Part Goosebumps part E.T. - sign us up! Last week it was announced that the new musical Watcher In The Woods will have a fully staged showcase production as part of their development process starring the hilarious Jackie Hoffman. Directed by Chase Kniffen, the new musical based on the 1976 novel by Florence Engel Randall features music & orchestrations by Johanna Telander, book & lyrics by Douglas Thompson, and music direction by Brian Walters. The production showcase will perform Wednesday, September 11 - Sunday, September 15 at UrbanStages on West 30th Street. 

Today it was announced that Rachel Zegler, global touring artist Lizzy McAlpine, Jordan Fisher, Darren Criss, Tony Award-winner John Gallagher Jr., Will Butler, Joy Woods, and Alaska Thunderf*ck are set to perform at this year’s Elsie Fest on September 8 at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in NY. 

According to social media, Heathers the Musical is headed back to New York City

Today it was announced that the New York Botanical Garden will bring Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail, inspired by the classic 1993 Disney film. The light trail will make its worldwide debut on Friday, September 27. 

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions announced that the Olivier Award-winning play Stranger Things: The First Shadow is set to begin previews on Friday, March 28, 2025 at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre. An official opening night is set for Tuesday, April 22, 2025. 

The absolutely brilliant play written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins beat out fellow nominees Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch and An Enemy of the People.

Peck beat out fellow fantastic nominees Camille A. Brown for Hell's Kitchen, Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll For Water for Elephants, Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman For The Outsiders, and Annie-B Parson For Here Lies Love.

Taymor beat out fellow nominees Danya Taymor for The Outsiders, Maria Friedman for Merrily We Roll Along, Michael Greif for Hell's Kitchen, and Leigh Silverman for Suffs

Taub beat out fellow nominees Adam Rapp and Justin Levine for The Outsiders, Rick Elice for Water for Elephants, Kristoffer Diaz for Hell's Kitchen, and Bekah Brunstetter for The Notebook.

Lewis beat out fellow nominees Lindsay Mendez for Merrily We Roll Along, Bebe Neuwirth for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Shoshana Bean for Hell's Kitchen, Amber Iman for Lempicka, Nikki M. James for Suffs, and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer for Monty Python's Spamalot.

Radcliffe beat out fellow nominees Steven Skybell for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Roger Bart for Back to the Future: The Musical, Joshua Boone for The Outsiders, and Brandon Victor Dixon For Hell's Kitchen, and Sky Lakota-Lynch for The Outsiders.

Young beat out fellow nominees Quincy Tyler Bernstine for Doubt: A Parable, Juliana Canfield for Stereophonic, Celia Keenan-Bolger for Mother Play, and Sarah Pidgeon for Stereophonic.

Playwright David Adjmi’s incredible new play beat out fellow nominees Prayer for the French Republic, Mother Play, Mary Jane, and Jaja's African Hair Braiding.

Moon was honored at the 2024 Tony Awards at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater. She beat out fellow nominees Kelli O'Hara for Days of Wine and Roses, Maryann Plunkett for The Notebook, Gayle Rankin for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and Eden Espinosa for Lempicka.

Paulson beat out fellow nominees Amy Ryan For Doubt: A Parable, Betsy Aidem For Prayer for the French Republic, Jessica Lange for Mother Play, and Rachel McAdams For Mary Jane.

Strong beat out fellow nominees Michael Stuhlbarg for Patriots, William Jackson Harper for Uncle Vanya, Leslie Odom, Jr. for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, and Liev Schreiber for Doubt: A Parable. 

Groff beat out fellow nominees Dorian Harewood for The Notebook, Brian d'Arcy James for Days of Wine and Roses, Eddie Redmayne for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and Brody Grant for The Outsiders.

Taub beat out fellow nominees Adam Guettel for Days of Wine and Roses, David Byrne & Fatboy Slim for Here Lies Love, Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine for The Outsiders, and Will Butler for Stereophonic.

Aukin beat out fellow nominees Anne Kauffman for Mary Jane, Kenny Leon for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, Lila Neugebauer for Appropriate, and Whitney White for Jaja's African Hair Braiding. This

Brill beat out fellow nominees Eli Gelb for Stereophonic, Jim Parsons for Mother Play, Tom Pecinka for Stereophonic, and Corey Stoll for Appropriate.

Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and star of CBS’ Ghosts Utkarsh Ambudkar will host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live pre-show with exclusive content.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the final time to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season.

Redwood, a new, original musical starring Tony Award-winner and multi-hyphenate performer Idina Menzel, will premiere on Broadway next year.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced its 2024-2025 season of productions in the Vivian Beaumont, Mitzi E. Newhouse, and Claire Tow Theaters as well as a series of special events celebrating LCT’s 40th Anniversary including the Broadway premiere of the modern-day classic Floyd Collins, with music and lyrics by Adam Guettel, book and direction by Tina Landau.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is calling on fans to submit their own original artwork in the first-ever Showbill cover art contest.

Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway for a limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre this fall.

It has been officially announced that six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall as “Rose” in GYPSY. This upcoming revival will be directed by Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe.

Following two sold-out runs Off-Broadway, JOB, the smash hit play by Max Wolf Friedlich, will open on Broadway this summer.

PAC has announced initial casting for Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” inspired by the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Casting includes Shereen Pimentel, Antwayn Hopper, André De Shields and more!

someone spectacular, the world premiere of a new play by Domenica Feraud will open at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center this summer.

Once Upon A Mattress will open on Broadway this summer at The Hudson Theatre. Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will lead the Broadway cast, reprising her acclaimed performance as Winnifred the Woebegone.

Theatrely has received the exclusive track debut of “The Lion Has Got No Teeth.” from the new Tony award nominated musical Water For Elephants.

An open-ended, Off-Broadway transfer of the new musical comedy Teeth will be coming this fall following its sold-out, extended world premiere at Playwrights Horizons.

Maia Reficco will make her Broadway debut as ‘Eurydice’ in Hadestown

Good Night, and Good Luck, a new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer, will premiere on Broadway in Spring 2025, starring George Clooney.

The Outer Critics Circle has announced the winners of the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2023-2024 Broadway and Off-Broadway season.

Niagara: A New Musical, will premiere this spring with a special one-night-only concert presentation at The Green Room 42.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that it will produce McNeal, a new play by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Bartlett Sher. The production will star Academy Award-winner Robert Downey Jr. as Jacob McNeal, in his Broadway debut.

Screen Actors Guild Award winner Sarah Hyland and beloved stage and film star Andrew Barth Feldman will star as Audrey and Seymour in Little Shop Of Horrors, beginning Tuesday, May 28th, 2024.

Lempicka will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, May 19th.

Nominations for the 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today with Dead Outlaw and The Outsiders leading with the most nominations.

Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will announce the 77th Annual Tony Award Nominations next week on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third time yesterday to confirm the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season.

Follies, featuring an all-star cast of Tony Award winners and nominees, will be the tenth presentation in the company’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series. The performance will play for one night only

Stereophonic will release an original cast recording produced by Playwrights Horizons and featuring original songs by Academy Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Will Butler.

Nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced today

Maia Novi’s Invasive Species will invade the stage for an Off-Broadway limited engagement at The Vineyard’s Dimson Theater.

A new production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, has announced its cast, theatre, and dates. The play will feature 28 actors led by Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, and Katie Holmes.

The Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert will return to Times Square on April 20th.

Ariana DeBose will return to host The 77th Annual Tony Awards for the third time, from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16th.

Following its sold-out engagements in London, Julia Masli: Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha will begin its U.S. Premiere this May at The Soho Playhouse in NYC.

Ghostlight Records will release the cast album of the new Michael John LaChiusa musical The Gardens of Anuncia this Friday, March 15th. Listen to an exclusive first listen here at Theatrely!

Bernadette Peters will host this year’s 10th annual Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival for NYC Public Schools on Monday, March 25th.

Illinoise, the theatrical adaptation of Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ concept album will be transtering to the St James Theatre this spring.

Dee Roscioli will board the ship of dreams as Céline Dion in the Lortel Award-winning Best Musical Titanique.

Ben Platt will be playing an exclusive concert residency at Broadway’s recently refurbished Palace Theatre this May.

Emmy & Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will return to the stage in Kristin: an Evening With Friends for Todd, a special benefit concert in honor of Todd Haimes.

The Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be closing on May 5th.

