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Broadway veteran Jackie Burns has joined the UK cast of Burlesque the Musical, a stage adaptation of the 2010 movie of the same name. Burns will play club owner Tess, the role made famous by C...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204134/jackie-burns-to-star-as-tess-the-role-made-famous-by-cher-in-burlesque-the-musical/

The Public Theater's 2024-25 season is set, featuring a New York premiere from Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames, a quartet of short plays by Caryl Churchill and an encore engagement of Elevator...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204129/public-theaters-2024-25-season-to-feature-james-ijames-good-bones-the-return-of-gatz-the-delacortes-grand-reopening-and-more/

Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in McNeal , a new play by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (Junk, Disgraced), directed by Tony winner Bartle...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204131/academy-award-winner-robert-downey-jr-to-make-broadway-debut-in-new-play-by-ayad-akhtar/

In the new Broadway musical The Outsiders , now playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Emma Pittman plays Cherry Valance, the sensitive, red-headed cheerleader in a world of battle-ready boys...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204128/call-me-cherry-with-the-outsiders-emma-pittman-episode-3-an-emotional-tony-nominations-day/

The Tony Award-winning actor and singer Billy Porter will receive the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award in recognition of his outstanding dedication and contributions as an activist and spokesp...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204130/billy-porter-to-receive-the-2024-isabelle-stevenson-tony-award-for-lgbtq-activism/

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ 2024-25 season will feature the world-premiere stage adaptation of Schmigadoon!, the Emmy Award-winning Apple Original musical comedy series...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204127/world-premiere-stage-adaptation-of-schmigadoon-is-coming-to-the-kennedy-center-in-2025/

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama has been awarded to Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust. Making the announcement, Pulitzer administrator Marjorie Miller described the play as “a simple and elegantl...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204126/eboni-booths-primary-trust-wins-2024-pulitzer-prize-for-drama/

A roster of Broadway veterans will perform at PBS' annual National Memorial Day Concert, honoring the country's veterans and military families. The concert premieres on May 26, broadcasting live...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204125/tony-winners-cynthia-erivo-ruthie-ann-miles-and-patina-miller-to-perform-at-annual-pbs-memorial-day-concert/

New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a vital incubator for new theatrical works, has announced its 2024 summer season, including a number of new works by artists familiar to Broadway audiences. The s...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204124/amber-ruffin-jessica-hecht-margaret-cho-and-more-to-feature-in-new-york-stage-and-film-summer-season/

On May 4, Moulin Rouge!  star Derek Klena  announced on Instagram that he and his wife Elycia are expecting their second child in the fall. "New lil 'boo' joining our fam this Halloween!" ...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204123/moulin-rouge-star-derek-klena-and-wife-expecting-second-child-in-the-fall/

Television personality, actress and author Ariana Madix will return to the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart. Madix broke box office records for Chicago during her first appearance as Roxi...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204122/ariana-madix-will-return-to-broadways-chicago/

The recipients of the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced on May 5 at a ceremony at NYU Skirball. Ars Nova and National Black Theatre's (pra...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204121/2024-lucille-lortel-awards-announced-pray-stereophonic-hells-kitchen-and-more-recognized/

The fans have spoken! Broadway.com readers have selected the nominees for the 2024 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Leading the way is the The Great Gatsby with 11 nominations, includin...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204118/the-great-gatsby-the-notebook-and-back-to-the-future-lead-nominations-for-broadwaycom-audience-choice-awards/

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 chats about Shakespeare, Eurovision and you...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204119/kick-off-the-lusty-month-of-may-with-elaine-paige-on-sunday/

Isabelle McCalla  has been flying high at the Imperial Theatre where she stars—and trapezes—as Marlena in the new Broadway musical Water for Elephants . Now, she's giving audiences an insid...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204110/step-right-up-with-water-for-elephants-isabelle-mccalla-episode-8-the-vlog-is-over-but-the-ride-goes-on/

Oliver Tompsett, who played the role of William Shakespeare in & Juliet  in the West End, will take over the role in the Broadway production at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. He joins the compa...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204117/oliver-tompsett-shakespeare-in-west-ends-juliet-to-join-broadway-production/

Andrew Barth Feldman and Sarah Hyland will be the next Seymour and Audrey in the hit off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors  at the Westside Theatre. They take over for the producti...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204116/andrew-barth-feldman-and-sarah-hyland-to-star-as-seymour-and-audrey-in-little-shop-of-horrors/

The latest script by the playwright David Adjmi resembles a musical composition: carefully calibrated rhythms, a complex interplay of parts, intentionally orchestrated dynamics. And the actors ...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204107/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy-of-stereophonic-playwright-david-adjmi/

Lempicka , the new Broadway musical about 20th-century artist Tamara de Lempicka, will play its final performance at the Longacre Theatre on May 19. The production, directed by Tony winner Rache...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204082/lempicka-sets-final-broadway-performance/

If the Tony Awards speak to what’s happening on Broadway now, the Jimmy Awards provide a forecast of Broadway's future. Formally known as the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Ji...

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/204109/road-to-the-jimmys-episode-1-glimpsing-the-future-of-broadway-with-disney-theatricals-thomas-schumacher/