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News from the 41 Broadway houses: openings and closings, box office, producers, and the stories shaping the season.

John Behlmann, Norah Nunes, Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis and Gabriel Ebert, the Broadway cast of DOLLY: A True Original Musical. Photo by Matthew Murphy
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Katie Rose Clarke will play Dolly Parton on Broadway as DOLLY names its first five actors

Katie Rose Clarke will play Dolly Parton when DOLLY: A True Original Musical begins previews at the St. James Theatre on December 7, heading a first group of five principals whom Parton handpicked herself.

Kenzie Ziegler in & Juliet on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy
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Photos: Anthony Gargiula, Spencer Sutherland and Kenzie Ziegler in & Juliet on Broadway

Kenzie Ziegler hangs in mid-leap in front of the neon title sign in the first production photographs of the newest arrivals in & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

Key art for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on Broadway
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It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play brings Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty and Tituss Burgess to the Broadhurst

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play will have its Broadway premiere at the Broadhurst Theatre this holiday season, with Andrew Rannells as George Bailey and Megan Hilty as Mary, in a strictly limited nine-week…

Stella Cole at the piano. Photo by Laurel Hinton
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Stella Cole steps in as Gil Brentley in Maybe Happy Ending from October 20

The jazz singer Stella Cole will make her Broadway debut on Tuesday, October 20, stepping into the role of Gil Brentley in Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre for a four-week engagement while Dez Duron takes a…

Matthew Morrison and the cast of Just in Time. Photo by Matthew Murphy
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Matthew Morrison Returns to Just in Time as Jeremy Jordan and Carrie St. Louis Set Final Performances

Just in Time, the only musical of the 2024–2025 Broadway season to have recouped its capitalization, will change its Bobby Darin in October: Jeremy Jordan plays his final performance at Circle in the Square Theatre on…

Kelli Finglass in a magenta dress against a plain grey studio background
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Kelli Finglass takes the opening monologue in Chicago on October 3

The opening monologue of Chicago belongs to a guest for one night on Saturday, October 3. Kelli Finglass, who has run the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders for 35 years, delivers it at the 8pm performance at the Ambassador…

Xolo Maridueña on a red carpet in a black jacket and white shirt with a floral brooch. Photo by Ian West/PA Images
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Xolo Maridueña makes his Broadway debut in Buena Vista Social Club

Xolo Maridueña plays Juan de Marcos in Buena Vista Social Club for seven weeks from November 17, the fourth guest name the production has announced since August as it works its second year at the Schoenfeld.

The SIX logo, the title in white capitals under a gold crown on a purple ground
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SIX sets its final Broadway Sing-Along for October 29

SIX will hold its last Sing-Along performance on Thursday, October 29 at 7pm, three months before the Broadway run ends.

A vast structure breaks apart in fire and forked lightning above a fogbound stage, two figures below it. Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
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Evan Alexander Smith plays Dr. Brenner for the final weeks of Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Evan Alexander Smith takes over as Dr. Brenner in Stranger Things: The First Shadow from tonight, and stays for the final fourteen weeks of the Broadway run.