Profile for Magic2Do

Full Band Recordings of DEAD OUTLAW

Nov 5, 2026 — 11:14:27 AM

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/David-Yazbek-Will-Release-New-EP-Four-Songs-From-DEAD-OUTLAW-20261105I loved the show at the Audible Theatre, and found the transfer unnecessary but would love to see a future life for the property. Does this mean that we might see a bigger production of it in the future?

LITTLE DANCER finally lands, 12 years after the Kennedy Center. Why London and not Broadway?

Nov 4, 2026 — 11:08:53 AM

Ahrens and Flaherty's LITTLE DANCER, the Degas musical Susan Stroman directed at the Kennedy Center back in 2014, is finally getting a full production. It's at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from Feb 15 to Mar 27, 2027, with Tiler Peck still attached, Julian Ovenden as Degas and Laura Pitt-Pulford. They just put out a video of Marie / C'est Le Ballet.' BWW&nb

Rob Lowe & Andrew McCarthy Geek Out on Theatre + The Crucible

Oct 29, 2026 — 9:24:51 AM

https://www.facebook.com/reel/29378818661805858What a lovely opening talking about both's stagework (including Andrew at current) and I had no idea that Rob Lowe was such a theatre geek as well. I wonder if he's on the board, complaining about obligatory standing ovations?

LIKE FATHER (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta) -- anyone seen it?

Oct 26, 2026 — 8:10:59 AM

Has anyone made it down to Atlanta for LIKE FATHER? It's the new musical by Jacob Ryan Smith and Caroline Pernick at the Alliance's Hertz Stage, directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, running through Nov 15. The premise is wild: a teenager whose father is arrested as a serial killer moves in with her estranged mother, and then a true-crime podcast starts digging into the family's past. Folk-pop score.

So who's actually going to the RENT 30th concert?

Oct 23, 2026 — 11:16:46 AM

Cast list for the RENT 30th anniversary concert is out and it is a lot - Taye Diggs back, Neil Patrick Harris, Rachel Zegler, and a pile of others (BWW). They've also announced a behind-the-scenes pre-show livestream, which tells you how big they think this is.Diggs returning is the headline for anyone who was around in '96, but I'm more curious about the newer names. Zegler as

Falsettos Reunion - Any chance it will be recovered?

Oct 22, 2026 — 9:30:03 AM

Maybe in London where we know it's always cheaper? https://playbill.com/article/the-falsettos-reunion-concert-had-sobs-standing-ovations-and-an-effecting-surpriseis giving me major FOMO.

Dolly Parton's Hand-Picked Broadway Cast Remembers Her: 'I'm Jezebel, and God Loves Me Anyway!

Oct 9, 2026 — 12:18:01 PM

I love the stories about how involved Dolly was with the musical, and some of the changes to better focus the story give me hope after the out of town. https://variety.com/2026/legit/news/dolly-parton-remembered-actors-broadway-musical-1236906569/

The CHICAGO 30th anniversary reunion

Oct 8, 2026 — 12:10:12 PM

Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton and more are reuniting for a Chicago 30th anniversary celebration Thirty years is the real story to me. That 1996 revival was supposed to be a limited Encores! transfer and it has now outlasted basically everything, largely by being cheap to run and infinitely re-castable. The reunion is a nice moment, but it also underlines how much of the show's survival has been about the replacement machine rather than the original company.Does seeing Neuwirth and Naughton ba...

Chez Joey - Broadway 2027

Oct 6, 2026 — 6:35:12 AM

A friend sent me the ad from the Carnegie Hall Playbill which said "Chez Joey" is coming to Broadway in 2027... I know they did another workshop of it, any word on who is still attached cast wise?

Speak Like Sondheim

Oct 5, 2026 — 8:23:58 AM

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeFEEFTx3PR/Just what I needed to start my week.

Love this Audra interview!

Oct 1, 2026 — 9:50:06 AM

https://www.vulture.com/article/audra-mcdonald-maria-bamford-questionnaire.htmlI wonder what her next musical will be?

Remembering Gavin Creel: Broadway Looks Back With Pictures and Memories 2 Years After His Death

Sep 30, 2026 — 11:02:28 AM

A really beautiful job by the team here. I'll be listening to my Gavin playlist on Spotify all day and remembering this lovely bright light of a man and human being. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Remembering-Gavin-Creel-Broadway-Looks-Back-With-Pictures-and-Memories-2-Years-After-His-Death-20260930

Re: Broadway Sent Their Lights on 9/11

Sep 11, 2026 — 3:38:54 PM

Not sure, though I'd love to know too. I came to post https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/09/11/tom-selleck-reopen-broadway-9-11-postscript-exclusive/91697245007/ and figure this is as good a place as any for it.

Next Gender Blind Casting?

Sep 10, 2026 — 11:22:36 AM

Two of the buzziest replacement announcements of the year both took a role that has always been played by a man and handed it to a woman, and in both cases the reaction has been "oh, obviously." Zidler is a ringmaster. The Genie is a force of nature. Neither one is load-bearing on gender:https://www.google.com/url?q=https://playbill.com/article/emmy-w

Are we ever getting an ALADDIN pro-shot?

Sep 8, 2026 — 6:45:56 PM

With all the Aladdin casting news flying around right now, the question I keep coming back to is the one nobody at Disney seems willing to answer: where is the pro-shot which was captured in London?

Erika Henningsen Confirms She Read for Rapunzel in TANGLED

Sep 6, 2026 — 7:18:39 AM

Well, this confirms the Tangled stage musical is a real thing and not just a rumor with good PR. Erika Henningsen said out loud in an interview that she auditioned for Rapunzel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywjg9hTk-90She has the belt and she has the comedy, obviously, but Rapunzel is a very specific kind of wide-open ingenue energy and I keep wondering whether the role wants someone younger or whether it wants someone who can actually land the jokes. I would take the jokes.

Benjamin Button's Chances for Success?

Sep 2, 2026 — 7:01:05 AM

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has added performances at the Newman ahead of its North American premiere, which tells you something about how the West End reputation traveled. Details and dates here:https://www.google.com/url?q=https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/&source=gmail&ust=1788430171716000&sa

A Few Good Men - Rest of the Cast?

Aug 28, 2026 — 9:52:29 AM

Any rumors out there? I thought we'd know by now...

All-South-Asian SPRING AWAKENING at A.R.T.

Aug 25, 2026 — 4:08:58 PM

Reports coming out of the all-South-Asian Spring Awakening are strong, and it strikes me as a much better fit for a reconceived production than most revivals get. The show is fundamentally about a generation being kept ignorant by adults who think silence is protection - moving that frame onto a specific diaspora community isn't a gimmick, it's the most natural relocation of that material I've heard proposed.Has anyone actually seen it? Most of what I've read is enthusiasm rather than descrip...

Bring Jen Cody Back to Broadway!

Aug 24, 2026 — 8:23:13 AM

The Muny closed its season with a premiere production of Something Rotten! and per friends Jen Cody as Nostradamus walked off with the entire show.https://www.google.com/url?q=https://playbill.com/article/watch-highlights-from-opening-night-of-muny-something-rotten-starring-matt-doyle-will-burton-bryonha-marie-more&source=gmail&

Most Recent Message Board Posts