2026 Tony Award Nominations Complete List for the 2025-2026 Broadway List. The main event will be hosted by Grammy Award winner Pink on CBS this June.

Director and Choreographer Lorin Latarro chats all things Chess, The Producers, Waitress, and More with Theatrely Editor-in-Chief Kobi Kassal

The producers of BLOOD/LOVE, the original vampire pop opera, have announced the release of the show’s debut EP, arriving today all streaming platforms April 24 via Joy Machine Records. This collection of dark genre-blending pop rock and theatrical storytelling translates the immersive world into a cinematic listening experience. Click here to stream and see the exclusive music video of “Dress To Kill” below. 

Theatrely's Broadway review of The Rocky Horror Show revival directed by Sam Pinkleton and starring Luke Evans at Studio 54 in New York City.

Seems like some more felines are headed to Broadway, kinda. This morning, it was announced that production company Seaview will lead a revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, directed by Tony Award Winner Sam Gold. This strictly limited engagement in Spring of 2027 will reunite Gold with Seaview, following their collaborations on An Enemy of the People and Romeo + Juliet. Additional casting and creative team information will be announced at a later date. 

Theatrely's Broadway review of Schmigadoon! by Cinco Paul and starring Alex Brightman and Sara Chase at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City.

Today, the Boston Theater Critics Association have announced the nominees and five awards for visiting productions in the New England Area. The awards will take place Monday, June 1, 2026 at 7pm at the Huntington Theatre. In addition to the nominees, the 2026 Elliot Norton Price for Sustain Excellence goes to producer Bill Hanney for his work with the North Shore Music Theatre and Theatre By The Sea. Special Citations will be awarded to Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in honor of its 30th Anniversary Season, Blue Man Group for its 30-year residency in Boston, and to arts administrators Temple Gill and Jim Torres for their decades of service to the arts community. 

In an era where regional theatre seasons are looking bleaker and bleaker, the Huntington in Boston has come out strong with a bold 2026/2027 season including new world premieres putting Boston on the map. Next April will see the world premiere of Unorthodox based on the best-selling memoir written by Deborah Feldman. Three Broadway heavy hitters are helming the new musical including composer Benj Pasek (EGOT winner, Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, Only Murders in the Building); composer Shaina Taub (two-time Tony winner for Suffs); and playwright Joshua Harmon (Tony nominated for Prayer for the French Republic). Jordan Fein, who’s daring Into The Woods at London’s Bridge Theatre turned into one of my favorite performances this year, is set to direct. 

It was announced today that Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Crystal, and directed by Scott Ellis. The new production will play a 12-week engagement at a Shubert Theater to be announced beginning in October. 

Theatrely reports on the scene from the first preview of Broadway's newest musical comedy Schmigadoon! written by Cinco Paul.

Theatrely's Broadway review of Titaníque by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue at the St. James Theatre in New York City. The musical stars Jim Parsons, Deborah Cox, Frankie Grande, Melissa Barrera, Layton Williams, and so many more.

Theatrely's Spring Preview 2026 featuring Jessica Lee Goldyn in Gotta Dance at Stage 42 in New York City

Looks like we get a bit more of scared pottah here in New York City. Today it was announced that Tom Felton who made his Broadway debut with the company in November 2025 to once again play the role of Harry Potter’s arch-nemesis “Draco Malfoy,” will continue his run through Sunday, November 1, 2026. Tickets are on sale starting at $80 at www.HarryPotterBroadway.com.Since Tom Felton returned to the iconic character of “Draco Malfoy,” which he originated in all eight Harry Potter blockbuster films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has consistently held the #1 spot on the Broadway grosses. It’s the highest grossing production in the history of the Lyric Theatre, setting the box office record at $3.7M for the nine-performance week ending Dec. 28, 2025.

See, we are ALL smiling. Tonight, from the stage of the Hollywood Bowl (iconic), Jason Robert Brown, Ben Platt, and Rachel Zegler announced that Atlantic Records will release a live recording of The Last Five Years (25th Anniversary Live at the London Palladium). The new album arrives on Monday, April 20th, pre-orders and pre-saves are available now HERE. Captured live during the limited, sold-out concert residency at the historic London Palladium from March 24-29, 2026, the recording documents the electric chemistry of Platt and Zegler in this special 25th Anniversary staging. Conducted and directed by Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County), the album brings the intimate, non-linear story of Cathy and Jamie to life with a symphonic scale and emotional depth.

