Heathers has extended its run at New World Stages for four additional months. The production has amassed the largest advance sale in New World Stages history. Originally scheduled to play through Sept. 28, Heathers will now run through Jan. 25, 2026.
Two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee will join the company of The Lion King on Broadway as Scar beginning July 22. Lee replaces Stephen Carlile in the role, who left the company earlier this year to star as Hades in Disney’s Hercules on the West End. Michael Hollick will continue as Scar on Broadway until Lee joins the company.
Taraji P. Henson and Cedric Antonio Kyles, known as Cedric “The Entertainer,” will take the Broadway stage in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone opening in Spring 2026. The play will be directed by Debbie Allen and play at a Shubert Theatre on Broadway.
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.
Write It Out!, a 10-week free playwriting workshop for people living with HIV and AIDS, is accepting applications for its 2025 cohort and the Write It Out! Prize through July 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
