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New York City Center today announced additional casting for the Annual Gala Presentation Bat Boy: The Musical. Original Off-Broadway cast member Kerry Butler joins the cast as Meredith Parker, along with Tony nominee Andrew Durand as Rick Taylor, Mary Faber as Lorraine, Alan H Green as Bud, Evan Harrington as Ned, John-Michael Lyles as Ron Taylor, Tony winner Alex Newell as The God Pan, Olivia Puckett as Ruthie Taylor, Tony nominee Christopher Sieber as Dr. Parker, Rema Webb as Maggie, and Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur as Mrs. Taylor. They join Taylor Trensch who was previously announced as Bat Boy. Directed by two-time Tony winner Alex Timbers with Music Director <a...

Watch a video of Jonathan Groff and the cast of Just In Time on Broadway performing the title song and "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" in the recording booth for their upcoming Broadway Cast Recording. The album arrives Friday, August 15th on all digital platforms, with physical formats following on Friday, October 24th. Just In Time (Original Broadway Cast Recording), the official companion to the Broadway production starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff as the legendary Bobby Darin, is set to be released by Atlantic Records. Developed and directed by Tony Award-winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge), Just In Time sees Jonathan Groff returning to Broadway as Bobby Darin, the legendary singer whose short but remarkable life took him from...

New York City Center has announced additional casting for its annual gala presentation Bat Boy: The Musical, the cult hit last seen Off Broadway in 2001. Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Alex Newell (Shucked) and Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her) will join Taylor Trensch (Floyd Collins) who was previously announced as Bat Boy.

Also joining the cast is Kerry Butler, who starred in the original Off Broadway production. The cast is rounded out with Mary Faber, Alan H Green, Evan Harrington, John-Michael Lyles, Olivia Puckett, Rema Webb and Marissa Jaret Winokur.

The Annual Gala Presentation of Bat Boy: The Musical runs October 29 – November 9 at City Center.

Directed by two-time Tony winner Alex Timbers with Music Director Andrew Resnick and choreography by Connor Gallagher, Bat Boy is described as a “heartfelt, irreverent, darkly comic musical” inspired by a popular tabloid article from the 1990s.

The synopsis: After being discovered in a cave and...

Atlantic Records is set to release Just In Time (Original Broadway Cast Recording), the official companion to the Broadway production starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff as the legendary Bobby Darin. The album arrives Friday, August 15th on all digital platforms, with physical formats following on Friday, October 24th. You can now get a first look at Jonathan Groff in the recording studio here! To celebrate the announcement, two show-stopping fan favorites — “Splish Splash” and “This Could Be the Start of Something Big / Just In Time”— are available everywhere now. Listen on BroadwayWorld Here! Developed and directed by Tony Award-winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge), Just In Time sees Jonathan Groff returning to Broadway as Bobby Darin,...

Atlantic Records will release Just In Time (Original Broadway Cast Recording), the official companion to the Broadway production starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff as the legendary Bobby Darin. The album arrives Friday, August 15th on all digital platforms, with physical formats following on Friday, October 24th. To celebrate the announcement, two show-stopping fan favorites — “Splish Splash” and “This Could Be the Start of Something Big / Just In Time”— are available everywhere now. Listen here! The album was produced by Tom Kirdahy, two-time Grammy winner Bill Sherman, Andrew Resnick, and Alex Timbers; co-produced, recorded, and mixed by five-time Grammy winner Derik Lee, with Robert Ahrens serving as executive producer. Performed by Groff and the original Broadway cast,...

Episode #133 of Survival Jobs: A Podcast is out now, featuring the charismatic and versatile Caesar Samayoa—currently lighting up the stage eight times a week in Broadway’s immersive hit Just In Time at New York’s Circle in the Square Theatre. In this engaging conversation with hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo recorded live at the WelcomeToTimesSquare.com Studios in New York City , Caesar traces how he came to portray multiple real‑life figures in this lively musical about Bobby Darin’s life. He also explores why Just In Time—directed by the visionary Alex Timbers, marking their fourth collaboration—resonates so strongly with both critics and audiences, touching on its immersive cabaret‑style staging and emotional authenticity. Caesar delves into the dynamic energy that Alex...

If there is a movie that perfectly fits the term “beloved,” then The Princess Bride is pretty much it. The 1987 comical fantasy adventure by Rob Reiner has been a favorite movie of multiple generations and also has the honor of being a movie that both audiences and critics completely agreed is one of the best movies of all time. However, attempts to expand the franchise to the stage have been in theatrical development hell for almost 20 years, but have taken their first big step forward with the appointment of two very familiar and successful songwriters.

