The Academy Award-winning animated film Happy Feet is being developed as a new Broadway-bound musical.
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody will have a full, staged run off-Broadway after eight sold-out concert presentations earlier this year.
Joanna “JoJo” Levesque will star in the Broadway revival of Chess as Florence Vassy beginning June 23. A new block of tickets is now on sale through Sept. 13. JoJo takes over the role from Lea Michele, who will play her final performance on June 21.
Kara Young is joining the cast of Proof on Broadway, directed by Thomas Kail. She joins Ayo Edebiri, Don Cheadle, and Jin Ha in the limited 16-week engagement. Proof begins performances at the Booth Theatre on March 31, with official opening set for April 16.
Wanted — the musical previously known as Gun & Powder — will head to Broadway this fall staring Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine. The production will begin previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Oct. 15, with opening night set for Nov. 8.