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terrilovesNY said: "Can anyone who was there comment on merch? I thought I saw a picture of a sparkly purple tumbler type mug, but now cannot find it. Nothing on the website yet. Looking forward to this in a few weeks!"

https://aracaeventmerch.com/collections/dbh-shop-all

https://x.com/findmeon45th/status/1849239528222912779?s=46&t=7saXIZjJ_7gAb2-aEKbHkQ

Wrinkled, wrinkled little Broadway stars! After seeing the first preview in Chicago, I am so ecstatic that the show is finally coming to Broadway. I’ll be there in November and cannot wait to see how it has developed or changed or tightened. A lot of it was in really good shape just six months ago… let’s see how it goes at the Lunt-Fontanne!

Wrinkled, wrinkled little Broadway starts After seeing the first preview in Chicago, I am so ecstatic that the show is finally coming to Broadway. I’ll be there in November and cannot wait to see how it has developed or changed or tightened. A lot of it was in really good shape just six months ago… let’s see how it goes at the Lunt-Fontanne!

"Robyn Hurder and Caroline Bowman will star in ‘Smash’ on Broadway" by Broadway News' Michael Abourizk - "The previously announced musical based on Theresa Rebeck’s NBC series will begin previews on March 11 and open on April 10 at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, current home of “Water for Elephants.” At the helm of “Smash” will be Susan Stroman.

The company of the musical will be led by Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder as Ivy and Caroline Bowman as Karen, with Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas as Nigel, Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen as Susan, Krysta Rodriguez as Tracy, John Behlmann as Jerry, Jacqueline B. Arnold as Anita, Bella Coppola as Chloe and Casey Garvin as Charlie. ...

“Smash” features a score by Tony-winning duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and a book co-written by Tony winner Bob Martin and Tony nominee Rick Elice. Tony nominee Joshua Bergasse will serve as choreographer.

“I am thrilled that it is the best in the business,” Stroman told Broadway News. “When we have creative meetings, they’re filled with electricity. Everybody is funny, everybody’s smart and everybody understands what it takes to do a Broadway show.” ...

“The collaboration is very strong and very energized,” Stroman continued. “It is joyful. What excites me most is the comedy. It’s really funny. Bob Martin and Rick Elice are hysterical, both of them personally and then in their writings. They really have done an incredible job on making the script funny. I love comedy, so I can’t wait to do these scenes with this cast — I have real comics doing it.” ...

Also newly announced are the “Smash” ensemblists, which comprise Wendi Bergamini, Sarah Bowden, Jacob Burns, Deanna Cudjoe, Chelle Denton, Daniel Gaymon, Merritt David Janes, Megan Kane, David Paul Kidder, Ian Liberto, Libby Lloyd, McGee Maddox, Connor McRory, J Savage, Jake Trammel and Katie Webber. Additional casting, by Bernard Telsey and Kristian Charbonier, will be announced.

The creative team for “Smash” includes Tony-winning scenic designer Beowulf Boritt, costume designer Alejo Vietti, Tony-winning lighting designer Ken Billington, Tony-winning sound designer Brian Ronan and projection designer S Katy Tucker. The music team includes Tony-winning orchestrator Doug Besterman, Tony-nominated dance/incidental music arranger Sam Davis and Tony-winning music supervisor Stephen Oremus. 101 Productions, Ltd. will serve as general manager. 

“Smash” is being produced by Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Jennifer Hudson." https://bway.ly/47dtef

https://playbill.com/article/lonny-price-directing-dirty-dancing-stage-musical-aimed-at-broadway

A stage musical of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing is eyeing Broadway once again, this time with Tony nominee Lonny Price, who acted in the original film, at the helm. Producers Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group (via their stage banner Showpath) say the new production will launch in late 2025 with a major run in North America, followed by an international roll-out. Further details are to be announced.

The film first came to the stage in 2004 with an Australian production that used the songs from the film and a script by the title's screenwriter, Eleanor Bergstein. The musical played a five-year run in London's West End beginning in 2006, getting revivals in 2013 and 2022.

Broadway has proved more elusive. A North American mini-tour, publicized as "pre-Broadway," was launched in 2006, playing Toronto, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles. A full North American tour embarked in 2014.

It remains unclear how this upcoming production will compare to the earlier stagings, none of which were directed by Price. Bergstein is still attached, and says this version will be "reimagined" in a press statement. Press notes also tease "new choreography and staging concepts, and perhaps even some new songs."

Plannietink08 said: "There was a screening held today. Anyone have any intel on how the film is?"

If you listen to the recent Sentimental Men podcast episode, they talk about two different screenings that they went to. Listening to it now, actually.

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/nine-starring-ramin-karimloo-to-be-performed-in-concert-next-year_1635478/

Exclusive: Hope Mill Theatre has announced a concert version of Nine the Musical, set to take place at The Lowry, Salford, in February.

The production, which marks the theatre’s ninth anniversary, will star West End and Broadway performer Ramin Karimloo in the lead role of Guido Contini.

Nine, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit, is based on the Italian work by Mario Fratti. It tells the story of Guido, a film director grappling with creative and personal crises as he struggles to finish his latest movie.

The concert will be co-directed by Hope Mill Theatre’s founders, William Whelton and Joseph Houston, and produced by Whelton and Rhianna Swyer.

I hope we get to see/hear even an archival of Walk On Through so I can hear some of his story in the way he wrote that piece.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAjGk_qpQn5/

https://playbill.com/article/jason-robert-brown-musical-midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-will-bow-on-broadway-in-2025

Jason Robert Brown and Taylor Mac's new musical Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will make a Broadway bow in 2025, with cast, dates, and theatre to be announced. The work, adapted from John Berendt's 1994 non-fiction book, made its world premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre earlier this year. Read reviews for that run here.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley, 17-year Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse, will be the new Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company, to begin his tenure in July 2026 with the 2027-28 season.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christopher-Ashley-Will-Take-Over-as-Roundabout-Theatre-Company-Artistic-Director-20240925

GODDESS (New York Premiere in Spring 2025)

Conceived by Saheem Ali

Music & Lyrics by Michael Thurber

Book by Jocelyn Bioh

Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie Directed by Saheem Ali

 

SEAT OF OUR PANTS (World Premiere Musical in Fall 2025)

Music & Lyrics by Ethan Lipton

Based Upon the Play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

Directed by Leigh Silverman

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=932013878756520

https://playbill.com/job/joy-nyc-epa-10-03-24-10-07-24-10-17-24/15c02b6c-4a12-4699-9757-ac8bc3fbde76