Friday, June 4, 2021

The Wait Is Over...Broadway Plays and Musicals Are Back



 


By James V. Ruocco

It's official.

Broadway's back.

Actors, musicians and backstage crews are being remounted.

Auditions are underway for both new shows and recasts.

Rehearsals are slated to begin in the coming months for various plays and musicals.

And, with new vaccine program in place, audiences can start buying tickets to the show (or shows) of their choice.

Excited!
Of course, you are.

So get ready.
It's time to raise the curtain.

What's playing?

What's waiting in the wings?

Who's who?

Here's what we know so far, show by show, in no particular order.

Updates will also be provided on a day-to-day basis once the T.B.A. mandate changes in terms of casting, venues and preview and opening night performances.

"Diana"
(Longacre Theatre)
Previews: November 2, 2021
Opening Night: November 17, 2021
Cast: Jenna Dewaal, Roe Hartrampf, Erin Davie, Judy Kaye, Zach Adkins


"Aladdin"
(New Amsterdam Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 28, 2021
Cast: Michael Maliakel, Shoba Narayan, Frank Viveros

"Hadestown"
(Walter Kerr Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 2, 2021
Cast: Reeve Carney, Andre DeShields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada

"The Book of Mormon"
(Eugene O'Neill Theatre)
Performances Resume: November 5, 2021
Cast: Kevin Clay, Jamison Strand, Kim Exum, Stephen Ashfield

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical!"
(Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 24, 2021
Cast: Aaron Tveit, Natalie Mendoza, Danny Burstein, Sahr Ngaujah, Tam Mutu


"Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations"
(Imperial Theatre)
Performances Resume: October 16, 2021
Cast: Nik Walker, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Mah Manuel, Jelani Remy

"The Music Man"
(Winter Garden Theatre)
Previews: December 20, 2021
Opening Night: February 10, 2022
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Jefferson Mays

"The Lion King"
(Minskoff Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 14, 2021
Cast: Brandon A. McCall, Stephen Carlile, Adrienne Walker, Vince Ermita 

"Birthday Candles"
(American Airlines Theatre)
Previews: March 18, 2022
Opening Night: April 10, 2022
Cast: Debra Messing, Andre Braugher, Enrico Colantoni, Crystal Finn


"MJ The Musical"
(Neil Simon Theatre)
Previews: December 6, 2021
Opening Night: February 1, 2022
Cast: Miles Frost, Quentin Earl Darrington, Whitney Bashor, Lamont Walker II

"Beetlejuice"
(Marriott Marquis Theatre)
Performances Resume: April 8, 2022
Opening Night: T.B.A.

"To Kill a Mockingbird"
(Sam S. Shubert Theatre)
Performances Resume: October 5, 2021
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Portia, Hunter Parrish

"Company"
(Jacobs Theatre)
Previews: November 15, 2021
Opening Night: December 9, 2021
Cast: Katrina Lenk, Patti LuPone, Matt Doyle, Christopher Sieber, Nikki Renee Daniels


"The Phantom of the Opera"
(Majestic Theatre)
Performances Resume: October 22, 2021
Cast: Ben Crawford, Maghan Picerno, John Riddle, Bradley Dean

"Take Me Out"
(Helen Hayes Theatre)
Previews: March 9, 2022
Opening Night: April 4, 2022
Cast: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Williams, Hiram Delgado, Ken Marks

"Chicken & Biscuits"
Theatre: Circle in the Square Theatre
Previews: September 23, 2021
Opening Night: October 10, 2021
Cast: Norm Lewis, Cleo King, Michael Urie, Alana Raquel Bowers

"Dear Evan Hansen"
(Music Box Theatre)
Performances Resume: December 11, 2021
Cast: Jordan Fisher, Christiane Noll, Jessica Phillips, Phoebe Koyabe, Jared Kleinman

"Plaza Suite"
(Hudson Theatre)
Previews: February 25, 2022
Opening Night: March 28, 2022
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Danny Bolero, Molly Ranson

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"
(Lyric Theatre)
Performances Resume: November 12, 2021
Cast: James Snyder, David Abeles, Jenny Jules, Aaron Bantz

"Hamilton"
(Richard Rodgers Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 14, 2021
Cast: Miguel Cervantes, Krystal Joy Brown, Mandy Gonzalez, Jin Ha, Tamar Greene

"Caroline, Or Change"
(Studio 54)
Previews: October 8, 2021
Opening Night: October 27, 2021
Cast: Sharon D. Clarke, Caissie Levy, Samantha Williams, John Cariani

"Jagged Little Pill"
(Broadhurst Theatre)
Performances Resume: October 21.2021
Cast: Heidi Blickenstaff, Elizabeth Stanley, Derek Klena, Morgan Dudley, Sean Allan Krill

