Michael Paulson
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‘Stereophonic,’ a New Play About Making Music, to Open on Broadway
Written by David Adjmi and featuring songs by Will Butler, the drama follows five musicians making an album in the early 1970s.
‘Harmony,’ Barry Manilow’s Passion Project, to Close on Broadway
The musical, which Manilow wrote with Bruce Sussman, is about a German singing ensemble that collided with the rising Nazi regime.
A ‘Great Gatsby’ Musical Is Coming to Broadway in March
The latest adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel will feature Jeremy Jordan (“Newsies”) as Jay Gatsby and Eva Noblezada (“Hadestown”) as Daisy Buchanan.
Roundabout to Stage ‘Pirates of Penzance’ and ‘Yellow Face’ on Broadway
Roundabout Theater Company, the biggest nonprofit on Broadway, said it would produce the three shows next season.
Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is Becoming a Musical From Orin Wolf
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.
He Made ‘Seven Brides’ Less Sexist. But Can He Stage It?
David Landay, an author of the 1982 stage musical, reworked a kidnapping scene for a 2021 production. Now he’s suing the estates of his coauthors...
Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Open on Broadway This Spring
The musical, now midway through a sold-out Off Broadway run at the Public Theater, will transfer to the Shubert Theater in March.
Tammy Faye Bakker Is Broadway Bound. As a Musical.
A show about the televangelist, with songs by Elton John and Jake Shears, had a run in London last year and plans to open in...
Huey Lewis and the News Musical Is Coming to Broadway in March
“The Heart of Rock and Roll” is a romantic comedy featuring songs by the chart-topping 1980s band.
‘The Who’s Tommy’ Will Return to Broadway This Spring
An acclaimed revival of the musical plans to open in March at the Nederlander Theater.