: For the third consecutive year, all the nominees for Best Musical Theater Album are for Broadway productions. No West End, Off Broadway, …

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

'Death Becomes Her' Works Million-Dollar Magic In Second Week Of Previews " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Death Becomes Her, the new musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy fantasy film, worked up some Broadway magic in its second week since beginning performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, grossing an…

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Monday, November 4, 2024

Broadway League Stepping Away From Light-Dimming Announcements After Recent Controversies by Greg Evans

The Broadway League will no longer be involved in announcing the dimming of marquee lights to memorialize the deaths of performers, writers and other members of the Broadway community. The a…

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Gavin Creel Memorial Celebration And Broadway Light Dimming Events Set For December by Greg Evans

Friends and family of the late Broadway actor Gavin Creel will host a public memorial celebration at Broadway's St. James Theatre on Monday, December 2 at 4 p.m./ET, with the tribute continu…

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Friday, November 1, 2024

Broadway Sets Light Dimming Date For Dame Maggie Smith by Greg Evans

Broadway will dim its marquee lights for the late Dame Maggie Smith at 6:45 pm/ET on Thursday, November 7, theater owners announced today. "Maggie Smith was a singular talent, whose artistry…

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Patti LuPone Just Can't Wait To See That 'Lumbering' Musical 'Sunset Blvd.', She Tells 'The View' by Greg Evans

Patti LuPone, famously fired by Andrew Lloyd Webber from her role as Norma Desmond in the 1993 London production of Sunset Boulevard, is putting old grudges aside " kinda, sorta " and plans …

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'The Phantom Of The Opera' Returning For North American Tour In Reconfigured Form by Greg Evans

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, one of the most successful musicals in Broadway history when it ended its 35-year run in 2023, is coming back to North America in a tour featu…

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Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat' Recruits Original London Cast by Greg Evans

When Operation Mincemeat, the lauded West End musical comedy, begins previews on Broadway this February, the original London cast will be reprising their acclaimed performances for New York …

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'Slumdog Millionaire' Stage Musical In The Works From Oscar-Winning Composer A.R. Rahman & Tony-Winning Producer Ken Davenport by Greg Evans

Busy Broadway producer Ken Davenport (Oh, Mary!, the upcoming Othello, among many other credits) has another project in the wings: A stage musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning 2008 film S…

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Broadway 'Othello' With Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal Adds Andrew Burnap, Anthony Michael Lopez, Daniel Pearce And Kimber Elayne Sprawl by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway revival of Othello starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal has added to the cast with Andrew Burnap (The Inheritance, Disney's upcoming live-action Snow White)…

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

'Wicked' Again Tops Broadway Box Office Chart With $2.2 Million Spooky Season Weekly Gross by Greg Evans

The strong (well, some of them) got stronger on Broadway last week even as the overall box office trended slightly downward, with 28 productions on the 36-show roster reporting receipt dips.…

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Monday, October 28, 2024

George Clooney's 'Good Night, And Good Luck' Sets Broadway Spring Dates, Venue by Greg Evans

George Clooney's Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck will begin performances March 12, 2025, at the Winter Garden Theatre, with an opening date of April 3. The Winter Garden venue wi…

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Stevie Nicks Has Never Even Heard Of 'Stereophonic': No Fleetwood Mac Member Has Seen The Tony-Winning Play by Greg Evans

No, Stevie Nicks has not seen Stereophonic, David Adjmi's hit Broadway play about a fictional (but very Mac-like) '70s band recording what will become its (very Rumours-like) masterpiece alb…

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Rachel Zegler Teams With Producer Jack Antonoff On New Single From Broadway's 'Romeo + Juliet' by Greg Evans

"Man of the House," a new song co-written and produced by Jack Antonoff and performed by Rachel Zegler in Broadway's Romeo + Juliet opening tonight, has been released as a single. Both Zegle…

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

'Romeo + Juliet' Broadway Review: Kit Connor And Rachel Zegler Take The Bard To A Proper Rave-Up by Greg Evans

Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers sure are getting a work out these days, what with Tom Holland's recent stab in London, the enduringly popular girl power take of & Juliet and no doubt o…

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Broadway's 'Back To The Future' Announces January Closing by Greg Evans

The Broadway stage musical adaptation of Back To The Future will play its final performance on Sunday, January 5, producers announced today, bringing an end to its 18-month run at the Winter…

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Louis McCartney To Play Henry Creel In Broadway's 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' by Greg Evans