Hello! Can you believe those doorbells have been ringing on Broadway for almost 15 years now? To celebrate this milestone, The Book of Mormon has announced a special “magical Mormon mystery week” of performances from June 9-14, 2026 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. The news was announced earlier tonight on the Colbert by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez. Performances from Tuesday, June 9 through Sunday, June 14 will feature appearances in every show by original cast members Tony Award nominees Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham) and Andrew Rannells (Elder Price), Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (Nabulungi), and Tony Award nominee Rory O’Malley (Elder McKinley). The original cast members will perform select scenes and songs at each performance alongside the current cast, with no show exactly the same. The “Mystery Week” performances, the first of its kind on Broadway, will also feature Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez and Broadway’s original Mormon and Ugandan ensembles at certain performances, plus other surprise guests from the big Mormon family throughout the week.

Michelle Collins chats about her new show at Joe's Pub Wait Why Don't I Know You in New York City with Theatrely Editor-in-Chief Kobi Kassal

Now is your chance to join the producing ranks for a new Off-Broadway production! Producing office No Guarantees Productions recently announced what is believed to be the first Regulation Crowdfunding raise filed and executed by a single theatrical production for their run of Burnout Paradise by Pony Cam at the recently reopened Astor Place Theatre downtown. This will allow a much broader community of investors to participate in a theatrical production and support new work, working towards a more sustainable and overall democratic model for how theatre gets funded and who gets to be involved. 

In what is one of the most insane (positive connotation!!) pieces of casting this theatre journalist has ever written, Megan Thee Stallion is poised to join Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway beginning next month. Taking over from Bob The Drag Queen, Megan will make her Broadway debut as Zidler for an eight week engagement starting Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at the Al Hirshfeld Theatre. 

Today, in an Exclusive to Theatrely, TheatreWorksUSA and David Treatman Creative, in partnership with Animaj, announced the release of the official cast recording of The Pout-Pout Fish, the acclaimed musical adaptation of Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna’s bestselling children’s book series. The album preserves the vibrant, emotionally resonant score from the stage production currently touring nationwide.The recording features a bevy of Broadway talent including Talia Suskauer, Bonnie Milligan, Cathy Ang, George Salazar, Olivia Perez, Joel Waggoner, Amanda Lopez, Aury Krebs, and David Rowen. 

Where else on earth can you get special preview pricing for an awesome new production, and possibly win a new treadmill? The Astor Place Theatre Box Office, that’s where. The hilarious global hit Burnout Paradise, which landed on our Best Of List for 2024, has announced a special, in-person giveaway event on Thursday, February 12 from 12-4pm at the famed Astor Place Theatre Box Office. All preview tickets will be available for an endorphin pumping $26.20 and one lucky purchaser will walk (or run) away with a free, brand-new Echelon Stride 6s Auto-Fold Treadmill (valued at $1999.99), in addition to other on-site giveaways – including gift cards for free lemonade at Raising Cane’s.The special ticket price applies exclusively to preview performances running February 18 – March 4 and is available in person only, while supplies last or until the Box Office closes at 4:00 PM. Tickets are limited to two per person, with seating based on availability at the discretion of the Box Office. The treadmill winner will be randomly selected from eligible entrants, and shipping will be coordinated directly with the winner.

See who will be joining Adrien Brody when The Fear of 13 heads to Broadway this spring. Besides Brody and Tessa Thompson, the company will include Tony Award nominee Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations), Michael Cavinder (Annie at the Hollywood Bowl), Eddie Cooper (Dead Outlaw), Victor Cruz (“Blue Bloods”), Eboni Flowers (Eureka Day), Joel Marsh Garland (“Orange Is the New Black”), Jared Wayne Gladly (Aladdin), Joe Joseph (English), Jeb Kreager (“Mare of Easttown”), and Ben Thompson (Waitress). The new play by Lindsey Ferrentino will being previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Thursday, March 19, 2026 with an official opening night set for April 15. David Cromer is set to direct. 

Today, Joy Machine Records announced the second single from the All The World’s a Stage: Original Cast Recording and Theatrely has your listen. “Other Lives” is performed by Eliza Pagelle and is available today, while the full cast album of the new musical, which features book, music and lyrics by Adam Gwon will be released in streaming and digital platforms on Friday, February 20. ‍The album features performances by Elizabeth Stanley (Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee for Jagged Little Pill, Drama Desk nominee for On the Town), Matt Rodin (Beau the Musical, Company National Tour), Eliza Pagelle (Texas Shakespeare Festival), and Jon-Michael Reese (A Strange Loop on Broadway, White Girl in Danger at Second Stage).

