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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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Alan Menken, Kenny Ortega & Original 'Newsies' Cast Members Reunite For Medley Remix Video To Get Out The Vote by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Newsies fans have reason for a little Extra! bounce in their step today: The director, composer, lyricist and cast members of the Broadway musical and 1992 movie adaptation have r…

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Broadway's 'Suffs' Announces January Closing; Producing Team Includes Hillary Clinton by Greg Evans

Suffs, the double-Tony Award winning Broadway musical by Shaina Taub that counts Hillary Rodham Clinton among its producers, will close January 5, 2025, producers announced today. The well-r…

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Broadway Dancer Zelig Williams Missing In South Carolina; Hugh Jackman Appeals For Help by Greg Evans

Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, who has performed in productions of MJ The Musical, Hamilton and Hugh Jackman's 2019 tour The Man. The Music. The Show, has gone missing in South Carolina, wi…

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Jonathan Groff, Equity's Brooke Shields, Black Theatre Coalition's T. Oliver Reid, Broadway League's Jason Laks Among New Broadway Cares/Equity by Greg Evans

The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees has added eight new board members including actor Jonathan Groff, newly elected Actors' Equity Association president Brooke Shields…

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

'Our Town' Broadway Review: Jim Parsons Leads A Thornton Wilder Classic Unstuck In Time by Greg Evans

With so much turmoil in the world, it's at least a little comforting that things haven't changed much in Grover's Corners, the place that gives Our Town, Thornton Wilder's beloved 1938 repor…

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Brody Grant Returning To Broadway's 'The Outsiders' After Month-Long Hiatus by Greg Evans

Brody Grant, the Tony-nominated actor who plays Ponyboy Curtis in Broadway's The Outsiders, will return to the role next week following a monthlong hiatus, Deadline has confirmed. While no r…

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Broadway To Dim All Lights For Gavin Creel, Maggie Smith & Adrian Bailey; League Committee Reviewing Dimming Policy by Greg Evans

After major backlash this week, the Broadway League's Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of all Broadway theaters in honor of Gavin Creel as well as Maggie Smith and Adrian Bail…

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'Broadway Rallies For Kamala' One-Night Livestream To Feature Stars, Musical Performances; Phone Bank Partners Include Swifties & White Dudes by Greg Evans

Broadway Rallies For Kamala, a special livestream event on Monday, October 14, to support the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz presidential ticket, will feature performances and appearances by a raft …

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Jonathan Groff Confirms Bobby Darin Broadway Musical For Spring 2025 by Greg Evans

The rumored Bobby Darin Broadway bio-musical starring Jonathan Groff is on: Just In Time, to be directed by Alex Timbers, will begin previews at Circle in the Square Theatre on Friday, March…

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

'Sunset Blvd.' Tops $1M, 'Romeo + Juliet' Sells Out " Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Sunset Blvd., Jamie Lloyd's revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, topped the $1 million mark in weekly grosses last week, filling the St. Ja…

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Sunday, October 6, 2024

Gavin Creel's Beloved Al Hirschfeld Theatre Breaks Ranks To Join Broadway Light Dimming Tribute; Actors' Equity Takes Stance On Growing Controvers by Greg Evans

The late Gavin Creel once expressed his love for a particular Broadway venue and the cast that had joined him there. "When I die, the Heavens will open and we'll all go to the Al Hirschfeld …

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Friday, October 4, 2024

Broadway To Dim Lights For Gavin Creel As Theater Community Continues To Reel From Shocking Death by Greg Evans

Select Broadway theaters will dim their lights for the late Gavin Creel at a date and time being coordinated with his family, the Broadway League said today. Creel's death from a rare and ag…

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Whoopi Goldberg Shares First Look Image As Miss Hannigan In Upcoming 'Annie' Stage Revival by Greg Evans

Whoopi Goldberg has shared a first-look image of herself as Miss Hannigan in the upcoming stage revival of the musical Annie. See it below. "It may not be your grandma's Annie, but it will b…

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Sean Astin To Make Broadway Debut As Santa In 'Elf The Musical' Revival by Greg Evans

Actor Sean Astin will make his Broadway debut this holiday season as Santa in the revival of Elf The Musical, producers announced today. Astin, best known for his roles in the original Lord …

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Broadway Lights To Dim For Late Actor Adrian Bailey Whose Career Was Cut Short in 2008 By Tragic Onstage Accident by Greg Evans

