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Dead Outlaw will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, June 29, producers announced today.

The critically lauded musical, nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, opened at the Longacre Theatre on Sunday, April 27. When it closes it will have played 14 previews and 73 regular performances.

Dead Outlaw is the third Broadway show, following Smash and Real Women Have Curves, to announce its closing after being shut out at the Tonys.

With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and a book by Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw tells the strange-but-true tale of Elmer McCurdy, a bank robber killed in a shoot-out in 1911. His embalmed corpse went unclaimed and was put on display, sometimes mistaken for a mannequin, in various carnivals, wax museums and even amusement parks until the 1970s.

In a statement, producers Lia Vollack and Sonia Friedman said, “Like Elmer McCurdy, Dead Outlaw is a true outlier — strange,...

Darren Criss and cast of “Maybe Happy Ending” perform at The 78Th Annual Tony Awards

The 2025 Tony Awards, which aired on CBS on June 8th, had the awards show’s best ratings since 2019. CBS reports the viewership was up a whopping 38% over 2024. In addition, the 78th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Cynthia Erivo drew in the largest streaming audience on Paramount+, increasing the streaming viewership by 208% over last year.

Maybe Happy Ending emerged the big winner, taking home the Best Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Darren Criss), Best Direction of a Musical (Michael Arden), Best Book of a Musical (Will Aronson and Hue Park), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Dane Laffrey and George Reeve), and Best Original Score trophies. Buena Vista Social Club followed with four, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Sunset Blvd. picked up three each.

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The cast of the new musical Dead Outlaw performed at the Tonys tonight!

Nominees Andrew Durand, Julia Knitel, and Jeb Brown hit the stage for a performance of “Ballad” / “Dead” at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The musical is based on a “that can’t actually be true” story about the outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy.

Dead Outlaw was nominated for seven awards, including Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Andrew, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for Julia, and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Jeb.

Get your tickets now to see Dead Outlaw on Broadway!

Check out the Full winners list for the Tonys.

Edge-of-seat drama. Stunning twists. Musical performances that brought down the house. The 2025 Tony Awards followed a script that any Broadway aficionado would appreciate.

While the crowd-pleasing Maybe Happy Ending dominated the night with six wins — including Best Musical, Best Musical Actor (Darren Criss), Best Musical Director, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design for a Musical — there were some shocking moments.

In one of the night's most highly anticipated matchups, Nicole Scherzinger took home the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sunset Boulevard, edging out Broadway’s most celebrated star, Audra McDonald. McDonald, earning her record-extending 11th nomination for her portrayal of Mama Rose in Gypsy, had been favored to win following her recent Drama Desk Award victory and surveys of Tony voters that showed her holding a narrow lead (likely due to the recent Patti LuPone controversy).

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Broadway’s best shows and actors were honored at the 2025 Tony Awards and we have the full list of winners!

Maybe Happy Ending was the big winner of the night at the Tonys on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The new musical won six awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for lead star Darren Criss, marking his first Tony win and bringing him halfway to Egot.

Other big winners of the night included Buena Vista Social Club and Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

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Make sure to check out our Full coverage of the Tony Awards and all of the incredible performances from the show.

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Buena Vista Social Club

Dead Outlaw

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Happy Ending – Winner

Operation Mincemeat...

The 2025 Tony Awards are being handed out Sunday night.

The first winners were announced during the Darren Criss- and Renée Elise Goldberry-hosted The Tony Awards: Act One preshow streaming on Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV from 3:40-5 p.m. Pt/6:40-8 p.m. Et. Criss is a first-time Tony nominee for his role in Maybe Happy Ending, and Goldsberry won a Tony for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a performance featuring members of the original Broadway cast on the 2025 awards show.

The main ceremony, hosted by Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo, will run from 5-8 p.m. Pt/8-11 p.m. Et, live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime, from New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending went into Sunday night...

After five weeks of furious debate since Tony Award nominations were announced, over 1,000 people have made their winner predictions at Gold Derby. New musical Maybe Happy Ending will lead all productions with six victories, while smash comedy Oh, Mary! will win the most trophies of any play with five. Buena Vista Social Club, Sunset Boulevard, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow will all claim multiple prizes, too.

