The Latest Breaking News from Broadway

Sweeney Todd: behind the blockbuster take on Sondheim’s Broadway hit

Stephen Sondheim’s darkly funny quasi-opera has been remounted as one of the year’s biggest new productions

The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2023

Jodie Comer's Broadway show rakes in over £700k before opening to public

The Childwall-born star's show is at New York's John Golden Theatre after a sold-out stint in the West End

Liverpool Echo · Apr 23, 2023

Wicked’s Kristin Chenoweth Praises Ariana Grande While Playing Coy About A Possible Cameo

Broadway star Kristian Chenoweth praises Ariana Grande ahead of the release of Wicked, and plays coy about a potential cameo.

Cinemablend · Apr 22, 2023

Review: ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ takes flight on Broadway, and crashes hilariously

NEW YORK — Even without Neil Patrick Harris — a guest-star turn massively juicing up ticket sales for a few weeks — “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” will be a great night out for a family audience. The politically incorrect show is a total blast and one of the very few…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 21, 2023

Broadway legend Chita Rivera dances through her life in a new memoir

In Chita: A Memoir, Rivera recounts her career originating roles in major Broadway shows. Now 90, Rivera remembers West Side Story from the beginning: "I was there at the first flicker of the skirt!"

WEKU · Apr 21, 2023

Todd Haimes, who led a theater company to Broadway, dies

Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy into a major theatrical force with works on five stages — including three Broadway theaters — and dozens of Tony Awards, has died

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

The Thanksgiving Play: Broadway’s funniest and most daring new comedy

After being told her work was ‘uncastable’, Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse set out to create a show featuring zero minority actors and wrote a scathing satire

The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2023

#MeToo hasn’t always made for great art – but now there’s Jodie Comer’s Prima Facie

On Broadway, there wasn’t an empty seat in the house – and we finally saw how compelling stories of victimhood can be, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023

‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix tries to go home again. Even if it kills him

Guilty as charged! “Beau Is Afraid,” three hours of bleak wonderment that feels, well, like three hours of bleak wonderment, Beau Wassermann awaits the start of his latest therapy session with a look that suggests a man awaiting his executioner. Played to the clammy hilt by Joaquin Phoenix, Beau speaks…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 19, 2023

Broadway-bound ‘Ali’ musical to premiere in Muhammad Ali’s Kentucky hometown

NEW YORK — Theater audiences will get to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee when a new musical based on Muhammad Ali enters the ring.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023