Sarah Snook(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Sarah Snook and her 26 onstage alteregos opened Kip Williams' solo adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray on March 27. The evening marked the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress' Broadway debut, a milestone that inspired an impromptu Succession reunion. Wild(e) horses couldn't drag Snook's TV family away from [...]

Thirty-eight years ago, an ambitious young cartoonist named Frank Caruso turned up to the Manhattan offices of King Features for what was meant to be a single day’s freelance work. The company owned the rights to several golden-age cartoon characters and needed someone to do a few drawings of the lithesome, flirty, baby-voiced flapper Betty [...]

Juliana Canfield, David Rasche, Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, Arian Moayed, Sydney Lemon, Dagmara Domińczyk(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) The Picture of Dorian Gray, the high-tech adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s haunting novel starring Sarah Snook, celebrated opening night at the Music Box Theatre on March 27. The occasion was the perfect excuse for a reunion [...]

Louis McCartney in "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" on Broadway(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) As Stranger Things: The First Shadow prepares to take its first Broadway bow at the Marquis Theatre, Netflix has announced plans to release a documentary about the making of the theatrical thriller titled Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow. The [...]

Kara Young is blessed with the ability to jumpstart a scene the moment she steps on stage. This small but mighty actress manages to simultaneously disappear into a role while commanding the audience’s attention. After several years of impressive but under-the-radar off-Broadway performances, Young landed a one-two-three punch of successive Tony nominations for Clyde’s, Cost [...]

Alison Jaye, Burke Swanson and Juan Carlos in rehearsal for "Stranger Things: The First Shadow"(Photo: Matthew Murphy) Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the Netflix sensation-turned London stage hit, has its first Broadway performance at the Marquis Theatre on March 28. Directed by Stephen Daldry, the production officially opens on April 22.   Are monsters born... or made? In [...]

"Floyd Collins" stars Jeremy Jordan, Lizzy McAlpine, Marc Kudisch, Jessica Molaskey and Jason Gotay(Photo: Tricia Baron) Floyd Collins, the tragic, true story musicalized by Tony Award winner Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Tina Landau (book and additional lyrics), plays its first Broadway performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on March 28. Directed by Landau, the [...]

Jennifer Lopez(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Kiss of the Spider Woman, Starring Jennifer Lopez, to Hit Theaters in the FallThe previously announced film adaptation of Kander and Ebb’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Jennifer Lopez and directed by Bill Condon, will have a fall wide theatrical [...]

Ella Beatty, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber(Photos: Gregory Pace; c/o DKC/O&M; Celeste Sloman) Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman will star in the New York premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, performed off-Broadway in repertory with Jen Silverman’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Creditors starring Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff and Justice Smith. Sexual [...]

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, The Broadway Show is spotlighting six incredible producers currently ushering in some of the hottest tickets this season: Buena Vista Social Club; Dead Outlaw; Good Night, And Good Luck; Gypsy; John Proctor is the Villain; Purpose; Redwood and Stranger Things: The First Shadow, just to name a few. These powerhouse women—LaChanze, Sonia Friedman, Mara [...]