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The Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicidewhen-the-rainbow-is-enuf" target="_blank">for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf</a> will be extended by two weeks after setting an early closing. Last week, the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/for-colored-girls-sets-early-broadway-closing-date" target="_blank">show announced it would close on May 22</a> after originally being scheduled to close on August 14. Now, the show will run through June 5 at Broadway's <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/booth-theatre" target="_blank">Booth Theatre</a>.The original news of the early closure sparked a grassroots movement on social media to support the production. Theatre journalist Ayanna Prescod<a href="https://twitter.com/AyannaPrescod/status/1521959038602391553" target="_blank"> tweeted an offer</a> to buy a pair of tickets for a woman of color to see a show, which prompted others to do the same and eventually grew into an official ticket donation campaign.for colored girls&nbsp;is also the recipient of seven <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/2022-tony-award-nominees-announced-a-strange-loop-leads" target="_blank">2022 Tony Award nominations</a>, making it the second-most nominated play of the season. The show was nominated for Best Revival of a Play, and director/choreographer Camille A. Brown received dual nominations for Best Direction of a Play and Best Choreography.Kenita R. Miller also received a nomination for playing the Lady in Red. The cast also includes&nbsp;Amara Granderson as Lady in Orange, Tendayi Kuumba as Lady in Brown, Okwui Okpokwasili as Lady in Green, Stacey Sargeant as Lady in Blue, Alexandria Wailes as Lady in Purple, and D. Woods as Lady in Yellow.for colored girls&nbsp;is a choreopoem — a blend of poetry, music, dance, and dialogue — that showcases diverse stories and experiences of Black womanhood. The show explores Black female pain, joy, and everything in between, and ultimately celebrates the sisterhood between Black women.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicidewhen-the-rainbow-is-enuf" target="_blank">Get&nbsp;for colored girls&nbsp;tickets now.</a>

'for colored girls' extends to June 5 on Broadway

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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf

The Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be extended by two weeks after setting an early closing. Last week, the show announced it would close on May 22 after originally being...

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The show had previously announced an early closing on May 22.

Emmy Award winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough have been named hosts of&nbsp;The Tony Awards: Act One, an hourlong preshow special that will air before the Tony Awards ceremony on June 12.&nbsp;Act One&nbsp;will stream exclusively on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. before the Tony Awards ceremony is broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+ at 8 p.m. from Radio City Music Hall.Criss is currently starring in David Mamet's&nbsp;American Buffalo&nbsp;on Broadway, which received four 2022 Tony nominations including Best Play Revival. Hough is starring in&nbsp;POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive&nbsp;on Broadway alongside 2022 Tony nominees Rachel Dratch and Julie White. Criss and Hough are also known from their TV appearances on&nbsp;Glee&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dancing With the Stars, respectively.The pair will present some of the Tony Awards and introduce performances by other actors, who have yet to be announced. Academy Award winner <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/ariana-debose-to-host-2022-tony-awards" target="_blank">Ariana DeBose will then host the Tony Awards</a> broadcast as previously announced.See a <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/2022-tony-award-nominees-announced-a-strange-loop-leads" target="_blank">full list of the 2022 Tony nominees</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/2022-tony-nominees-react" target="_blank">read their reactions to their nominations</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/tony-awards-guide-how-to-watch-nominees-and-more" target="_blank">Find out more about the Tony Awards ceremony broadcast and how to watch it</a>.

Darren Criss and Julianne Hough to host 'The Tony Awards: Act One'

Darren Criss and Julianne Hough

Emmy Award winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough have been named hosts of The Tony Awards: Act One, an hourlong preshow special that will air before the Tony Awards ceremony on June 12. Act One will stream exclusively on Paramount+ at 7 p.m. before...

The special will stream exclusively on Paramount+ on June 12.

Don't lose your head! A new block of tickets is on sale for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/six" target="_blank">Six</a>&nbsp;on Broadway, with tickets available for performances through November 20. The show is currently nominated for eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.Six&nbsp;has played at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/brooks-atkinson-theatre" target="_blank">Brooks Atkinson Theatre</a>&nbsp;since February 2020. The show contemporizes the six wives of Henry VIII as a singing group. They perform songs, inspired by modern pop icons, about who got the worst treatment from the king as part of a competition to determine who'll lead their band. The <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/six-broadway-review-a-%E2%80%98one-of-a-kind-no-category%E2%80%99-musical" target="_blank">five-star New York Theatre Guide review of&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/six-broadway-review-a-%E2%80%98one-of-a-kind-no-category%E2%80%99-musical" target="_blank">Six</a>&nbsp;calls the show "pure musical theatre elation for a pop-packed 75 minutes."The show was created by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, whose music is nominated for Best Original Score at this year's Tonys. Moss and co-director Jamie Armitage are also nominated for Best Direction of a Musical.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/six" target="_blank">Get&nbsp;Six&nbsp;tickets now.</a>

'Six' releases new block of Broadway tickets

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SIX on Broadway

Don't lose your head! A new block of tickets is on sale for Six on Broadway, with tickets available for performances through November 20. The show is currently nominated for eight Tony Awards including Best Musical.

The show is nominated for eight 2022 Tony Awards.

