Logan Culwell-Block

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Oprah Winfrey, Ariana DeBose, Lea Michele, Lea Salonga, Samuel L. Jackson, More Are 2025 Tony Award Presenters

4 days ago | playbill.com | Andrew Gans |Logan Culwell-Block

Tony Awards Oprah Winfrey, Ariana DeBose, Lea Michele, Lea Salonga, Samuel L. Jackson, More Are 2025 Tony Award Presenters Brian Stokes Mitchell will be the announcer for Broadway's biggest night, set for June 8 at Radio City Music Hall. Oprah Winfrey Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Beetlejuice Is Coming Baaaaaaack to Broadway

4 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

He's baaaaaack... again! Beetlejuice the Musical will play a third engagement on Broadway this fall, with the first national tour set to come to Broadway's Palace Theatre for a 13-week limited engagement beginning October 8. The run will continue through the holiday, playing its final performance—which will also close the tour after a three-year, 88-city run—January 3, 2026.
Off-Broadway's Goddess Gets 2nd, Final Extension

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

New musical Goddess, which opened at Off-Broadway's Public Theater last month, has gotten a second and final extension that will see the musical playing the company's Newman Theater for an extra week, through June 15. 2025 Tony nominee Saheem Ali is directing. Watch above to see stars Amber Iman and Austin Scott singing "Near You" from the score in a newly released clip. See what critics had to say about the Off-Broadway bow here.
Kerry Washingon, Kara Young to Star in The Whoopi Monologues for Lincoln Center Theater

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

Kerry Washington, Kara Young, and more will star in an Off-Broadway presentation of Whoopi Goldberg-penned monologues at Lincoln Center Theater, part of the company's newly announced 2025-2026 season, the first under new Artistic Director Lear deBessonet. Whitney White (The Last Five Years) will direct The Whoopi Monologues, with performances beginning July 6, 2026, in the company's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater ahead of a July 14 opening night.
Kerry Washington, Kara Young to Star in The Whoopi Monologues for Lincoln Center Theater

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

Kerry Washington, Kara Young, and more will star in an Off-Broadway presentation of Whoopi Goldberg-penned monologues at Lincoln Center Theater, part of the company's newly announced 2025-2026 season, the first under new Artistic Director Lear deBessonet. Whitney White (The Last Five Years) will direct The Whoopi Monologues, with performances beginning July 6, 2026, in the company's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater ahead of a July 14 opening night.
Which Shows Are Performing at the 2025 Tony Awards?

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

This year's Tony Awards are fast approaching, and now we know which shows will perform during the broadcast June 8. No great surprise, TV watchers will get to see performances from all of this year's Best Musical (Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, and Operation Mincemeat) and Best Revival of a Musical (Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Sunset Boulevard) nominees.
How to Watch and Stream the 2025 Tony Awards With or Without Cable

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

With just a few days to go until the 78th annual Tony Awards—set for June 8 at Radio City Music Hall—Playbill has all the details on how to watch this year's ceremony. Whether catching the live CBS broadcast on TV or streaming it live, what follows is everything you need to be ready for the big night. The Tony Awards Pre-ShowFor the fifth year in a row, Tony night is being split into two broadcasts: a pre-show celebration of the season and the main ceremony.
Watch: Go Behind the Scenes of Staging, Designing Broadway's Maybe Happy Ending

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

Broadway's Maybe Happy Ending is, among many accolades, a technical marvel. Star (and 2025 Tony nominee) Darren Criss famously told Playbill to expect Phantom of the Opera-level stage spectacle, and the Best Musical nominee delivers.
Photos: Understudy Zak Resnick Follows The Call in Floyd Collins on Broadway

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

It was wonderstudy to the rescue at some recent performances of Broadway's Floyd Collins. With Tony-nominated star Jeremy Jordan out, understudy Zak Resnick (usually in the musical's ensemble) made his debut starring in the title role of the Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical May 25 and 27 at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater, and we've got pictures from the special performances. Take a look in the gallery below.
Buena Vista Social Club Will Release a Broadway Album Before the Tony Awards

5 days ago | playbill.com | Logan Culwell-Block

Broadway's Buena Vista Social Club has recorded a cast album, which will get a digital release June 6, just before the 2025 Tony Awards. A CD release will follow July 25, and a vinyl edition later this year. The release is coming from World Circuit Records, with Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek producing, Marco Paguia and Orin Wolf co-producing, and Allan Williams serving as executive producer. READ: The Band of Buena Vista Social Club Never Thought They'd Be on Broadway.