"Thoughts of a Colored Man"
(Golden Theatre)
Previews: October 1, 2021
Opening Night: October 31,2021
Cast: Dyllon Burnside, Luke James, Keith David, Forrest McClendon

"Dana H."
(Lyceum Theater)
Previews: October 1, 2021
Opening Night: October 17, 2021
Cast: Deidre O'Connell 

"Six: The Musical"
(Brooks Atkinson Theatre)
Previews: September 17, 2021
Opening Night: October 3, 2021
Cast: Adrianna Hicks, Abby Mueller, Andrea Macasaet, Samantha Pauly, Anna Uzele, Brittney Mack


"Intimate Apparel"
(Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
Previews: January 13, 2022
Opening Night: January 27, 2022
Cast: Kearstin Piper Brown, Justin Austin, Chabrelle Williams 

"Wicked"
(Gershwin Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 14, 2021
Cast: Lindsay Pearce, Ginna Claire Mason, Sam Gravitte, Kathy Fitzgerald

"David Byrne's Utopia"
Theatre: St. James Theatre
Previews: September 17, 2021
Opening Night: October 17, 2021
Cast: David Byrne, Chris Giarmo, Angie Swan, Karl Mansfield

"Pass Over"
(August Wilson Theatre)
Previews: August 4, 2021
Opening Night: September 12, 2021
Cast: Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood, Gabriel Ebert

"Chicago"
(Ambassador Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 14, 2021
Cast: Ana Villafare, Paulo Szot, Lillias White, Bianca Marroquin, Ryan Lowe

"Paradise Square"
(Barrymore Theatre)
Previews: February 22, 2022
Opening Night: March 20, 2022
Cast: Joaquina Kalukango, John Dossett, Sidney DuPont, Chilina  Kennedy

"Come From Away"
(Schoenfeld Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 21, 2021
Cast: Petrina Bromley, Jim Walton, Joel Hatch, Pearl Sun, Rachel Tucker, Tony LePage

"Flying Over Sunset"
(Vivian Beaumont Theatre)
Previews: November 11, 2021
Opening Night: December 13, 2021
Cast: Carmen Cusack, Harry Hadden-Paton, Jeremy Kushnier, Erika Henningsen

"Mrs. Doubtfire"
(Stephen Sondheim Theatre)
Previews: October 21, 2021
Opening Night: December 5, 2021
Cast: Daniel Hillard, Jenn Gambatese, Brad Oscar


"Girl From the North Country"
(Belasco Theatre)
Performances Resume: October 13, 2021 
Cast: Caitlin Houlahan, Todd Almond, Jeanette Bayardelle, Marc Kudisch, Mare Winningham, Luba Mason, Robert Joy, Kimber Elayne Sprawl

"How I Learned to Drive"
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
Previews: March 29, 2022
Opening Night: April 22. 2022
Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse

"The Who's Tommy"
Theatre: T.B.A.
Previews: T.B.A.
Opening Night: T.B.A.
Cast: T.B.A.

"Tina: The Tina Turner Musical"
(Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)
Performances Resume: October 8, 2021
Cast: Adrienne Warren, Daniel J. Watts


"The Lehman Trilogy"
(Nederlander Theatre)
Previews:  September 25, 2021
Opening Night: October 14, 2021
Cast: Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, Adrian Lester

"Sing Street"
Theatre: T.B.A.
Previews: T.B.A.
Opening Night: T.B.A.
Cast: T.B.A.

"Skeleton Crew"
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
Previews:  December 21, 2021
Opening Night: January 12, 2022
Cast: Phylicia Rashad


"Waitress"
(Ethel Barrymore Theatre)
Performances Resume: September 2, 2021
Cast: Sara Bareilles, Joe Tippett, Charity Angel Dawson


"American Buffalo"
(Circle in the Square Theatre)
Previews: March 22, 2022
Opening Night: April 14, 2022
Cast: Lawrence J. Fishburne III, Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss

"Clyde's"
(Helen Hayes Theatre)
Previews: November 3, 2021
Opening Night: November 22, 2021
Cast: Uzo Aduba, Kara Young, Ron Cephas Jones, Reza Salazar 

"The Minutes"
Theatre: Studio 54
Previews: March, 2022
Opening Night: April 7, 2022
Cast: Tracy Letts, Ian Barford, Blair Brown

"Trouble in Mind"
(American Airlines Theatre)
Previews: October 29, 2021
Opening Night: November 18, 2021
Cast: La Chanze, Michael Zegen, Chuck Cooper

"Lakawanna Blues"
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
Previews: September 14, 2021
Opening Night: September 28. 2021
Cast: Ruben Santiago-Hudson


(Updated: December 18, 2021)


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