The <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/2022-tony-award-nominees-announced-a-strange-loop-leads" target="_blank">2022 Tony nominations</a> are here, recognizing the best and the brightest of the 2021-22 Broadway season. Lots of shows got to have their long-awaited, triumphant openings after being postponed by the pandemic, and many more fully new plays and musicals hit the Broadway stage for the first time. Multiple 2022 Tony nominees finished their runs in the fall, but with so many show openings this spring, there are still plenty of Tony-nominated Broadway shows you can catch on stage right now.Now, before the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/tony-awards-guide-how-to-watch-nominees-and-more" target="_blank">2022 Tony Awards ceremony on June 12</a>, is the best time to get your seats, before these shows become Tony Award winners and become even hotter tickets. Here are all the Tony Award-nominated shows you can see on Broadway right now.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/whats-on/broadway/tony-nominees" target="_blank">Get tickets to a Tony nominee on New York Theatre Guide.</a><h2>A Strange Loop</h2>With a host of Off-Broadway trophies and a Pulitzer Prize under its belt already, it's no wonder that&nbsp;A Strange Loop&nbsp;now leads the pack of Tony nominees with 11 nods. Michael R. Jackson wrote this musical about the process of writing this musical, swapping himself out for a main character named Usher. The young, Black, gay musical writer grapples with his own self-destructive thoughts as he tries to succeed in an unforgiving world. Among a&nbsp;A Strange Loop's nominations are Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and three acting nominations: for Broadway newcomer Jaquel Spivey as Usher, and two of the Thoughts: L Morgan Lee (the first openly transgender performer to get a Tony nomination for acting) and John-Andrew Morrison.<h2>MJ The Musical</h2>Trailing Michael R. Jackson in nominations is, well, Michael Jackson.&nbsp;MJ The Musical, the bio-musical about the life and songs of the King of Pop, snagged 10, including Best Musical. Christopher Wheeldon was nominated for both Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography, becoming one of only a few people to receive multiple nominations this year. And Myles Frost, in his Broadway debut, got a Best Leading Actor nomination for transforming into Jackson as he rehearsed rigorously for his 1992 Dangerous World Tour.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/mj-the-musical" target="_blank">Get&nbsp;MJ The Musical tickets now.</a><h2>Paradise Square</h2>With a 40-person ensemble and plenty of high-stepping dancing,&nbsp;Paradise Square&nbsp;brought a little slice of mega-musical paradise to Broadway and earned 10 Tony nominations for doing so. This show about the Irish immigrants and free Blacks that lived in harmony at a Lower Manhattan tavern in 1863, and the Draft Riots that threatened to tear their relationships apart, was nominated for Best Musical, Best Choreography, Best Book, Best Score, and more. Leading lady Joaquina Kalukango also got a nod for her fiery performance; the New York Theatre Guide review praised her voice as "an embarrassment of riches."<h2>Company</h2>Phone rings, door chimes, in comes&nbsp;Company&nbsp;with nine 2022 Tony nominations! Tony-nominated director Marianne Elliott reimagined Stephen Sondheim's classic musical about a 35-year-old bachelor with a bachelorette instead, and she saw the rewards: The show got a Best Musical Revival nomination and lots of design nominations. Plus, Matt Doyle is nominated for Best Featured Actor, and two actresses are in the running for Best Featured Actress: two-time Tony winner <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/patti-lupone" target="_blank">Patti LuPone</a> as Joanne (who previously won an Olivier Award for playing her role in Company&nbsp;in London) and Jennifer Simard as Sarah.<h2>Six</h2>This "one of a kind, no category" musical got eight Tony nominations for bringing an infectious blend of pop and feminism to Broadway. This show reimagines Henry VIII's six wives as a pop girl group who are competing to be the lead singer. But right now,&nbsp;Six&nbsp;is competing to be Best Musical, a great feat for a musical written by two then-college students! Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss also got a nomination for Best Score, and Moss — one of the youngest female directors in Broadway history — jointly got a Best Direction nomination with Jamie Armitage.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/six" target="_blank">Get&nbsp;Six tickets now.</a><h2>for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf</h2>Ntozake Shange's&nbsp;for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, a series of poems and dances about the Black female experience, was groundbreaking when it premiered in 1976. The seven 2022 Tony nominations for its first Broadway revival prove the show has stood the test of time. Director/choreographer Camille A. Brown got doubly nominated in both those categories, and she's also the first Black female director/choreographer on Broadway in nearly 70 years.&nbsp;for colored girls&nbsp;also got nominated for Best Play, and it's only running through May 22, so now's the time to catch it.<h2>Girl From The North Country</h2>Girl From The North Country&nbsp;has a tight connection to the Tony Award voters' hearts, as the show earned seven nominations. Conor McPherson got a nomination for directing, and for writing the original story that accompanies a lush score of Bob Dylan's music. The poignant&nbsp;Girl From The North Country&nbsp;— a Best Musical nominee — centers on the owners and patrons at a Duluth, Minnesota inn and the ways they change each other's lives when their paths cross in unexpected ways.&nbsp;Girl From The North Country&nbsp;is playing a limited run on Broadway through June 11.<h2>The Music Man</h2>Sound the seventy-six trombones to celebrate&nbsp;The Music Man's six Tony nominations in 2022! Stars <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/hugh-jackman" target="_blank">Hugh Jackman</a> and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/sutton-foster" target="_blank">Sutton Foster</a> got Best Lead Actor and Actress nods, respectively, and the show also got a Best Musical Revival nomination. The story of a con man whose plan to swindle an Iowa town gets complicated when he falls in love with the local librarian (who falls for him back) has been revived on Broadway more than once, but The Music Man's nominations show that the musical is timeless, especially with stars like Jackman and Foster leading the big parade.<h2>The Skin of Our Teeth</h2>The Skin of Our Teeth&nbsp;barreled onto Broadway with the force of a biblical flood, and this experimental, convention-breaking production earned six nods under the direction of Tony nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz. Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play follows the Antrobus family as they persevere through an ice age, a flood, and a war over the course of many centuries — and in a testament to human endurance, they're still here. As the Antrobuses's maid Sabina, Gabby Beans earned a Best Leading Actress in a play nomination.<h2>Hangmen</h2>The Broadway bow of&nbsp;Hangmen&nbsp;looked like it was dead back in 2020, but it came back in 2022 and got five nominations. Oscar winner Martin McDonagh's dark comedy follows Britain's second-best hangman, Harry, who's running a pub now that hanging has been abolished. He has to deal with cub reporters and locals who want to hear his reaction — and Mooney, a mysterious Londoner with a different motive.&nbsp;Hangmen&nbsp;got a Best Play nomination, and David Threlfall (as Harry) and&nbsp;Game of Thrones&nbsp;star Alfie Allen (as Mooney) both got acting nods.<h2>Mr. Saturday Night</h2>Live from New York, it's <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/billy-crystal" target="_blank">Billy Crystal</a> in&nbsp;Mr. Saturday Night! He got a Tony nomination for reprising his role as Buddy Young Jr. in the stage adaptation of his 1992 film, and the show itself rounds out the Best Musical nominees.&nbsp;Mr. Saturday Night&nbsp;sees Buddy decades past his prime, when he gets one sudden, final chance at fame and at rebuilding his strained relationships with his loved ones. See this show for some good old-fashioned musical comedy, featuring plenty of Crystal in his stand-up element.<h2>American Buffalo</h2>Oscar winner <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/sam-rockwell" target="_blank">Sam Rockwell</a> is adding more to his awards resume, as he just got a Tony nomination for starring in David Mamet's&nbsp;American Buffalo.&nbsp;He, <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/laurence-fishburne" target="_blank">Laurence Fishburne</a>, and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/darren-criss" target="_blank">Darren Criss</a> play three small-time hustlers who scheme to steal a buffalo nickel that Fishburne's character sold for less than it was worth. This third revival of the show got nominations for Best Play Revival and Best Direction of a Play, for Neil Pepe.<h2>Take Me Out</h2>Take Me Out&nbsp;hit a home run with its casting, as three of the stars in its roster got Best Featured Actor in a play nominations.&nbsp;Grey's Anatomy&nbsp;star Jesse Williams was nominated for playing Darren Lemming, a biracial Major League Baseball player who comes out as gay to the public.&nbsp;Modern Family&nbsp;star <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/jesse-tyler-ferguson" target="_blank">Jesse Tyler Ferguson</a> was nominated for playing Darren's gay, supportive business manager Mason Marzac, a role that won Denis O'Hare a Tony nearly 20 years ago. And Michael Oberholtzer was nominated for playing Shane Mungitt, the team's new pitcher who doesn't take kindly to Darren's race or sexuality. On top of all that,&nbsp;Take Me Out&nbsp;got nominated for Best Play Revival, and the show is up to bat for the last time on June 11.<h2>How I Learned to Drive</h2>For driving onto Broadway 25 years after its Off-Broadway premiere,&nbsp;How I Learned to Drive&nbsp;(on Broadway through May 29) earned three Tony Award nominations. In addition to Best Play Revival, two-time Tony winner <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/mary-louise-parker" target="_blank">Mary-Louise Parker</a> was nominated for playing a troubled woman named Li'l Bit looking back on memories of her uncle, and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/david-morse" target="_blank">David Morse</a> was nominated for playing Peck, Li'l Bit's uncle who molested her as a girl. The pair previously starred in the show off Broadway in 1997 and received accolades then, too.<h2>Macbeth</h2>In&nbsp;Macbeth, the witches come in threes, and so do Tony nominations.&nbsp;Passing&nbsp;and&nbsp;Loving&nbsp;star Ruth Negga was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Play for playing Lady Macbeth opposite <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/daniel-craig" target="_blank">Daniel Craig</a>'s Macbeth, and the lighting and sound designers also snagged nominations. Sam Gold, who previously directed&nbsp;King Lear&nbsp;on Broadway with Glenda Jackson, is also at the helm of this latest revival of Shakespeare's famous tragedy about a power-hungry couple who go to murderous lengths to make a witches' prophecy come true.<h2>POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive</h2>Broadway-debut playwright Selina Fillinger's farce&nbsp;POTUS&nbsp;got three Tony nominations and countless laughs this year. Two of the seven women mentioned in the title got nominated for Best Featured Actress:&nbsp;Saturday Night Live&nbsp;star Rachel Dratch as the POTUS's secretary and Tony Award winner Julie White as his chief of staff. The entire ensemble — which also includes Vanessa Williams, Lea DeLaria, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, and Lilli Cooper — is formidable, though, as the inner circle of a problematic president who have to clean up his messes and get into mayhem of their own.<h2>Plaza Suite</h2>Plaza Suite&nbsp;just got a costume design nomination this year, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty more to love about Neil Simon's farce. You can see <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/sarah-jessica-parker" target="_blank">Sarah Jessica Parker</a> and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/matthew-broderick" target="_blank">Matthew Broderick</a> — a real-life married couple — play three separate couples navigating relationship issues in a strikingly perfect rendition of the Plaza Hotel's Suite 719. Laughs abound as they play a long-married couple on the decline, two high school sweethearts clumsily rekindling their romance, and the frantic parents of a bride who's suddenly gotten cold feet.<h2>The Minutes</h2>The Minutes&nbsp;only got one nomination, but it's a big one: Best Play. And there's a stacked roster of talent to be seen on stage. Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts wrote and starred in this show about long-hidden secrets that get revealed when a man asks the wrong questions at a small-town council meeting. The council also includes&nbsp;Schitt's Creek&nbsp;star Noah Reid,&nbsp;Waitress&nbsp;star Jessie Mueller, and Tony nominee Austin Pendleton.<h2>Mrs. Doubtfire</h2>Mrs. Doubtfire&nbsp;is a Tony Award nominee, poppets! <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/rob-mcclure" target="_blank">Rob McClure</a> got a Best Leading Actor nomination for taking on a role made famous by Robin Williams in 1993. In this kid-friendly musical comedy, he plays Daniel Hillard, an out-of-work actor and divorced dad who disguises himself as&nbsp;Mrs. Doubtfire, a nanny, in order to spend more time with his kids. This Tony-nominated show is a great one for the whole family to enjoy.<h2>Funny Girl</h2>Hello, gorgeous!&nbsp;Funny Girl&nbsp;is back on Broadway for the first time since Barbra Streisand, and Jared Grimes got a Best Featured Actor Tony nomination for playing tip-top tap dancer Eddie Ryan in the revival. But he's not the only greatest star you'll see on the&nbsp;Funny Girl&nbsp;stage: Catch <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/beanie-feldstein" target="_blank">Beanie Feldstein</a> stepping into the shoes of Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Fanny Brice, alongside Ramin Karimloo as her gambling husband, Nick Arnstein, and&nbsp;Glee&nbsp;star Jane Lynch as her mother, Mrs. Rosie Brice.