The Princess Bride stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, and an array of comical talent in minor roles, and, of course, Peter Falk and Fred Savage in the wraparound story. For anyone who does not know what The Princess Bride is about, the synopsis (which does not do it justice) reads:

“A...

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning songwriting duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, two-time Tony winning director Alex Timbers and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller have joined the in-development musical stage adaptation of the beloved cult classic 1987 film The Princess Bride, based on the novel by William Goldman.

In development since 2019 – at least this iteration – The Princess Bride‘s then-producer Disney Theatrical Productions was teamed with Tony-winning composer David Yazbek.

Other changes since 2019: director Alex Timbers has come aboard, and Jeffrey Seller is now producing. Still with the project: book writers Bob Martin and Rick Elice and music supervisor Tom Kitt.

It’s unclear exactly when or why Disney Theatrical and Yazbek left the project. Disney Theatrical declined comment; Deadline has reached out to Seller for further information.

The arrival of the new composers, director and producer was made public in an Equity...

Inconceivable! A new Equity casting notice has revealed that Academy Award-winning duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, best known for their chart-topping scores for Frozen, Frozen II, Coco, and Avenue Q, have boarded the upcoming stage adaptation of The Princess Bride. The Academy Award-winning songwriting duo will replace previously announced composer, Tony-winner David Yazbek on the project. They join Tony-winning book writers Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) and Rick Elice, and music supervisor by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) to bring the iconic film to life on the musical stage. According to the audition listing, The Princess Bride will receive a developmental work session this August in New York City, helmed by Tony-winning director Alex Timbers...

Taylor Trensch will play Bat Boy in New York City Center's Annual Gala Presentation Bat Boy: The Musical. Directed by two-time Tony winner Alex Timbers with Music Director Andrew Resnick and choreography by Connor Gallagher, this heartfelt, irreverent, darkly comic musical opens October 29 (through November 9) with a benefit performance honoring Broadway producer Bee Carrozzini of Atg Entertainment. After being discovered in a cave and adopted by a local West Virginia family, Bat Boy, also known as Edgar, wants nothing more than to be accepted by the community and works hard to appeal to their “Christian Charity.” But will his insatiable bloodlust be his undoing? Or will the bloodlust of a town searching for an easy scapegoat beat him to the...

New York City Center today announced that its musical theater programming for the 2025–2026 Season will include an Encores! presentation of an all-Black production of La Cage Aux Folles starring Billy Porter as Albin. Robert O’Hara will directed the production scheduled for June 17 through 28, 2026.

The musical was one of three Encores! productions and a gala presentation announced today by City Center for the season – the first season planned by the newly appointed VP & Artistic Director, Musical Theater Jenny Gersten.

Besides Porter, no casting was yet announced for the season.

In addition to La Cage, the other Encores! musicals to be presented are the Hugh Martin-Timothy Gray musical High Spirits, based on Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward, to be directed by Jessica Stone; and the Michael John Lachiusa-George C. Wolfe musical The Wild Party, directed by Lili-Anne Brown.

In addition to the Encores! entries, the City Center season will include gala benefit...

When you think of a comedian on Broadway, who instantly comes to mind? Will Ferrell might not have been your first thought, but he is no stranger to theater. Although the renowned funnyman is known for his jokes, he's also a multi-talented actor who uses his skills to perform, produce, and write projects across a wide range of genres. Ferrell's 2020 Netflix musical comedy is one of those productions that the actor wrote, starred in, and co-produced. The idea of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga came to the California native in 1998, when he was introduced to Eurovision, a European song tradition, by his wife, and now it's headed to Broadway.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga stars Ferrell as Lars Erickssong, a middle-aged man with dreams of winning the Eurovision Song Contest, and Rachel McAdams as Sigrit Ericksdóttir, Lars' bandmate and life-long best friend who yearns for a romantic relationship.

