The Broadway phenomenon Hadestown is going way down (under). Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed musical will open at Theatre Royal Sydney in Sydney, Australia in February 2025.
Eva Noblezada, André De Shields and Reeve Carney in "Hadestown." (Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway in Gypsy. The production, in which McDonald will take on the central role of Rose, will begin previews on Nov. 21 and open on Dec. 19 at the Majestic Theatre, becoming the first production to play there since the April 2023 closing of The Phantom of the Opera. Tony winner George C. Wolfe will direct and Tony nominee Camille A. Brown will choreograph the revival.
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'Harmony' has been in the making for 25 years. On Thursday, Ghostlight Records exclusively shared the first single from 80-year-old Manilow's upcoming Broadway production Harmony with PEOPLE before it releases everywhere Friday.
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This new production, which had a 10-day run in May at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, will be the musical’s first Broadway revival. Previews are scheduled to begin Oct. 31, and the opening is set for Nov. 16 at the St. James Theater. The executive producer will be Jeffrey Finn, who is the Kennedy Center’s vice president of theater producing and programming.
Jeremy Daniel
The Australian pop artist will play Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, alongside Tony nominee Phillip Boykin, who is joining the hit musical as Hades … Hadestown, written entirely by Anaïs Mitchell, has enjoyed a wildly successful rise since it first debuted in 2006. The show arrived off-Broadway in 2016, then played in Edmonton and London before officially debuting on Broadway in 2019. It was an immediate hit, winning eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score for Mitchell, and Best Direction of a Musical for Rachel Chavkin.
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The Heart of Rock & Roll has a book by Jonathan Abrams and a score of Huey Lewis hits, including “The Heart of Rock and Roll,” “Hip to be Square,” “Power of Love,” “Do You Believe in Love?,” “If This Is It,” “Doing It All for My Baby,” “Stuck with You,” "I Want a New Drug,” “It’s Alright,” and “Heart and Soul.” The musical, which is aiming for a 2024 Broadway bow, is produced by Hunter Arnold and Tyler Mitchell. General managers are David Richards and Danielle Karliner Naish at RCI.
Jonah Platt, Katie Rose Clarke, Tamika Lawrence, and Manu Narayan
Following a world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, producers behind “A Transparent Musical” have announced their intention to bring the production to Broadway in 2024. Amazon Studios produced the Los Angeles engagement in partnership with Center Theatre Group and Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price. The musical opened in Los Angeles on May 23 and ran through June 25.
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Newell takes the prize for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their performance in Shucked.
Alex Newell (Heather Gershonowitz)
The new Broadway musical is a reimagining of “Romeo and Juliet” and has received several Tony Award nominations.
… the performance before a national audience was just the latest tradition-bucking move for Shucked, the seemingly out-of-nowhere musical that capped a months-long campaign for recognition – any recognition – with its garnering of no fewer than nine Tony Award nominations on May 2, nominations that included Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Direction and, for both Newell and actor Kevin Cahoon, Best Featured Actor/Musical.
Mike Bosner, 'Shucked'. Courtesy/Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman
Introduced in 2004 by the the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the awards recognize role models to LGBTQ+ youth.
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Casting has been announced for the actors playing The Harmonists, the real-life musical group at the center of the musical “Harmony.”
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Director-choreographer Warren Carlyle reveals to Broadway News, exclusively, what to expect.
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"“Harmony,” a musical about a German singing group upended by the rise of Nazism, will finally open on Broadway this fall with songs by Barry Manilow and his longtime collaborator, Bruce Sussman.
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Non-binary and gender nonconforming actors are able to select between the gendered categories, and Newell tells Variety they ultimately wanted to be considered for supporting actor.
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Enjoy “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” Mocha Java, “Corn Is As High As An Elephant’s Eye” Sweet Corn and “Little Brown Maverick” Bacon Chocolate Chip.
