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Regional Theatre News: “Some Like It Hot” Replaces “La Cage Aux Folles” in Olney Theatre Season (September 18 – November 8, 2026)

July 6, 2026 | Music, Regional Theatre > | "La Cage aux Folles", "Some Like It Hot", Bernard Family Theatre, Christopher Youstra, David Roberts, Jacob Tischler, Karla Puno Garcia, Marc Shaiman, Matthew López & Amber Ruffin, New York Theatre Reviews, Olney Theatre Center, RegionalTheatre Reviews, Scott Wittman, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Olney Theatre Center announced that it will open its newly renovated Bernard Family Theatre with the first regional theatre production of the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot (September 18 – November 8, 2026), replacing La Cage aux Folles, which will be produced in a future season. Said Jason Loewith, Olney Theatre Center’s Artistic Director, “While deciding to delay La…

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Off-Broadway Review: “A Walk on the Moon” at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Through Saturday, August 22, 2026)

“A Walk on the Moon” arrives at the Laura Pels Theatre promising a contemporary reimagining of Pamela Gray’s 1999 screenplay. Instead, it offers a production that settles for sentimentality—trapping its characters in dated romantic logic while asking audiences to celebrate a woman’s choice to abandon her own awakening. The result is a show that feels less like an Off-Broadway production…

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Off-Broadway Closing Notice: ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :|| at the Vineyard Theatre (Through Sunday, June 21, 2026)

This new play with music was commissioned by Vineyard Theatre and American Conservatory Theater, and Eisa Davis’s intimate portrait of four gifted teenage girls navigating a transformative summer in Berkeley deserves to be seen before it closes on Sunday, June 21. In the world of “||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||,” directed by Pam MacKinnon, a free summer music…

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Theatre News: New York City Center Announces Complete Casting for Encores! “La Cage aux Folles”

Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast of La Cage Aux Folles (running June 17 – 28, 2026) as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne. They join previously announced Emmy Award winner Wayne Brady (Georges), Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner Billy Porter (Albin), Encores! alum Alaman Diadhiou (Jean-Michel), James Jackson Jr. (Jacob),…

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Broadway Review: “The Lost Boys” at the Palace Theatre (Currently On)

April 26, 2026 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Music, Queer > | "The Lost Boys", aerial design by Gwyneth Larsen and Billy Mulholland, Ali Louis Bourzgui (David), Benjamin Pajak (Sam Emerson), Brian Flores (Marko), Caissie Levy (Lucy Emerson), casting by The Telsey Office's Kristian Charbonier CSA, Chris Hoch, costume design Fisher, David Hornsby, David Roberts, Dean Maupin (Paul), dramaturgy by Jenna Clark Embrey, electronic music design by Billy Jay Stein and Hiro Ida for Strange Cranium, fight direction by Rick Sordelet and Christian Sordelet, general management by Bespoke Theatricals with Mark Kaufman as Creative Consultant, hair & wig design by David Brian Brown, Jennifer Duka (Alan Frog), LGBTQ, LJ Benet (Michael Emerson), make-up design by Christina Grant, Maria Wirries (Star), Matthew Murphy, Michael Arden, Miguel Gil (Edgar Frog), Music Coordination by Kristy Norter, music direction by Julie McBride, New York Theatre Reviews, Paul Alexander Nolan (Max), production management by Juniper Street Productions, scenic design by Tony Award winner Dane Laffrey, Sean Grandillo (Dwayne), The Rescues, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

The prologue to “The Lost Boys,” the new musical adaptation of the 1987 Warner Bros. film now at the Palace Theatre, immediately signals Michael Arden’s dark ambitions for this material. A police officer investigates the abandoned Coronado Ironworks factory by flashlight, interrupted by Ronald Reagan’s voice on a flickering television extolling “the strength and integrity of the family.” Before the…

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Broadway Review: “The Rocky Horror Show” at Studio 54 (Currently On)

“The Rocky Horror Show” featuring a book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973 and had its American debut in Los Angeles in 1974 where it ran for a successful nine months at several venues. It received a Broadway debut in 1975 at the Belasco Theatre but closed after three previews and forty-five…

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Broadway Mini-Review: “CATS: The Jellicle Ball” at the Broadhurst Theatre (Currently On)

