• All In: Comedy About Love, Starring John Mulaney, Begins Its Broadway Romance Tonight
    by Broadway.com Staff on December 11, 2024 at 5:00 AM

    All In: Comedy About Love, a staged version of Simon Rich's short stories published in The New Yorker, begins performances at the Hudson Theatre on December 11. Directed by Alex Timbers, the show will have a limited 10-week run through February 16, 2025, featuring a rotating cast of four actors.  The first four weeks of the production will star John Mulaney, performing alongside Fred Armisen, Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry (December 11-30), Chloe Fineman (January 2-12, 2025) and Tony Award nominee Richard Kind (December 11-January 12, 2025).  Lin-Manuel Miranda will lead the cast for the show's final five weeks from January 14 through February 16, 2025, along with Aidy Bryant (January 14-February 2), Andrew Rannells (January 14-26), Nick Kroll (January 14-February 2), Jimmy Fallon (January 28-February 2), David Cross (February 4-9), Annaleigh Ashford (February 4-16), Tim Meadows (February 4-16) and Hank Azaria (February 11-16). All In: Comedy About Love is a series of comic vignettes about dating, heartbreak and marriage. From pirates to dogs, the actors will play a wide range of characters, all illustrating that the most important part of life is who we share it with.  The musical duo The Bengsons (Abigail and Shaun Bengson) will be performing songs …

  • Glengarry Glen Ross, Starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean, to Play Palace Theatre
    by Darryn King on December 10, 2024 at 4:13 PM

    The upcoming Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross will play the Palace Theatre. Performances of the strictly limited 12-week run will begin March 10, 2025, with an official opening set for March 31.  As previously announced, the show will star Emmy winner and Golden Globe nominee Kieran Culkin as Richard Roma, Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk as Shelly Levene, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean as George Aaronow, Emmy and Grammy nominee Bill Burr as Dave Moss, Donald Webber Jr. as John Williamson, Howard W. Overshown as Baylen and John Pirruccello as James Lingk. Patrick Marber directs, with production design by Scott Pask and lighting design by Jen Schriever.  Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is set in a cutthroat Chicago real estate office where four salespeople compete to sell mostly worthless properties to unwitting customers. Whoever sells the most wins a car; whoever sells the least is out of a job—a ruthless environment where each character will do anything to come out on top.

  • Don't Tell Marcia! with Cabaret’s Marty Lauter, Episode 4: Elphaba Battle Cries and Lessons in Glitter
    by Hayley Levitt on December 10, 2024 at 4:06 PM

    Marty Lauter, known to many a RuPaul’s Drag Race fan as Marcia Marcia Marcia, is making their Broadway debut as Kit Kat Club dancer Victor in the revival of Cabaret. On occasion, you can also see Lauter perform as the production’s Emcee, but on Broadway.com, they are our full-time host, taking fans behind the scenes with the new vlog Don't Tell Marcia! Last week, we got a full Emcee makeup tutorial, so this week, it's time to give Victor the spotlight. See Marty do their full transformation into the most adorable, apple-cheeked Kit Kat Club-er you've ever seen—all while trading Elphaba battle cries with beloved castmates. Remember to take notes if you want to recreate the look (not the riffs) for yourself.  Episodes premiere weekly on Tuesday. You can also catch highlights on The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal.

  • Olivier Award Winner and Tony Nominee Andy Karl to Join Moulin Rouge! on Broadway
    by Darryn King on December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM

    Olivier Award winner and Tony nominee Andy Karl is headed to the Moulin Rouge! Karl will join the Broadway production in the role of the Duke of Monroth for a limited engagement. Karl takes over the role from David Harris, who plays his final performance at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on January 26, 2025. Karl will play a limited engagement from January 28 through July 20, with Harris set to return on July 22. Additionally, Samantha Dodemaide will make her Broadway debut in the role of Nini, replacing Sophie Carmen-Jones. Dodemaide will also begin performances on January 28. Karl received Tony nominations for his work in Rocky, On the Twentieth Century and Groundhog Day. He currently stars in Teeth off-Broadway. Dodemaide created the role of Nini in the Australian company of Moulin Rouge! Her other stage credits include The Wizard of Oz and Evita. Moulin Rouge! currently stars John Cardoza as Christian, Solea Pfeiffer as Satine, Robert Petkoff as Harold Zidler, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec, Pepe Muñoz as Santiago. Boy George will play Harold Zidler for a limited run, from March 18 to May 25. Moulin Rouge! is a theatrical remake of Baz Luhrmann’s musical film, …