The category with the most fluctuation in our odds heading into the Tony ceremony is the highly coveted trophy for Best Actress in a Musical. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald had been leading our odds for her performance in Gypsy since the nominations were announced, until Sunset Boulevard's Nicole Scherzinger took the lead for the first time last week. But on Thursday, McDonald pulled ahead again, buoyed by her recent victory at the Drama Desk Awards and various Tony voter surveys noting...

Broadway’s biggest night is back — and it’s sure to be packed with star power, dazzling performances, and fierce competition. The 2025 Tony Awards, celebrating the best of live theater, is a can't-miss event for theater lovers. Whether you're tuning in live or streaming online, here's everything you need to know about 78th Tony Awards.

When are the Tonys?

The 78th annual Tony Awards are held on June 8, beginning at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt.

How to watch the Tonys live online

The Tony Awards will stream live on Paramount+ with Showtime and broadcast on television via CBS. The ceremony will also be available on Paramount+ (for non Showtime subscribers) the following day. To watch the Tonys live, sign up for the Paramount+ with Showtime plan (information can be found here) or search your local listings for the CBS affiliate in your area.

Who is hosting the Tonys this year?...

Dead Outlaw cast members Julia Knitel and Andrew Durand recently stopped by The View for an exclusive performance of "Millicent's Song." The musical, which is currently playing at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Watch the performance here! Dead Outlaw is a new musical that stars Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel, all of whom are nominated for their performances, along with Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. The show is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning –...

Go inside the creative process behind "Something From Nothing" from Dead Outlaw, which stops the show every night at the Longacre Theatre. This video features composers Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek, who break down how they constructed the song, before showing Eddie Cooper, Trent Saunders, and the cast of the hit musical performing the song. Penna shares that the song is about "having a business epiphany. That's what America's about." Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek are currently nominated for a Tony Award for the score of the new musical, which opened in April. Watch them unpack the musical's opening number, "Dead," here. The cast, reprising their roles from Off-Broadway, includes Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy, Jeb Brown as Band Leader/Jarrett, Eddie...

Additional presenters and performances have been announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, being held this Sunday, June 1 at NYU Skirball. Jeb Brown, Andrew Durand, Cole Escola, Sarah Hyland, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Bebe Neuwirth, and Nicole Scherzinger will present Awards that evening, along with previously announced Victoria Clark, Darren Criss, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tom Francis, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Jinkx Monsoon, Alex Newell, Gracie Lawrence, Adam Pascal, Lily Rabe, Jennifer Simard, Ryan Spahn, Will Swenson, and Michael Urie. There will also be performances by Joshua Henry, Norm Lewis, Lesli Margherita, and the 2024 Drama Desk Award winner for Best Musical Dead Outlaw. Staci Levine and Jessica R. Jenen return as co-executive producers of the Awards. This year’s awards...

Watch a video of Andrew Durand, Julia Knitel, and Jeb Brown performing "Normal" in Dead Outlaw on Broadway. The song is a standout from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna's Tony-nominated score for the new musical. Durand, Knitel, and Brown are also all nominated for their respective performances in the acclaimed musical. With a book by Itamar Moses and direction by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw is nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Dead Outlaw also stars Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer...

Seven-time Tony Award-nominated new musical Dead Outlaw released a never-before-seen video of leading man, Tony Award nominee Andrew Durand, performing “Killed a Man in Maine.” Watch the video here! With a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and direction by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw is nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. The show stars Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel, all of whom are nominated for their performances, along with Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of...

“It really feels like the most personal show to me,” reveals David Yazbek about his new musical Dead Outlaw. The composer has written music and lyrics for six Broadway productions and has earned Tony Award nominations for each one, winning for The Band’s Visit in 2018. Of his latest effort, Yazbek says, “The reason why the story of Elmer McCurdy has stuck with me for decades is because it works on a lot of different levels, and the deepest level for me has to do with mortality and desire.” Yazbek and many of the cast and creatives of Dead Outlaw recently sat down with Gold Derby and other journalists at the 2025 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press event.

The darkly comic Dead Outlaw chronicles the life and truly bizarre afterlife of McCurdy, a man born in Maine who moves West and unsuccessfully tries his hand at a life of crime before...