Looks like we will be packing our bags for Atlanta! Today, it was announced that the bold new musical Like Father from Theatrely31 alum Jacob Ryan Smith and Caroline Pernick will have its world premiere production at Georgia’s Alliance Theatre. Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden (The Preacher’s Wife), Like Father will run on the Hertz Stage beginning in October of this year. Tickets will be available as part of a season ticket package in March and individually beginning in May. 

Not to stress anyone out, but we are 132 days away from the 79th Annual Tony Awards. Today it was announced that the 2026 Tonys will be back at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2026 on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ at 8:00pm ET. The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2025-2026 season is Sunday, April 26, 2026 for all Broadway productions, and nominations will be announced the morning of Tuesday, May 5, 2026. 

This fall in New York City, the weather might be getting colder, but not at Magic Mike Live. Today, it was announced that the global sensation that has played across the world from London, to Vegas, and beyond, will finally make its way to midtown Manhattan. Created and directed by Channing Tatum, performances for Magic Mike Live will begin October 8, 2026 with an official opening night set for October 22 in a newly renovated, multifunction and custom built venue just steps from Times Square. 

Oh what a celebration we’ll have today! It was announced that Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande will team up again following Wicked for a new stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. Performances will begin at the Barbican Centre in London during Summer 2027. 

It was announced today that David Cromer will mount Lindsey Ferrentino’s visceral play The Fear of 13, based on the documentary directed by David Sington. This will mark two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody’s Broadway debut, as well as Tessa Thompson’s debut. The Fear of 13 tells the extraordinary true story of Nick Yarris, who spends more than two decades on death row for a murder he insists he did not commit. Through a series of prison visits with a volunteer named Jackie, Nick traces a life shaped by impulse and consequence. As Nick and Jackie’s conversations deepen, the line between witness and participant blurs, forcing both to confront what justice demands, what belief requires, and the perilous distance between true freedom and the illusion of self-determination. By turns devastating, darkly funny, and life-affirming, The Fear of 13 is a powerful exploration of truth and trust, conscience and connection. 

Let us be glad, let us be grateful! It was announced today that Keri René Fuller, who is currently the Elphaba standby, will assume the role full time, alongside Emma Flynn as Glinda in Wicked beginning March 3, 2026 at the Gershwin Theatre here on Broadway. Wicked will mark Flynn’s Broadway debut. She recently led the West End production of Clueless as Cher. Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm will play their final performances on Sunday, March 1. Currently the 4th longest-running show in Broadway history, Wicked is currently in its 23rd year on Broadway. 

Theatrely chats with Chloe Tucker Caine, star of Owning Manhattan on Netflix

Looks like we are going to need a bigger boat! Today, it was announced that Titanique will head to Broadway this spring for a 16-week limited engagement at the St. James Theatre beginning March 26, 2026. An official opening night is set for Sunday, April 12, 2026. Co-creator Marla Mindelle will reprise her iconic portrayal as Céline Dion, a role she originated Off-Broadway in a run that lasted over three-years. 

An opinion piece by Editor-in-Chief Kobi Kassal on Liberation on Broadway.

This vampire is back and she is here to Slay. Today, it was announced that the new original musical Blood/Love will make its way Off-Broadway this Spring at Theater 555 beginning Friday, February 13, 2026. Directed by Hunter Bird, this new musical will officially open Tuesday, March 3, 2026 for a limited run through Sunday, March 29, 2026. Written by Carey Sharpe and Grammy nominee Dru DeCaro, the piece will star Sharpe as Valerie Bloodlove. She’s the world’s first vampire. For a thousand years, she ruled the night. Now, she’s thirsty for more.

Just in time for the holiday season, we are getting what we need most: Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett, well, kinda… Today, it was announced by newly minted 30 Under 30 and Theatrely31 alum George Strus that a new developmental production of A Kidman Carol: A Gay Dementia On Australian Dames will hit New York this December. Starring Marla Mindelle and Josh Sharp, this new production by Kevin Zak will run Off Broadway at Theater 511 for 5 performances only from December 17-21, 2025. 