  • Jamaal Fields-Green to Take Over Lead Role in London’s MJ
    by Darryn King on December 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM

    After having starred in MJ on the show's national tour earlier this year, Jamaal Fields-Green will now take over the role in London. Fields-Green, who has now performed in productions of the musical on Broadway, on the U.S. national tour and in London, replaces Tony winner Myles Frost. He begins performances at the West End's Prince Edward Theatre on January 14, 2025. “I’m deeply humbled and honored to have the opportunity to perform in this show and role here in London,” said Fields-Green in a statement. “Ever since I made my debut in the West End earlier this year, something in the city has been calling me back. London—I’m excited to share my artistry and make some magic with you in this beautiful city. I hope to see you at the theatre, I promise you’re not going to want to miss it. Let’s party!” “Having Jamaal’s brilliance lead the West End production after dazzling audiences on Broadway and across America ensures that MJ will have continued success on the stage of Prince Edward Theatre as he brings MJ magic to London,” said director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. For the national tour production, Jordan Markus will take over the title …

  • Twisted Musical Comedy Teeth to Take Its Final Bite Off-Broadway
    by Darryn King on December 10, 2024 at 2:00 AM

    The commercial remount of Teeth, the twisted musical comedy written by Anna K. Jacobs (book and music) and Michael R. Jackson (book and lyrics), will play its final performance at off-Broadway's New World Stages on January 5. At the time of its closing, Teeth will have played 90 performances, comprising 12 previews and 78 regular performances. Directed by Sarah Benson and choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, Teeth is a tale of revenge and transformation that tears through a culture of shame and repressed desire one delightfully unhinged song at a time. The musical follows Dawn, a Christian teen struggling to be an exemplar of purity amongst her community of fellow Promise Keeper Girls. As Dawn’s desires become tested and twisted by the men in her life, she discovers a deadly secret not even she understands: When men violate her, her body bites back—literally. The show is based on the cult-classic 2007 horror comedy of the same name. Previously, Teeth had a sold-out, extended world premiere at Playwrights Horizons. Teeth stars Alyse Alan Louis, reprising her Lucille Lortel Award-winning performance in the role of Dawn, an evangelical Christian teen, with Andy Karl in the role of Pastor Bill O'Keefe. Also reprising their …

  • Tony Winner Danya Taymor to Direct American Premiere of Queer High-School Comedy Trophy Boys
    by Darryn King on December 9, 2024 at 6:03 PM

    Danya Taymor, the Tony Award-winning director of The Outsiders, will direct the U.S. premiere of the queer high-school comedy Trophy Boys. The play will begin previews on June 5, 2025, with an opening night set for June 24, and run through July 13 at MCC Theater’s Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater. Trophy Boys is written by and features Australian playwright-actor Emmanuelle Mattana as part of the cast. “Feminism has failed women.” That is the prompt given to the debate team of an elite all-boys prep school one hour before the final match of their high school careers. As they develop compelling arguments to demolish their sister school, a "rumor" leaks about their team that threatens to blow up everything they have worked for. What begins as a riotously funny satire turns into a sharp exploration of power and privilege, from high school to the highest circles of political influence. In multiple sold-out runs in Australia, Trophy Boys was performed by an all-female and non-binary cast. Additional casting and creative team will be announced at a later date. Taymor will direct another play in spring 2025 centering on bookish and aggressive adolescents. In John Proctor is the Villain, an …

  • Terrence Mann Joins Broadway's The Great Gatsby as the Show Kicks Off Its Centennial Celebration
    by Hayley Levitt on December 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM

    Three-time Tony nominee Terrence Mann will join the cast of Broadway's The Great Gatsby as Wolfsheim for a limited run from January 8 through April 20, 2025. He takes over for original cast member Eric Anderson, who will perform the role at the Broadway Theatre through January 5.  Mann's Broadway credits include Tuck Everlasting, Pippin (Tony nom), Beauty and The Beast (Tony nom), Les Misérables (Tony nom), Finding Neverland, Cats, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Addams Family, The Rocky Horror Show and more. On screen, he played assistant choreographer Larry in Richard Attenborough's film version of A Chorus Line. Mann joins the Broadway company as the musical kicks off The Great Gatsby Centennial Celebration, a year-long party in honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel, published in 1925. The celebration begins with a benefit performance and Gatsby-style soiree on January 16 at the New York Public Library, all proceeds benefiting the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The celebratory evening will also toast the final performance week for the show’s original star, Jeremy Jordan, who will pass the Gatsby torch to Ryan McCartan, beginning performances in the …

  • Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to Make Broadway Debut in & Juliet
    by Darryn King on December 9, 2024 at 5:06 PM

    Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will make her Broadway debut in & Juliet. In a one-night-only event, Jackson will have a walk-on role at the Sondheim Theatre at the December 14 evening performance. A talkback with the Justice will take place immediately after the show. Jackson took her seat on the highest court on June 30, 2022, becoming the first Black female Supreme Court justice to do so. In her New York Times best-selling memoir Lovely One, she described a long held dream of “becoming the first Black, female Supreme Court justice to appear on a Broadway stage.” At a public appearance promoting the memoir at the Apollo Theater in September, Jackson reflected on her love of musical theater and belted a few lines from “Home” from the musical The Wiz: “When I think of home, I think of a place/Where there’s love overflowing”. She then segued into a lyric from Schoolhouse Rock. The current Broadway company of & Juliet includes Maya Boyd as Juliet, Paulo Szot as Lance, Alison Luff as Anne, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Liam Pearce as Romeo, Michael Iván Carrier as May, Jeannette Bayardelle as Angélique and Nathan Levy as François, …

  • LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Kara Young and More to Star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose on Broadway
    by Hayley Levitt on December 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM

    The complete cast is set for the Broadway premiere of Purpose, a new play by Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate). Previews begin at the Hayes Theater on February 25, 2025 ahead of a March 17 opening. As previously announced, two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad will make her Broadway directorial debut.  The cast will feature two-time Tony Award nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix (NBC's The Blacklist), Steppenwolf ensemble member Jon Michael Hill, Steppenwolf ensemble member and Co-Artistic Director Glenn Davis (Downstate), Steppenwolf Ensemble member Alana Arenas (TV’s David Makes Man) and Tony Award winner Kara Young. Arenas, Davis, Hill and Lennix all appeared in the play’s world premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in March 2024. For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black political power and familial duty.  The creative team includes …

  • Wicked Movie Gets Four Golden Globe Noms, Including Stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
    by Darryn King on December 9, 2024 at 3:58 PM

    The nominations for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards have been announced, with the recently released Wicked: Part One picking up four nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. Its two stars were also nominated: Cynthia Erivo for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy and Ariana Grande for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Its fourth nomination was for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. Several other names familiar to Broadway audiences received nominations. In the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, Timothée Chalamet, Daniel Craig, Colman Domingo, Ralph Fiennes and Sebastian Stan were nominated. In the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture category, 2024-25 Broadway season stars Denzel Washington and Kieran Culkin were nominated alongside 2023-24 star Jeremy Strong. Elsewhere, Liza Colón-Zayas received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role for her performance in The Bear—for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series earlier in the year—while Jake Gyllenhaal and Eddie Redmayne are nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in …

  • Dylan Mulvaney Joins London Concert Performance of Drew Gasparini's We Aren't Kids Anymore
    by Hayley Levitt on December 9, 2024 at 3:16 PM

