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- Don't Svet It: Backstage at Chess With Hannah Cruz, Episode 6: Endgame December 5, 2025Hannah Cruz plays Svetlana in Chess on Broadway. For six weeks, her Broadway.com vlog has brought fans backstage at the Imperial Theatre. In the sixth and final episode, it's Thanksgiving week. Cruz, Lea Michele, director Michael Mayer and more of the Chess company share what they're thankful for. Post-Thanksgiving, Hannah shows off her eye-catching two-show day […]Darryn King
- Odds and Ends: Celebrate New Year’s Eve With Jonathan Groff and Sara Bareilles, Leslie Odom Jr. Dances With the Devil & More December 5, 2025Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Just In Time Co-Writer Rings in the New Year Though it feels like just yesterday we were counting down to 2025, a brand-spanking New Year is rearing its head in under a month. Playwright and humorist Isaac Oliver will be celebrating the occasion with a […]Jonah de Forest
- Five Reasons Mormon Wives and Dancing With the Stars Alum Whitney Leavitt Is Ready to Take on Broadway’s Chicago December 4, 2025After making a splash on Dancing with the Stars, Whitney Leavitt is taking on the role of Roxie Hart in Broadway’s Chicago. Like famous redhead Gwen Verdon, who originated the role back in the ‘70s, Leavitt is a hardworking ginger with a robust dance background. Unlike Verdon, Leavitt skyrocketed to fame by way of Hulu’s massively popular […]Jonah de Forest
- Off-Broadway's Meat Suit, or the sh*tshow of motherhood Completes Casting December 4, 2025Meat Suit, or the sh*tshow of motherhood, written and directed by Aya Ogawa for Second Stage Theater, has completed casting. Performances begin at The Pershing Square Signature Center on February 11, 2026. Opening night is February 25. Combining music, physical comedy, satire and a sense of the absurd, Meat Suit tackles the chaotic, complicated mess of being a […]Darryn King
- Emmet Smith on Geeking Out With Tom Felton & Saving the Wizarding World in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child December 4, 2025Age: 26 Hometown: Washington Heights in New York City Current Role: Emmet Smith is making his Broadway debut as Albus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Credits: Smith comes to Broadway directly from the national tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. His off-Broadway credits include Philadelphia, Here I Come!, A Midsummer Night’s […]Caitlin Moynihan
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- What ‘Hamnet’ Lost (and Gained) on the Way From Page to Screen December 5, 2025The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.Sarah Bahr
- After ‘Working Girl,’ Can Christopher Ashley Bring His Sunshine to New York? December 5, 2025Before returning to New York to lead Roundabout, Christopher Ashley is concluding his 18-year tenure at La Jolla Playhouse with the new musical “Working Girl.”Alexis Soloski
- ‘A Christmas Carol’ Review: A Gentle Interpretation of a Classic December 5, 2025This production, which retains many of the charms of its 2019 Broadway staging, has lost some of its necessary darkness.Tim Teeman
- Sondheim’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Is Now a Film. Here’s What to Know. December 5, 2025The Broadway revival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, was transformative. Here’s what to know about the show, and the movie.Michael Paulson
- ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Review: It’s a Hit (Reprise) December 5, 2025The Tony-winning Broadway revival of the notorious Stephen Sondheim flop, starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, gets a live stage recording for the big screen.Calum Marsh