Will Ferrell has confirmed he will return to Broadway with a stage musical adaptation of his 2020 film ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’.The 56-year-old actor and comedian, best known for his roles in ‘Elf’ and ‘Anchorman’, is co-writing the Broadway script for the musical with Harper Steele and Anthony King. Will was quoted in Variety saying: “We are more than excited to bring Eurovision to Broadway. The stage musical is a perfect place to continue our celebration of all the things we love about this amazing and unifying song competition.”The original film starred Will and Rachel McAdams as aspiring Icelandic musicians Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir, who dream of representing their country at the Eurovision Song Contest. It featured original songs such as ‘Ja Ja Ding Dong’, ‘Lion of Love’, and the Oscar-nominated ballad ‘Husavik’. The new stage version is being developed with music by Savan Kotecha,...

You can now get a first look at footage of the six-time Tony Award nominated musical Just In Time. Starring Tony Award Winner and 2025 Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff, Just In Time was also nominated for Tony Awards for Gracie Lawrence’s performance, scenic, costume and sound design, and orchestrations. Just In Time began performances Monday, March 31, 2025, and opened to critical acclaim on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Just In Time invites audiences to experience the great American entertainer’s meteoric journey – from soaring highs to crushing lows – brought to life by Groff, a cast of 11 on-stage actors, and featuring a live on-stage band performing Bobby Darin’s iconic hits...

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Snow White heads to Disney+

The live-action adaptation of Disney's first animated feature will bow on the company's streaming service on June 11. Snow White, which stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, was a major box office disappointment, earning only $43 million domestic returns, a number recently dwarfed by the Lilo & Stitch redo.

Jacob Tremblay is going to play the Unabomber

What else is there to say? Deadline revealed that the cast has been set for Unabom, a dramatic retelling of the serial bomber for Netflix. Joining the Oscar nominee are Russell Crowe, Shailene Woodley, and Annabelle Wallis.

Writers Guild sets date for 2026 awards

The scribes union will celebrate the year's achievements in film and television on March 8, 2026. As is tradition, the night will be split between the coasts with two events — one at the Jw Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live and the...

Will Ferrell is reteaming with frequent collaborator Harper Steele to bring their 2020 romantic comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga to the stage. Per a report from Deadline, a musical based on the Netflix film is in development from the pair, who are writing the book alongside Anthony King. Savan Kotecha, who has penned songs for Ariana Grande and One Direction and worked as executive music producer on the original film, will return to compose the music while two-time Tony winner Alex Timbers directs. There's currently no production timeline, though it will be produced under Lia Vollack.

Originally meant to release in time for the 2020 edition of Eurovision, The Story of Fire Saga paired Ferrell up with Rachel McAdams as aspiring Icelandic musicians Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdottir. Representing their home country in the world's pre-eminent music competition, they shoot for pop stardom, fighting the odds of scheming...

A new musical is in development based on the Netflix motion picture, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. The production will feature book by Will Ferrell, Harper Steele and Anthony King, music by Savan Kotecha, and will be directed by Alex Timbers. “We are more than excited to bring Eurovision to Broadway,” stated Ferrell. “The stage musical is a perfect place to continue our celebration of all the things we love about this amazing and unifying song competition.” “Will Ferrell and Harper Steele are my comedy heroes,” stated Timbers. “And when I first saw their joyful movie “Eurovision” during the pandemic, it buoyed spirits during a very dark time. With this stage adaptation, I can’t wait to bring that same mix of heart, spectacle, irreverence, and awe to audiences across...

The Netherworld-wide sensation returns. For the third time, the popular Beetlejuice: The Musical is coming back to the Broadway stage beginning in October, Deadline reports.

The 13-week resurrection of the Tony-nominated Beetlejuice: The Musical (read our review) kicks off October 8 at The Palace Theatre, and runs through January 3, 2026.

The musical’s official website details, “After haunting theatres all over North America, the national tour of Beetlejuice arrives at its final resting place: Broadway!

“Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilariously demented musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, an unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “a feast for the eyes and soul!” (Entertainment Weekly). And under its uproarious surface, it’s a remarkably touching show about family,...

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice is returning to Broadway for the third time.

The first national tour of Beetlejuice The Musical will play at The Palace Theatre from Oct. 8 for a 13-week engagement through Jan. 3, 2026. The third return to Broadway is unusual (and in keeping with the plot of the show) as the musical’s two previous Broadway engagements were in the last five years and the production has had a bumpy trajectory.

The musical originally ran at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre from April 2019, and initially saw low ticket sales until its fortunes turned around, thanks in part to traction on social media and a successful Tonys performance. Despite the reversal in the production’s grosses, theater owners announced plans to force the show out of the theater by June 2020, to make room for The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman. Those plans were delayed by the pandemic, but Beetlejuice did vacate...

