BY JAMES MILLER
Originally published on playbill.com.
Schedule of Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows 2024-2025
Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre Dims Its Lights in Memory of Adam Epstein
BY ANDREW GANS, MOLLY HIGGINS
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Tony Award-winning producer Adam Epstein was a prominent figure in the world of Broadway, known for his exceptional contributions to the theatrical landscape. His notable productions included iconic shows such as Hairspray, The Crucible, The Wedding Singer, and many others that captured the hearts of audiences and critics alike.
Jonathan Groff Will Lead Bobby Darin Jukebox Biomusical on Broadway This Season
BY LOGAN CULWELL-BLOCK
Originally published on playbill.com.
The immersive production, directed by Alex Timbers, will turn the Circle in the Square Theatre into a nightclub with a live big band.
Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Releases 5-Track Preview Album, Completes Cast
Darren Criss and Helen J Shen are starring in the new musical, beginning performances in October at the Belasco Theatre.
London’s Tina—The Tina Turner Musical to Welcome New Tina and Ike
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Written by: Andrew Gans
Beginning June 25, Karis Anderson—currently starring in the title role of London’s Tina—The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre—will share the part with new cast member Zoe Birkett (The Witches, Moulin Rouge! The Musical). Olivier nominee Rolan Bell (Memphis, The Play That Goes Wrong) will also join the show that day in the role of Ike Turner.
10 Top Looks From Broadway Stars at the 2024 Met Gala
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Written by: Margaret Hall
10 Top Looks From Broadway Stars at the 2024 Met Gala. Cole Escola, J. Harrison Ghee, the cast of The Wiz, and other stage stars were among the attendees at fashion’s biggest night.
Jinkx Monsoon is Audrey and Corbin Bleu is Seymour in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Off-Broadway
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Written by: Andrew Gans, Logan Culwell-Block
The hit revival of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical also welcomes James Carpinello to the Westside April 2.
Two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon—who made her Broadway debut in Chicago in 2023 and is set to rejoin the revival in June—joins Off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey beginning April 2. The casting makes Monsoon the first drag queen to play the role in a major production of the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical.
This Season on Broadway: The Diegetic Songs
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Written by: Margaret Hall
The 2023–2024 season is the season of diegetic songs, with a wealth of diegetic music factoring in to some of the hottest tickets in town. But just what is a diegetic song?
Similar to the show-within-a-show trope, diegetic music is music within a show that the characters can hear: the characters know they are singing, and so does anyone else observing them onstage.
What’s Currently Playing on Broadway
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Written by: Playbill Staff
See below to find out what’s playing on Broadway—and when previously opened shows are planning their return. For a list of all Broadway-related COVID-19 updates, please click here.
Amber Iman on Readying Lempicka While Advocating for Black Women on Broadway
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Written by: Diep Tran