With Eva Noblezada departing her role as Daisy Buchanan in Broadway’s The Great Gatsby to join her former Hadestown castmates for a limited run of that musical in London, Sarah Hyland (Modern Family, Broadway’s Grey Gardens) will step into the Gatsby role. The castings were announced today in…

Eureka Day, the needle-sharp Manhattan Theatre Club comedy by Jonathan Spector that opened to rave reviews this week, has been extended two weeks at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and will now run through February 2, 2025. Directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro (Broadway: August: Osage…

The build-up to Christmas is being very generous with Broadway. In some cases, very, very generous. Among the most impressive box office developments last week was the welcome given to All In: Comedy About Love, based on the short stories of writer Simon Rich, read live by such performers as, initially…

EXCLUSIVE: The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical featuring more than 20 songs that have never been part of a fully staged production – including material cut from Rent and tick, tick… BOOM! – will make its Off Broadway world premiere in February, producers announced today. The Jonathan Larson Pro…

Quick, think of something really humorous about vaccinations. No? Me neither, but playwright Jonathan Spector has done us all a favor and molded one of the most divisive, inane, grotesque and newly, resurgent issues of the day and polished it into a shiny, insightful and damn funny little gem so that all…

If the line “What shall we hang, the holly or each other?” hadn’t already been taken by The Lion In Winter, it would make a fitting quip stuffed somewhere in Leslye Headland’s deliriously cutting Cult of Love, opening tonight on Broadway. Granted, this dysfunctional family holiday is already stuffed…

Last month, Patti LuPone appeared on The View and seemed more than a little apprehensive about seeing the new Broadway production of Sunset Blvd., the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that LuPone once (and briefly) headed. LuPone, who was fired by Lloyd Webber shortly after creating the show’s Norma…

EXCLUSIVE: Famed illusionists Penn & Teller will celebrate 50 years together with a one-night-only show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall this summer. Set for Thursday August 21, the performance also will mark the 40th anniversary of the New York stage show that launched the duo into stardom…

Martin Benson, the co-founder and longtime artistic director of the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory regional theater in Costa Mesa, California, died November 30 of a probable heart attack at his home in Huntington Beach, California. He was 87. His death was announced by the theater’s…

Just days after making a surprise cameo in a Saturday Night Live sketch alongside Paul Mescal, YouTube star Trisha Paytas announced that she’ll cross off another bucket-list item: Broadway. The one-night-only “musical theater extravaganza” Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream, benefitting the…

Hold On To Me Darling, the Kenneth Lonergan comedy-drama starring Adam Driver, has recouped its initial Off Broadway investment, producers announced today. The $1.8 million production opened October 16 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and concludes its run on Sunday, December 22. According to…

With his revival of Sunset Blvd. enjoying a buzzy run on Broadway, director Jamie Lloyd has set another Andrew Lloyd Webber classic as his next project: Evita will begin West End performances at The London Palladium on June 14, 2025, for a three-month run. Cast and creatives are yet to be…