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Broadway Smash ‘Oh, Mary!’ Extends Run For Second Time
Cole Escola's hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! is extending its record-breaking run at the Lyceum Theatre by two months, and will now play through January 19, 2025.
The first show in the 121-year history of the Lyceum to gross more than $1 million in a single week, the critically acclaimed Oh, Mary! has…
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Danny Burstein Set For Broadway’s ‘Gypsy’ Opposite Audra McDonald
Tony winner Danny Burstein will play Herbie to Audra McDonald’s Rose in the upcoming Broadway revival of Gypsy, producers announced today.
A veteran of no fewer than 19 Broadway productions, including his Tony Award-winning performance as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge, Burstein is the first cast…
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Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto & Barbie Ferreira Heading To Broadway In Leslye Headland’s ‘Cult Of Love’
Cult of Love, the upcoming new Broadway play by Star Wars: The Acolyte writer and showrunner Leslye Headland, will feature a cast that includes Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), Zachary Quinto (American Horror Story), and Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria), producers announced today.
The Second Stage…
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Broadway Advocacy Coalition Names Elz Cuya Jones As Executive Director
Broadway Advocacy Coalition, the arts-based advocacy nonprofit that won a 2021 Special Tony Award for providing a platform for underrepresented members of the theater community, has named Elz Cuya Jones as its new executive director.
Jones takes over for BAC’s outdoing and founding executive director…
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Robert Downey Jr. Broadway Debut ‘McNeal’ Sells Out Another Week; ‘The Roommate’ Slips $122G With Two Covid-Canceled Performances
Broadway added a couple shows and a 7% bump in receipts last week, with a roster of recent arrivals like McNeal, Yellow Face and The Roommate drawing considerable interest.
Most shows saw an uptick in box office and solid business for the week ending September 15. McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr…
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‘Hamilton’ Broadway Cast Updates ‘The Election Of 1800’ For National Voter Registration Day
The Broadway cast of Hamilton headed back to the recording booth to update the musical track “The Election of 1800” leading up to Election Day. The changed lyrics encourage voter registration and the importance of being politically engaged.
“In honor of National Voter Registration Day tomorrow, the…
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‘Stereophonic’ Extends Broadway Run For Final Time, Announces New Cast Members
Stereophonic, David Adjmi’s Tony-winning play, will extend its run through January 12, 2025, a move that producers say is the production’s final extension.
Also today, producers announced that three original cast members – Sarah Pidgeon, Juliana Canfield and Tom Pecinka – will play their final…
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Musical Sets Broadway Opening, Cast
Buena Vista Social Club, a new musical about the acclaimed group of Cuban musicians who recorded a seminal 1997 Grammy-winning album and were the subject of an acclaimed 1999 documentary, will open on Broadway in March, with Saheem Ali (Tony nominee for Fat Ham) directing.
The musical, which made its…
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Breaking Baz: Live Aid Musical ‘Just For One Day’ Transferring To London’s West End To Celebrate Seminal Concert Event’s 40th Anniversary
EXCLUSIVE: Irish rock knight Bob Geldof and the producers of Just For One Day, the musical about the Live Aid rock concerts in London and Philadelphia on July 13, 1985, will transfer the show, which world-premiered at London's Old Vic Theatre last January, into the West End in 2025 to mark the seminal…
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Marsha Mason Steps Into Broadway’s ‘The Roommate’ For Covid-Struck Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow, who just opened with costar Patti LuPone in the hit comedy-drama The Roommate on Broadway, has tested positive for Covid, resulting in two canceled performances Saturday. At this afternoon matinee, actor Marsha Mason, an associate director of the play, stepped in for Farrow.
"I was…
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Breaking Baz: ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Star David Oyelowo Back On Stage In London Playing ‘Coriolanus’, Says He Wants To Boost Filmmaking In Africa
EXCLUSIVE: David Oyelowo says he wants to use his star power to make more films in Africa and help boost the continent’s movie-making prowess. But he assures “there’s not going to be a cultural colonialism” insisting that the move has got to “benefit people on the ground.”
The actor met with Deadline…
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