Another Hollywood "blockbuster" planned for spring 2026?

Just hearing word from friend who works with a ny producer, he was saying (very vaguely) that seeing the great intake of sales with shows like Othello and good night and good luck this spring, there is talk of bring two other "Events" to the city again come the spring both limited runs, one classic play and one new/adapted work, both with "big" name stars. Has anyone heard anything like this? Are we talking like Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Leo Dicpario, big? or are we talking that the Timothee Chalamet in Rocky Horror rumours might be true? Considering its already august, I would have thought there would at least be word of the shows coming in, even if casting wasn't announced. Curious if anyone has heard anything.

The novelty of OTHELLO was it was two massive stars in the same play.

The novelty of GN&GL is it was a massive star in a known title and it played a musical-sized house. (Similar in some ways to GLENGARRY.)

Stars on Broadway are not a new thing, and I have no doubt we see a handful of star-driven plays in the coming season. A star is basically the only way to sell tickets to a play.

Remember also that almost every play WANTS stars on the level of Denzel, Clooney, etc. Whether they can actually secure them or not is a wholly different matter. Most spring shows won’t be announced for a while now, and in the meantime we might get another fall show or two (plays or musicals).

All that to say, your “news” is not really news until we have facts.

This is decidedly not news - and minimally credible as even a rumor. It’s a broad generalization of something that usually happens each season as a matter of Tonys bait.

It worked for GN&GL and Dorian Grey, but flopped for Othello & Glengarry.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "quizking101 said: "Tonys bait."

If the show is making profit, Tonys are not usually a big priority for producers. If anything, no noms means they can cancel all the Tony voter comps and sell 1600 more prime-location tickets.

Artists and their agents might like noms. But at the end of the day if they're successful enough and rational enough, they probably don't care much."

I partly disagree on the principle that Tony nominators might nominate someone partially to get them to the ceremony and thus potentially earn viewers who might be intrigued.

quizking101 said: "I partly disagree on the principle that Tony nominators might nominate someone partially to get them to the ceremony and thus potentially earn viewers who might be intrigued."

I'm sure the Tony nominating committee --- comprised of people like Jason Tam, Rob Berman, and Anna K. Jacobs --- do not care or think about viewership.

If the nominees were decided by the League or by reps from CBS, it would be a different story.