    Dylan Mulvaney joins the cast of We Aren't Kids Anymore, a new musical by Drew Gasparini having a concert performance on April 28, 2025 at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End. She joins the previously announced Sam Tutty (Dear Evan Hansen) and Aimie Atkinson (SIX), with two more cast members to be announced. Each cast member will perform one of the musical's five separate narratives. Told from five unique perspectives spanning age, generation and gender, We Aren't Kids Anymore explores the complex and often challenging journey we face when we embark on the pursuit of a dream. The musical considers the series of choices we all make as we navigate this uncertainty and reminds us that, no matter where we come from, growing up is one uncertain step after another, punctuated by moments of discovery. The presentation of We Aren't Kids Anymore will be followed by a second act showcasing Gasparini in concert, featuring the cast and special invited guests.  "I cannot wait to make my West End concert debut with such an inventive show and team," said Mulvaney, a veteran of Broadway's The Book of Mormon and best known for her viral series Days …

  • Christmassy Songs and The Devil Wears Prada Musical on Elaine Paige on Sunday
    by Broadway.com Staff on December 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM

    Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige offers a seasonal selection of festive and non-festive show tunes. Plus, she chats about the highly anticipated West End premiere of The Devil Wears Prada musical. Catch the full episode by clicking the link below!

  • Back to the Future North American Tour to Welcome New George McFly
    by Broadway.com Staff on December 6, 2024 at 3:03 PM

    The North American tour of Back to the Future has announced a new George McFly. Mike Binderman (The Cher Show national tour) will join the show in the role on January 14, 2025 at the San Diego Civic Center in San Diego, California. He replaces Burke Swanson. The tour is currently playing the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon. Bindeman joins a cast that fetaures Don Stephenson as Doc Brown, Caden Brauch as Marty McFly, Zan Berube as Lorraine Baines, Cartreze Tucker as Goldie Wilson/Marvin Berry, Ethan Rogers as Biff Tannen and Luke Antony Neville as Principal Strickland. Back to the Future, based on the 1985 film of the same name, has a book by Bob Gale, new music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, with additional songs from the film including “The Power of Love” and “Johnny B. Goode.” The Broadway show, directed by John Rando, opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 3, 2023 and will play its final performance there on January 5, 2025. 

  • Seafaring Avett Brothers Musical Swept Away Will End Its Broadway Voyage
    by Broadway.com Staff on December 6, 2024 at 12:40 AM

    Swept Away, the new seafaring musical with music and lyrics by the Avett Brothers, will play its final Broadway performance on December 15. The production, which began previews at the Longacre Theatre on October 29 and opened November 19, will have played 32 regular performances and 20 previews at the time of its closing. Including Avett Brothers songs such as “No Hard Feelings,” “Murder in the City” and “Ain’t No Man,” Swept Away is a tale of shipwreck, salvation and brotherhood set on the high seas. The production stars Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr., Tony Award nominee Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall. It is partly inspired by the Avett Brothers’ 2004 concept album Mignonette—itself inspired by the story of the 1884 shipwreck of that name—with a book by John Logan, direction by Michael Mayer and choreography by David Neumann. The Broadway creative team includes music supervisor Brian Usifer, music arrangers/orchestrators Chris Miller and Brian Usifer, music director Will Van Dyke, Tony Award-winning set designer Rachel Hauck, Tony Award-winning costume designer Susan Hilferty, four-time Tony Award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams and Tony Award-winning sound designer John Shivers. The original Broadway cast recording of …

  • F. Murray Abraham to Perform Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape
    by Darryn King on December 5, 2024 at 7:39 PM

    Stage and screen veteran F. Murray Abraham will perform Samuel Beckett’s one-act monologue Krapp’s Last Tape as part of a triptych of plays presented by Irish Repertory Theatre. Beckett Briefs will begin previews January 15, 2025, with opening night set for January 26, for a limited run through March 9 at Irish Rep’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage. Abraham’s Broadway credits include Angels in America, Mauritius and, most recently, It’s Only a Play. Earlier this year, he starred in the Broadway-bound Stephen Schwartz musical The Queen of Versailles in Boston opposite Kristin Chenoweth and received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his role in HBO’s The White Lotus. In Krapp’s Last Tape, an aged man reviews his life with the assistance of his younger self heard on autobiographical tape recordings. Gary Oldman will make his return to the U.K. stage performing the piece in April. Encompassing all stages of life from birth to the afterlife, Beckett Briefs will also feature performances of the short plays Not I and Play. Not I will feature Sarah Street, while Play will feature Roger Dominic Casey, Kate Forbes and Sarah Street. Beckett Briefs will feature scenic design by Charlie Corcoran, …