Beetlejuice The Musical will return to Broadway for the third time when the First National Tour of the international hit musical comedy begins performances Wednesday, October 8 at The Palace Theatre.

The First National tour of the musical launched on December 7, 2022, at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre and is now in its third year. The tour will play a limited 13-week Broadway resurrection engagement at the Palace through Saturday, January 3, 2026.

Casting was not announced.

For ticket information visit beetlejuicebroadway.com.

Beetlejuice had two unconventional, record-breaking Broadway runs that brought a new and very engaged audience to Broadway via Tiktok, YouTube and social media, playing to sold-out, standing-room-only audiences in 2019 at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and again in 2022 at the Marquis Theatre for a total of 679 Broadway performances.

The First National tour of the musical is concluding a critically acclaimed, record-breaking 88-city tour with one last Broadway resurrection at the Palace.

A new block of tickets for the six-time Tony Award nominated new Broadway musical Just In Time starring Tony Award Winner and 2025 Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff is now on sale for performances through Sunday, January 11, 2026, at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. Just In Time began performances Monday, March 31, 2025, and opened to critical acclaim on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Read what the critics had to say. Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge), Just In Time invites audiences to experience the great American entertainer's meteoric journey – from soaring highs to crushing lows – brought to life by Groff, a cast of 11 on-stage actors, and featuring a live on-stage band performing Bobby...

Jonathan Groff and the cast of Just in Time joined Good Morning America on Friday to perform from the Tony-nominated musical. Take a look at photos from their visit below, including some from their upbeat performance of Bobby Darin's iconic Splish Splash! To watch the full performance, click here. Groff is currently starring as Darin in Broadway's Just in Time, which has received 6 Tony nominations, including one for Groff. Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Just In Time invites audiences to experience Bobby Darin’s meteoric journey – from soaring highs to crushing lows – brought to life by Groff, a cast of 11 on-stage actors, and featuring a live on-stage band performing Bobby Darin’s iconic hits including “Beyond...

On Friday morning, Jonathan Groff took the stage on Good Morning America for a live performance from the Tony-nominated musical Just in Time. During his visit, the Tony-winner sang the iconic "Splish Splash" as originated by Bobby Darin. Watch the performance now! Groff is currently starring as Darin in Broadway's Just in Time, which has received 6 Tony nominations, including one for Groff. Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Just In Time invites audiences to experience the great American entertainer’s meteoric journey – from soaring highs to crushing lows – brought to life by Groff, a cast of 11 on-stage actors, and featuring a live on-stage band performing Bobby Darin’s iconic hits including “Beyond the Sea,” “Splish Splash,”...

Jonathan Groff will perform from the Tony-nominated musical Just in Time on Good Morning America Friday May 23. Tune in to watch the performance, which will air during the 7:00-9:00 am block on ABC. Groff, who has been nominated for a Tony for his performance as Bobby Darin, is also set to appear on GMA3: What You Need to Know, joined by co-star and fellow nominee Gracie Lawrence. GMA3 airs at 1:00 p.m. Edt. Groff is currently starring as Bobby Darin in Broadway's Just in Time, which has received 6 Tony nominations, including one for Groff. Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Just In Time invites audiences to experience the great American entertainer’s meteoric journey – from soaring...

This June, Jonathan Groff will have the rare chance to win Tony Awards in two consecutive years. If he repeats last year’s triumph for Merrily We Roll Along with one for this year’s Just In Time, he’ll join a very exclusive club of six Broadway greats: Laurie Metcalf, Judith Light, Stephen Spinella, Sandy Dennis, Gwen Verdon, and Shirley Booth.

For Groff, the two-in-a-row possibility, exciting enough, even has a hint more frisson: Just In Time, a biographical musical of Bobby Darin, marks a career first for the busy actor. “I’ve never been part of a project from its conception. Eight years ago this month, actually, Ted Chapin asked me to do a night of Bobby Darin music at the 92nd Street Y and I read this book called Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee, written by Dodd Darin, the son of Bobby and Sandy,...

“It’s my first love,” Jonathan Groff tells The Hollywood Reporter, on why he returned to Broadway so soon after winning his first Tony Award for Merrily We Roll Along last year.

Now, Groff has received his fourth Tony nomination for playing singer-actor Bobby Darin in the jukebox musical, Just in Time. He has previously been nominated for his work in Hamilton and Spring Awakening. But this time, the experience is “unlike anything” before, as he’s been involved with the project for the last eight years and has learned how to embody the moves and persona of the legendary singer.

