Illustration by Tug Rice for Broadway.com Clooney! Denzel! Culkin! Gyllenhaal! As Broadway bursts with genuine Hollywood star power across just four New York City blocks, the electricity is undeniable. In just a few days, Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal celebrate the opening night of Othello, joining three other anticipated premieres lighting up the spring theater season this week. Illustrations by Tug [...]

Helen J Shen is making her Broadway debut in the robot romcom Maybe Happy Ending, pairing up with Darren Criss for its futuristic and life-affirming will-they-won't-they. And like in all the great romcoms, she's just a girl... standing in front of a boy... asking to borrow his charger. Follow Shen backstage at the Belasco Theatre as she hosts Helperbot Next Door.   It's [...]

The newly formed Broadway in Memoriam Committee, a coalition of theater owners working alongside industry service organizations, has announced the launch of Broadway in Memoriam, a quarterly tribute to the memory of artists, creators and industry professionals who have made a lasting impact on the Broadway stage. On each Broadway in Memoriam evening, the marquees [...]

Helen J Shen and Darren Criss in "Maybe Happy Ending"(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. The Maybe Happy Ending Broadway Cast Album in Its Natural HabitatMaybe Happy Ending, starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen as operating system-crossed robots, dropped its Broadway cast album on March 14. The release [...]

Claire-Marie Hall, David Cumming, Zoë Roberts, Natasha Hodgson and Jak Malone(Photo: Matt Crockett) Operation Mincemeat, the musical caper based on a World War II deception operation, has extended for the second time. The show, which began its Broadway run at the John Golden Theatre on February 15 ahead of its March 20 opening, will now run through [...]

Rachel Zegler(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Rachel Zegler—not Ariana DeBose as previously supposed—will lead Jamie Lloyd's revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Evita in London. It will be Zegler's West End debut. As previously announced, the production will play the London Palladium this summer from June 14 to September 6. Zegler [...]

Jalynn Steele, Christine Sherrill and Carly Sakolove in the U.S. tour of "Mamma Mia!"(Photo: Joan Marcus) Tickets for Mamma Mia!, the hit musical about one woman’s past romantic chaos crashing her daughter’s wedding set to ABBA's greatest hits, are now on sale. The show will return to its original Broadway home at the Winter Garden Theatre for [...]

Jalynn Steele, Christine Sherrill and Carly Sakolove in the U.S. tour of "Mamma Mia!"(Photo: Joan Marcus) Tickets for Mamma Mia!, the hit musical about one woman’s past romantic chaos crashing her daughter’s wedding set to ABBA's greatest hits, are now on sale. The show will return to its original Broadway home at the Winter Garden Theatre for [...]

Jasmine Amy Rogers(Photo: Michael Hull) Betty Boop has tumbled out of her black-and-white cartoon world into moden-day New York City with all its vibrant sights and sounds. It's a big adventure for our 1930s flapper girl, and an even bigger one for Jasmine Amy Rogers, who makes her Broadway debut as BOOP!'s title leading lady. Tag [...]

Immediately after the musical Maybe Happy Ending began performances on Broadway last October, the show’s devoted following started clamoring—loudly—for an original cast recording. This was no surprise. The score, by composer Will Aronson and lyricist Hue Park, was laced with the sort of exquisite melodies and intricate details that would reward repeat listens. It's a [...]