  • Parade National Tour, Starring Max Chernin and Talia Suskauer, Completes Casting
    by Hayley Levitt on December 5, 2024 at 6:37 PM

    Complete casting is set for the national tour of Michael Arden's 2023 Tony Award-winning revival of Parade. The 32-week tour will have its official premiere at Hennepin Art’s Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis (January 21-26), after technical rehearsals and early public performances at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York (January 11-17). As previously announced, Max Chernin and Talia Suskauer will lead the tour as Leo and Lucille Frank (watch their exclusive performane of "This Is Not Over Yet" in the Broadway.com studio). The cast will also feature Griffin Binnicker (Tom Watson), Evan Harrington (Old Soldier/Judge Roan), Ramone Nelson (Jim Conley), Jack Roden (Frankie Epps), Andrew Samonsky (Hugh Dorsey), Chris Shyer (Governor Slaton), Michael Tacconi (Britt Craig), Alison Ewing (Sally Slaton), Olivia Goosman (Mary Phagan), Jenny Hickman (Mrs. Phagan), Oluchi Nwaokorie (Angela), Robert Knight (Newt Lee), Prentiss E. Mouton (Riley), Danielle Lee Greaves (Minnie McKnight), Ben Cherington (Officer Ivey & Others), Emily Rose DeMartino (Essie & Others), Bailee Endebrock (Monteen & Others), Caroline Fairweather (Nurse & Others), Trevor James (Young Soldier & Others), Sophia Manicone (Iola Stover), Trista Moldovan (Nina Formby & Others), Ethan Riordan (Mr. Turner & Others), Brian Vaughn (Luther Rosser/Mr. Peavy) and Jason Simon (Det. Starnes & Others). …

  • Audra McDonald Promises the Same Iconic Gypsy, But One That Just Might Hit Different
    by Hayley Levitt on December 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM

    In the 65 years since she first charmed and horrified theatergoers, Momma Rose has become more of a legacy than a character. Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone are the Broadway institutions that built the lore surrounding Gypsy's infamous stage mother, and now Audra McDonald picks up the weighty torch at the Majestic Theatre as the first Black actress to play the role on a Broadway stage. "You're gonna see this iconic story of a mother who has ambitions and dreams and a desire to have her daughters have more than what she had," McDonald said to Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek, promising that George C. Wolfe's revival is the same show audiences know and love. Still, she qualified, some familiar lines may land with a different tenor. "Hearing a Black woman say, 'I was born too soon and got started too late'—maybe it'll hit different coming from a Black woman."  Hear more from their conversation in the video below. 

  • Go Backstage at the Barrymore Theatre with Our Town’s Julie Halston
    by Broadway.com Staff on December 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM

    Julie Halston, who plays Grover’s Corners' delightfully gossipy Mrs. Soames in the current Broadway revival of Our Town, welcomed The Broadway Show behind the scenes of the production. Featured on the tour: the paraphernalia of the Our Town cast and crew puzzle club, a sample of Katie Holmes’ Our Town-inspired artwork and the spot where Halston and Jim Parsons exchange notes on the audience. Plus, some historical tidbits about playwright Thornton Wilder and the history of the Barrymore Theatre. “It’s one of my favorite things to sign into a Broadway show,” said Halston. Check out the full segment below.

  • Walk to Work with Broadway's Harry Potter, Matthew James Thomas
    by Broadway.com Staff on December 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM

    Matthew James Thomas made his Broadway debut in 2011, playing Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre. Thirteen years later, he’s back at the same theater—since rechristened the Lyric—playing another iconic hero with exceptional abilities: Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. “It’s a very technical show,” he told Charlie Cooper on The Broadway Show. “So most of the backstage traffic is very complicated and just getting yourself used to that and getting involved in that, that takes a few minutes to adjust to. And then obviously, also doing all the scene work and working with the amazing cast has been one heck of a journey.” Walking to the Lyric with Cooper, Thomas opened up about auditioning for the original Warner Bros. films, the show’s dazzling special effects and Harry Potter fandom. Check out the full segment below.