And the Mindhunter star is having a lot of fun doing it. At the top of the show, he introduces himself to the crowd as himself, which was Groff’s idea, and even warns the crowd that he might spit on them while singing, poking fun at his saliva-based...

Winners of the 2025 Drama League Awards were announced today in a ceremony hosted by Emmy-winning NY1 reporter Frank Dilella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. In a competitive year for theater awards, both Maybe Happy Ending and Sunset Boulevard added important feathers to their caps on their march to the Tony Awards.

Nicole Scherzinger took home the Drama League’s highly coveted Distinguished Performance prize for her radical reinterpretation of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Actors can only win this catch-all performance award once in their careers.

The winner of this award repeats that victory at the Tonys more often than not. Last year, Sarah Paulson won the Drama League before clinching a Tony win for her role in the play Appropriate. Other recent Drama League winners who went on to win a Tony in the same year include Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge!), Bryan Cranston (Network), Glenda Jackson (Three Tall Women), Ben Platt...

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Étoile is a comedy-drama series created by Daniel and Amy Sherman-Palladino. The Prime Video series revolves around two world-renowned ballet companies as they swap their top talents in a last-ditch effort to save their beloved institutions. Étoile stars Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou de Laâge, Gideon Glick, David Alvarez, Ivan du Pontavice, Taïs Vinolo, David Haig, Lamay Zhang, and Simon Callow. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, intense drama, and compelling characters in Étoile, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Mozart in the Jungle is a comedy-drama series created by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Alex Timbers, and Paul Weitz. Based on the 2005 memoir titled Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music by Blair Tindall, the Prime Video series follows Rodrigo, a genius maestro,...

Tune in to Late Night with Seth Meyers next week to see the Tony-nominated stars of Just in Time, Jonathan Groff and Gracie Lawrence, on the show. The duo, who star as Bobby Darin and Connie Francis in the Broadway musical, will visit the late-night show on Tuesday, May 6. Late Night with Seth Meyers airs weekdays at 12:35/11:35c on NBC. Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Just In Time invites audiences to experience the great American entertainer’s meteoric journey – from soaring highs to crushing lows – brought to life by Groff, a cast of 11 on-stage actors, and featuring a live on-stage band performing Bobby Darin’s iconic hits including “Beyond the Sea,” “Splish Splash,”...

Broadway actors Jordan Fisher and Solea Pfeiffer stopped by Studio 1A to perform “Your Song” from “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” as part of the Citi Concert Series on Today. Watch video of their performance. About Moulin Rouge! The Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of ten 2021 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, two Drama League Awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical, five Drama Desk Awards and ten Outer Critics Circle Award Honor citations including New Broadway Musical. The production opened on Broadway in the Summer of 2019 and is heading into its sixth year on Broadway. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers and with a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan, choreography by Tony Award® winner Sonya Tayeh and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award® winner Justin Levine. Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz,...

Tony Award-winner Jonathan Groff and the Broadway company of “Just In Time” recently stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Beyond the Sea” from the new musical based on the career of Bobby Darin. Check out the video here! Developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, the musicalJust in Time invites audiences to experience the great American entertainer’s meteoric journey – from soaring highs to crushing lows – brought to life by Groff, a cast of 11 on-stage actors, and featuring a live on-stage band performing Bobby Darin’s iconic hits including “Beyond the Sea,” “Splish Splash,” “Dream Lover,” and “Mack the Knife.” Just in TimeJust in Time stars Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff, Gracie Lawrence, Tony...

While Wayne Brady regularly delights many fans on television as a game show host, he initially started with improv comedy and portraying different characters.

He took his talents to Whose Line Is It Anyways? and Let’s Make a Deal, where he is known for keeping the show entertaining with co-stars and contestants.

Viewers saw Wayne appear in a reality television series, Wayne Brady: The Family Remix, where he co-starred with his daughter, ex-wife, and her current partner.

While that didn’t extend beyond one season of episodes, Wayne hasn’t slowed down when it comes to working.

Months ago, fans could watch him on stage as the titular character in a Broadway revival of The Wiz.

He’s now returning to Broadway, as recent news revealed another new role for Wayne away from television.

Wayne Brady joins the Moulin Rouge cast

On Wayne’s Instagram page, he shared several posts,...

Broadway’s 2024-25 season got off to a rather fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending, and wrapped up with some equally excellent season closers like Just In Time and Dead Outlaw.

