Paddington has found its Broadway company including Kelvin Dukes (“America’s Got Talent”) as Tony, Drew Gehling (Waitress) as Mr. Brown, Allison Guinn (Operation Mincemeat) as Lady Sloane, three-time Emmy Award winner Tony Hale (“Veep”) as Mr. Curry, Olivier Award winner James Hameed (Paddington The Musical Original West End Cast) as Young Man/Paddington (Voice & Remote Puppetry), J. Quinton Johnson (Hamilton) as Grant, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer (The Fantasticks) as Millicent Clyde, Zonya Love (The Color Purple) as Tanya, Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (Waitress) as Mrs. Brown, Serena Parrish (Don’t Say Good Luck) as Judy Brown, Olivier Award winner Arti Shah (Paddington The Musical Original West End Cast) as Paddington (Onstage Performer), Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Contact) as Mrs. Bird, and Drama Desk Award nominee Chip Zien (Into the Woods Original Broadway Cast) as Mr. Gruber. The full cast will be announced shortly.
What Will The Neighbors Say Theatre Company will bring their 13th original production, ¡FRUTAS!, to the stage as part of their 11th season in April 2027.
Today it was announced that Damn Yankees will return to Broadway in the first revival in more than 30 years at the Marquis Theatre beginning this March. Emmy Winner Julianne Hough will star alongside Neil Patrick Harris and Austin Scott. Hough will make her Broadway musical debut as Lola, with Neil Patrick Harris as Applegate and Scott as Young Joe, following a run at Arena Stage last fall. Directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, the musical will begin previews on March 24, 2027 ahead of an April 20th opening night.
Seaview has announced the complete principal cast for Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s seminal musical based on the play by Frank Wedekind. The company includes Jack Bateman as ‘Georg,’ Jada Simone Clark as ‘Thea,’ Leif Coomer as ‘Ernst,’ Ryo Kamibayashi as ‘Moritz,’ newly minted Theatrely31: Class of 2026 Ashlyn Maddox as ‘Wendla,’ Nando Morland as ‘Otto,’ Antonio Porciello as ‘Hanschen,’ Khadija Sankoh as ‘Martha,’ Grace Slear as ‘Anna,’ Tyler Jordan Wesley as ‘Melchior,’ and Amalia Yoo as ‘Ilse.’ Bateman and Porciello were among the cast members selected from the production’s open casting call in July, through which 2,532 performers were seen.
If you missed her one-woman show earlier this summer, don’t fret! Today it was announced that comedian Rosie O’Donnell will return to Broadway in Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show as the “Narrator” for a two-week special limited run from Tuesday, October 6 through Sunday, October 18, 2026. She steps in for Rachel Dratch who will step aside for two weeks but returns Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
