Listed below are a few of the stars scheduled to look on a New York stage within the 2024-2025 season, a number of for the primary time in a few years, or ever: Christian Borle, Kenneth Branagh, Invoice Burr, Michael Cerveris, Kristin Chenoweth, George Clooney, Package Connor, Darren Criss, Kieran Culkin, Zoey Deutch, Robert Downey Jr., Adam Driver, Mia Farrow, Calista Flockhart, Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Grey, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Hecht, Megan Hilty, Katie Holmes,James Monroe Iglehart, Nick Jonas, Ramin Karimloo, Daniel Dae Kim, Patti LuPone, Julianna Margulies, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jim Parsons, Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce, Keanu Reeves, Lea Saloga, Helen J Shen, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard, Christian Slater, Ephraim Sykes, Richard Thomas, Marisa Tomei, Michael Urie, Denzel Washington, Michelle Williams and Rachel Zegler
Only a partial record. Casting stars on stage is a typical observe (“Chicago” has been doing it for many years), however this season is uncommon for the sheer quantity, for what number of are from Hollywood, what number of are showing for the primary time — and what number of are in straight performs, quite than musicals, reviving a style as soon as feared to be disappearing from Broadway.
How Hollywood Glamour Is Reviving the Endangered Broadway Play (NY Instances): “Broadway, nonetheless adapting to sharply increased manufacturing prices and audiences that haven’t absolutely rebounded because the coronavirus pandemic, is betting huge on star energy, hoping {that a} serving to of Hollywood glamour will hasten its rejuvenation. Even for an trade lengthy accustomed to stopovers by display screen and pop stars, the present abundance is placing. It displays a brand new financial calculus by many producers, who’ve concluded that short-run performs with celebrity-led casts usually tend to earn a revenue than the costly razzle-dazzle musicals which have lengthy been Broadway’s bread and butter. For the actors, there may be one other issue: As TV networks and streaming corporations reduce on scripted collection, and as Hollywood focuses on franchise movies, the stage gives an opportunity to inform more difficult tales.”
The Week in New York Theater Opinions
As soon as Upon A Mattress
“As soon as Upon A Mattress” opened tonight for its third activate Broadway, with Sutton Foster’s efficiency as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone the identical goofy and intense exercise that proved a draw earlier this yr in a two-week run of the 1959 musical comedy as a part of the Encores! live performance collection at New York Metropolis Middle. The manufacturing, which has changed 4 of the eight principal forged members, is in any other case largely unchanged now that it has transferred to the Hudson Theater. It’s nonetheless tuneful, enjoyable, well-sung. However it performs in a different way for me now. On Broadway, it seems like highschool. Full evaluation
E book: The Spamalot Diaries
Idle’s generally hilarious tackle the roughly 14-month journey from first read-through to Chicago try-out to Broadway opening night time to the Tony Awards, the place “Spamalot” received Greatest Musical. Idle claims to not have remembered he even saved a diary, solely rediscovering it not too long ago amidst his amassed hoard of guitars, books and Beanie Infants whereas promoting his massive previous home within the Hollywood Hills and transferring to a a lot smaller place, a course of he referred to as Downsize Abbey. Full evaluation
The Week in New York Theater Information
“Stranger Issues: The First Shadow” (yep a prequel to the Netflix collection), will open at Broadway’s Marquis Theater April 22. This brings the variety of exhibits in Broadway’s 2024-2025 season with a gap date and a venue to twenty-eight.
Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Invoice Burr will star within the third Broadway revival of “Glengarry Glen Ross,” David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize successful play about cutthroat Chicago actual property hustlers. (Theater, opening date, full forged and so on to be introduced later)
Full casts
Maintain Onto Me Darling, opening October 16 on the Lucille Lortel: Becoming a member of Adam Driver as Strings McCrane are Heather Burns as Nancy, Adelaide Clemens as Essie, Keith Nobbs as Jimmy, CJ Wilson as Duke, and Frank Wooden as Mitch.
Sundown Boulevard, opening October 20 at St. James Theater: Becoming a member of Nicole Scherzinger might be co-stars of the London manufacturing, 2024 Olivier Award winner Tom Francis as ‘Joe Gillis,’2024 OlivierAward nominee Grace Hodgett Younger as ‘Betty Schaefer,’ and Olivier Award winner and 2024 Olivier nominee David Thaxton as ‘Max Von Mayerling.’ Drama Desk® and OBIE Award® winner Mandy Gonzalez will visitor star as ‘Norma Desmond’ at sure choose performances and Caroline Bowman will standby for the function of ‘Norma Desmond.’