See these Broadway shows nominated for Tony Awards in 2022

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The 2022 Tony nominations are here, recognizing the best and the brightest of the 2021-22 Broadway season. Lots of shows got to have their long-awaited, triumphant openings after being postponed by the pandemic, and many more fully new plays and...

More than a dozen Tony-nominated shows are currently running.

As part of a campaign to encourage American theatregoers to visit London, <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/six" target="_blank">Six </a>performed at Times Square. The London takeover at Times Square saw Six take to the stage as a way to promote London's West End to Broadway audiences.Six is one of many Broadway shows which began in the West End. Currently, there are five Broadway shows which began in the West End: <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/company" target="_blank">Company</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/girl-from-the-north-country" target="_blank">Girl from the North Country</a>, <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child" target="_blank">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/tina-the-tina-turner-musical" target="_blank">Tina: The Tina Turner Musical</a>.Or, if you're looking for the next Broadway hit, keep your eyes peeled on West End premieres.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-kite-runner" target="_blank">The Kite Runner</a>&nbsp;will play a summer engagement at the Hayes Theater with performances from July 6 - October 30.&nbsp; After London performances,&nbsp;&amp; Juliet&nbsp;makes its North American premiere in Toronto, ahead of eying up a potential Broadway run. The Olivier-winning revival of Death of a Salesman&nbsp;will also open on Broadway in fall 2022. <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/death-of-a-salesman" target="_blank">Find out more about Death of a Salesman.&nbsp;</a>There's plenty of Broadway shows to see in the West End too, so if you want to see shows which have closed on Broadway once more, you can visit London's West End. <a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/top-10-broadway-shows-in-london" target="_blank">Check out the top Broadway shows in London's West End</a>.&nbsp;The Let's Do London campaign shines a spotlight on London entertainment, including its West End theatres. There's also shows which are only available to watch in London, including the upcoming ABBA Voyage concerts. <a href="https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/25118-abba-voyage" target="_blank">Book ABBA Voyage tickets in London.</a>Six&nbsp;performed at Times Square on May 9, the same day as the 2022 Tony Awards nominations. Six&nbsp;received eight Tony nominations, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Direction.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/six" target="_blank">Get Six&nbsp;tickets on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Photo credit: Six on Broadway (Photo by Sara Krulwich)&nbsp;

‘Six’ perform at Times Square as part of ‘Visit London’ initiative

Photo credit: Six on Broadway (Photo by Sara Krulwich)

As part of a campaign to encourage American theatregoers to visit London, Six performed at Times Square. The London takeover at Times Square saw Six take to the stage as a way to promote London's West End to Broadway audiences.

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See Broadway shows in the West End this summer and beyond.

The nominees for the 2022 Tony Awards have been announced, honoring the shows that reopened Broadway post-pandemic in the 2021-22 season. A total of 29 productions received at least one nod, including pandemic-postponed productions, starry revivals, and new plays and musicals that run the gamut of musical and dramatic styles. <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/2022-tony-award-nominees-announced-a-strange-loop-leads" target="_blank">Read the full list of 2022 Tony Award nominees</a>, and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/whats-on/broadway/tony-nominees" target="_blank">get tickets to Tony-nominated shows on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Leading the pack in nominations is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/a-strange-loop" target="_blank">A Strange Loop</a>, Michael R. Jackson's musical that won multiple Off-Broadway awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2020. The show, based on Jackson's process writing that very musical, snagged 11 nominations, including Best Musical, Best Leading Actor in a Musical (for Broadway newcomer Jaquel Spivey), Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre."When I first heard Michael R. Jackson's work, I knew I was hearing an exciting and important new voice in American musical theatre. I was taken on a trip that was funny, insightful, wild, and challenging - and I wanted to share this story that I had yet to see on a Broadway stage," said producer Barbara Whitman in response to&nbsp;A Strange Loop's nominations.&nbsp;"I am so grateful to be able to work with the most talented creators, actors, and designers who have come together to tell this game-changing story eight times a week.""This type of stuff doesn't happen for folks like me. Or so I thought. Until today," Spivey said. "I've put the possibility of even a Tony nomination out of my mind because I never believed it was possible for a person like me. I thought I had to be skinny, I thought I had to be masculine, I thought I had to be from a wealthy family, and I thought I had to be 'perfect.' Turns out all I needed to be was Jaquel and that feels good as hell right now.""I was trying to pretend like I wasn't going to watch and something forced me out of bed and in front of the TV," said John-Andrew Morrison, who was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for A Strange Loop. "I'm in shock but I'm thrilled. I'm thrilled for our show, for all the folks that got nominated. It's been a journey and I'm so very proud of us."On the Featured Actress in a Musical side, L Morgan Lee of&nbsp;A Strange Loop&nbsp;became the first openly transgender performer to receive a Tony Award nomination. "To specifically be a trans actress in the company of these incredible women that I respect and have enjoyed for many years... This nomination is SO much bigger than me," she said. "I hope someone will see this moment and feel like they can go on. No matter what the world, or school, or people tell them they are 'supposed' to be, how they are 'supposed' to sound... that they will keep striving to love and embrace the fullest version of who they are. That they can safely find breath in choosing truth. That they will keep studying and working and dreaming the biggest dreams."Her fellow nominee Shoshana Bean said of her own nomination, "It's still kind of sinking in... but what I do know for certain is I'm in a category with literal giants and for that I am so honored and humbled. I am proud to be part of the season that brought audiences back to the theatre." Bean is featured in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/mr-saturday-night" target="_blank">Mr. Saturday Night</a>, the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/billy-crystal" target="_blank">Billy Crystal</a>-led musical comedy adaptation of his same-named 1992 film.Crystal himself also received a Best Actor nomination, saying, "I am so grateful for the five nominations Mr. Saturday Night received and for the amazing people who have made our show such a joy to experience."A Strange Loop&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mr. Saturday Night&nbsp;both received Best Musical nominations, alongside&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/paradise-square" target="_blank">Paradise Square</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/mj-the-musical" target="_blank">MJ The Musical</a>, which trail A Strange Loop&nbsp;for most nominations with 10 each. Rounding out the category are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/girl-from-the-north-country" target="_blank">Girl From the North Country</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/six" target="_blank">Six</a>, which began performances in 2020 just before the pandemic but were considered for Tony eligibility in the 2021-2022 Broadway season.Six's creators, then-college-aged Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, said, "We created Six as a fun summer project for us and our friends in 2017, thinking that, come the autumn, we'd be moving on with our lives and becoming lawyers or accountants or something. So for that show to be nominated for a LITERAL Tony Award is just beyond." The buzzy pop musical about the six wives of Henry VIII snagged many of the same nominations its premiere London production received at the 2019 Olivier Awards, including Best Costume Design (for Gabriella Slade) and Best Choreography (for Carrie-Anne Ingrouille). The show's six-woman ensemble also received an Olivier nomination then, but did not receive a Tony nomination this year.On the flip side, actors from couple of this year's major musicals snagged their show's lone nominations. <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/rob-mcclure" target="_blank">Rob McClure</a> joined Spivey, Crystal, Myles Frost (as Michael Jackson in&nbsp;MJ), and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/hugh-jackman" target="_blank">Hugh Jackman</a> (as Professor Harold Hill in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-music-man" target="_blank">The Music Man</a>) for playing the titular role in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/mrs-doubtfire" target="_blank">Mrs. Doubtfire</a>&nbsp;on Broadway. "I am ecstatic to have my name listed alongside those four brilliant artists for the next month, as we celebrate the resilience of this community. Our show has been through so much. This nomination honors all my remarkable colleagues at the Sondheim [Theatre] who make my performance possible. I love them."Jared Grimes also received the sole nod for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/funny-girl" target="_blank">Funny Girl</a>, the musical's first Broadway revival led by Beanie Feldstein. "I am super excited and grateful to be nominated for my first Tony. Since day one, I've received nothing but love and support from the cast and creatives of Funny Girl and that gives me the joy that I bring to the stage every night," said Grimes, who got a Best Featured Actor nomination. "It's truly a dream come true that I get to honor my idols such as Sammie Davis Jr. and Gregory Hines in the form of Eddie Ryan."On the non-musical side, the Best Play nominees include&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-lehman-trilogy" target="_blank">The Lehman Trilogy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/clydes" target="_blank">Clyde's</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/skeleton-crew" target="_blank">Skeleton Crew</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/the-minutes" target="_blank">The Minutes</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/hangmen" target="_blank">Hangmen</a>. The latter two played a few performances in 2020 but had their official openings this spring, while the others opened in fall 2021."I'm thrilled to be recognized for my work during this historic year on Broadway," said Nottage, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of&nbsp;Clyde's&nbsp;and the bookwriter for&nbsp;MJ The Musical.&nbsp;"I want to acknowledge my fellow travelers who weathered this difficult moment to bring back theater. I had the joy of working with amazing collaborators, like [Clyde's director] Kate Whoriskey and [MJ director] Christopher Wheeldon, who infused the work with passion, love and joy."&nbsp;It's rare for a single person to be doubly nominated in the same year, but multiple artists did so in 2022. In addition to Jackson getting multiple nods for A Strange Loop&nbsp;and Nottage for Clyde's&nbsp;and MJ, Beowulf Boritt received a nomination each for designing the sets of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/flying-over-sunset" target="_blank">Flying Over Sunset</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are-seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive">POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive</a>. Conor McPherson received Best Direction and Best Book nominations for Girl From the North Country, and Christopher Wheeldon received directing and choreography nods for MJ.&nbsp;And&nbsp;for directing and choreographing the first revival of&nbsp;Ntozake Shange's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicidewhen-the-rainbow-is-enuf">for&nbsp;colored&nbsp;girls&nbsp;who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf</a>,&nbsp;Camille A. Brown became the first Black female director/choreographer on Broadway in 67 years and got Tony nominations for doing both."After 18 months of dark, empty stages just getting to create the worlds of POTUS and Flying Over Sunset on Broadway was thrilling. Getting to do it with [POTUS director] Susan Stroman and [Flying Over Sunset director] James Lapine was more than my younger self would ever have dared dream of. Getting a pair of Tony nominations for them leaves me speechless," Boritt said."I never thought I would ever get the opportunity to direct on Broadway so to be recognized in this way is beyond what I ever imagined," Brown said. "Special thanks to the producers, cast, creatives, crew, and everyone at the Booth Theatre who made our show come to life. Lifting up Ntozake Shange and grateful for her choreopoem."for colored girls&nbsp;was one of many buzzy play revivals this season. It was joined by shows like Neil Simon's farce&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/plaza-suite" target="_blank">Plaza Suite</a>, which starred Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker and received a single Tony nomination for Best Costume Design; and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/take-me-out" target="_blank">Take Me Out</a>, Richard Greenberg's play about a gay baseball pro that won Best Play in 2003. This year, the show received four nominations, for Best Play Revival and Best Featured Actor for stars Jesse Williams, Michael Oberholtzer, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/jesse-tyler-ferguson" target="_blank">Jesse Tyler Ferguson</a>. (Ferguson plays Mason Marzac, the role that originally won Denis O'Hare the Best Featured Actor Tony.)"What a ride! I am truly thrilled for our entire Take Me Out company and so damn grateful to the theatre community for this welcome and opportunity to grow," Williams said. Oberholtzer added, "This is a day I will never forget. To be a working actor is a blessing in of itself; to have the opportunity to do a Richard Greenberg play on Broadway is grace; to be nominated for a Tony for my performance is worth a lifetime of gratitude."Another talked-about play revival is Paula Vogel's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/how-i-learned-to-drive" target="_blank">How I Learned to Drive</a>, which just made its Broadway debut 25 years after its world premiere Off-Broadway. The production reunited its original director, Mark Brokaw, and original stars, two-time Tony winner <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/mary-louise-parker" target="_blank">Mary-Louise Parker</a> and <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/david-morse" target="_blank">David Morse</a>, both of whom got Best Leading Actor and Actress in a Play nominations, respectively. Though 2022 marked Drive's first Broadway production, the show — along with Alice Childress's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/trouble-in-mind" target="_blank">Trouble in Mind</a>, starring Best Leading Actress in a Play nominee <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/lachanze" target="_blank">LaChanze</a> — was considered in the Best Play Revival category."I am so honored to be nominated alongside my peers in this category," Vogel said. "And so thrilled to walk the red carpet with Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse who take my breath away every performance. My thanks to the entire cast and Mark Brokaw.""To be part of this play appearing on Broadway after decades of effort is an actual dream come true. There's no higher honor than to perform Paula Vogel's miraculous play alongside David Morse and Johanna Day and Alyssa May Gold and Chris Myers. The gift of participating in this first season back defies description, and I'm endlessly grateful to the audiences who come to any show, and bring life back into these houses that have been dark for so long, with so many out of work and struggling," Parker said. "If I wasn't saving my voice I'd open a window and scream my thanks to the heavens."Vogel and her company weren't the only ones who spent years anticipating their Broadway bows. Said Lowell Ganz, who&nbsp;was nominated for Best Book of a Musical alongside his&nbsp;Mr. Saturday Night&nbsp;co-writers Crystal and Babaloo Mandel:&nbsp;"It took me 50 years to get to Broadway. Worth every second."<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/tony-awards-guide-how-to-watch-nominees-and-more" target="_blank">The 2022 Tony Awards will be broadcast live on CBS on June 12. Learn more about how to watch the 2022 Tony Awards.</a><a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/whats-on/broadway/tony-nominees" target="_blank">Get tickets to Tony-nominated shows on New York Theatre Guide.</a>