Bye bye Mamma Mia, hello Willy Loman! This morning it was announced that Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will lead Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman on Broadway this spring at the Winter Garden Theatre. Directed by Joe Mantello, the production will also star Christopher Abbott and Ben Ahlers for its limited 14-week run. Previews are set to begin Friday, March 6, 2026 with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 9, 2026. 

The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be… Whitney! Fresh off her run on Dancing With The Stars and her bingeworthy presence on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, today it was announced that Whitney Leavitt will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago beginning Monday, February 2, 2026 at the Ambassador Theatre. She is set to play a 6-week engagement through Sunday, March 15, 2026. 

Today on his podcast “Smartless,” it was announced that Tony and Emmy-winner Sean Hayes will return to the New York stage in The Unknown. This new one-man play by David Cale, will be directed by Leigh Silverman. Performances will begin at Studio Seaview on Saturday, January 31, 2026 with an official opening on Thursday, February 12, 2026 for a 10-week engagement. A gripping new play about a writer on the edge. Desperate to cure his writer’s block, Elliott retreats to a remote cabin—only to discover he may not be alone. As the boundaries between his work and his life collapse, Elliott begins to question everything he knows. Is he writing a thriller? Living one? Both? This new play is a provocative thriller that explores the fine line between fascination and obsession. 

Looks like North America is about to get a little versatility. Today, it was announced that BOOP! The Musical will launch a 50-week tour in Rochester, NY at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre in Fall 2026. Additional tour cities, dates, and casting for the North American Tour will be announced soon. The tour of BOOP! is produced by NETworks Presentations and booking is by The Booking Group.Tony-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell brings the Queen of the Screen to the theater in BOOP!, with celebrated multiple Grammy -winning composer David Foster, Tony-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead and Tony-winning book writer Bob Martin. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Messy White Gays by Drew Droege and directed by Mike Donahue at The Duke on 42nd Street in New York City.

We caught up with Alison Jaye and Burke Swanson to chat all things Stranger Things The First Shadow and Halloween

Anytime we can bring you new music, it’s a good day here at Theatrely and boy do we have a treat today. Deathless, a new indie-folk musical with music and lyrics by Zack Zadek will be available to stream starting Friday, November 7 from Ghostlight Records, and today we have an exclusive first look and listen to Up & Away, performed by Maia Reficco and Sara Kays. 

Alive Forever can only last so long! Today, Universal Theatrical Group announced that Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe will join the company of Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton beginning January 16, 2026. Wolfe was previously seen this summer in Joy The Musical, and last on Broadway in & Juliet. Megan Hilty, who earned a Tony nomination for originating the role of Madeline Ashton, will depart the production on January 4, 2026. Tickets are currently on sale through June 7, 2026 and a North American tour will hit the road beginning Fall 2026, laughing at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH. 

Ice Berg Productions and Sierra Miliziano are set to bring Adam Wachter’s Tarrytown to New York for a limited engagement, with performances beginning October 16, 2025, at The Cell Theater running through October 25. This contemporary chamber musical reimagines Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as a psychological queer love triangle set in modern-day upstate New York. Ichabod Crane, a music teacher rebuilding his life, finds himself entangled with Katrina and Brom Van Brunt in a ninety-minute story of longing, desire, and identity. With a witty and deeply melodic score, Wachter crafts a poignant exploration of small-town restlessness and the haunting pull of connection. The three-person company includes Andrew Cekala as Ichabod, Maya Sistruck as Katrina and Jake Goz as Brom.

There’s a new Zidler in town. Today producers announced that drag superstar Bob The Drag Queen will make his Broadway debut as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical beginning Tuesday, January 27, 2026 for an eight-week limited engagement through Sunday, March 22 at the Al Hirsfeld Theatre. Wayne Brady performs the role through Sunday, November 9th with Robert Petkoff, who currently plays Zidler on tour, joining the cast in the role from Tuesday, November 11th to Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Micaela Diamond chats all things The Seat of our Pants at The Public for Theatrely's 2025 Fall Preview

Bridgerton's Luke Newton chats all things The House of McQueen for Theatrely's 2025 Fall Preview

Dylan Mulvaney chats all things The Least Problematic Woman in the World for Theatrely's 2025 Fall Preview

Caissie Levy chats all things Ragtime on Broadway for Theatrely's 2025 Fall Preview

Kerry Butler and Taylor Trensch talk all things Bat Boy coming to New York City Center for Theatrely's 2025 Fall Preview

For those of us who were lucky enough to experience Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice, we all know how special that performance was. Now the world will have the ability to revel in Gavin Creel’s acclaimed and final theatrical production here in New York. The Original Cast Recording will be released on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 on all major digital streaming platforms. Recorded live at MCC Theater’s Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater just days before the final performance of the sold-out, extended Off-Broadway run, the album captures the vibrant spirit, intimate storytelling, and infectious music of Creel’s theatrical songwriting debut. 

