Broadway News

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

Austin Scott, Julianne Hough and Neil Patrick Harris at the Yankee Stadium announcement of Damn Yankees on Broadway. Photo by Emilio Madrid
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Damn Yankees returns to the Marquis in March with Neil Patrick Harris, Julianne Hough and Austin Scott

Damn Yankees returns to the Marquis Theatre next spring with Neil Patrick Harris as Applegate, Julianne Hough as Lola and Austin Scott as Young Joe, in the first Broadway revival of the 1955 musical in more than 30…

Elaine Hendrix and Havana Rose Liu in performance at The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway in 2025. Photo courtesy of The 24 Hour Plays
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The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway will honor Thomas Kail at the Todd Haimes Theatre

The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway returns to the Todd Haimes Theatre on Monday, November 2, and this year the one-night benefit is built around Thomas Kail.

Billy Crystal stands with his arms folded in front of a blue stage curtain beside the title artwork for 860
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Billy Crystal's 860 begins previews at the Imperial Theatre next week

Billy Crystal starts previews of his new one-man show 860 at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on Thursday, October 1, with opening night set for Wednesday, October 21.

Reece Weaver as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway. Photo by Jeremy Daniel
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Reece Weaver extends as Roxie Hart in Chicago through November 1

Reece Weaver will stay on as Roxie Hart at the Ambassador Theatre for a further two weeks, playing Chicago through Sunday, November 1.

Three Blue Man Group performers in holiday sweaters
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Blue Man Group makes its Broadway debut with a holiday show at the Lunt-Fontanne

Three blue heads, three holiday sweaters, one knitted llama. That is the first look at Blue Man Group “A New Holiday Surprise”, and on November 12 it becomes the first Blue Man show ever to play a Broadway house.

The company of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54 on Broadway. Photo by Joan Marcus
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The Rocky Horror Show fills October at Studio 54 with giveaways, partnerships and a Halloween costume parade

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show has given over the whole of October at Studio 54 to giveaways, partnerships, a cocktail nobody will describe and a Halloween costume parade judged by the cast.

Diego Rodriguez as Che, Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón and James Olivas as Juan Perón in Evita. Photo by Marc Brenner
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Rodriguez, Olivas and Brown join Rachel Zegler in Evita on Broadway

Three members of the London company of Jamie Lloyd's Evita will cross to Broadway with Rachel Zegler when Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical opens at the Winter Garden Theatre next spring.

Bernie Williams with his guitar. Photo by David Andrako
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Bernie Williams joins the Buena Vista Social Club band as José Iglesias extends six weeks

The Yankees center fielder turned jazz guitarist takes a seat in the onstage band at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre from October 22 through November 29, while José “Candelita” Iglesias stays on as Narrator six weeks…

Key art for Prince’s Purple Rain on Broadway: the title in purple neon script on a wet brick wall
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Purple Rain sets a fan presale for September 22, with public seats two days later

Purple neon script on a wet brick wall, and a date underneath it. Purple Rain opens a fan presale for its Majestic Theatre run on Tuesday, September 22, and puts the rest of its seats on public sale two days after that.