What is Andy Karl doing next?
Mar 24 2026, 07:44:35 PM
Expecting a baby, apparently.
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Valerie Cherish in CHICAGO (THE COMEBACK Season 3 Opener)
Mar 23 2026, 04:06:52 PM
When I heard Jack O'Brien got cast this season, I assumed he'd be playing himself, directing Valerie in a play or something. Was delighted to see him playing a full character. Hopefully he keeps popping up this season.
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New York Gave These Broadway Shows Millions — And They Flopped Anyway
Mar 21 2026, 11:37:45 AM
More funding to the arts is never going to be a bad thing, but the article brought up a good point: why are Lion King and Aladdin, two shows produced by the most lucrative and powerful entertainment company on the planet, getting the full $3 million credit?
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Plays You Hope Get Revived
Mar 19 2026, 08:46:54 PM
WldKingdomHM said: "The Goat. Closer, Arsenic and Old Lace"
If the Oracle is to be believed, there was a revival of The Goat with Steve Carell and Sarah Paulson that fell through.
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Jeremy O. Harris at the Vanity Fair Oscar After-Party
Mar 19 2026, 07:48:13 PM
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Musical Roles for Jessie Buckley
Mar 16 2026, 05:04:46 PM
Joyce 9 said: "We’re reserving Next to Normal film for Angelina Jolie"
Next to Normal is about two people who became parents extremely young and grapple with self-hatred for their failures (i.e. the lyric "I was a child raising a child"). The characters are, at the absolute oldest, in their very early forties, and playing younger is a lot harder on screen than on stage (if you don't believe me, ask Ben Platt). No disrespect to A
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Musical Roles for Jessie Buckley
Mar 16 2026, 02:05:49 PM
Jordan Catalano said: "Well if we ever get that Next to Normal movie…"
I've been saying for years that Ari Aster needs to direct this if it ever happens.
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Michael R. Jackson’s TEETH in development for film adaptation
Feb 26 2026, 10:16:56 AM
I discovered workshop clips of this show right after A Strange Loop came out, and have been fascinated with it ever since. I even bought the published libretto that just came out, something I rarely do with shows this new. I love how daring Jackson and Jacobs were with the adaptation. They went in a really different direction than the movie and made it their own thing, something I wish more movie-to-musical adaptations would do.
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Why don’t they remount A Chorus Line at the Shubert?
Feb 21 2026, 10:13:19 AM
Jay Lerner-Z said: "I don't mean this as a slight, but is Ariana DeBose a household name?
I think there is no such thing as "household name" anymore.
Just an aside."
As a society, we moved on from "Angela Bassett did the thing" far too quickly.
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Why don’t they remount A Chorus Line at the Shubert?
Feb 21 2026, 10:07:18 AM
Merkin2 said: "I think a 16 week limited engagement would do well. Why is A Chorus Line niche and yet Dreamgirls and Damn Yankees and Evita and Fiddler on the Roof coming in."
I think the bigger problem is how hard it is to cast. You need a cast of 20 triple threat performers. There are a million brilliant Broadway performers who can fit that bill, but when shows need a name attached to get greenlit, the pickings get slimmer. Even if someone like Ariana DeBose (one o
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'Game of Thrones' Play Sets World Premiere at Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Feb 18 2026, 05:07:00 PM
It's one of two theaters owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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ATONEMENT stage adaptation by Christopher Hampton - Chichester Festival Theatre in May-June
Feb 17 2026, 09:08:59 AM
Interested to see how this will work on stage. The beach scene in the movie is one of the most stunning sequences in all of film, shame to see a version of the story that doesn't have that.
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Matt Morrison Just in Time Tease
Feb 10 2026, 03:09:31 PM
Isn't Jeremy Jordan going into Just In Time?
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Karate Kid Musical - Anyone see it?
Feb 10 2026, 09:08:40 AM
After the UK tour, it'll play at the Mirvish in Toronto.
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LMM working on THE WARRIORS musical?
Feb 7 2026, 04:32:57 PM
Sutton Ross said: "Do you think this will be his first musical he's written where he doesn't star?"
He didn't star in Bring It On.
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The Muppet Show (2026-) Dream Broadway Guest Stars
Feb 5 2026, 10:36:16 PM
I've heard it said that Muppet Christmas Carol worked because Michael Caine treated the Muppets as fellow actors, and Muppet Treasure Island worked because Tim Curry treated himself as a fellow Muppet.
I think Andre De Shields would suit the former, and Christian Borle would suit the latter.
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Poll: Which 2026 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Would Work the Best and Worst on Broadway?
Feb 4 2026, 11:17:02 AM
gibsons2 said: "Bugonia would be the easiest movie to turn into a stage play. Sinners would be a greatmusical, the original movie score is phenomenal. Not sure anything else would translate as well."
I need Dave Malloy working on a Bugonia musical immediately.
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What happened to Julie Taymor?
Jan 29 2026, 06:19:13 PM
Broadway61004 said: "Spider-Man was enough to end anyone's career."
I know not everyone on this board is the biggest fan of Sweaty Oracle, but he brought up a good point: The Lion King is the highest grossing piece of theatre ever made. It has put more money into the Broadway ecosystem than any show ever has or likely ever will, and a lot of that had to do with Julie Taymor's direction.
Surely by now, that's enough to atone for o
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Michael Grief's new 'flop' musical (Beautiful Little Fool)
Jan 26 2026, 09:31:17 AM
After watching the proshot of Next To Normal, I'm beginning to get disillusioned with Michael Grief as a director. I think he's good at recognizing and attaching his name to great material, but when he gets his hands on it, he directs it in a very shallow, surface level way. Many of the criticisms tied to Rent or Dear Evan Hansen or Next To Normal are more to do with the direction than the actual texts of the
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Slam Frank is funding an OCR on Kickstarter
Jan 22 2026, 12:41:22 PM
No one's denying the strong work on stage, but the social media content (driven by the show's creator) has been completely undermining the satire, and incinerating any good faith the show might have built.
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