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The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the final time to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season.

Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will announce the 77th Annual Tony Award Nominations next week on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third time yesterday to confirm the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season.

Follies, featuring an all-star cast of Tony Award winners and nominees, will be the tenth presentation in the company’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series. The performance will play for one night only

Stereophonic will release an original cast recording produced by Playwrights Horizons and featuring original songs by Academy Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Will Butler.

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures has announced the development of a new Broadway musical Crazy Rich Asians, based on the bestselling trilogy by Kevin Kwan.

Emmy Award winner Kit Connor of Heartstopper fame and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler will lead a new production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, directed by Sam Gold, featuring music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh. 

Principal casting for Encores! Titanic, the final production of the 30th Encores! series has been announced. Casting includes Andrew Durand, Conrad Ricamora, and Chip Zien.

The ART's world-premiere musical Gatsby, an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel announced it's full casting.

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will return to Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at Manhattan Theatre Club, Plus Eureka Day and Vladimir are added to MTC's season

Nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced today

Maia Novi’s Invasive Species will invade the stage for an Off-Broadway limited engagement at The Vineyard’s Dimson Theater.

A new production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, has announced its cast, theatre, and dates. The play will feature 28 actors led by Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, and Katie Holmes.

Full casting for the highly anticipated Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie has been announced.

The Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert will return to Times Square on April 20th.

Trisha Paytas is headed to Broadway to star in Chicago The Musical, some news that could only come out on today's date!

Shen Yun will reopen The Palace on Broadway this month, news that could only come out today!

PAC has announced initial casting for Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” inspired by the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Casting includes Shereen Pimentel, Antwayn Hopper, André De Shields and more!

Ariana DeBose will return to host The 77th Annual Tony Awards for the third time, from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16th.

amie Lloyd’s much anticipated Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard will play the St. James Theatre, with preview performances beginning Saturday, September 28 ahead of a Sunday, October 20 opening night. 

Following its sold-out engagements in London, Julia Masli: Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha will begin its U.S. Premiere this May at The Soho Playhouse in NYC.

Bernadette Peters will host this year’s 10th annual Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival for NYC Public Schools on Monday, March 25th.

Geffen Playhouse has announced the six productions that will make up the 2024/2025 season lineup. The productions will include Waiting for Godot, Noises Off, and more.

Illinoise, the theatrical adaptation of Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ concept album will be transtering to the St James Theatre this spring.

Dee Roscioli will board the ship of dreams as Céline Dion in the Lortel Award-winning Best Musical Titanique.

Ben Platt will be playing an exclusive concert residency at Broadway’s recently refurbished Palace Theatre this May.

Emmy & Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will return to the stage in Kristin: an Evening With Friends for Todd, a special benefit concert in honor of Todd Haimes.

Theatrely's coverage of the 2024 Olivier Award nominations.

The Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be closing on May 5th.

Ava Pickett has been awarded The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize,the largest and oldest international award recognizing women+ who have written works of outstanding quality for the English-speaking theatre, for her play 1536.

The cast and creative team of the world premiere musical, The Preacher's Wife, have been announced. The cast will include Amber Riley And Loretta Devine.

Chicago The Musical has just announced that Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder will return to the cell block in the role of Velma Kelly beginning Tuesday, March 26th.

HBO will debut comedian Alex Edelman’s solo show Alex Edelman: Just For Us this April, following its critically acclaimed Broadway run.

Days of Wine and Roses will now play its final performance on Sunday, March 31st.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will take the stage to star in Shakespeare’s Othello on Broadway next season.

The Broadway revival of Spamalot is wrapping up sooner than expected. Its final performance at the St. James Theatre is set for Sunday, April 4, 2024. A national tour is set to launch in fall of 2025. 

RUTKA, a powerful new indie-rock musical adapted from Rutka’s Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust, will make its world premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park this upcoming fall. 

The UK première of I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley will open at Southwark Playhouse in the UK this summer.

Little Shop of Horrors announces both Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss will be joining the cast.

Jinkx Monsoon will be heading over to the Westside Theatre to star as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will star as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway in Fall 2024.

Forbidden Broadway will, at long last, make its Broadway debut this summer with Forbidden Broadway on Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song, directed by creator Gerard Alessandrini.

The complete Broadway casting for "Patriots" has now been announced.

Michael Stuhlbarg will return to Broadway in Peter Morgans new play: Patriots.

Critically acclaimed Slave Play will have its UK premiere this year.

The complete casting for the Broadway premiere of the new musical Hell’s Kitchen has now been announced.

Chelsea Clinton attended The White Chip Off Broadway on behalf of the Clinton Foundation.

Theatrely got a exclusive first listen to the song Run In The Rain from the concept album of the new immersive electro-swing musical Whisper Darkly

Due to popular demand, Alan Cumming will bring his solo show, Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, to Studio 54 for a second night.

Initial casting for the 15th Anniversary concert of the original West End production of the Tony, Olivier and Grammy award-winning musical Spring Awakening has been announced.

Vanessa Williams will play the iconic role of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada in London this Fall.

The highly anticipated hip-hop theater production, Syncing Ink will begin performances on May 7th, 2024, at The Apollo’s newest space located in the revitalized Victoria Theater.

A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical will play its final performance on June 30th 2024 before embarking on a North American Tour launching this fall in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bartlett Sher will direct a one-night-only staged reading of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Lincoln Center Theater, featuring original cast members.