Yes you read that headline correctly. It was announced today that a new musical comedy about Billy McFarland and the infamous Fyre Festival is currently in development featuring a book by Bryan Buckley, music by Paul Epworth, and scenic design by David Korins. Buckley is also set to direct. The new musical has an all-star producing team behind it including Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, Rita Ora, Matthew Weaver, and Hungry Man Productions. 

Nick Blaemire's apocalyptic chamber musical Soon will premiere Off-Broadway this October at the East Village Basement, an intimate venue located at 321 East 9th Street in Manhattan. It will be the first musical produced in the downtown space, in a two-week limited run from October 29th to November 9th.With Will Blum set to direct, the cast includes Ava Delaney in her New York debut as Charlie, Nicholas Podany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) as Jonah, Mike Millan (Huzzah!, Buyer and Cellar) as Steven and Mylinda Hull (Gypsy, The Connector) as Adrienne. Music Direction and Orchestrations are by Wiley DeWeese (Girl from the North Country, Lightning Thief). 

You only have two more weeks to hear the music play down at the August Wilson. Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will end its Broadway run on Sunday, September 21. At the time of closing, the musical revival will have played 18 preview performances and 592 regular performances. Billy Porter will also withdraw from the production due to a serious case of sepsis, his doctors noting that he will make a full recovery.

If you asked me what was one of my favorite experiences last year, I would have said The Voices In Your Head co-created by Billy McEntee and directed by Ryan Dobrin. Well those two are teaming up again for a new play for an audience of just five centered around a meal in a Brooklyn Home this fall. Slanted Floors will play for an extremely intimate audience in an apartment in Greenpoint Brooklyn from September 9 - October 10, 2025. The production stars Lortel nominee Adam Chanler-Berat and Lortel and Drama Desk Nominee Kyle Beltran. No-fee tickets cost $55, include a meal, and can now be reserved here. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Well, I'll Let You Go by Bubba Weiler and directed by Theatrely31 alum Jack Serio at The Space at Irondale in Brooklyn.

Theatrely goes on the scene of the first preview of Mamma Mia! on Broadway at the Winter Garden

This Three Bedroom House is about to get very exciting! Today, New York City Center has announced a bevy of additional casting to their upcoming Annual Gala presentation of Bat Boy: The Musical directed by Alex Timbers. Joining the previously announced Taylor Trensch will be Original Off-Broadway cast member Kerry Butler 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. 

From theatre influencers to celebrities like JoJo Siwa to everyday dancers, it seems like everyone has attempted to nail the joyous elbows in Splish Splash. The source of that choreography? Just In Time’s choreographer Shannon Lewis. We sat down with Lewis, Broadway veteran, SNL and Last Week Tonight choreographer, who is making her Broadway choreography debut with the Bobby Darin musical. We chatted about her feelings after seeing the dance go viral, giving choreographers credit, SNL 50, and more.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Heathers The Musical back at New World Stages in New York City after ten years. The cult favorite musical stars McKenzie Kurtz, Casey Likes, Lorna Cortney, and more.

We could go see Boop for a few more weeks! Boop! The Musical will play its final performance on Sunday, July 13, 2025 at the Broadhurst Theatre. The musical, at time of closing, will have played 25 previews and 112 regular performances.The principal cast of Boop! The Musical is headed by Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop and Tony Award®-winner Faith Prince as Valentina, Ainsley Melham as Dwayne, Erich Bergen as Raymond Demarest, Stephen DeRosa as Grampy, Anastacia McCleskey as Carol Evans, Angelica Hale as Trisha, Phillip Huber as Pudgy the Dog, Aubie Merrylees as Oscar Delacorte, and Ricky Schroeder as Clarence.

It’s time to close the coffin on Elmer McCurdy’s Broadway journey. Dead Outlaw will play its final performance at the Longacre Theatre on Sunday, June 29. At the time of closing, the new musical will have played 14 previews and 73 regular performances. With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, a book by Itamar Moses, the show was directed by David Cromer.

