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Dead Outlaw to Close on Broadway

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Dead Outlaw will play its final performance at the Longacre Theatre on June 29. The Tony-nominated musical started previews on April 12 and officially opened on April 27. It will have played 73 regular performances and 14 previewsNominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Dead Outlaw features music and lyrics by David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit) and Erik Della Penna and a book by Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit).
Interview: David Yazbek Talks About Dead Bodies on Broadway, Which of His Shows Are Due for Revival, and More

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Dead Outlaw is David Yazbek’s sixth Broadway show as composer and lyricist, and seventh if you count Buena Vista Social Club, which he absolutely does (he is co-producer and creative consultant and was heavily involved in the show’s development).
Elaine Hendrix and Tyler Hardwick to Star in OFC Creations Theatre’s Hello, Dolly!

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

OFC Creations Theatre has announced the leads for Hello, Dolly!, OFC’s fourth musical in the 2025-26 Broadway in Brighton Series, running January 29, 2026-February 15, 2026. Elaine Hendrix (The Parent Trap, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion, Dynasty) will star as Dolly Levi. Tyler Hardwick (Once on This Island, Motown The Musical) joins the cast as Cornelius Hackl.
Cris Eli Blak to Write Abingdon Theatre Company’s First Full-Length Play Commission

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Abingdon Theatre Company announced that previous Carolyn Halpert Artist-in-Residence, Cris Eli Blak, will write the company’s first-ever full-length new play commission. The project, conceived by Chad Austin and commissioned by Don and Nancy Watson, will be based on the “icon of Manhattan song and style,” Bobby Short. Abingdon Theatre Company will develop the piece as part of its upcoming 33rd season.
Shrinking Writer Bill Posley’s Solo Show Returns to NYC This Summer

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Writer and comedian Bill Posley, an executive producer and writer on Apple’s Shrinking, will bring his solo show back for a return engagement at the SoHo Playhouse. Produced by Kristen Boulé and directed by four-time Emmy Award winner Bente Engelstoft (The Ellen DeGeneres Show), The Day I Accidentally Went to War will run August 6-31, with an opening night on August 9.
LaTanya Richardson Jackson to Depart Purpose; Brenda Pressley to Take Over

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Brenda Pressley (The Lyons, original company of Dreamgirls) will join the Broadway company of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose, directed by Phylicia Rashad. Pressley will assume the role of Claudine Jasper starting on Tuesday, July 15. Purpose has been extended to run through Sunday, August 31, at the Helen Hayes Theater.
Cabaret Will End Broadway Run in October with Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Fresh off their run in London, Emmy, Grammy, and three-time Tony Award winner Billy Porter (Pose, Kinky Boots) and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace (Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma!) will star as Emcee and Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre. They will join the cast on Tuesday, July 22 and appear through the production’s closing performance on Sunday, October 19. The Broadway production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club began performances April 1, 2024.
Michelle Williams and Mike Faist to Star in

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

St. Ann’s Warehouse has announced three productions for its 2025-26 fall season: Julia McDermott in the dark comedy Weather Girl (September 16-October 12) by Brian Watkins, Justin Vivian Bond’s tribute to Marianne Faithfull in Flaming September (September 24-28), and Michelle Williams in Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie (November 25-February 1, 2026).
Jinkx Monsoon to Play Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Actress, recording artist, and drag queen Jinkx Monsoon (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Doctor Who, Little Shop of Horrors) will take over the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre beginning Monday, August 4 for an eight-week engagement through Saturday, September 27. Monsoon currently stars in Pirates! The Penzance Musical through its final performance on July 27. Oh, Mary! also announced another extension, with tickets now on sale through January 4.
Tom Francis to Play Final Performance in Sunset Blvd.

1 week ago | theatermania.com | Linda Buchwald

Theater NewsPierre Marais, who currently understudies the role of Joe Gillis, will take over the role. Tom Francis will play his final performance as Joe Gillis in director Jamie Lloyd’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd., the 2025 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical, at the St. James Theatre on Sunday, July 6.