Actor Louis McCartney will reprise his West End performance as Henry Creel in the upcoming Broadway production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, producers Netflix and Sonia Friedman Prod…

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

'Left On Tenth' Broadway Review: Julianna Margulies Beguiles In Sickness And Health by Greg Evans

If nothing else, Delia Ephron's autobiographical romantic comedy Left on Tenth, opening tonight on Broadway, proves that Ephron, like her late sister Nora, can find the feel-good in even the…

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Billy Magnussen Out Of 'Sh*t. Meet. Fan.' Off Broadway Due To "Unforeseen Health Concern' by Greg Evans

Billy Magnussen has left the Off Broadway production of Robert O'Hara's Shit. Meet. Fan. due to what producers say is "an unforeseen health concern." With Magnussen's departure " he'll be re…

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

'Sunset Blvd.', 'Romeo + Juliet' Bring The Bucks To Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Sunset Blvd. and Romeo + Juliet added some major heft to Broadway's autumn box office last week, with the ecstatically reviewed Blvd. grossing $1,211,699 even with press comps during its ope…

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'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' Starring Bernadette Peters And Lea Salonga Rounds Out Broadway Cast With Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Ryan McCartan by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, the upcoming Broadway revue of the great composer's classics starring the previously announced Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, will also feature…

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Mimi Hines Dies: Nightclub Headliner Who Replaced Barbra Streisand In Broadway's 'Funny Girl' Was 91 by Greg Evans

Mimi Hines, who along with her comedy and musical partner (and husband) Phil Ford was a staple of late-night talk shows and variety shows of the 1960s before making a name for herself on Bro…

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'Smash' Sets Spring Broadway Opening, Cast To Include Robyn Hurder, Krysta Rodriguez, Brooks Ashmanskas, More by Greg Evans

Smash, the new stage musical adaptation inspired by the cult favorite 2012 NBC TV series, will begin Broadway previews on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Imperial Theatre, with an official o…

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Former NSYNC Member Joey Fatone Joins Broadway's '& Juliet' With Backstreet Boys On The Playlist by Greg Evans

Former NSYNC member Joey Fatone is returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades as part of the cast of & Juliet, the musical comedy "sequel" to Romeo and Juliet featuring the …

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Diana Baffa-Brill Dies: Broadway Choreographer, Dancer And Keeper Of The 'Mame' Flame Was 81 by Greg Evans

Diana Baffa-Brill, a dancer and choreographer who assisted the legendary Mame choreographer Onna White and later re-staged scores of productions of that classic musical, died in Los Angeles …

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David Rasche And Mare Winningham Join Broadway's 'Cult Of Love' With Zachary Quinto, Shailene Woodley by Greg Evans

Actors David Rasche and Mare Winningham have joined the previously announced production of Leslye Headland's Cult of Love and a cast that includes Zachary Quinto, Shailene Woodley, Molly Ber…

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

'Sunset Blvd.' Review: Nicole Scherzinger Steals Broadway With One Look by Greg Evans

All that madness in Gloria Swanson's eyes at the end of Billy Wilder's 1950 masterpiece Sunset Boulevard is amplified to breathtaking lengths in Jamie Lloyd's commanding and gorgeous renovat…

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

'Stranger Things' Actor Sadie Sink To Star In Broadway Comedy 'John Proctor Is The Villain' by Greg Evans

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink will appear on Broadway this spring in John Proctor Is The Villain, a new comedy with Danya Taymor (The Outsiders) directing, producers announced today. The p…

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

'Hold On To Me Darling' Review: Adam Driver Has The Country Blues In Off Broadway Revival by Greg Evans

Not far into Kenneth Lonergan's fame-is-hell-but-what-isn't fable Hold On To Me Darling, Adam Driver, playing a country music crossover megastar about to begin filming his latest blockbuster…

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Mother Of Missing Broadway Dancer Zelig Williams Collapses Into Arms Of Family Member At Police Press Conference, Sobbing "Please Bring My Baby Home by Greg Evans

The mother of missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams made a tearful, heartbreaking plea today asking for information on her son's whereabouts. "I just want Zelig to come home," said Kathy Wi…

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Broadway's 'Wicked' Soars As Movie Nears; Newcomers 'Sunset Blvd.', 'Romeo + Juliet' Top $1M " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway newcomers Sunset Blvd. and Romeo + Juliet, both in previews, topped the $1M mark in weekly grosses last week, while interesting things were happening over at Wicked: The long-runnin…

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