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Broadway News Valentina will make her Broadway debut as the regular Frankie Fan, taking over the role following the departure of Golden Globe winner Michaela Jaé Rodriguez earlier this summer. July 17, 2026 By Margaret Hall Valentina (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for GLAAD) Don't dream it, be it. RuPaul's Drag Race star Valentina (RENT Live!) will make her Broadway debut as Columbia in the current Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show.

Production Photos Anna D. Shapiro is directing the new production of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play. July 17, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block, Meg Masseron Harry Lennix in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (Marc J. Franklin) Newly released production shots are offering a sneak peek at the current cast of Off-Broadway's Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been, Eric Bentley's 1972 play currently playing a revival at New York Center Stage I. Anna D. Shapiro (August: Osage County) directs.

Video The two Broadway favorites star in the hit musical based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name. July 17, 2026 By Andrew Gans In the first episode of the new video series Only Tea, celebrating the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby, co-stars Eva Noblezada and Samantha Pauly reminisce about their time in the hit musical at the Broadway Theatre. Watch the complete interview, filmed over lunch at Gatsby's Landing in Times Square, in the video above.

9 PHOTOS Jason Babinsky, Michael McKean, and Adam Kantor in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J. Franklin TR Knight in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J. Franklin Norbert Leo Butz in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J. Franklin Molly Ringwald in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J. Franklin Bob Odenkirk in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J. Franklin Harry Lennix in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J. Franklin Steven Boyer in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been Marc J.

Video Denis Jones is directing a cast that includes Jack Roden, Michael Park, Kayla Pecchioni, and Anastacia McCleskey. July 17, 2026 By Andrew Gans The Muny return of Disney’s Newsies, the 2012 Broadway musical featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein, began performances July 16. Watch highlights from the opening night in the video above. Directed by Denis Jones with choreography by Richard J.

Broadway's Every Brilliant Thing honored its new star, Black-ish and Girlfriends favorite Tracee Ellis Ross, with a special celebration July 16 at the Hudson Theatre, and Playbill's cameras were on the scene.

Video The Cole Porter classic was previously broadcast on PBS in 2003. July 17, 2026 By Andrew Gans Rachel York and Brent Barrett in Kiss Me, Kate The London revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate—broadcast on PBS in February 2003—is now available for streaming on the wocomoMUSIC YouTube channel and can be viewed in its entirety here.

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On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program will present a three-night concert series, Summer Nights at Cathedral Parkway, Monday evenings July 20, August 10, and August 24. Rema Webb hosts. Held outdoors at Cathedral Parkway Towers, the 6:30 PM concerts will feature working Broadway artists performing alongside students from On Broadway’s Summer Musical Theatre Program.

The Bill & Ted franchise is moving from the screen to the stage with a new musical, Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Rock Opera, currently in development and aiming for a 2027 world premiere. The project is being written by Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure co-writer Chris Matheson, and will feature an original score by Grandaddy founder Jason Lytle. Freedom Theatricals and Radar Pictures are producing.