2022 Tony nominees react: Jesse Williams, Billy Crystal, Mary-Louise Parker, and more

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The nominees for the 2022 Tony Awards have been announced, honoring the shows that reopened Broadway post-pandemic in the 2021-22 season. A total of 29 productions received at least one nod, including pandemic-postponed productions, starry revivals,...

2022 Tony nominees react | New York Theatre Guide

This year's nominees, from Broadway newcomers to veteran performers, share their reactions to getting recognized at this year's ceremony.

When you're good to Jennifer Holliday, Jennifer Holliday's good to you. The Tony and Grammy-winning actress will reprise the role of Matron Mama Morton in <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago </a>on Broadway. Chicago is at the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/ambassador-theatre" target="_blank">Ambassador Theatre</a>. <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/chicago" target="_blank">Get Chicago tickets on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Holliday will star in Chicago for eight weeks from June 9 - July 31. She first played the role for a limited engagement in summer 2001.Holliday is best known for portraying Effie White in Dreamgirls on Broadway, notably singing "And I am Telling You, I'm Not Going" and winning a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2016, Holliday played Shug Avery in The Color Purple on Broadway. To date, Holliday has released seven albums and enjoyed five top 10 singles.The Chicago cast alongside Holliday includes <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/emma-pittman-to-star-in-chicago-on-broadway" target="_blank">Emma Pittman as Roxie Hart, playing the role from June 6 - 19</a>. Lana Gordon plays Velma Kelly, with Ryan Silverman as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart and Ryan Lowe as Mary Sunshine.Chicago centers on Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two vaudeville performers-turned-murderesses in 1920s Chicago. While in jail, they compete for the attention of the sensational press and a slick lawyer in the hopes of becoming celebrities and getting off scot-free.&nbsp;Chicago features a book by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Walter Bobbie directs Chicago, and the production features choreography by Ann Reinking, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington and sound design by Scott Lehrer.Chicago is at the Ambassador Theatre.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/chicago" target="_blank">Get Chicago tickets on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Photo credit: Jennifer Holliday (Photo courtesy of production)

Jennifer Holliday to play Mama Morton in ‘Chicago’

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When you're good to Jennifer Holliday, Jennifer Holliday's good to you. The Tony and Grammy-winning actress will reprise the role of Matron Mama Morton in Chicago on Broadway. Chicago is at the Ambassador Theatre. Get Chicago tickets on New York...

Jennifer Holliday to play Mama Morton in 'Chicago' | NewYorkTheatreGuide.com

The Tony-winning actress will return to the show for eight weeks.

DeBose is DeHost! Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose is set to host this year's Tony Awards ceremony. The ceremony will take place at <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/radio-city-music-hall" target="_blank">Radio City Music Hall</a> on June 12 and will be broadcast on CBS. <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/tony-awards-guide-how-to-watch-nominees-and-more" target="_blank">Learn more about how to watch the Tony Awards.</a>DeBose was previously nominated for the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award in 2018 for playing Disco Donna in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/summer-the-donna-summer-musical" target="_blank">Summer: The Donna Summer Musical</a>.&nbsp;She's also appeared on Broadway in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/hamilton" target="_blank">Hamilton</a>,&nbsp;Bring It On the Musical, and&nbsp;A Bronx Tale.She has since established a screen career as well, starring in the movie musical&nbsp;The Prom&nbsp;and musical TV series&nbsp;Schmigadoon!&nbsp;In 2022, <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/ariana-debose-wins-best-supporting-actress-at-2022-oscars" target="_blank">DeBose won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar</a> for playing Anita in <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/west-side-story-movie-review-steven-spielberg" target="_blank">Steven Spielberg's&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/west-side-story-movie-review-steven-spielberg" target="_blank">West Side Story</a>.This will be DeBose's first time hosting the Tonys, but not her first hosting gig — she <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/ariana-debose-on-saturday-night-live-broadway-changes-lives" target="_blank">hosted Saturday Night Live in January</a> and hosted the 2021 Academy Awards red carpet pre-show for ABC.Ahead of the ceremony, 2022 Tony nominations will be announced on May 9 by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry. <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/all-the-broadway-shows-eligible-for-tony-awards" target="_blank">Learn more about the Broadway shows eligible for Tony Awards in 2022.</a>

Ariana DeBose to host 2022 Tony Awards

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DeBose is DeHost! Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose is set to host this year's Tony Awards ceremony. The ceremony will take place at Radio City Music Hall on June 12 and will be broadcast on CBS. Learn more about how to watch the Tony...

DeBose won an Oscar earlier this year for playing Anita in the West Side Story film.