You have just a few more weeks to get down to the factory. Real Women Have Curves will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at the James Earl Jones Theatre. At the time of closing, Real Women will have played 31 previews and 73 regular performances. The show officially opened April 27 of this year and chief critic Juan A. Ramirez called it a charming new musical. Read his review here. 

Ella Beatty has had an incredible year in New York theatre. After joining the Tony-winning Appropriate as River when the show transferred theaters, she next joined Jack O’Brien’s much buzzed about production of Ghosts at Lincoln Center Theatre. Now, she is downtown starring opposite Hugh Jackman in Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, a new work that is part of Together, a new theatrical initiative by Jackman and producer Sonia Friedman. I recently sat down with Beatty to discuss summers in the Village, Shakespeare, and Cole Escola. 

It's almost time for the curtain to fall. Smash will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at the Imperial Theatre. At the time of closing, Smash will have played 32 previews and 84 regular performances. 

Definitely a happy ending! Darren Criss has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his role in Maybe Happy Ending. Criss beat out fellow nominees Andrew Durand for Dead Outlaw, Tom Francis for Sunset Blvd., Jonathan Groff for Just in Time, James Monroe Iglehart for A Wonderful World, and Jeremy Jordan for Floyd Collins. 

She’s come home at last to win a Tony! Sunset Blvd. has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Reivial of a musical. It beats out fellow nominees Gypsy, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, and Floyd Collins. Starring Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical has been wowing audiences here in New York since opening last fall. 

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is on a roll! Purpose has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play! Jacobs-Jenkins' play beat out fellow nominees English, Oh, Mary!, The Hills of California, and John Proctor is the Villain. 

You gotta catch a potential audience’s attention in any way possible these days. From massive social campaigns to wild in-person activations, folks are trying everything. But one performance is trying a different route. Not telling you anything about it! For the past few weeks, some mysterious Instagram account has popped up with the username @_____comingsoon______ and has been posting mysterious photos including balloons and an upside down wheelbarrow. The account follows only two individuals: actor and playwright Bubba Weiler and Theatrely31 alum Jack Serio. Serio recently helmed Ken Urban’s intimate Danger and Opportunity at the East Village Basement which won two special Drama Desk Awards in the past few weeks. 

Buena Vista Social Club has thrilled audiences since its first performance, thanks to its music and incredibly moving story of the famed band. Marco Ramirez, who’s nominated this year for Best Book of a Musical, shares some fascinating tidbits from his research trip to Cuba.

Today is a very important day because not only are we just two days away from the 78th Annual Tony Awards, all voting must be completed via an online portal by Noon, ET. So in just a few hours, the Awards will be locked and the waiting begins!There are just over 800 voters this year, and I recently sat down with one of them earlier this week, off the record, to pick their brain on how they think they are going to cast their votes, and where the industry is landing.

How very! Just before Heathers returns to the New York stage later this month, Yellow Sound Label has announced the release of Heathers The Musical: World Premiere Cast Recording (Deluxe Edition) in streaming and digital formats tomorrow, Friday, June 6. The Deluxe Edition contains the entire original 2014 world premiere cast album and has been completely remastered for 2025.Theatrely has an exclusive first listen to a bonus track: “Kindergarten Boyfriend (Bluegrass Lullaby)” performed by Will Chase. 

It was an incredible night celebrating the best of the New York theatre season at NYU Skirball at the 2025 Drama Desk Awards. Maybe Happy Ending won big with six awards including Outstanding Musical. Boop!, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and The Picture of Dorian Gray each went home with three awards. Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess hosted the ceremony which celebrates the best of the 2024/2025 theatre season here in New York. 

Molly Griggs just happens to be starring in one of the most buzzed about plays of the season right now. As Bailey Gallagher in Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor Is The Villain, she heads back to high school as a guidance counselor eight times a week, in this funny and deeply moving new play. I recently caught up with Griggs to chat all things John Proctor, finding her character, and Lorde. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. 

Producers Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia recently announced that they are bringing Josh Sharp’s ta-da! Off-Broadway this summer directed by 2025 Tony Award nominee Sam Pinkleton. The new show will begin previews July 7, 2025 at the Greenwich House Theater, with an official opening night set for July 21. The limited engagement runs through August 23, 2025. 