This compendium of Deadline’s Broadway reviews takes a look at all of them. Use it as a guide for your theater-going, or a sneak peek at what this year’s Tony Awards might have in store on Sunday, June 8.

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Opening Night: April 27

Venue: Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre

Direction & Choreography By: Sergio Trujillo

Book: Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, based on the play by Josefina López and the HBO screenplay by Josefina López and George Lavoo

Music & Lyrics By: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Cast: Tatianna Córdoba, Justina Machado,...

Just In Time, the Bobby Darin jukebox musical starring Jonathan Groff opening tonight at a wonderfully dressed Circle in the Square on Broadway, does some serious and genuine starmaking, twice over in fact. Darin, the once hugely popular but now barely remembered nightclub singer and Top 40 hitmaker is returned to a spot in our cultural memory, and Groff, the Tony-winning star of last season’s Merrily We Roll Along and for years now one of the stage’s more popular young actors, newly emerges to the top ranks of the best, most natural all-around entertainers working today.

Some performances – think Liza Minnelli in the film Cabaret, or Hugh Jackman in Broadway’s The Boy From Oz – send their stars into new stratospheres, something outside the labels “actor” and “singer” and into that exclusive circle of stars who can hold a stage both as a character and as themselves, instantly recognizable and unique.

Nominations for the 2025 Drama League Awards were announced Tuesday by current Broadway stars Sarah Hyland (The Great Gatsby) and Orville Peck (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club). Winners will be announced May 19 at a ceremony at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.

The Drama League Awards honor both Broadway and off-Broadway productions and stand out for their catch-all acting category, the Distinguished Performance Award. An actor can only win it once in their career. After they have won, they can never be nominated again. This year, 51 performers are nominated. There is no crossover between members who vote on the Drama League Awards and the Tonys, but the nominations can nevertheless be revealing as to which performances and productions break through, or not, with this group’s expanded categories.

One of the most shocking results of the nominations is the complete omission of The Hills of California. The Jez Butterworth play is one of...

I love John Mulaney. I've seen his stand up live several times and practically memorized his comedy specials.

While I am happy he is getting the chance for an ongoing series, this show is painful to watch. I zoned out so many times I thought I had unknowingly taken an edible.

The weekly show is a continuation of his original show, Everybody's in LA. The reboot with a new, fresh title is coming to us because, as Mulaney jokes, everybody hates LA.

The good from Everybody's Live with John Mulaney 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals | Frazer Harrison/GettyImages

Let's start with the positives. Legendary actor Richard Kind is John's lovable sidekick. He is best known for his brief role in Night Court - just kidding, he's been in about 30,000 movies and TV shows since including Only Murders in the Building, Big Mouth, American Dad, Curb Your Enthusiasm,...

All In: Comedy About Love recouped its Broadway investment after its 10-week run and has plans for a return engagement.

The show, which played the Hudson Theater from Dec. 11 through Feb. 16, featured a rotating cast of starry actors acting out short stories written by Simon Rich. The cast included John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Chloe Fineman, Nick Kroll, Richard Kind, Fred Armisen and more.

Lorne Michaels and Seaview, the producers of the show, said they plan to bring a new show All Out: Comedy About Life by Simon Rich to Broadway in the 2025 – 2026 season, directed by Alex Timbers, who also helmed All In.

The theater and the cast for All Out will be announced at a later date.

“I’m so grateful to have had the chance to collaborate with so many talented people on All In: Comedy About Love, and I’m thrilled to be working...

All In: Comedy About Love, the hit Simon Rich play in which a rotating cast of stars read-performed the author’s comic stories, recouped its Broadway capitalization before playing its final performance on Sunday, February 16 at the Hudson Theatre, producers announced.

In fact, the production was so successful – it holds the Hudson’s house record for the weekly highest gross – that producers Seaview and Lorne Michaels have announced a “companion piece” by Rich to hit Broadway next season: All Out: Comedy About Life.

Venue and “all-star casting” for All Out will be announced soon. All In director Alex Timbers will return for All Out.

“I’m so grateful to have had the chance to collaborate with so many talented people on All In: Comedy About Love,” Rich said, “and I’m thrilled to be working with the same creative team on my next show All Out: Comedy About Life, the companion piece to All In.

We’re about halfway through the 2024-25 Broadway season, and there are 12 productions of musicals set to open this spring. Could any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, find the summaries of each plot, as well as its author, cast, composer, and director. You’ll also get the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.

