#broadway-revival

#broadway-revival

The upcoming Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show revealed its full cast today, and it is a who's who of who wants to crossdress. Along with the previously announced Luke Evans as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) will return to Broadway for the first time since starring in 2016's SpongeBob Squarepants: The Musical to play Janet. Her bland husband, Brad, will be played by Tony nominee Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw).

As Time Out wrote in a review back then, " Sting's rich, lyrically confident score is a genuine revelation: beautiful numbers that hint at influences from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kurt Weill and Anglo-Celtic folk, but are still in his brooding, cagey voice. When the men weld sheets of steel while singing these anthems to drink, love, work or the sea, sparks fly everywhere."

"It's music to my ears to hear that a cast of very fine actors is on its way to NYC to sing and dance and uplift the hearts of all those who enjoy the gift of free-thinking and the pleasure of love,"

On paper, the new Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza's Art sounds like a winner: three Tony Award winners Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale, and James Corden trading barbs in a sleek comedy about male friendship and the value of modern art. The result is hardly terrible, but it is slight. The laughs are modest, the pacing drags, and the play never builds beyond its simple conceit.

The hit musical Dreamgirls will return to Broadway with a global search to find its new stars. The show originated in New York in 1981 and played until 1985, winning six Tony awards as well as two Grammys. The song And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going was also a No 1 hit on the R&B chart. The revival is set to start in the fall of 2026 and will be directed by the five-time Tony nominee Camille A Brown.

Dolly Parton herself wrote the music to , running this month at the Victoria Theatre, and it's a slapstick revue featuring over-the-top wigs and a comedic commitment to specifically recreating the year 1980. The new production of at the Victoria Theater (running through September 27) is not one of those drag queen parody remakes that are so exceedingly popular in this town.