April 10, 2026 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Music, Queer > | "Tempress" Chasity Moore (she/her), Adam Honoré (Lighting Design), André De Shields (he/him), Ann James (sensitivity specialist), B Noel Thomas (she/her), Baby Byrne (she/her), Baseline Theatrical serves as general managers for “CATS: The Jellicle Ball.”, Bebe Nicole Simpson (she/her), Brittany Bland (projection design), Bryce Farris (he/him), Bryson Battle (he/they), Chelsey Arce (Associate Choreographer), Cody Renard Richard (production stage manager), Cooper Howell and N'yomi Allure Stewart (associate directors), CSA (casting director), CSA and Sujotta R. Pace, Dava Huesca (she/her), Donté Nadir Wilder (he/him, Doug Schadt (music producer), Dudney Joseph, Emma Sofia (she/her), Garnet Williams (she/they), Jonathan Burke (he/him), Josephine Kearns (dramaturg & gender consultant), Jr. (he/him), Junior LaBeija (he/him), Kai Harada (Sound Design), Kalyn West (they/them), Ken Ard (he/him), Kendall Grayson Stroud (she/they), Kya Azeen (she/her), Leiomy (she/her), Michael Samarie George (assistant choreographer), Nora Schell (they/them), Paul Kieve (magic), Phumzile Sojola (he/him), Primo Thee Ballerino (he/him), Qween Jean (costume design), Rachel Hauck (scenic design), Rania Zohny (makeup design), Robert "Silk" Mason (they/them), she/her), Sherrod T. Brown (he/him), Special Tony Award recipient Nikiya Mathis (hair and wig design), Sydney James Harcourt (he/him), Tara Lashan Clinkscales (she/her), Teddy Wilson Jr. (she/they), Trevor Holder (beats arranger/producer), William Waldrop (music supervisor and music director), X Casting: Victor Vazquez, Xavier Reyes (he/him)

When we saw “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” at PAC NYC last summer, the production didn’t work. The audience overpowered the performers – whooping, hollering, stomping on wooden risers until the vocals were buried and the show became chaos. We left disappointed despite the concept’s promise. The Broadway transfer at the Broadhurst Theatre solves every problem. We loved this production. The…

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Off-Broadway Review: “About Time” at the Marjorie Deane Little Theatre (Through Sunday, April 5, 2026)

It has taken a very long time, actually 27 years, but Richard Maltby and David Shire have decided that it was “About Time,” their new musical revue, that completes the trilogy which began with “Starting Here, Starting Now” in 1976, followed by “Closer Than Ever” in 1989. It is about life in its third act, getting older and dealing with…

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Broadway Review: “Ragtime” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater (Currently On)

October 26, 2025 | Broadway, Music > | “Ragtime”, 59 Studio (projection design), Adam Honoré (Lighting Design), Alan Wiggins, Allison Blackwell, Ann James (sensitivity specialist), Anna Grace Barlow, Ben Levi Ross, Billy Cohen, Brandon Uranowitz, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Caissie Levy, Colin Donnell, David Jennings, David Korins (scenic design), Deandre Sevon, Eean Sherrod Cochran, Ellenore Scott (choreography), Ellie Fishman, Ellie May Sennett, Jackson Parker Gill, Jacob Keith Watson, Jason Forbach, Jenny Mollet, John Clay III, John Rapson, Jordan Chin, Joseph Verlezza, Joshua Henry, Kai Harada (Sound Design), Kaleb Johnson, Kane Emmanuel Miller, Kayla Pecchioni, Kent Overshown, Kerry Conte, Lauren Blackman, Lincoln Center Theater, Linda Cho (Costume Design), Marina Kondo, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Scott, Morgan Marcell, Music Director James Moore, New York Theatre Reviews, Nichelle Lewis, Nicholas Barrón, Nick Barrington, Nick Gaswirth, Rheaume Crenshaw, Rodd Cyrus, Shaina Taub, Stephen Flaherty, Ta’Nika Gibson, Tabitha Lawing, The Telsey Office, The Telsey Office Craig Burns CSA (casting), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tom Nelis, Tom Watson (hair and wig design), Vivian Beaumont Theater, William David Brohn

It is very rare that a revival of a musical is imagined better than the original production and exceptional that its message is more relevant now than when it first opened on Broadway nearly thirty years ago in 1997, garnering four Tony Awards. That is the case for the glorious revival of “Ragtime” with a book penned by Terrence McNally,…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Rolling Thunder” Fails to Deliver at New World Stages – Stage 3 (Closed Sunday, September 7, 2025)

Unless your bucket list includes testing the limits of your eardrums before they tear beyond repair, after exposure to unbearable decibels, it would be prudent to avoid the new jukebox musical “Rolling Thunder” which is currently playing at New World Stages – Stage 3. With book by Bruce Hallett and directed by Kenneth Ferrone, “Rolling Thunder” describes itself as “raw…

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