Broadway News & Features

Find out the latest Broadway news on New York Theatre Guide. Read all about Broadway shows, cast updates, new Broadway seasons, extra performances, and show closures.

Subscribe to our New York Theatre Guide newsletter to stay up to date on Broadway news.

  • The Lincoln center has announced the complete cast for their upcoming Broadway revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein�S South Pacific which will play at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre from 1 Mar - 22 Jun 2008. Sean Cullen, Victor Hawks, Luka Kain, Li Jun Li, Laurissa Romain, Thomas G. Waites and Noah Weisberg, join the previously announced Kelli O�Hara as Ensign Nellie Forbush, Paulo Szot as Emile de Becque, Loretta Ables Sayre as Bloody Mary, Matthew Morrison as Lt. Joseph Cable and Danny Burstein...

  • Sierra Boggess assumes the lead female role of 'Christine Daae' on 21 Jan 2013 in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history. Boggess, who is assuming the role from Marni Raab, is joining the cast just in time for the show's 25th anniversary which the production will celebrate on 26 Jan 2013. Boggess has been specifically chosen by the creative team to join the cast in time for the production becoming the first Broadway show ever to celebrate...

  • The full cast has been announced for Peter Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play Equus, opening at the Boardhurst Theatre on 25 Sep 2008, following previews from 5 Sep and running through to 4 Feb 2009. Joining the previously announced Richard Griffiths, Daniel Radcliffe and Kate Mulgrew in Equus are Anna Camp, Carolyn McCormick, Lorenzo Pisoni, T. Ryder Smith, Graeme Malcolm and Sandra Shipley, along with Collin Baja, Tyrone Jackson, Spencer Liff, Adesola Osakalumi and Marc Spaulding. Daniel...

  • Producers of Broadway's hit musical Wicked have announced new principal casting from July 31, 2017, at the Gershwin Theatre.Jackie Burns returns to the lead role of Elphaba. She made her Broadway debut in the 2009 revival of 'Hair' and also appeared in the 2014 Broadway premiere of 'If/Then.' She previously starred as Elphaba on Broadway from September 2011 to February 2013, as well as on the National Tour. She also starred in the lead role of Elizabeth on the National Tour of 'If/Then.'Amanda...

  • 'Glee' and 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' TV star Nene Leakes makes her Broadway debut tonight, when she replaces The View's Sherri Shepherd as the wicked stepmother, Madame, in the company of Rodgers and Hammerstein's  Cinderella, at the Broadway Theatre. She will continue in the production until its final performance on 3 January 2015. Nene Leakes is perhaps best known as a Reality TV star on Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta', as well as playing the recurring character of Coach...
  • Mergatroyd Productions presents Tam Lin: A Halloween Tale of Magic & Seduction, by N.G. McClernan, at Theater Five from the 8 - 30 Oct 2005. Tam Lin is based on the Scottish folk ballad 'Tam Lin' and tells the story of Janet, the headstrong daughter of a Scottish warlord, who runs away from home to escape an arranged marriage. She ends up in the Forest of Carterhaugh, which is haunted by the ghostly young Tam Lin. Janet meets and falls in love with Tam Lin, but must return home again when Tam...

  • As Cameron Mackintosh's revival of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables enters its second year on Broadway, producers have announced upcoming changes to the cast: New additions, who will begin performances on 3 March 2015, include Tony and Oliver Award nominee Gavin Lee (Thenardier), Erika Henningsen (Fantine), Rachel Izen (Madame Thenardier), Brennyn Lark (Eponine), Chris McCarrell (Marius) and Wallace Smith (Enjolras). Tony nominee Ramin...

  • Christina Applegate, the star of the upcoming Broadway production of Sweet Charity, broke her foot during a performance of the musical Friday, 11 March in Chicago. The show was playing its second of three pre-Broadway engagements there at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Christina Applegate's doctors are optimistic that she will be able to return to the show in time for the first preview performance at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, where the musical opens on the 21 Apr 2005 Christina...

  • Broadway's hit musical Wicked will welcome new principals next month to join current stars Rachel Tucker (Elphaba) and Jonah Platt (Fiyero) at the Gershwin Theatre.Beginning 2 February, the cast will include Carrie St. Louis (Glinda), Peter Scolari (The Wizard), Dawn E. Cantwell (Nessarose), Michael Genet (Dr. Dillamond) and Zachary Noah Piser (Boq).In addition, two-time Tony Award winner Judy Kaye assumes the role of Madame Morrible from 16 February (with Kathy Fitzgerald covering the role...

  • Dee Snider, frontman for the 80's rock band "Twisted Sister," stars as 'Dennis' in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages from 11 Dec 2010. Snider assumes the role of 'Dennis' from original cast member Adam Dannheisser. Dee Snider, is making his Broadway debut in the role of 'Dennis,' for an 11-week limited engagement from 11 Oct - 24 Dec 2010 at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre. While perhaps best known as the lead singer of 80's "Twisted Sister," Dee Snider can also claim credit as the writer of their...

Subscribe to our newsletter to unlock exclusive New York theatre updates!

Special offers, reviews and release dates for the best shows in town.

You can unsubscribe at any time. Privacy Policy