Alaska Thunderf*ck as Mary Todd Lincoln in artwork for the Oh, Mary! North American tour
Touring & Regional

J. Harrison Ghee will not return to the Oh, Mary! national tour

J. Harrison Ghee will not rejoin the North American tour of Oh, Mary!, the production announced on October 16, a month after the Tony winner stepped away from the company on medical leave.

Wild Rose key art for New York Theatre Workshop
Off-Broadway News

Barrett Doss joins Madeline Brewer in Wild Rose at New York Theatre Workshop

Barrett Doss will play Susannah in Wild Rose, the Glasgow country-music musical that begins its US premiere run at New York Theatre Workshop on November 24, alongside Madeline Brewer as Rose-Lynn Harlan and Mare…

Sherri Shepherd as the Genie with members of the company of Aladdin on Broadway. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Broadway News

Sherri Shepherd begins her run as the Genie in Aladdin on Broadway

Sherri Shepherd stepped into the role of the Genie in Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Friday, October 16, the first woman Disney has cast in the part in any of its productions of the musical.

Hadestown key art
Broadway News

Norbert Leo Butz is Hermes in Hadestown, his first Broadway role since 2019

Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz has been playing Hermes in Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre since September 1, as part of a new principal company that also brought in Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kayko, Amber Iman and…

Allison Janney and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Other Desert Cities on Broadway. Photo by Emilio Madrid
Broadway News

First photos from Other Desert Cities put Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a Palm Springs Christmas

A Christmas tree glows in the corner of a Palm Springs living room, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus sits on the sofa in red.

Key art for Hanukkah Spectacular at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Touring & Regional

Peter Friedman leads Max Posner’s Hanukkah Spectacular at Woolly Mammoth, directed by David Cromer

In Washington, DC, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will give the world premiere of Hanukkah Spectacular, a new comedy by Max Posner, from November 14 to December 13, 2026.

Key art for Downstate on Broadway at the Booth Theatre
Broadway News

Downstate pushes its first Broadway preview back again, to Tuesday, October 20

Downstate has lost a second scheduled preview to illness in the company. Bruce Norris’s play, directed by Joe Mantello at the Booth Theatre, has canceled its Monday, October 19 performance and will now give its first…

Christiani Pitts and Chloe Lukasiak, who host SIX Spirit Week events on Broadway
Broadway News

SIX sets a Broadway Spirit Week for November 9–13, with crown, talkback and costume nights

SIX will hold a Spirit Week at the Lena Horne Theatre from November 9–13, with three themed nights for fans. The musical has 94 performances left before it closes on Broadway on January 3, 2027.

The company of Riverdance 30 – The New Generation in the show's famous line of dancers
Touring & Regional

Riverdance 30 – The New Generation Sets 47-City North American Tour for 2027

Riverdance 30 – The New Generation heads back out across North America in 2027, opening in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 22 and playing through May in a tour the producers put at 47 cities in the U.S. and Canada.