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Epstein Files: Julie Taymor Denies Knowledge Of Arranging ‘The Lion King’ Musical Tickets For Sex Offender While He Was In Jail
EXCLUSIVE: Julie Taymor, the celebrated film and theater director, has denied any knowledge of helping arrange tickets to The Lion King musical for Jeffrey Epstein while he was serving time in a Florida jail.
Taymor told Deadline that she was unaware that a member of her staff had secured the…
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By Jake Kanter
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‘Mamma Mia!’, ‘Liberation’ End Runs On High Notes; ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Stays On Top – Broadway Box Office
Broadway said its goodbyes to Mamma Mia! and Liberation Sunday, with both productions getting a boost at the box office last week from last chancers scooping up tickets before the February 1 closings.
The revival of Mamma Mia! took in a big $1,821,528 for its final week, a bump of $392,259 over…
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By Greg Evans
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‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Rounds Out Broadway Cast For March Opening
UPDATE, with complete cast: Producers of Broadway’s upcoming Dog Day Afternoon announced today they have rounded out the cast: Joining the previously announced Jon Bernthal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, John Ortiz, Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett will be Michael Kostroff (The Wire), Elizabeth Canavan (Betwee…
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By Greg Evans
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‘The Outsiders’ Original Broadway Cast Members Set Final Performance Dates
Nine original cast members of Broadway hit musical The Outsiders will leave the show in March, producers have announced.
The Tony-winning musical began previews at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 16, 2024, opening April 11 that year.
Playing final performances in March (replacements…
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By Greg Evans
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Takes Musical Theater Grammy Over Frontrunner ‘Maybe Happy Ending’
Buena Vista Social Club, the much-lauded Havana-set Broadway musical inspired by the groundbreaking 1997 album of the same name, added another laurel to its credit today: The cast album, produced by Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, took home the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater…
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By Greg Evans
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Woodie King Jr. Dies: ‘The Renaissance Man of Black Theater’ Who Advocated For Onstage Representation Was 88
Woodie King Jr., the theater actor, director and producer, who advocated for Black onstage representation, has died. He was 88.
The New Federal Theatre (NFT), his company dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black and other underrepresented artists, announced that King died January 29 of…
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By Glenn Garner
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Breaking Baz: How ‘The Full Monty’ Alum Mark Addy Is Poised To Become The West End’s Unlikeliest Musical Star In ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry’
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Addy (The Full Monty, Game of Thrones) says that starring in a new musical was not something he'd ever imagined doing — that is, until he was sent The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
"I read it and fell in love with the story," says Addy of the show based on Rachel Joyce's…
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Broadway’s ‘Rocky Horror’ Casts Rachel Dratch, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Durand, Juliette Lewis, Amber Gray, Harvey Guillén, Josh Rivera & Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Luke Evans won’t be doing the Time Warp alone this spring: Broadway’s Roundabout Theatre Company has announced additional cast for The Rocky Horror Show. Joining the previously announced Evans will be Rachel Dratch, Andrew Durand, Amber Gray, Harvey Guillén, Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Josh Rivera…
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By Greg Evans
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Leguizamo, Constance Wu & More Set For ‘People’s Filibuster’ Anti-ICE Protest
Following the recent ICE killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti, Renee Good and Keith Porter Jr., the NYC theater community is coming together in protest.
On Saturday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., The Public Theater will host “The People’s Filibuster”, a non-ticketed, live-streamed event on the steps of…
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By Glenn Garner
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Broadway’s Woodstock? New Three-Day Summer Outdoor Festival Draws Big-Name Stage Stars
A first-of-its-kind three-day outdoor music festival celebrating Broadway and featuring a large roster of big-name stage talent including Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara, Christopher Jackson, James Monroe Iglehart, Casey Likes, Eva Noblezada and Adrienne Warren is set for this August in Kingston, NY…
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By Greg Evans
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Winter Storm Chills Broadway While Weather-Proof Jonathan Groff Warms Up ‘Just In Time’ – Box Office
Ten inches of snow and freeze-your-assets-off temperatures stung Broadway over the weekend, forcing cancellations and box office drops for some shows by the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In all, 10 of the 31 Broadway productions canceled at least one weekend performance due to the weather…
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By Greg Evans
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‘The Outsiders’ Recoups $22 Million Broadway Capitalization, An Increasingly Rare Feat
The Outsiders, the Tony-winning stage musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel and Francis Ford Coppola's film version, has recouped its $22 million capitalization, an increasingly rare feat for new Broadway musicals.
The recoupment, reached during the week ending December 28…
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By Greg Evans
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