Broadway will honor the late actor Adrian Bailey, who died September 22 at the age of 67 following an at-home fall, by dimming the marquee lights of one theater from every theater owner on O…

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Fleetwood Mac Sound Engineer Sues 'Stereophonic', Says Hit Broadway Drama "Copies The Heart And Soul" Of His 'Rumours' Memoir by Greg Evans

A former sound engineer who coauthored a 2012 memoir about his days working on the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours has filed a lawsuit, along with his coauthor of the book Making Rumours, agains…

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'Succession's Sarah Snook Sets Spring Broadway Debut With 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray' by Greg Evans

Following a sold out, critically acclaimed run in the West End, the new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Succession actor Sarah Snook in 26 roles will open on …

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

'Yellow Face' Broadway Review: Daniel Dae Kim Lets Loose In Farce That Unmasks Hypocrisy by Greg Evans

David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face debuted Off Broadway 17 years ago, spinning a farcical tale about a real-life Broadway controversy that had taken place some 17 years before that. How it mana…

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'Water For Elephants' Musical Sets Broadway Closing by Greg Evans

Water For Elephants, the Jessica Stone-directed musical adaptation of the bestselling Sara Gruen romantic novel, will play its final performance at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on Sunday, Dec…

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'Romeo + Juliet' Starring Kit Connor And Rachel Zegler Sells Out First Week With Broadway's Top Ticket Price by Greg Evans

Romeo + Juliet, Sam Gold's new Broadway adaptation of the Shakespeare classic starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, sold out its first three preview performances last week, filling Circle i…

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Ken Page Dies: Broadway's Original Old Deuteronomy In 'Cats', Tim Burton's Voice Of Oogie Boogie Was 70 by Greg Evans

Ken Page, one of Broadway's most familiar character actors who indelibly lent his voice to Tim Burton's holiday film classic The Nightmare Before Christmas as the villainous Oogie Boogie, di…

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Olivier-Winning 'Operation Mincemeat' Musical Comedy Arrives On Broadway In February by Greg Evans

Operation Mincemeat, the most recent Olivier Award-winning Best Musical, will open on Broadway in 2025 after two sold-out years (and counting) on the West End. Directed by Robert Hastie and …

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Bette Midler leads tributes to Gavin Creel after Broadway star dies aged 48 by Greg Evans

The theatre star has passed away following a short battle with an aggresive form of cancer

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Monday, September 30, 2024

'McNeal' Review: Robert Downey Jr. Confronts A Fake New World In A Fearless Broadway Debut by Greg Evans

Slow to grab hold and knotty when it does, Ayad Akhtar's McNeal, opening tonight and starring Robert Downey Jr. in a formidable Broadway debut, is, at its core, a sort of literary parlor gam…

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Broadway Mourns Its Beloved Gavin Creel: "We Lost Our Prince"; Bette Midler, Casey Likes Among Those Paying Tribute by Greg Evans

REFRESH FOR UPDATES: Today's shocking news of the cancer death of stage star Gavin Creel has left Broadway reeling and in deep mourning. "We lost our prince," wrote New York City Center, whe…

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Gavin Creel Dies: Broadway Star Of 'Waitress', 'Into The Woods' Was 48 by Greg Evans

In stunning and sad news, Gavin Creel, one of Broadway's most popular and acclaimed leading men, died in Manhattan today just two months after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form…

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Dancer & TikToker Charli D'Amelio Joins Ensemble Of Broadway's '& Juliet' by Greg Evans

Dancer and TikTok personality Charli D'Amelio will make her Broadway debut this fall when she joins the company of the musical & Juliet, producers announced today. D'Amelio, who spent mo…

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'Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil' Musical Announces 2025 Broadway Debut by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: The musical adaptation of Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, John Berendt's bestselling nonfiction tale of murder and moss-covered secrets in Savannah, Georgia, will debut o…

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

'The Hills Of California' Broadway Review: Jez Butterworth's Homecoming Tale Of Harmony Long Gone by Greg Evans

Is there a more dependable set-up for family drama than the gathering of long-estranged siblings? Last season's dark and wonderful Appropriate proved there was plenty of life in Pinter's old…

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Andrew Scott Heading To Off Broadway With West End Solo Hit 'Vanya' by Greg Evans

Andrew Scott will reprise his acclaimed West End performance in Vanya, described as a radical new adaptation of Chekhov's masterwork Uncle Vanya, for a spring 2025 Off Broadway engagement at…

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