The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Emma! Emma Pittman is set to make her Broadway debut in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a>&nbsp;this summer, playing a two-week engagement as Roxie Hart from June 6 to 19. She follows Baywatch&nbsp;star Pamela Anderson, who plays her final performance June 5, in the role.Pittman was the winner of the&nbsp;The&nbsp;Search for Roxie!&nbsp;competition held in late 2019 to find a new Roxie Hart. The audition process included a video series, interviews with former celebrity Roxie Hart actresses, and interviews with the&nbsp;Chicago&nbsp;cast and creative team. Pittman was one of three finalists selected to perform for judges Ann Reinking (who choreographed and originated the role of Roxie in the current Chicago&nbsp;production in 1996), Bebe Neuwirth (who originated the role of Velma Kelly in 1996), and&nbsp;Bianca Marroquín&nbsp;(who has starred as Roxie and Velma on Broadway).Chicago&nbsp;centers on Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two vaudeville performers-turned-murderesses in 1920s Chicago. While in jail, they compete for the attention of the sensational press and a slick lawyer in the hopes of becoming celebrities and getting off scot-free.&nbsp;Chicago, at the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theaters/ambassador-theatre" target="_blank">Ambassador Theatre</a>,&nbsp;is Broadway's second-longest-running show and longest-running revival.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/chicago" target="_blank">Get&nbsp;Chicago&nbsp;tickets now.</a>

Emma Pittman to star in 'Chicago' on Broadway

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The name on everybody's lips is gonna be Emma! Emma Pittman is set to make her Broadway debut in Chicago this summer, playing a two-week engagement as Roxie Hart from June 6 to 19. She follows Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, who plays her final...

Pittman won the Search for Roxie! competition to cast an actress as Roxie Hart.

<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/plaza-suite" target="_blank">Plaza Suite</a>&nbsp;is in for an extended stay. The revival of Neil Simon's farce, starring <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/matthew-broderick" target="_blank">Matthew Broderick</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/actor-profile/sarah-jessica-parker" target="_blank">Sarah Jessica Parker</a> on Broadway, has extended its run at the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/hudson-theatre" target="_blank">Hudson Theatre</a> through July 10. The show was initially scheduled to run through June 12 but has had multiple extensions due to demand, with the latest extension being to July 1.Each of&nbsp;Plaza Suite's three acts has Broderick (a two-time Tony winner) and Parker (a two-time Emmy winner) playing a different couple. The first sees them as the Nashes, a long-married couple whose relationship is on the decline, while the second sees them as Jesse Kiplinger and Muriel Tate, a pair of high school flames reuniting after 17 years to rekindle their romance. In the third act, they play the Hubleys, nervous parents of an even more nervous bride who's locked herself in the bathroom on her wedding day.Broderick and Parker, a real-life celebrity couple, are sharing the Broadway stage in&nbsp;Plaza Suite&nbsp;for the first time since 1995 in&nbsp;How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/plaza-suite-broadway-review-sarah-jessica-parker-matthew-broderick" target="_blank">New York Theatre Guide review of&nbsp;Plaza Suite</a>&nbsp;calls the show "one of Broadway's biggest events of the season" and reads, "The show packs moments that are gleefully LOL, is deeper than you might expect, and the real-life married stars co-piloting this vintage vehicle are in fine form."<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/plaza-suite" target="_blank">Get&nbsp;Plaza Suite&nbsp;tickets now.</a>

'Plaza Suite' extends Broadway run to July 10

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Plaza Suite is in for an extended stay. The revival of Neil Simon's farce, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker on Broadway, has extended its run at the Hudson Theatre through July 10.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick star.

Farewell, so long, goodbye. Will Swenson will play his final performance in [*A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/24254-a-beautiful-noise-tickets) on Broadway on October 29.

Swenson currently leads the show at the [Broadhurst Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/broadhurst-theatre) as Neil Diamond - Then, a younger version of the singer-songwriter as an up-and-coming musician. The show follows Diamond as he looks back on his life and career, and his [greatest hits](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/all-the-songs-in-a-beautiful-noise-on-broadway) propel the story of how he went from a poor Brooklyn kid to an award-winning, globally bestselling musician.

Swenson has played Diamond since *A Beautiful Noise* opened in November 2022. The current cast, most of whom are also original members, also includes Mark Jacoby as Neil Diamond – Now, Robyn Hurder as Marcia, Shirine Babb as Doctor, Jessie Fisher as Jaye Posner, Michael McCormick as Fred Weintraub/ Tommy O’Rourke, Tom Alan Robbins as Bert Berns/Kieve Diamond, and Bri Sudia as Ellie Greenwich/Rose Diamond.

Replacement casting for Swenson has yet to be announced. Nick Fradiani currently serves as Swenson's alternate, playing Neil Diamond - Then for one performance a week; he will continue in this role.

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Will Swenson to depart 'A Beautiful Noise' on Broadway

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The actor originated the role of a young Neil Diamond in this musical at the Broadhurst Theatre about the Grammy Award-winning musician's life and career.

The heat is going away. [*Some Like It Hot*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/24262-some-like-it-hot-tickets) has set a Broadway closing date of December 30 at the [Shubert Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/shubert-theatre).

The musical will have played for just over a year, having played 483 total performances since November 1, 2022.

*Some Like It Hot* is a musical adapted from the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy of the same name, in which two Prohibition-era jazz musicians, Joe and Jerry, flee the Chicago mob. While stowing away in disguise with an all-female swing band, they find love and learn more about their truest identities.

Matthew López and Amber Ruffin wrote the book, and songs are by Marc Shaiman (music and lyrics) and Scott Wittman (lyrics). Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs.

Our [four-star review calls *Some Like It Hot*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review) "a bracing, fizzy cocktail garnished with a winning cast... this [adaptation] scores points for not just tracing the source but turning up some fresh ideas of its own."

The show won Best Musical at the Drama League, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and it was nominated for 13 Tonys, including Best Musical. Among its four wins were Best Choreography and Best Leading Actor in a Musical for [J. Harrison Ghee](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/interviews/j-harrison-ghee-contains-multitudes-in-some-like-it-hot-on-broadway), one of the [first non-binary performers to ever win a Tony Award](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/alex-newell-j-harrison-ghee-become-first-non-binary-tony-winning-actors).

Alongside Ghee as Jerry, the *Some Like It Hot* Broadway cast includes [Christian Borle](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/christian-borle) as Joe, J. Harrison Ghee as Jerry, Adrianna Hicks as Sugar, Kevin Del Aguila as Osgood, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Sweet Sue, Adam Heller as Mulligan, Mark Lotito as Spats, and Angie Schworer as Minnie.

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The musical adaptation of the 1959 Billy Wilder film at the Shubert Theatre. was the most Tony Award-nominated show of the 2022-23 season with 13 nods.

Sometimes the dividing line between a character and a playwright is a blurry one. So it is with Ossie Davis’s 1961 satirical comedy [*Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/27642-purlie-victorious-tickets), now back on Broadway for the first time since its debut 62 years ago.

The story follows Purlie Victorious Judson, a Black self-made traveling preacher who returns to his segregated Georgia hometown with a mission to buy and rehab its derelict church, Big Bethel. As a Black man, that’s a tall order. The church, like the town, is in the grip of racist tyrant Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee.

Davis grew up in racially segregated Georgia. Like Purlie, Davis had first-hand experience with discrimination and bigotry, forces that inform the play and fueled his lifelong commitment to civil rights. In a pre-show voiceover, director Kenny Leon notes that the play began as an angry drama. But it evolved to become less autobiographical and funnier. Get people laughing, you get people’s attention. That’s powerful.

Learn more about the political and personal contexts – and the impact of 1960s-era influences – that shaped *Purlie Victorious* below. 

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## The politics of *Purlie Victorious*

Davis situated his play in Georgia in the late 1950s, a time when Jim Crow – which has been called “a racial caste system” – were in effect in the American South. Bottom line: Blacks were second-class citizens.

“Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-black laws. It was a way of life,” according to the [Jim Crow Museum](https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/), a resource to tell the story of African American resiliency. Jim Crow bolstered the lie that Blacks were inferior to whites. 

Davis shrewdly creates Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee to be the flesh-and-blood manifestation of Jim Crow, a man dressed head to toe in white who won’t hesitate to say he reveres “all that is white and holy” – and that doesn’t include African Americans. He sums the philosophy up in a chilling line: "My ol' Confederate father told me on his deathbed: Feed the Negras first - after the horses and cattle."

Cotchipee is quick to reach for his bullwhip, but he takes a shine to Purlie’s brother Gitlow (that name is no accident), an “Uncle Tom” who’s content being subservient and keeping to the old-plantation-day ways. 

But Davis leaves room for hope. Cotchipee’s liberal-minded son Charlie has had it with his father’s bigoted ways – and that ultimately leads the way for Purlie to get the last laugh.

## The real-life partnership of *Purlie Victorious*

Purlie’s plan to take ownership of Big Bethel requires a secret weapon – Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, a follower and love interest of Purlie's who’s game for anything. Ossie Davis played the title role in the comedy’s Broadway premiere, so naturally, his wife, Ruby Dee, played Lutiebelle. 