The highly-celebrated alumni star of Joseph, Donny Osmond returns to play Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Edinburgh Playhouse in the UK.

Ella Beatty will be making her Broadway debut as River in the critically acclaimed hit play, Appropriate.

Christian Borle, Krysta Rodriguez, and Ephraim Sykes announced for the Kennedy Centers Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie in Washington DC.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center in collaboration with Grind Arts Company will present a bold new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park With George starring Graham Phillips and Talia Suskauer.

The full cast for the Broadway premiere of the acclaimed new musical "The Great Gatsby," starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, has been announced.

The first live theatrical Dungeons & Dragons experience is coming to New York City this spring in The Twenty Sided Tavern.

Complete casting for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Prologue Company has been announced.

There will be an original cast recording of MCC Theater’s acclaimed world premiere production of The Connector

Adrienne Warren, Max von Essen, and Jessica Vosk will perform in The New York Pops 2024-2025 season at Carnegie Hall.

The critically-acclaimed Second Stage Theater production of Appropriate starring Sarah Paulson will transfer to the Belasco Theater for a limited 13-week engagement.

Angelica Chéri's Gun & Powder will star Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renée, Jeannette Bayardelle, Aaron James McKenzie, and Hunter Parrish at Paper Mill Playhouse this April.

Damon Daunno and Taylor Iman Jones will lead The Lonely Few at MCC Theater this spring.

Two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon will return in the role of Matron “Mama” Morton for a limited run in Chicago.

The full creative team for Cats: “The Jellicle Ball'' at the Perelman Performance Arts Center has been announced.

Todrick Hall has been announced to play Sean in Burlesque the Musical, the first ever stage adaptation of Steven Antin’s movie Burlesque.

Andrew Barth Feldman, Krysta Rodriguez, Gracie Lawrence and More to star in 13: The Musical as a benefit concert for the Barbra Barth Feldman Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 at Lawrence Woodmere Academy on Long Island.

Scarlett Dreams will have its world premiere at Greenwich House Theatre this April. The cast will include Brittany Bellizeare, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Caroline Lellouche, and Borris Anthony York.

A limited number of seats for The Notebook will be available via Digital Lottery and in person Rush.

My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) will be calling off its Broadway Run at the Lyceum Theater. Performances were set to begin later this month on February 27th.

Performances for the strictly limited five-week engagement of The Queen of Versailles are set to begin at Boston’s historic Emerson Colonial Theatre this summer.

THE TANK, will present Olivia Ormond in Call Me Crazy at The Tank on February 13th at 9:30pm.

Witches!? In Salem?! will perform at HERE Arts Center in New York City, March 16th through March 30th.

Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis, and More Announced for Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen on Broadway

Roundabout's production Doubt started rehearsals today.

The pre-Broadway world premiere stage adaptation of Prince’s legendary film and album, Purple Rain, will take place in Prince’s hometown, Minneapolis, MN, in Spring 2025.

Tom Holland will play Romeo in director Jamie Lloyd’s new West End production of Romeo & Juliet, which will play at the Duke of York’s theatre for 12 weeks starting May 11th.

The Grammy Awards has honored Some Like It Hot with the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album

STILL Starring Jayne Atkinson and Tim Daly has been announced to begin performances at the DR2 Theatre this spring.

Beginning March 11th 2024, the role of Sally Bowles will be played by actress and model Cara Delevingne alongside Luke Treadaway as The Emcee.

Casting for the newly reimagined Broadway production of The Who’s TOMMY has been announced.

Teachers Night on Broadway returned last night as 500 New York City public school educators attended a performance of How to Dance in Ohio.

Sara Bareilles and Sarah Ruhl will team up for a new musical - The Interestings - based off the bestselling book.

April Matthis, Susan Pourfar, Lily Santiago, and Brenda Wehle will join Academy Award nominee & Critics Choice Award Winner Rachel McAdams in Amy Herzogs Mary Jane.

Noah J. Ricketts, Samantha Pauly, Eric Anderson & More Join Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada in the Cast for the Broadway Premiere of The Great Gatsby

A Beautiful Noise will have open call auditions at the Bitter End, the same venue Neil Diamond got his start at and is depicted in the show.

Roundabout Theatre Company will officially rename its home on Broadway as the Todd Haimes Theatre.

Broadway Bares, the Jaw-Dropping Evening of Tantalizing Danceand Seductive Striptease Returns to NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom

Brynolf & Ljung will star in Stalker which will open Monday, April 1st Off-Broadway at New World Stages.

Mary Kate Morrissey, Alexandra Socha, Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie, and more join the Broadway cast of Wicked.

Legacy: An Evening with Maria Friedman will play at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre on March 4th, 2024.

Ramin Karimloo, Judy Kuhn, Brandon Uranowtiz, and more announced for Encores! Titanic, the final production of the 30th Encores!

Samantha Hurley’s I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire have been acquired by Concord Theatricals

Broadway advertising agency AKA launched The Arts Insider. A new content creator platform tailored specifically for the arts and entertainment enthusiasts, this announcement is the first of its kind for an industry historically behind the times in the digital space. Its members will have exclusive and inside access to Broadway shows, arts and culture institutions, destination-based entertainment and more to produce unique content for their followings, a total which equals over 6.2 million.

Gutenberg! The Musical! not only recouped its investment but also will receive a cast recording.

Complete casting for Lempicka has now been announced.

A newly-reimagined North American tour of Beauty and the Beast will launch in June 2025.