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2026 Tony Winner Predictions

If Bess Wohl wins, she's the first female American playwright to win Best Play in 37 years. 


Burstein, Hecht, & Shamos to star in AWAKE & SING - MTC (Dec. 2026)

New York Times.

Broadway Revival of ‘Awake and Sing!’ to Open Next Winter


MORMON Tony Performance

BrodyFosse123 said: "They’re doing “Hello” with the gimmick being Rannells and Gad reprising their original spots in the number and the rest of the original cast making their reveals in the spots regularly done by the ensemble Elders."

This is ... not what they are doing. 


Eugene O’Neil Theatre on fire!!

If the audience didn't know coming in, they did right before the show started. Matt Stone came out and gave a speech explaining that the show was reopening after a fire. He mentioned some of the firefighters and first responders who were in attendance last night. He then brought out Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who presented a proclamation, recognizing the FDNY's heroic efforts to save the theatre, which was given to the FDNY's Chief of Department John Espo


Pulitzer Prize 2026

The Pulitzer for Drama covers openings from January 1-December 31 for the prior year. So titles that played in 2025 are eligible for the 2026 award. The Off-Broadway run for Liberation was January 31-April 6, 2025 and Broadway was October 8, 2025-February 1, 2026. 


THE BALUSTERS Previews

Melissa25 wrote:

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Best Play 2026

Closed or not, I think Liberation goes all the way this year. 


"Heathers" casting

Isabella Esler (Beetlejuice) and John Cardoza (The Notebook, Moulin Rouge!, Jagged Little Pill) are the new Veronica and J.D. starting April 27. 


Heathers The Musical’ Casts Isabella Esler and John Cardoza as New Veronica Sawyer and Jason Dean (EXCLUSIVE)


John Herrera has passed away

That is sad news. So talented. Seeing this brought back a memory of seeing him as Neville Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. When the actors are campaigning to be chosen as the murderer, he was in our section. "Vote for me! I did it!" he said, as he stormed in. My friend who was with me told him we were voting for Jana Schneider's Helena Landless, his character's sister. Without missing a beat, he petulantly responded back, "But she alway


New David Lindsay-Abaire play THE BALUSTERS to open on Broadway in 2026 directed by Kenny Leon

Anika Noni Rose's last three Broadway credits have been in straight plays: A Raisin in the Sun (Tony nomination), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Uncle Vanya. 


LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD Previews

If it's their money, what do you care? Why shouldn't they stand behind their play, the most acclaimed new play of the season, and give it every chance in the world to find an audience? Why slam them for 'ego,' rather than devotion and commitment? 


Why don’t Off Bway shows report their weekly grosses?

Except that Heathers is, and has been, making money since it started performances in June. It had the highest advance sales in New World history, and broke the house record multiple times. 


OFFICIAL: Lane/Metcalf DEATH OF A SALESMAN to open at Winter Garden, March 2026

Falsettolands said: "Metcalf will undoubtedly receive two nominations this season. Has anyone ever been nominated twice in the same season in the SAME acting category? (Yes, I know others have been nominated twice in the same season in DIFFERENT categories)"

No one has been nominated twice in the same acting category, only leading and featured. Metcalf will probably be leading for Little Bear Ridge Road, and based on precedent, may be featured for Death of a Sal


CHESS (2025 Broadway Revival) Reviews

quizking101 said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "In a more competitive musical season, I'd bet this would get zero Tony nods. (1 or 2 if the nominating committee were feeling kind?)

All three leads, the lighting design, and revival of a musical seems like a solid expectation for 2026.
"

Depending on howCatsandThe Rocky Horror Showare both received in the spring, I wouldn’t be surprised to see


Phantom Tour Cast

To be even more clear: the chandelier does not start from the stage and does not hit the stage in this tour version. It rises and drops over the audience. In all other ways, the current North American tour is a facsimile of the West End production. 

 


Phantom Tour Cast

The chandelier drops straight down at the end of Act 1 in the current tour in Baltimore. Not sure what that critic is going on about. It's quite like the chandelier drop in the original silent movie - without actually hitting the seats of course. It drops quite low and stays down during intermission before it rises again during the Entr'acte for Act 2 as the opera's "new" chandelier. It works very well, and the rest of the production looks and sounds great. It's


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/25

The Shubert Organization appears to be reporting the full house attendance figure of 1061 seats, rather than the 760 seats that have actually been on sale for the present weeks, with the balcony off sale. So for last week's figures, it should be 4615 theatergoers filling 6088 possible seats for an actual capacity figure of around 76%. 


Phantom Tour Cast

Lot666 said: "Phantour said: "Isaiah Bailey, acting wise, I feel is still settling into the role and I'm curious to see if I will notice any changes when I return this weekend. If you enjoy a baritone/baritenor Phantom, then you're in for a treat."

I love a Phantom with a deep, resonant voice, but it's been my experience that most of them struggle noticeably with the sustained high notes in "Music of the Night" (i.e., "...spirit start to SOAR"and "...where you long to BE"). How did he do with those?
"

You can hear him sing the whole song here, from their press event last month.  He sustains those notes beautifully. 

Playbill.com - "Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You," and "Masquerade" From The Phantom of the Opera U.S. Tour

 


HEATHERS and Understudies

>the replacement cast is feeling pretty uninspired so far.<

Only one permanent replacement has been named -- Kuhoo Verma as Veronica, and she's an extraordinary talent. She was a standout in Dave Malloy's Octet, for which she won a Lortel Award, and she was brilliantly funny in the film Plan B. Great voice as well, including a full coloratura, though she doesn't need it for Heathers. But having a well-trained singer served them wel


Why doesn’t Disney produce other people’s work?

Disney Theatrical has also quietly made investments in a number of non-Disney Broadway shows, without taking credit. 


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