The couple, who were married for 57 years, previously shared a Broadway stage in 1946 in *Jeb* and 1959 in *A Raisin in the Sun*. *Purlie Victorious* gave them a chance to chomp into two juicy roles together onstage. And their involvement in the show didn't end with the original production: Dee later played the supporting role of Idella in a 2002 reading.

They frequently worked together throughout their careers until he died in 2005 at 87; she died in 2014 at 91. But *Purlie Victorious* gave them a unique chance to shine a bright spotlight on the struggle for equality.

## Famous *Purlie Victorious* reviews

Suffice it to say that the social influencers of 1961 took notice of what Purlie Victorious was preaching. Fellow reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. saw the show. So did Malcolm X. According to Davis, [X said](http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/davis.html), “Black folks laughing at White folks was revolutionary — the highest kind of struggle he could imagine.” 

Eleanor Roosevelt also attended. She laughed, and then she [wrote about the experience](https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1962&_f=md005050). “Mixed with the humor there is intelligent, incisive commentary on segregation, discrimination, and the slow pace of integration,” she wrote.

“I think it is well for you as an American citizen to see it,” she added, “and ponder our racial problem… as a question affecting our standing and our real sincerity among the peoples of the world.”

Call that a *Purlie* of wisdom.

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The real history behind ‘Purlie Victorious’ on Broadway

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Discover how real-life people, places, and politics shaped Ossie Davis’s uproarious comedy from 1961, which remains just as fresh and relevant in 2023.

For anyone planning on paying a visit to the Emerald City by seeing [*Wicked*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/1-wicked-musical-tickets) on Broadway, there are tons of ways to turn your entire day into an epic adventure Elphaba herself would approve of. There are many different activities to plan a *Wicked*-themed day in New York City, from learning more about the Gershwin, the theatre where the musical plays (in fact, the 20th anniversary is October 30, 2023), to spending time with another famous green woman. 

We’ve selected a few wickedly exciting activities you can take part in across the city, with ideas for Ozians of all ages. Then, make sure you buy your tickets to see *Wicked* at the [Gershwin Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/gershwin-theatre), and experience the story of *The Wizard of Oz* like never before.

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## Museum of Broadway

Any theatre lover will enjoy a few hours at the Museum of Broadway, which features tons of costumes, set pieces, and props on display from famous performances. You'll also discover fascinating information about the history of the Great White Way and all the people it takes to put on a Broadway show.

*Wicked* fans in particular will love the five-foot scale model of the Gershwin, which shows off just how many people it takes to make the magic happen on stage and what the venue looks like behind the scenes.

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## Behind the Emerald Curtain

If you’ve ever wondered how Elphaba goes green every night or flies through the air, you’ll want to go on the Behind the Emerald Curtain tour. Cast members lead this 90-minute special behind-the-scenes tour through the *Wicked* museum, which includes special costumes, set pieces, props, scale models and more.

Perhaps the most exciting part of the experience, however, is that guests get to enjoy a candid Q&A with some cast members to ask their burning questions about being in *Wicked* and life as a Broadway performer. Tours operate on select dates only.

## Enchantments

Are you more intrigued by the witchy side of *Wicked*? Pay a visit to Enchantments, the oldest occult store in New York City. Located in the East Village, this store has tons of goodies for anyone trying to get into the magical spirit, with tarot cards, incense, cauldrons, and customized candles tailored toward whatever you hope to manifest. You can also get yourself a talisman to wear to the show and make sure any energy coming toward you is anything but wicked!

## The Statue of Liberty

Spend the day with another famous woman who is green from head to toe: the Statue of Liberty. A trip to this beloved monument (which is actually made of copper!) starts with a ferry ride to Liberty Island. Once there, you can visit the museum to learn more about Lady Liberty or climb up to her crown for an amazing view of the city’s skyline (but you’ll have to book tickets in advance). With [Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Round Trip Ferry tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31071-statue-of-liberty-and-ellis-island-round-trip-ferry-with-tour-guide), you can also go over to Ellis Island and visit the National Museum of Immigration afterwards.

If you don't want to go out to the island, New York Theatre Guide has tickets to multiple boat cruises that let you get a picturesque view of the statue while you sail by and enjoying onboard drinks and treats. Take a [daytime](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/29471-daytime-statue-of-liberty-and-city-lights-sails-aboard-the-clipper-city-tall-ship) or [evening harbor cruise](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/29469-sunset-sail-aboard-the-clipper-city-tall-ship) on a historic clipper ship, or go on a [60-minute sightseeing cruise](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/30978-statue-of-liberty-&-ellis-island-60-minute-sightseeing-cruise) if you're on a time crunch.

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## Trapeze class

One of the most jaw-dropping moments in *Wicked* is when Elphaba takes flight. If you want to get a taste of what it feels like to soar through the air, you can take a flying trapeze class. The Trapeze School of New York at Hudson River Park, for example, teaches you how to hang by your knees, fly through the air, and do a “catch” (when someone on another trapeze bar catches you) all in your first class.

You can also try other gravity-defying activities, like trampoline classes and aerial hoop classes (also known as Lyra). It’s certainly a thrilling way to prepare for *Wicked*!

## *Wicked*

No *Wicked* day would be complete without seeing the iconic musical itself. Learn the history of Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch, long before Dorothy arrives in Oz. Despite being roommates at Shiz University, they're bitter enemies and polar opposites until they ultimately settle their differences and become fierce friends.

Their union is tested, however, when Elphaba falls from the Wizard's good graces, while Glinda is torn between supporting her or tarnishing her image among the people of Oz. *Wicked* a story of the power of female friendship, standing up for what’s right, and finding strength in what makes you different.

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Make a day out of ‘Wicked’ in New York City

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From exploring Gershwin Theatre history to defying gravity just like Elphaba does, these activities are a great way to spend one short day *Wicked*-style.

Fall is underway and it's time to fall in love with some new theatre — or fall in love with your favorite shows all over again. [Broadway's long-running favorites](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/see-these-long-running-shows-on-broadway-right-now) are still going strong, but they're joined by plenty of new Broadway plays and musicals, including world-premiere Off-Broadway shows and many offerings with starry casts.

Check out our list of theatre to see in October 2023, and see our list of [New York shows that started in September](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/new-york-theatre-to-see-in-september) for even more new theatre you can still catch.

## Broadway shows in October

Noteworthy musicals and plays start performances on Broadway this month, including exciting revivals and new shows by award-winning artists. Be sure to check out these widely celebrated shows, many with celebrities in the cast.

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### *Merrily We Roll Along*

Stephen Sondheim’s famous flop-turned-fan favorite about a friendship shattered by showbiz greed and ambition is back on Broadway for the first time since its 1981 premiere. [Daniel Radcliffe](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/daniel-radcliffe), Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez star as a trio of pals whose relationships fall apart as the days go by in director Maria Friedman’s acclaimed staging.

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### *I Need That*

[Danny DeVito](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/danny-devito), an Emmy winner for *Taxi* and a Tony nominee for *The Price*, stars as Sam, a hoarder ordered by government officials to clean up his cluttered home – or else he’s out on his ear. Count on playwright Theresa Rebeck (*Bernhardt/Hamlet*) to sort out the humor and humanity in the Roundabout Theatre Company production co-starring Lucy DeVito (the star’s daughter) and Ray Anthony Thomas.

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### *Spamalot* 

Oh, what a knight! Arthurian legend gets soundly spoofed in this Tony-winning Best Musical by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, based on the 1975 comedy film *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*. Back on Broadway for the first time since its 2005 premiere, the show has a stacked cast including Taran Killam as Lancelot, James Monroe Iglehart as King Arthur, and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as the Lady of the Lake.

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### *Harmony*

During the 1920s and 1930s, the Comedian Harmonists, a German sextet known for their freewheeling stage frolics and tight harmonies, ascended to popularity that spanned the globe. But when the Nazis rose to power, the group, which included three Jewish men, broke apart and fell into obscurity. Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (book and lyrics) reclaim the group’s place in history in this show directed by Warren Carlyle. 

[Check back for information on *Harmony* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/24995-harmony-tickets)

## Off-Broadway shows in October

Off-Broadway theatres have it all this month: innovative new plays, comedy shows, and more. Whatever your taste in theatre, you’ll find it off Broadway, so check out these shows starting New York performances this month and find one that's best for you.

[Get tickets to an Off-Broadway show on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/whats-on/off-broadway-shows)

### *All the Devils Are Here*

Tony nominee Patrick Page is at his best when his characters are at their worst — such as Hades in [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets) and Scar in [*The Lion King*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42-the-lion-king-tickets). In this 80-minute solo show subtitled *How Shakespeare Invented the Villain*, author and actor Page inhabits a dozen of the Bard’s notorious baddies – including Macbeth, Richard II, and more.

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### *Covenant*

Did a struggling musician make some sort of devilish deal to make it big in the biz? That’s a burning question throughout York Walker’s play about the power of suspicion and half-truths making its world premiere in a [Roundabout Theatre Company](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/harold-and-miriam-steinberg-center-for-theatre) presentation. 