Get your flashcards ready! Most Unwanted Productions is set to present the New York premiere of the interactive parlor game, Out of Order, written and performed by Carl Holder at the East Village Basement June 27-July 23, 2025. Theatrely31 alum Skylar Fox (Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream) who developed the piece with Holder will also direct. 

Just in time for Pride Month, New York is about to be hit with a ton of… glitter. Earlier this week Rodeo, Sheep Soup, Tilted, and P3 Productions announced they will present the Edinburgh and London hit House Of Life, a travelling cult collective performed by glitter-clad Ben Welch and Lawrence Cole, with one singular goal: happiness for all, at any cost. The 65-minute, cabaret theater show is one part sermon, one part rebirth, three parts party--a space to let it all out. Inspired by the places where people come together to heal through music, joy and noise, the audience is taken on an eight-step musical journey to complete enlightenment.

Julia Lester just doesn’t stop. Since making her Broadway debut as Little Red in the recent Into The Woods revival (a role that landed her a Tony Nomination, btw) Lester then went on to impress us as Miss Marmelstein in CSC’s I Can Get It For You Wholesale. Today, putting aside her run on the new Netflix hit The Four Seasons, Lester can be seen eight times a week stealing the show over at All Nighter. Her character Wilma, an artist, brings the laughs and brought Lester a nomination for both a Drama Desk and a Lucille Lortel Award. 

We are about to be Gliding up to Lincoln Center. Today, it was announced that incoming artistic director Lear deBessonet’s inaugural season will open with a new production of Ragtime starring Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz, following their acclaimed run at New York City Center last year. The revival will begin previews on Friday, September 26, with an official opening night set for Thursday, October 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The limited 14-week engagement runs through January 4, 2026. 

The champagne is chilled and the ballots are ready. The nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards are being announced today, May 1 starting at 8:30 AM, and Theatrely is ready to bring you the latest as it rolls in.Eligible for the 2024-2025 Broadway season are 42 productions, with 14 new musicals, 14 new plays, seven musical revivals, and seven play revivals, all hoping to hear their name called this morning. The nominations are being revealed by Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce, live from the Sofitel Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

Tatiana Córdoba has taken Broadway by storm and has no plans for stopping. This past Sunday, she opened Real Women Have Curves to rave reviews and we caught up with her to chat about her incredible Broadway debut.

Another day, another list of nominations! Earlier this afternoon, nominations were announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards that celebrates the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during the 24/25 New York Season. This year, the awards will be hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess on Sunday, June 1st at 6:15pm at NYU Skirball. Stay tuned to Theatrely for all the latest information on winners.

We are about to have a lot of joy this summer! As previously announced, a musicalized new work based on the true story of inventor and entrepreneur is headed Off-Broadway this summer in Joy The Musical. Broadway favorite Betsy Wolfe stars as Joy and Mauricio Martinez is set to star as Tony in the new production. We here at Theatrely have your first look at a new music video of “You Are A Melody To Me” from the show.

Othello is Kimber Elayne Sprawl’s 7th Broadway show, but before this season she had never done a play here in New York City. An illustrious career that ranges from Beautiful to Girl From The North Country to Wicked, Sprawl has made a name for herself but she was ready for a new challenge. Enter Kenny Leon. After starting the season in the company of Home at Roundabout, Sprawl landed Emilia in the much talked about starry revival of Othello currently starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. I recently sat down with Sprawl to chat about her connection to The Bard, transitioning into the world of plays, and her love of the New York Public Library. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. All photos are by Carianne Older/Theatrely. 

If you saw a row of cowboy hats walking up West 48th Street yesterday afternoon, you might have just passed opening night of Dead Outlaw. The new musical opened to rave reviews yesterday at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre and we were on the scene to celebrate Julia Knitel who stars in the new production. Written by Itamar Moses, and featuring music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, the show is directed by David Cromer and stars Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, Thom Sesma, with Emily Fink, Justin Gregory Lopez, Noah Plomgren, Max Sangerman, Scott Stangland, and Graham Stevens as understudies. 