Chicago The Musical has just announced that Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder will return to the cell block in the role of Velma Kelly beginning Tuesday, March 26th.

HBO will debut comedian Alex Edelman’s solo show Alex Edelman: Just For Us this April, following its critically acclaimed Broadway run.

Days of Wine and Roses will now play its final performance on Sunday, March 31st.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will take the stage to star in Shakespeare’s Othello on Broadway next season.

Little Shop of Horrors announces both Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss will be joining the cast.

Jinkx Monsoon will be heading over to the Westside Theatre to star as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will star as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway in Fall 2024.

The complete Broadway casting for "Patriots" has now been announced.

Michael Stuhlbarg will return to Broadway in Peter Morgans new play: Patriots.

The complete casting for the Broadway premiere of the new musical Hell’s Kitchen has now been announced.

Chelsea Clinton attended The White Chip Off Broadway on behalf of the Clinton Foundation.

Due to popular demand, Alan Cumming will bring his solo show, Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age, to Studio 54 for a second night.

The highly anticipated hip-hop theater production, Syncing Ink will begin performances on May 7th, 2024, at The Apollo’s newest space located in the revitalized Victoria Theater.

A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical will play its final performance on June 30th 2024 before embarking on a North American Tour launching this fall in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bartlett Sher will direct a one-night-only staged reading of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Lincoln Center Theater, featuring original cast members.

Ella Beatty will be making her Broadway debut as River in the critically acclaimed hit play, Appropriate.

The full cast for the Broadway premiere of the acclaimed new musical "The Great Gatsby," starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, has been announced.

Complete casting for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Prologue Company has been announced.

There will be an original cast recording of MCC Theater’s acclaimed world premiere production of The Connector

We had the opportunity to sit down with Brooklyn Laundry's Cecily Strong and discuss all things laundry, loss, and family.

The critically-acclaimed Second Stage Theater production of Appropriate starring Sarah Paulson will transfer to the Belasco Theater for a limited 13-week engagement.

Adrienne Warren, Max von Essen, and Jessica Vosk will perform in The New York Pops 2024-2025 season at Carnegie Hall.

Damon Daunno and Taylor Iman Jones will lead The Lonely Few at MCC Theater this spring.

Two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon will return in the role of Matron “Mama” Morton for a limited run in Chicago.

The full creative team for Cats: “The Jellicle Ball'' at the Perelman Performance Arts Center has been announced.

Andrew Barth Feldman, Krysta Rodriguez, Gracie Lawrence and More to star in 13: The Musical as a benefit concert for the Barbra Barth Feldman Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 at Lawrence Woodmere Academy on Long Island.

Scarlett Dreams will have its world premiere at Greenwich House Theatre this April. The cast will include Brittany Bellizeare, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Caroline Lellouche, and Borris Anthony York.

Academy Award Nominees Celine Song and Sofia Coppola got to chatting about Stereophonic, coming to Broadway this season.

My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) will be calling off its Broadway Run at the Lyceum Theater. Performances were set to begin later this month on February 27th.

THE TANK, will present Olivia Ormond in Call Me Crazy at The Tank on February 13th at 9:30pm.

Witches!? In Salem?! will perform at HERE Arts Center in New York City, March 16th through March 30th.

Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis, and More Announced for Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen on Broadway

Academy Award and two-time Tony nominee Amy Ryan will assume the role of “Sister Aloysius” in the new Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt: A Parable.

Roundabout's production Doubt started rehearsals today.

The Grammy Awards has honored Some Like It Hot with the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album

STILL Starring Jayne Atkinson and Tim Daly has been announced to begin performances at the DR2 Theatre this spring.

Casting for the newly reimagined Broadway production of The Who’s TOMMY has been announced.

Teachers Night on Broadway returned last night as 500 New York City public school educators attended a performance of How to Dance in Ohio.

April Matthis, Susan Pourfar, Lily Santiago, and Brenda Wehle will join Academy Award nominee & Critics Choice Award Winner Rachel McAdams in Amy Herzogs Mary Jane.

Noah J. Ricketts, Samantha Pauly, Eric Anderson & More Join Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada in the Cast for the Broadway Premiere of The Great Gatsby

A Beautiful Noise will have open call auditions at the Bitter End, the same venue Neil Diamond got his start at and is depicted in the show.