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### *Danny and the Deep Blue Sea*

[Aubrey Plaza](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/aubrey-plaza) (*Parks and Recreation*) and [Christopher Abbott](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/christopher-abbott) (*Girls*) star in this new production of this emotionally charged 1984 two-hander by John Patrick Shanley, the Oscar-winning writer of *Moonstruck*. The revival at the [Lucille Lortel Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/lucille-lortel-theatre) follows down-and-outers who meet at a bar in the Bronx and maybe – just maybe – make the kind of deep connection that could change their lives.  

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### *Hell’s Kitchen*

Grammy winner [Alicia Keys](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/hear-the-music-of-alicia-keys-in-the-hells-kitchen-musical) makes her Off-Broadway debut at The [Public Theater](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/public-theater) in her semi-autobiographical coming-of-age musical set in her home neighborhood in Manhattan.  Michael Greif (*Rent*, *Dear Evan Hansen*) directs the show, which features a mix of new songs and familiar hits by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz about a 17-year-old girl named Ali, who’s considering life, love, and the future. 

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### *Here We Are*

A Sondheim premiere? We’re there. The final musical from the late, great composer-lyricist, created with writer David Ives (*Venus in Fur*) and directed by Joe Mantello (*Wicked*) is drawn from two Luis Buñuel films – *The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie* (1972) and *The Exterminating Angel* (1962) – with dinner parties that go sideways. Tony winners David Hyde Pierce, Rachel Bay Jones, and Denis O’Hare are just a taste of the delicious cast.

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### *Little Shop of Horrors*

Boy meets girl – and a man-eating plant with a killer appetite. So it goes in this hit revival at the Westside Theatre of the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman cult fave musical that's perfect for Halloween season. [Corbin Bleu](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/corbin-bleu) and Constance Wu currently star as the adorable lovebirds Seymour and Audrey who pour out their hearts in great songs like “Somewhere That’s Green” and “Suddenly Seymour.”

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### *Daphne*

Soon after Daphne says goodbye to the city to live with her girlfriend in a woodsy setting, she finds herself confronting a thicket of unsettling events that make her question what’s real and what’s not. Boundaries blur and realities emerge in Renae Simone Jarrett’s play at Lincoln Center.

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### *The Gardens of Anuncia*

Michael John LaChiusa seizes inspiration for his tango-infused musical at Lincoln Center from the early life of choreographer and director Graciela Danielle, one of his frequent collaborators. In the lead role, Tony winner Priscilla Lopez looks back at her girlhood in Argentina and marvels at the women in her life who helped her become an artist. 

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### *Merry Me*

There’s something about *Merry* – and then some. Restoration comedy shakes it up with Greek drama in a trippy work at [New York Theatre Workshop](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/new-york-theatre-workshop) by Hansol Jung (*Wolf Play*) directed by Leigh Silverman that promises to be “an intoxicating queer cocktail.” The setting is a Navy base, where libidos race, an angel descends with an arresting prophecy, and humanity hangs in the balance. 

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### *Stereophonic*

David Adjmi (*3C*, *Elective Affinities*) flashes back to the groovy, gritty mid-1970s, where a rock band recording its latest studio album is poised to make a quantum leap into the the big leagues. Will they seize the moment for superstardom – or crack like vinyl under the pressure? Original music by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler headlines this Playwrights Horizons presentation.

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### *I Can Get It for You Wholesale*

Antihero, anyone? *Tootsie* Tony winner Santino Fontana stars as Harry Bogen, an eager-beaver shipping clerk in 1937 New York City whose ambition is rivaled only by his unscrupulousness. This [Classic Stage Company](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/classic-stage-company) production marks the first revival of the 1962 musical in 30 years and is a bit of a family affair. Revisions to Jerome Weidman’s original book, based on his novel, are by his son, John Weidman. Songs are by Harold Rome.

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*Photo credit: Spamalot. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)*

Top theatre to see in New York in October

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Discover our top picks for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows to see this month, including new shows premiering and last-chance shows closing this month.

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Check out our guide to must-see Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre in October 2023, a popular month for the openings of buzzy new Broadway plays and musicals.

They're hitting the dance floor! The new Broadway musical [*How to Dance in Ohio*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/32763-how-to-dance-in-ohio-tickets) has set its complete Broadway cast ahead of its first performance on November 15. Opening night is December 10.

*How to Dance in Ohio* is a musical adaptation of the same-named documentary by Alexandra Shiva. The show follows a group of autistic young adults who come of age and experience newfound love, stress, confidence, and change as they prepare for a formal dance at their group counseling center.

The show comes to Broadway's [Belasco Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/belasco-theatre) after a 2022 world premiere in Syracuse, with multiple cast members returning.

## Who is in the *How to Dance in Ohio* Broadway cast?

Newly announced *How to Dance in Ohio* cast members include Caesar Samayoa as psychologist Dr. Emilio Amigo, Cristina Sastre as Ashley Amigo, and ensemble members Jean Christian Barry, Collin Hancock, Hunter Hollingsworth, Marina Jansen, Ayanna Thomas, and Marina Pires.

They join seven [previously announced cast members](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/new-musical-how-to-dance-in-ohio-to-premiere-on-broadway-this-fall) making their Broadway debuts: Desmond Luis Edwards as Remy, Amelia Fei (Yi-Hsuan Fei) as Caroline, Madison Kopec as Marideth, Liam Pearce as Drew, Imani Russell as Mel, Conor Tague as Tommy, and Ashley Wool as Jessica. All are autistic actors reprising their roles from Syracuse as the autistic adults in the show.

Other previously announced cast members include Haven Burton as Terry, Darlesia Cearcy as Johanna, Carlos L Encinias, Nick Gaswirth, Melina Kalomas, and Martín Solá.

Check back for information on *How to Dance in Ohio* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

*Photo credit: Amelia Fei, Ashley Wool, Conor Tague, Desmond Edwards, Imani Russell, Liam Pearce, and Madison Kopec. (Photos courtesy of production)*

'How to Dance in Ohio' completes Broadway cast

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The new musical, based on Alexandra Shiva's Peabody Award-winning documentary about autistic adults, begins performances at the Belasco Theatre in November.

Their name is Lancelot! Taran Killam and Alex Brightman join the cast of the upcoming [*Spamalot*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/33129-spamalot-tickets) Broadway revival, playing at the [St. James Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/st-james-theatre) from October 31. Opening night is November 16.

Killam returns to Broadway after playing King George III in [*Hamilton*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/384-hamilton-tickets) in 2017. He is better known, however, for his onscreen comedy performances on *madTV* and *Saturday Night Live*, in addition to multiple sitcoms. He will play Lancelot through January 7 only.

Brightman will step into the role from January 9. He is currently starring as Richard Dreyfuss in [*The Shark Is Broken*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/28737-the-shark-is-broken-tickets) on Broadway, and he is also known for leading the Broadway musical adaptations of *Beetlejuice* and *School of Rock*. Brightman also played Lancelot at the Kennedy Center, where this *Spamalot* revival production premiered earlier this year under director/choreographer Josh Rhodes.

As [previously announced](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/spamalot-sets-broadway-cast-and-creative-team), multiple other cast members from that production will also return for the Broadway transfer: Christopher Fitzgerald as Patsy, James Monroe Iglehart as King Arthur, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as The Lady of the Lake, Jimmy Smagula as Sir Bedevere, Michael Urie as Sir Robin, and Nik Walker as Sir Galahad. Ethan Slater also stars as The Historian/Prince Herbert.

*Spamalot* is the seven-time Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*, written by John Du Prez and founding Monty Python member Eric Idle. The show is an irreverent sendup of Arthurian legends.

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Taran Killam, Alex Brightman join 'Spamalot' Broadway cast

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The actors join a cast that also includes Broadway favorites James Monroe Iglehart, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Ethan Slater, and more at the St. James Theatre.

Ease on down to Broadway! A revival of [*The Wiz*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/27115-the-wiz-tickets) will begin performances this spring at the [Marquis Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/marquis-theatre). The first performance is March 29, and opening night is April 17.

The announcement of the New York production comes as *The Wiz* opened its pre-Broadway national tour in Baltimore, Maryland — where the Tony Award-winning original 1975 production premiered — last night.

*The Wiz* is an all-Black retelling of *The Wizard of Oz*, infusing it with jazz, pop, ballet, and Black cultural influences. The show features a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls and others, including Luther Vandross. The 2023 revival features additional material by Amber Ruffin, also represented on Broadway with *Some Like It Hot*.

Schele Williams directs the 2023 production, which features choreography by JaQuel Knight, scenic design by Hannah Beachler; costume design by Sharen Davis; lighting design by Ryan J. O’Gara; sound design by Jon Weston; projection design by Daniel Brodie; wig design by Charles LaPointe; makeup design by Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche; music supervision, orchestrations, and music arrangements by Joseph Joubert; vocal and music arrangements by Allen René Louis; and dance music arrangements by Adam Blackstone.

