How to revive the lost art of the Broadway rom-com? A compelling true story by Delia Ephron is a great start, along with five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman as director. But the key, of course, is to cast stars with the charm and charisma to make audiences fall in love along with the couple. Ephron’s [...]
David Rasche and Mare Winningham(Photos c/o Polk & Co.) Succession's David Rasche and Emmy Award winner, Academy Award and two-time Tony Award nominee Mare Winningham (Girl from the North Country) have joined the Broadway cast of Leslye Headland’s Cult of Love. The play, directed by Trip Cullman, begins performances at the Hayes Theater on November 20 [...]
Casey Likes and Mikaela Secada(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Happy Back to the Future Day to all who celebrate! It's officially a Broadway holiday, considering all the DeLorean-based time travel happening at the Winter Garden Theatre, so Broadway.com had to mark the day with something special. Back to the Future's Casey Likes (Marty McFly) and Mikaela Secada [...]
Hiran Abeysekera in "Life of Pi" on Broadway(Photo: Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman) The cast is complete for the national tour of Life of Pi, the stage adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Yann Martell. The tour will launch at the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center in Baltimore, Maryland, on December [...]
Idina Menzel(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Idina Menzel is among the recipients of the 2023 National Medals of Arts, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the federal government. President Joe Biden will present the awards on October 21 in a private ceremony at the White House. The National Medal of [...]
Sarah Snook in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"(Photo: Marc Brenner) The Sydney Theatre Company production of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Emmy and Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook, has set dates and a venue for its previously announced Broadway run. The one-woman production, adapted and directed by Kip Williams, will begin previews at [...]
Elaine Paige(Photo: Christie Goodwin) 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 dispenses the latest news from stage and screen and offers a selection of show tunes from new musicals. Plus, she celebrates the 60th anniversary of the My Fair [...]
Katie Brayben in "Tammy Faye" at the Almeida in London(Photo: Marc Brenner) The new Elton John musical Tammy Faye, about a traveling preacher’s wife who put the fun in faith, begins performances at the Palace Theatre on October 19. The official opening is set for November 14. Directed by Rupert Goold, the show stars two-time Olivier [...]
Alyse Alan Louis, Alaska Thunderf*ck, Emmy Rossum(Photos: Chelcie Parry; Shaun Vadella; Jenny Anderson) Broadway isn't the only place boasting big names. Off-Broadway stages are also getting their fair share of star power this month, with favorites from the silver screen telling fresh stories in New York City's most intimate spaces. The world beyond Broadway also [...]
Kate Baldwin, Christopher Innvar, Mary Beth Peil(Photos c/o Print Shop PR) Full casting has been announced for The Dead, 1904, the immersive adaptation, staged for just 48 people per night, of James Joyce's seasonal novella. Previews begin on November 20 in the home of the American Irish Historical Society—a circa 1900 townhouse on the Upper East [...]
