THE HEADLINES
OKLAHOMA!
Rehearsals Begin at St. Ann's Warehouse
New York Times: In This 'Oklahoma!,' She Loves Her and He Loves Him
...To the audaciously contemporary director Daniel Fish , whose pared-back, multimedia “Oklahoma!”  starts performances Sept. 27 at St. Ann’s Warehouse  in Brooklyn, the show’s inclusion of violence alongside the “gorgeous brightness” of the score “makes it all the more poignant ... Read More
BLACK LIGHT
Jomama Jones Returns to NYC
Jomama Jones' Black Light to Be Remounted Off-Broadway

The Joe's Pub production will play a limited engagement at the Greenwich House Theater this Fall. Jomama Jones' BLACK LIGHT, which debuted last January at Joe's Pub ...

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DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Rachel Bay Jones Ends Tony-Award Winning Run
Rachel Bay Jones Plays Final Performance in DEAR EVAN...

Rachel Bay Jones, who originated the role of Heidi in Broadway's DEAR EVAN HANSEN, played her final performance on August 5. Lisa Brescia (MAMMA MIA!, WICKED) steps into the role on ...

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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUSINESS
The hype around 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' is growing

Moolah-la: They're sure spending a lot of money on "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." The stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's vertigo-inducing movie musical is budgeted at $30 million - and that doesn't include the lavish party the Ambassador Theatre...

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Meet the Cast of King Kong on Broadway | Playbill

Meet the Cast of King Kong on Broadway! The show will open at the Broadway Theatre on November 8, following previews beginning October 5.

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CASTING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Laura Benanti Will Star as Eliza Doolittle in Broadway's ...

Laura Benanti Will Star as Eliza Doolittle in Broadway's MY FAIR LADY. Benanti will begin performances October 23 and play a limited engagement through February 17, 2019, at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.

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Mallory Bechtel Joins Cast of Broadway's Dear Evan...

Mallory Bechtel makes her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen. Houston-based Bechtel is a 2018 high school graduate who has relocated to New York to continue her studies.

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WHAT'S COMING AND WHAT'S GOING
Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations

After a string of engagements across North America, including a world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, AIN'T TOO PROUD will arrive on Broadway. The jukebox musical will open at the Imperial Theatre in Spring 2019.

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School of Rock Sets Broadway Closing Date

After three years of Broadway headbanging, School of Rock will ends its run at the Winter Garden Theatre. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will close January 20, 2019, having played 31 previews and 1,307 regular performances.

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The Illusionists 'Magic Of The Holidays' on Broadway

It's going to be a magical holiday season in New York - literally. Coming off their successful magic spectaculars, The Illusionists are set to bring their newest show to Broadway’s Marquis Theatre in New York from Nov. 23 through Dec. 30.

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
'Anastasia' Plans Massive, Unconventional International...

The Broadway musical Anastasia is gearing up for a big expansion. Producers have announced a U.S. tour and 20 international productions over the next three years, starting with Spain and Germany, followed by Holland, Korea, and Japan. But the...

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Watch Dear Evan Hansen Star Mallory Bechtel Sing...

Watch new cast member Mallory Bechtel perform a solo version of the musical's "Requiem" in the video above. Tony-winning orchestrator Alex Lacamoire, who penned the arrangement, is featured on piano ...

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Seth Rudetsky Deconstructs Hamilton's 'The Schuyler...

Music director extraordinaire Seth Rudetsky is back with another deconstruction. This time, Rudetsky breaks down “The Schuyler Sisters” because, as he says, “I'm obsessed with ladies and belting and harmonies and whatnot.”

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LATEST THEATER REVIEWS
Review: Hit Songs to Sin By in a Smashing MOULIN ROUGE!

BOSTON - The jukebox has exploded. Its pieces zoom through the air like candy-colored shrapnel, whizzing by before the memory can tag them and making the blandly familiar sound enticingly exotic.

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Review: A High School Meltdown Heats Up in BE MORE CHILL

Its plot and tone exist between the brooding “Dear Evan Hansen” and another, perkier Broadway hit, “Mean Girls.” Like both those shows, “Be More Chill” — which is adapted from Ned Vizzini’s droll and eminently readable 2004 novel — deals with ...

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LA Times: AIN'T TOO PROUD, the Broadway-bound Musical

When “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” the Broadway-bound jukebox musical, is in motion, it’s a force almost as irresistible as any of the powerhouse R&B band’s greatest hits. That list includes such everlasting records as ...

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Theater Review: PRETTY WOMAN

As you approach the Nederlander Theatre, the marquee flashes a series of bold all-caps phrases: "BOLD WOMAN - FIERCE WOMAN - FUNNY WOMAN - SMART WOMAN," and finally, inevitably, the title: Pretty Woman. Inside the theater, posters and T-shirts at ...

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GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER: Theater Review

Before the curtain goes up on his new musical, producer Ken Davenport bounds onstage and delivers a combination of introduction and pep talk. He tells us that he hopes we'll have a good time, but more important, he breathlessly informs us that...

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