Broadway News from Broadway.com
- Giant Begins Broadway Run Tonight With John Lithgow as Roald Dahl March 11, 2026The Olivier Award-winning West End transfer of Giant begins performances on Broadway March 11, ahead of a March 23 opening night. The production will play a limited 16-week engagement through June 28 at the Music Box Theatre, under the direction of two-time Tony winner Nicholas Hytner. Two-time Tony winner John Lithgow reprises his Olivier-winning role as the […]Sophia Rubino
- Hannah Cruz Talks Chess, Working With Lea Michele and the Long Game of Filming Merrily We Roll Along March 10, 2026Chess star Hannah Cruz first moved to New York City in 2011, where she worked as a babysitter, in coffee shops, as a caterer and an extra on TV shows. "I would try and take acting classes and singing lessons and stay up on the craft and see as much as I could. But there were lots […]Sophia Rubino
- The Hop: Backstage at Stranger Things: The First Shadow With Burke Swanson, Episode 4: Crew Call March 10, 2026Burke Swanson plays James Hopper Jr. in Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway. (His character grows up to be chief of police Jim Hopper, played by David Harbour in the Netflix series.) No stranger—pun intended!—to shooting behind-the-scenes content, Swanson took Broadway.com on a backstage tour last fall. Now, he's turning the Broadway.com vlog upside down, capturing his final weeks […]Jonah de Forest
- Get in the Loop! Mexodus Adds Four Weeks to Off-Broadway Run at Daryl Roth Theatre March 10, 2026After a twice-extended run at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre last fall, Mexodus will extend yet again at the Daryl Roth Theatre, this time adding four weeks to the previously announced off-Broadway run. Performances will now run from March 6 to June 14. Written and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, Mexodus uses live-looping to […]Sophia Rubino
- Mark Ballas and Whitney Leavitt to Reunite in Broadway’s Chicago March 10, 2026Dancing With The Stars pro and theater veteran Mark Ballas is joining the Broadway cast of Chicago as silver-tongued lawyer Billy Flynn for a 4-week limited engagement from April 6–May 3 at the Ambassador Theatre. He will be performing alongside his former DWTS partner Whitney Leavitt, who previously extended her run as Roxie Hart from March 23 through […]Jonah de Forest
Broadway News from The New York Times
- Fed Up With High Costs, American Theater Takes a Trip to London March 10, 2026Skyrocketing budgets and falling profitability have driven a new form of offshoring, with U.S. producers staging shows across the Atlantic.Michael Paulson
- Chadwick Boseman’s Hip-Hop Play, in Shakespeare’s House March 9, 2026The actor Chadwick Boseman was a playwright, too. At Shakespeare’s Globe in London, his “Deep Azure” is drawing attention to a lost talent inspired by the Bard.Alex Marshall
- In a Screen-Dazzled World, a Theater Critic Has the Antidote March 8, 2026The Times’s new chief theater critic is taking up the mantle as the industry moves over rocky ground.Helen Shaw
- How Jonathan Groff of ‘Just in Time’ Became Broadway’s Leading Man March 6, 2026By transmitting his love of live performance, the “Just in Time” actor has completed his ascendance to full musical stardom.Ben Brantley and Mohamed Sadek
- A Fast-Rising American Director Is Wowing the West End March 6, 2026After a prizewinning “Fiddler on the Roof” and a lauded take on Sondheim, Jordan Fein is tackling Arthur Miller’s enigmatic “Broken Glass.”Andrew Dickson
