Expected to open in the spring of 2025, Kenny Leon will be directing, and Brian Anthony Moreland will be producing the Shakespearean drama, Othello. Still in the process of casting, the three main roles will be played by Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Molly Osborne. Originally performed in 1604, Leon is reviving this play which is predicted […]
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The Lion King is a Broadway masterpiece (Op-Ed)
Broadway’s stage adaptation of Disney’s The Lion King is one of their longest-running performances, and it’s not difficult to understand why. The Lion King is one of few musicals to be comprised of only animal characters. With this, comes the requirement that everything on stage resembles the African wilderness as realistically as possible. While doing […]
Broadway is turning more hit series and movies into musicals…and I’m about to lose it (Op-Ed)
According to playbill.com, many upcoming musicals are ‘in the works’. While some of these are arguably understandable, Disney’s hit “Coco”, for instance, others are borderline ridiculous. These include the sitcom “The Nanny”, the classic “The Karate Kid”, and the cult classic “The Lost Boys.” And I thought a Mean Girls musical was migraine-inducing. Redoing something […]
Robert Downey Jr. to make exciting Broadway debut shows his range as an actor. (Op-Ed)
Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in the new Ayad Akhtar play McNeal, directed by Bartlett Sher. The Lincoln Center Theater production will run from September 5 through November 24 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Downey Jr. will play Jacob McNeal, a “perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature,” […]
Even though he is everywhere, Lin Manuel Miranda is an excellent songwriter (Op-Ed)
It would seem that Lin-Manuel Miranda is now omnipresent. From his iconic role in the revolutionary musical “Hamilton” to his cameos in popular TV shows like “Percy Jackson,” his impact on mainstream culture is immense. But Miranda’s skill is most on display in the world of musical theater. “Hamilton,” a groundbreaking masterwork that has reimagined […]
Did Mean Girls (2024) do the Broadway adaptation justice? (Op-Ed)
We are in the golden age of well-loved Broadway classics getting their chance to shine on the big screen after years on The Great White Way. With releases such as “Mamma Mia”, “Hairspray” and “ Les Misérables”, capturing the hearts of theater enthusiasts while “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Cats” admittedly didn’t live up to the […]
Mean Girls, the 2024 adaptation has arrived to a theater near you
“Mean Girls,” the 2024 musical adaptation has officially hit theaters and fans are raving for it. Tina Fey wrote the original film in 2004 that starred Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfriend, and Lacey Chabert. The movie became a huge hit, and Fey brought the idea to Broadway in 2018 as a musical that starred […]
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” star Lola Tung is set to take over the role of Eurydice in “Hadestown”
Lola Tung is set to make her Broadway Debut February 9 as she takes over the role of Eurydice in “Hadestown.” This news comes after the announcement that Solea Pfeiffer, who is currently playing Eurydice, will make her final performance in the show February 4. The show itself has won 8 Tony awards, including best […]
Kit Kat Club revealed its cast for the Broadway Revival of Cabaret
Last year, the West End’s Kit Kat Club announced their revival of Cabaret would have performances on Broadway starting this spring (April 2024); they have now announced their cast, which includes the return of Tony and Olivier Award winner Eddie Redmayne as The Emcee, and Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles, along with some interesting new faces. One […]
Purple Rain heads to Broadway as a musical
Theater producer Orin Wolf, known for previous successful movie adaptations like The Band’s Visit to the Stage and Buena Vista Social Club, revealed on Monday that he would be adapting Prince’s 1984 film and album. Directing the musical will be the Tony-award-winning theater director Lileana Blain-Cruz. L. Londell McMillan and Larry Mestel, founder and CEO […]
Actor Daniel Dae Kim is starring on Broadway’s “Yellow Face”
Actor Daniel Dae Kim is now making his mark on Broadway; the Lost and Hawaii Five-o star is appearing in David Henry Hwang’s play “Yellow Face”. “Yellow Face” was first shown in 2007 by Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, the play revolved around a playwright known as DHH who protested the casting of a […]
Jonathan Bennett will debut on Broadway during the revival of “Spamalot”
You may know Jonathan Bennett as an actor from his portrayal of Aaron Samuels in “Mean Girls” (2004), his Hallmark movies, his many roles on TV as a host on “Cupcake Wars”, and even as a contestant in “Celebrity Big Brother”; now he takes on Broadway. On Wednesday, the team behind Monty Python’s “Spamalot” announced […]