Theatrely's Broadway review of Just In Time starring Jonathan Groff and directed by Alex Timbers on Broadway at Circle in the Square

Today, The Huntington Theatre announced their upcoming 2025/2026 season including favorites from Broadway and world premieres including the sixth installment of Boston’s city-wide Ufot Family Cycle. The Huntington’s 2025/26 season includes: Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California, the haunting, international hit drama which asks, when home calls us back, how can we face everything we left behind; the poignant and hilarious toast of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sardines (a comedy about death) written and performed by Chris Grace of TV’s Superstore, which wonders how we keep dancing even when the music stops; the groundbreaking and emotionally rich Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, based on Alison Bechdel’s beloved graphic novel about how we learn to see our parents with grown-up eyes; Joshua Harmon’s heartfelt and funny We Had a World; an electrifying reimagining of the ancient myth of Oedipus with modern urgency to discover whether any of us can escape our fate in Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro; and Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector, a biting, on-the-pulse, Broadway satire exploring all the ways we disagree with laugh-out-loud results.

Theatrely chats with Ainsely Melham currently starring in Boop! The Musical on Broadway

Theatrely's Broadway review of Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Marquis Theatre in New York City.

It's the best season… awards! Today, Sarah Hyland (currently starring in The Great Gatsby) and Orville Peck (currently starring in Cabaret) announced the nominations for the 91st Annual Drama League Awards from the Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The Awards will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 12:00pm here in New York City. 

If you have ever wanted to see how the sausage gets made and be in the room where it happens, now is your chance. Directed by Jon Halperin, Netflix is giving viewers a special peak behind the curtain to see how the creative team raced against the clock to open Stranger Things: The First Shadow on the West End back in 2023. I caught a screening of the film last night at the Paris Theater here in Midtown and it's an astonishing and incredibly candid look into the making of a major theatrical production unlike anything I have seen before. A truly fly-on-the-wall look following producer Sonia Friedman, writer Kate Trefry, directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, and the entire cast and crew from early workshops, auditions, tech, all the way through to opening night. 

Today it was announced that Sam Tutty and Christiani Pitts will star in the West End hit Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) when it makes it North American premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Hard University in Cambridge. 

It’s time to celebrate the best of Boston theatre. Today, the Boston Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) have announced the nominations for the 42nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The ceremony is set to make place on Monday, June 2 at 7pm at the Huntington Theatre. 

Today it was announced that Diego Andres Rodriguez who is currently starring as Artie in Sunset Blvd on Broadway will star as Che in Evita this summer at the London Palladium. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, this new production will star Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón. First preview is set for June 14, with an official opening night on July 1. It runs through September 6. 

One thing is for certain, when The Hollywood Reporter calls you one of Netflix’s “go-to writers,” things are going pretty well. Lindsey Ferrentino has been writing works seen across the New York stage for years now, and she’s just getting started. Between The Artist, The Queen of Versailles, multiple film projects, Ferrentino has now been nominated for her first Olivier Award for The Fear of 13 which recently had a critically acclaimed run at the Donmar Warehouse in London starring Academy Award winner Adrien Brody. I caught up with Ferrentino recently to chat about balancing multiple projects, gushing over Adrien Brody, and what she might wear this Sunday to the awards. Our conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

For their inaugural production at Studio Seaview, Seaview has announced that John Krasinski will return to the New York stage in Penelope Skinner’s dark comedy Angry Alan, directed by Sam Gold. The limited 10-week engagement will begin May 23, 2025 with an official opening night set for Wednesday June 11. 

Theatrely's Broadway review of Buena Vista Social Club by Marcos Rodriguez and directed by Saheem Ali at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams starring Paul Mescal at BAM's Harvey Theater in New York City.

From Trisha Paytas to Céline Dion! Today it was announced that Broadway star Amber Ardolino will board the ship of dreams over at Titanique at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square. Ardolino will begin as Dion on March 21, 2025; the current star Dee Roscioli will play her final performance on March 16. 

Today it was announced that James Graham’s Punch will play the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre as part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2025-2026 season. Directed by Adam Penford, the production will play this fall on Broadway. 

PBS, in partnership with No Guarantees and Nouveau Productions has announced the lineup of their one-night only special event, Broadway’s Leading Ladies on March 10, 2025 at the Town Hall in New York City. The lineup so far includes LaChanze, Kate Baldwin, Jennifer Holliday, Judy Kuhn, Lindsay Mendez, Jessie Mueller, and Jennifer Simard. Additional all-star casting will be announced soon. 

Heathers The Musical will make its triumphant return back to New York City this summer. Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe’s cult musical will play a limited engagement at New World Stages, Stage 1 beginning June 22, 2025 until September 28, 2025. The production is directed by Andy Fickman who recently directed the hit UK production of the musical.