Betty Gilpin as Mary(Photo: Daniel Rampulla) Betty Gilpin will don the bratty curls in the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola's hysterical, unhistorical comedy Oh, Mary! on January 21, taking over the role from Escola. Gilpin's limited engagement will continue through March 16. Gilpin is best known for her role as Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan on the [...]
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 hands the playlist "Over to You" in her first all-request show of the year. Listeners pick songs from The King and I, The Aristocats, Into The Woods, Hello, Dolly! and [...]
Greg Hildreth and Christopher Fitzgerald(Photos: Sergio Villarini; Emilio Madrid) Greg Hildreth will play Officer Lockstock in the upcoming Encores! production of Urinetown, running at New York City Center from February 5 through 16. Previously announced to be playing Officer Barrel, he replaces Taran Killam, who departs the production. Christopher Fitzgerald joins the cast as Officer Barrel. Earlier this week, [...]
In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran Broadway.com vlogger is taking viewers behind the scenes of the buzzy revival at the glorious Majestic Theatre. In the fourth episode, Lesli responds to [...]
Lea DeLaria and Andrew Keenan-Bolger(Photos: Tina Turnbow; Curtis Brown) Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Lea DeLaria will join the off-Broadway cast of Titanique at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Keenan-Bolger, best known for his Broadway roles in Newsies and Tuck Everlasting, will step into the part of Victor Garber/Luigi on January 21, while DeLaria, a Screen Actors Guild Award winner for Orange Is the New Black, will [...]
Sara Chase, Alex Brightman, Isabelle McCalla(Photos c/o Kennedy Center) The upcoming world-premiere production of Schmigadoon!, based on the Emmy-winning Apple Original series, has completed casting and announced its full creative team. The show will be presented as part of the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage series at the Eisenhower Theater in D.C. from January 31 to [...]
Joan Plowright, circa 1955(Photo c/o Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images) Joan Plowright, a veteran stage-and-screen actor who won a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy, died on January 16. In a statement, her family said Plowright died at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in Northwood, England. She [...]
Tom Francis in "Sunset Boulevard"(Photo: Marc Brenner) The Tony Awards Administration Committee met yesterday to confirm the eligibility status of 11 Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. This was the second time this season that the Tony Awards Administration Committee met to decide the eligibility for the 78th Annual Tony Awards; the committee last met [...]
The cast of "Redwood": Michael Park, Daniel Brackett, Bradley Dean, Khaila Wilcoxon, Idina Menzel, De'Adre Aziza, Zachary Noah Piser, Jessica Phillips and Veronica Otim (Photo: Rebecca J Michelson for Broadway Direct) "If we really take in the nature around us, we will see that nature is a survivor," says Idina Menzel. It's one of the [...]
Jason Robert Brown(Photo c/o Polk & Co.) Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown will pen brand-new orchestrations for the upcoming Broadway premiere of The Last Five Years, starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren. Directed by Whitney White, the production will begin its limited 14-week engagement at the Hudson Theatre on March 18, opening April 6. On the new orchestrations, Brown said they “will honor [...]