SEETony Talk: Plays ‘Oh, Mary!’ and ‘The Hills of California,’ actor Kit Connor are on track for nominations Redwood

Previews began: Jan. 24

Opens: Feb. 13

Official synopsis: Jesse seems to have it all, a successful career and devoted family, until a life-altering event drives her far from everyone and everything she knows. When she finds herself at the foot of the redwoods in Northern California, a chance encounter and a leap of faith will change her life forever.

Book by Tony nominee Tina Landau

Score by Kate Diaz and Tina Landau

Directed by...

Late night TV star and former SNL regular Jimmy Fallon made his Broadway debut last night, even if it won’t be particularly a long-running gig. Fallon will do eight performances of All In: Comedy About Love, Simon Rich’s episodic tales of love that features an ever-evolving cast week after week.

The late-night talk show took his spot last night alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Fallon and Nick Kroll; that group performs, sans Miranda, wrap up on February 2. (Miranda hangs around until February 16).

Proving one of the more popular, and unusual, productions of the winter Broadway season, All In began performances at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre on December 11, with a revolving cast that has included John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind.

Other performances taking their turns before the production closes February 16 have been Chloe Fineman and Andrew Rannells, with Nick Kroll, David Cross, Annaleigh Ashford,...

Update: Broadway’s Mean Girls star Erika Henningsen will play singer Sandra Dee in the upcoming Just In Time musical about Bobby Darin starring Jonathan Groff.

Henningsen’s arrival rounds out the cast in the world premiere Broadway staging, which begins previews at Circle in the Square Theater on Friday, March 28, with an opening night on Wednesday, April 23.

Producers Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens and John Frost made the casting announcement today.

Previous, Jan. 14: Gracie Lawrence of The Sex Lives of College Girls and the band Lawrence will make her Broadway musical debut this spring opposite Jonathan Groff in the Bobby Darin musical Just In Time. She’ll play singer Connie Francis to Groff’s Darin.

Also joining the cast is Emily Bergl, who has appeared on Broadway in Goodnight Oscar, The Ferryman, and A Touch of the Poet and on TV in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Mindhunter. For Just In TIme,...

When audiences pile into Broadway’s Hudson Theater to watch All In: A Comedy About Love, chances are they’re not looking at the husband-and-wife duo tuning their instruments on either side of the stage. The show of vignettes, created by author Simon Rich, is only onstage for a 10-week limited engagement, and features a rotating cast of the who’s who of comedy and Broadway stardom, including John Mulaney, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Jimmy Fallon, Tim Meadows, and others. But as the lights change and...

We’ve all had difficult bosses, but not all of them have inspired multiple movie villains, one of which has the surname “Evil.”

While the public-facing Lorne Michaels is just a friendly old Canadian gentleman with a glass of white wine permanently attached to his right hand, working for the Saturday Night Live producer can be an aggravating experience (just ask poor old Billy Crystal).

In addition to the fact that he allegedly can keep people waiting in his office for longer than the running time of the entire Godfather trilogy, and reportedly likes to play cult-like mind games with his employees, Michaels also has a history of humbling cast members with an oddly specific criticism — and it involves wigs.

John Mulaney and his former SNL writing partner Simon Rich (of Switcheroo infamy) recently spoke with The New Yorker, and revealed yet another way in which Michaels exerts his power.

Last week, the Broadway play All In: Comedy About Love got very dramatic about money – weekly box office, specifically, with grosses topping $1 million, an impressive feat for any play not named Mary. Figure in that All In isn’t really a play at all, but a collection of readings by the short comic fiction writer Simon Rich and I thought the box office tally seemed something akin to a Christmas miracle.

Then I actually saw All In, and count me among the Rich converts. Directed by the ever nimble Alex Timbers and performed by a rotating cast of four actors – I was lucky to get the truly excellent John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Richard Kind – the 90-minute All In is a perfect holiday snickerdoodle, a light and tasty snack no less funny for its brevity and lack of splashy production values.

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Casting was announced for Broadway’s upcoming Just in Time starring Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin, with the Merrily We Roll Along Tony winner to be joined on stage in the new musical by Joe Barbara (A Bronx Tale The Musical), Michele Pawk (Wicked), Lance Roberts (The Music Man), Caesar Samayoa (Come From Away), Christine Cornish, Julia Grondin (Funny Girl), Valeria Yamin (Moulin Rouge!), John Treacy Egan (My Fair Lady), Tari Kelly (Mr. Saturday Night), Matt Magnusson, Khori Michelle Petinaud (Lempicka), and Larkin Reilly (Bad Cinderella).

