Playbill: Art of Leaving Sets Off-Broadway Return
Logan Culwell-Block, writing for Playbill: Anne Marilyn Lucas’ Art of Leaving will play a second Off-Broadway engagement following a sold-out run at Theatre for the New City The encore run will be at the Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre October 10-December 14, with opening night set for October 22. Matt Gehring is […]
Broadway Grosses Week Ending August 10, 2025
Below, please find the Broadway Grosses for Week Ending August 10, 2025, courtesy of KGM. This week there were a total of 29 shows grossing $31,003,860. Of the 277,826 seats available for purchase on Broadway this week, 251,610 or 90.6% were filled. 90.6% total Broadway capacity filled this week. The KGM 500 is a Broadway market index used […]
CBS: Rolling Thunder Premieres Off-Broadway
It’s opening night off-Broadway for “Rolling Thunder,” a rock journey that shines a light on the Vietnam War 50 years after it ended. CBS News New York’s Dave Carlin reports.
Debbie Allen to Direct Broadway-Aimed Polly: The Musical
Andrew Gans, writing for Playbill: Stage and screen star Debbie Allen will direct and choreograph the Broadway-aimed Polly: The Musical, based on the Disney TV movie and Eleanor H. Porter’s novel. Allen also helmed the original 1989 film, featuring a teleplay by William Blinn. The new stage production will feature a book by Emmy winner Lena Waithe and Michael Benjamin […]
Drag The Musical, Three Houses, Our Class Lead Lucille Lortel Nominations
Diep Tran, writing for Playbill: The 2025 Lucille Lortel Award nominations were announced April 2. The nominations were read by Francis Jue (Yellow Face) and Krysta Rodriguez (Smash). Leading the nominations were Drag: The Musical and Dave Malloy’s Three Houses, which received the most musical nominations with a total of six each, including Outstanding Musical. The Best Musical nominees include the currently running Drag: The Musical; Luis Quintero’s Medea: […]
Playbill: Jackie Burns, Elizabeth Teeter, Jerry Dixon, More Will Lead New Musical Hard Road to Heaven at Bucks County Playhouse
Andrew Gans, writing for Playbill: Casting is set for the Bucks County Playhouse production of the new musical Hard Road to Heaven, which will be presented at the Pennsylvania venue February 28–March 23. Opening night is set for March 8. Featuring a book by Willy Holtzman and music and lyrics by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor, and Marty Dodson, the […]
NPR: ‘Drag: The Musical’ takes audiences behind the scenes of drag culture
Ayesha Rascoe, interviewing Justin Andrew Honard for NPR: RASCOE: Sitting in the front row, I was amazed by the blend of smells and the confetti and all the sparkly outfits and the awesome dance numbers. What was most striking was how the musical spotlights the lived experience, with all its joy and struggle, of drag […]
New York Times: Alaska Knows Why Her Drag Show Resonates: ‘It’s About Family’
Erik Piepenburg, interviewing for the New York Times: I have to say, “Drag: The Musical” is about more than drag. It’s about family, whether that’s the people you’ve chosen to be your family or your ex and you have to figure out a way to be in each other’s lives. It’s campy and stupid and […]
Billboard: How DRAG: The Musical Brought Its Irreverent, Heartfelt Story to Off-Broadway
Stephen Daw, writing for Billboard: A little over halfway through her newest project, RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar Alaska Thunderfuck nurses a glass of whiskey while bemoaning the circumstances she finds herself in. “Could you imagine?” she shouts. “A musical about drag queens. Who would be dumb enough to buy a ticket to see that?” If the audience at Manhattan’s New World […]
NY Mag: DRAG is Highbrow & Brilliant
New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix calls DRAG The Musical “Highbrow” and “Brilliant”. READ MORE. Want the latest Broadway news and trends from KGM? Sign up for our newsletter and WhatsApp channel!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ TimeOut: Wigs and Sparks Fly in DRAG: The Musical
Melissa Rose Bernardo, writing for TimeOut: Your ears are not deceiving you: That is indeed the voice of Liza Minnelli, the patron saint of pizzazz, narrating the pop art–inspired opening of the bubbly, bedazzled Drag: The Musical. After all, the showbiz icon is one of the producers, so what better way to kick off this sequin-studded […]
RUTKA at the Playhouse: A Message of Hope from the Darkness of WWII
Rick Pender, writing for CityBeat “Nationally respected director Wendy C. Goldberg has assembled a cast of eight young actors to bring Rutka and her friends to vivid life. Rutka’s optimism shines through to give the musical an unexpected uplift. Mackenzie and Lloyd-Styles’ energetic and uplifting score with 18 numbers, performed by a six-musician band, supports […]