They are going to be joined by ensemble members Olivia Lacie Andrews as ‘Nancy,’ Brandon Mel Borkowsky as ‘John,’ Shavey Brown as ‘Finance Man/Stan/DeMille,’ Hannah Yun Chamberlain as ‘Younger Norma,’ Cydney Clark as ‘Joanna/Guard,’ Raúl Contreras as ‘Finance Man/Frank,’ Tyler Davis as ‘Sheldrake,’ E.J. Hamilton as ‘Lisa,’ Sydney Jones as ‘Dorothy,’ Emma Lloyd as ‘Mary/Heather,’ Pierre Marais as ‘Sammy,’ Shayna McPherson as ‘Digicam Operator/Katherine,’ Jimin Moon as ‘Morino/Hog Eye,’ Justice Moore as ‘Jean,’ Drew Redington as ‘Myron/Jones/Digicam Operator,’ and Diego Andres Rodriguez ‘Artie.’ Swings for the manufacturing might be Giuseppe Bausilio (dance captain), Kristina Garvida Doucette (assistant dance captain), Brandon LaVar, Maggie Likcani, Abby Matsusaka, and Rixey Terry.
Romeo + Juliet, opening October 24 at Broadway’s Circle within the Sq. Theatre: Emmy Award winner Package Connor (“Heartstopper”) and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler (Spielberg’s West Facet Story) might be joined by Tony Award nominee Gabby Beans (Pores and skin of Our Tooth) as ‘Mercutio/The Friar,’ Tommy Dorfman (Broadway Debut; “13 Causes Why”) as ‘The Nurse/Tybalt,’ Nihar Duvvuri (Broadway Debut) as ‘Balthazar,’Sola Fadiran (Camelot) as ‘Capulet/Woman Capulet,’ Daniel Bravo Hernández (Broadway Debut) as ‘Abraham,’ Taheen Modak (Broadway Debut) as ‘Benvolio,’Jasai Chase Ownes (Broadway Debut; “The Expanse”) as ‘Gregory,’ Gían Pérez (Sing Road) as ‘Samson/Paris/Peter’and understudies Missy Malek (Broadway Debut), Timothy Oh (Broadway Debut), Susannah Perkins (The Wolves) and Daniel Velez (Broadway Debut). Directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold (An Enemy of the Folks), ROMEO + JULIET will characteristic music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff and motion path and choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Moulin Rouge).
Theater for a New Viewers 2024-25 season: Ethan Lipton, William Shakespeare, Wole Soyinka, Taylor Mac!
“The Counter, ” by Meghan Kennedy,directed by David Cromer. opening October 9 at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre that includes Anthony Edwards as “Paul,” Susannah Flood as “Katie,” and Amy Warren as “Peg.” Each morning on the native diner in a small city, a waitress refills a daily’s espresso. An unlikely friendship develops and retains him coming again for extra. However when he asks for a surprising favor, it brings to gentle each of their deepest secrets and techniques
“Vladimir, “written by Erika Sheffer will open October 16 at MTC’s residence in New York Metropolis Middle . The play unfolds in Moscow, the place an impartial journalist masking Putin’s first time period struggles to take care of sanity and hope in more and more hostile circumstances. The forged will characteristic Norbert Leo Butz, Francesca Faridany, Erik Jensen, Olivia Deren Nikkanen and Jonathan Walker
Amy Berryman’s play, “Walden,” directed by Whitney White, has been added to the Second Stage Theater season, opening November 7. (The beforehand introduced manufacturing of Donald Margulies’ Lunar Eclipse, directed by Kate Whoriskey has been moved to Spring 2025.) “Walden” is concerning the battle between two sisters within the close to future, raised by their astronaut father to be NASA scientists, over whether or not to pursue a future in house or keep on Earth, as humanity’s destiny hangs within the steadiness.
Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in a manufacturing of Shakespeare’s King Lear at The Shed for 50 performances. Oct 26- Dec 15, opening November 14.
Whoopi Goldberg will return to the stage as Miss Hannigan in a brand new manufacturing of Annie set to play the Theatre at Madison Sq. Backyard. Annie will run December 4-January 5; Goldberg will start her run on December 11.
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