Producers Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens and John Frost announced the casting today. With a book by Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver, music supervision and arrangements by Andrew Resnick, choreography by Shannon Lewis and based on an original concept by Ted Chapin, Just In Time, developed and directed by Alex Timbers, will open Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre,...

Nick Kroll has joined the cast of the Broadway show All In: Comedy About Love.

The comedian and Big Mouth co-creator will join the rotating cast from Jan. 14 through Feb. 2, acting alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Andrew Rannells and Jimmy Fallon. He replaces previously announced cast member Sam Richardson.

The play kicks off with John Mulaney from Dec. 11 through Jan. 12 and other cast members including Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Richard Kind and Chloe Fineman. All In: Comedy About Love runs at the Hudson Theatre through Feb. 16, with an official opening night on Dec. 22.

The show, written by Simon Rich and directed by Alex Timbers, features a series of humorous stories about dating, heartbreak, marriage and more, adapted from short stories written by Rich that had previously appeared in The New Yorker.

Musical duo The Bengsons (Abigail and Shaun Bengson) will be performing songs from The Magnetic Fields during the show.

Jonathan Groff is returning to Broadway!

The Tony winner is set to star in Just In Time, a new musical about the life and times of singer Bobby Darin, Variety reports.

The Circle in the Square Theatre will be transformed into “an intimate and immersive night club, complete with a live band and ensemble of 16″ to perform the legendary songwriter’s hits like “Splish Splash,” “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife” and “Dream Lover.”

Moulin Rouge director Alex Timbers is developing and directing the show.

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Here’s a summary: The show will follow the “great American entertainer’s meteoric journey — from soaring highs to crushing lows […] whose short but remarkable life took him from teen idol to global sensation, inspiring generations of performers who followed.”

“Bobby Darin was a supernova. He blazed his way through every corner of the entertainment industry, but his enormous talent,...

Fresh off his Tony-winning turn in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’ “Merrily We Roll Along,” Jonathan Groff will return to the rialto next spring in the new Bobby Darin jukebox musical “Just in Time.” Tony-winning director Alex Timbers (“Moulin Rouge”) will oversee the production that is set to transform the Circle in the Square theater into a nightclub complete with a swing band.

Groff will lead a cast of 16 to tell the story of this singer/songwriter who was only 37 when he died of heart disease in 1973. Darin had a string of hits in the 1950s including the chart-topping “Splish Splash,” “Dream Lover,” “Mack the Knife” and “Just in Time.” He turned to acting in the 1960s, often opposite his wife Sandra Dee (they met making “Come September” in 1961). He reaped an Oscar bid in 1963 for his supporting turn as a shell-shocked soldier in “Captain Newman, M.D.” In the 1970s,...

Jonathan Groff will return to Broadway this season in the new musical Just in Time.

In the show, Groff, a Tony winner for his role in last season’s Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along, will play Bobby Darin, the singer/songwriter known for “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife,” “Splish Splash” and more. Groff is also a producer on the project, alongside Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens and John Frost.

The show, developed and directed by Alex Timbers (Beetlejuice, Here Lies Love), will begin previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre starting March 28, 2025 with an opening night April 3. The theater is currently home to Romeo + Juliet, which is a limited run, set to close Feb. 16.

The run marks the world premiere of Just in Time, which features a book by Warren Leight (Side Man) and Isaac Oliver (Intimacy Idiot) and choreography by Shannon Lewis. The play, which features a live,...

After debuting as host of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Saturday Night Live alum Aidy Bryant is coming back for ceremony’s 40th edition in 2025.

The Spirits’ nominees will be announced December 4, with winners to be revealed at the awards show on February 22, 2025 that will be streamed live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels.

“We couldn’t ask for a better host for our 40th anniversary! As we prepare to celebrate this incredible milestone honoring the outstanding achievements and contributions within the independent world, we welcome Aidy back with open arms,” said Josh Welsh, president of Film Independent. “After her unforgettable turn last year, we can once again anticipate an evening filled with laughter, inspiration, and recognition of excellence.”

Last year’s top winners included A24’s Past Lives for Best Feature and that pic’s Celine Song as Best Director.

Bryant was a 10-year cast member on Saturday Night Live.