## Who is in *The Wiz* Broadway cast?

As [previously announced](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/complete-cast-set-for-broadway-bound-the-wiz-revival), the Broadway cast of *The Wiz* stars [Wayne Brady](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/wayne-brady) as The Wiz alongside Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Deborah Cox as Glinda, Melody A. Betts as Aunt Em and Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow.

The ensemble includes Maya Bowles, Shayla Alayre Caldwell, Jay Copeland, Allyson Kaye Daniel, Judith Franklin, Michael Samarie George, Collin Heyward, Amber Jackson, Olivia Jackson, Christina Jones, Polanco Jones, Kolby Kindle, Mariah Lyttle, Kareem Marsh, Anthony Murphy, Cristina Rae, Matthew Sims Jr, Avilon Trust Tate, Keenan D. Washington, and Timothy Wilson.

*The Wiz* Broadway cast carries over from the national tour.

Check back for information on *The Wiz* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

*Photo credit: The Wiz in Baltimore. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)*

'The Wiz' to open on Broadway in March

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Wayne Brady will star in the latest revival of the seven-time Tony Award-winning musical, which just launched a national tour prior to its New York opening.

The career paths of Josh Gad and [Andrew Rannells](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/andrew-rannells) happily keep on colliding – and paralleling. Right now, they’re at the [James Earl Jones Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/james-earl-jones-theatre) in [*Gutenberg! The Musical!*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31399-gutenberg-the-musical-tickets), a show with two actors and just as many exclamation points. The comic duo play musical theatre composers writing a show about the inventor of the printing press.

Out there? Sure. Then again, the story of misbegotten Mormon missionaries in Uganda is also wacky. That’s what the long-running, Tony Award-winning musical [*The Book of Mormon*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/127-the-book-of-mormon-tickets), in which Gad and Rannells first performed together, is about.

Even when they haven’t shared a stage, their theatre careers have overlapped in various ways. Find out more about the duo’s careers in our timeline below.

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## 2005 and 2006: Broadway debuts

In January 2005, Rannells took over as high school student Fender in *Hairspray*. Like a ’60s beehive hairdo, the actor ascended high to the lead role of teenage heartthrob Link Larkin. Rannells has stepped into key roles in other Broadway shows including Bob Gaudio in *Jersey Boys*, the title role in *Hedwig and the Angry Inch*, and King George in [*Hamilton*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/384-hamilton-tickets). 

A year later, in January 2006, the musical *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee* introduced Gad to Broadway audiences. He took over the role of allergy-prone William Barfee, a kid who uses his “magic foot” to write out words before spelling them.

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## 2011: *The Book of Mormon*

In 2011, Rannells and Gad landed the lead roles in the irreverent, sometimes profane musical by Robert Lopez (*Frozen, Avenue Q*) and *South Park* creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Rannells and Gad starred as Elders Price and Cunningham: Mormon missionaries in Uganda who are young, eager, in over their head, and making things up as they go along. Both got Best Actor Tony nominations for the still-running hit at the [Eugene O’Neill Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/eugene-o-neill-theatre). 

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## 2006 and 2016: The William Finn connection

Gad belted the kicky tune “Magic Foot” by William Finn in his Broadway debut in *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*. Rannells earned his second Tony nomination – Best Actor in a Supporting Role, as the ailing Whizzer – in the 2016 revival of *Falsettos*, a show with music, lyrics, and a book by Finn.

## 2013 and 2016: The Disney connection

Beyond the stage, Disney is common ground for the pair. For episodes of the animated TV series *Sofia the First*, Rannells voiced Morris, a goblin. Meanwhile, Gad voiced Olaf, the fan-fave snowman in the *Frozen* film franchise.

## 2023: *Gutenberg! The Musical!*

As Bud and Doug in this musical by Scott Brown and Anthony King, the actors wear a lot of hats – and that’s not a metaphor. They play the authors of a show about Johannes Gutenberg, which they pitch to potential investors with the means to finance the project. They act out the show playing characters whose names are on baseball caps.

See how it all goes down through January 28 only. Who knows when Rannells and Gad will share the stage next?

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Learn about the careers of 'Gutenberg! The Musical!' stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells

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The acclaimed comic theatre actors made their names with *The Book of Mormon* more than a decade ago, and they now share the stage for the first time since.

Fall is upon us in New York. The cool fall breezes have blown in not just color-changing leaves, but a cornucopia of seasonal events all across the city. And there's a show or event out there for you no matter how you like to ring in the fall season.

Is the pumpkin patch at the top of your itinerary? Stop at a show set in the countryside on the way to the actual farm. Prefer to stay cozied up inside with a warm sweater? You can do that in a Broadway theatre. Can't wait for Halloween? Celebrate the holiday all autumn long at spooky shows and attractions. You don't have to escape the city to get the most out of autumn — there are plenty of options right here.

We've planned out a few roundups of New York fall events and shows to get you started, based on various fall vibes. Pick the one that best suits you, and get tickets to these experiences to make the most of your fall in the city.

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## Spooky fall

If "fall" and "Halloween" are one and the same to you, you're in the right place. Get your tricks and treats, chills and thrills at these shows and events. And this is only a small selection — read our full [guide to theatre to see in New York for Halloween](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/top-theatre-to-see-in-new-york-for-halloween) for even more scary good options.

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### *Sweeney Todd*

*Sweeney Todd* serves up both tricks and treats, though perhaps not the kind you'll want to eat. This bloody entertaining Stephen Sondheim thriller follows the title "demon barber," whose vengeful plot to murder a corrupt judge grows into a desire to kill just about everyone in London. And with the help of pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett, the evidence mysteriously disappears into the tastiest baked goods she's ever made. [Josh Groban](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/josh-groban) and [Annaleigh Ashford](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/annaleigh-ashford)'s sinister performances might give you nightmares, but their vocals are the stuff of dreams.

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### *Wicked*

The iconic witch hat and broom are the centerpieces of many a Halloween costume. Ever wonder why? This musical provides one origin story and more, offering an alternate take on who Glinda and Elphaba were before they became the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West in *The Wizard of Oz*. This show isn't scary, but it's filled with bewitching stage magic and supernatural characters.

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### Ghost Stories: A Mysterious, Macabre Interactive Tour at the Met

This tour focuses on works of art that depict all sorts of scary creatures from various cultures and time periods. In addition to just looking at spooky creations, attendees will participate in activities and discussions about what makes people afraid and why. The tour takes place all year round, but during the fall, it incorporates extra art and other surprises only included during the Halloween season.

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## Harvest fall

This itinerary is for those who like to spend their fall days leaf-peeping, apple-picking, and pumpkin patch-hopping. Even if you can't make it to New England or upstate for the foliage and the farms, these shows and events provide all the harvest vibes you're looking for.

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### *Shucked*

Fans of corn mazes will feel right at home in Cob County, the central location of this corny (literally) musical. When the town's prized corn crop starts dying, farmgirl Maizy finds an outsider to help, but all isn't at it seems. This show, by Tony-winning bookwriter Robert Horn and Grammy-winning songwriters Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, delivers a cornucopia of country-infused tunes and nonstop corn puns.

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### *Little Shop of Horrors*

The monstrous, Venus flytrap-esque plant in this musical is one you might not want to harvest. Flower shop worker Seymour finds this out the hard way, as the plant promises him fame and fortune in exchange for human flesh and blood. Straddling the line between horror, comedy, and botany, this cult-classic favorite is the perfect autumn watch.

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### Fall-O-Ween at the New York Botanical Garden

What better place to spend a harvest-themed fall day than at the New York Botanical Garden, where you're surrounded by flora and fauna? A natural oasis in the middle of the Bronx, it'll make you feel like you've escaped the city. Participate in pumpkin carving and costume contests, sample treats featuring classic fall flavors, and take part in activities both festive and frightful, all while exploring the grounds' 50 gardens featuring over a million wildlife species.

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## Cozy, romantic fall

If you spend your fall pretending you're the protagonist of a Nora Ephron rom-com — cozying up with a good book and a soft sweater, perhaps by the fireplace with your boo — then these idyllic, romantic experiences are perfect for you.

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### *The Cottage*

*The Cottage* delivers cozy romance with a twist. The play opens with a couple having a romantic morning in a beautiful country cottage — but we soon learn they're both cheating on their spouses, who are in turn cheating on them. Confusion, hilarity, and a tangled web of relationships arise. This farce may not be your average romance, but it's an endlessly entertaining one.

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### *& Juliet*

Juliet, of *Romeo & Juliet*, finds love in the big city in this new musical — except the big city is Paris, and she spends just as much time finding herself after Romeo dies. This twist on the classic play is as empowering as it is romantic, and it also features another love story: that of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, who rekindle their own flame by co-writing Juliet's new story together.

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### Secret Places of Central Park

Is it really a New York rom-com if the lovers don't stroll through Central Park? Recreate that vibe with this walking tour. You might have seen landmarks like the Bow Bridge on screen, but this tour provides a look into the park's lesser-known hidden gems, including secluded gardens, historic sites, and more. You might find your new favorite spot to go on an autumn date.

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Whether your fall vibe is spooky, cozy, or outdoorsy, New York has plenty of attractions and shows to suit your interests — check out our itineraries here.

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