Dead Outlaw just released a first look at the 7-time Tony Award-nominated production featuring Tony Award nominees Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel and the full company including Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Watch the vide0 here! With a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and direction by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw is nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure,...

Dead Outlaw held a Tony Award Nomination Celebration pre-show yesterday evening after their 7 nominations! See photos here! Nominations include Best Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre – Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek, Best Book of a Musical – Itamar Moses, Best Direction of a Musical – David Cromer, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Andrew Durand, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Julia Knitel, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Jeb Brown. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish...

Cynthia Erivo hosts the 2025 Tony Awards (Photo Credit: CBS)

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending lead the 2025 Tony Awards nominees, scoring 10 nominations each. Dead Outlaw, John Proctor is the Villain, Sunset Blvd, and The Hills of California earned seven nominations, followed by Floyd Collins, Just in Time, Purpose, and The Picture of Dorian Gray with six.

Among the stars earning Tony Award nominations are George Clooney, Mia Farrow, Jonathan Groff, Darren Criss, Bob Odenkirk, Sadie Sink, and Sarah Snook. And with her nomination for Gypsy, Audra McDonald is now the most Tony-nominated performer in Broadway history.

“I’m so grateful, and that’s overwhelming to think about. I’m so lucky. The one thing I always wanted to do growing up, one thing that gave me joy and kind of gave me purpose and made me feel most like myself was to perform theater,” said...

Well, big weekly grosses and even bigger stars can’t guarantee a Tony Awards nomination.

Broadway does what Broadway wants, so no Best Play nominations (or anything else) for huge moneymaker Othello, and no Best Play noms for Good Night, and Good Luck, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Same for the critical favorite Cult of Love.

While Good Night and Dorian Gray weren’t nominated for Best Play, their big stars — George Clooney and Sarah Snook, respectively — were nominated for their performances, as expected. In fact, Dorian Gray, in which Snook plays all the characters from the Oscar Wilde novel, has the distinction of being the most nominated solo show in Tony history, placing in six categories: Snook’s performance, Kip Williams’ direction, and nods for scenic, lighting, sound and costume design.

Related: Broadway’s 2024-2025 Season: All Of Deadline’s Reviews

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The 2025 Tony Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, May 1 by past Tony winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce. Throughout the morning, various contenders from the acting, producing, directing, writing, and choreography categories have been reaching out to Gold Derby to celebrate their nominations. Scroll through our gallery below to see their Tony Awards reactions.

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending topped the Tonys noms with 10 bids each. Close behind with seven apiece were Dead Outlaw, John Proctor Is the Villain, Sunset Boulevard, and The Hills of California.

Some of the acting nominees who sent out reactions include Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club), Kimberly Belflower (John Proctor Is the Villain), Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw), George Clooney (Good Night and Good Luck), Glenn Davis (Purpose), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Gabriel Ebert (John Proctor Is the Villain), Cole Escola, Mia Farrow (The Roommate), Tom Francis (Sunset Boulevard...

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending topped Thursday's Tony Awards nominations with 10 bids each.

Close behind with seven apiece are Dead Outlaw, John Proctor Is the Villain, Sunset Boulevard, and The Hills of California.

Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical are up for Best Musical.

English,The Hills of California, John Proctor Is the Villain, Oh, Mary!, and Purpose are the Best Play nominees.

Among the acting nominees are George Clooney, Sadie Sink, Sarah Snook, and Nicole Scherzinger.

Clooney was nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Good Night, and Good Luck, his Broadway debut. Notable snubs in the category were Othello stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington.

See Final 2025 Tony eligibility rulings: Jinkx Monsoon, Jeb Brown, and Bernadette Peters will compete as featured players

Sink (John Proctor Is the Villain) and...

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the 2025 Tony nominations with 10 nods each.

All are nominated for best musical, a category that also includes Dead Outlaw and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.

A number of starry names received their first Tony nomination, including George Clooney, for his role in Good Night and Good Luck; Nicole Scherzinger, for her role in Sunset Blvd.; Sarah Snook, for her role in The Picture of Dorian Gray; Bob Odenkirk, for his role in Glengarry Glen Ross; and Mia Farrow, for her role in The Roommate. Othello, one of the most expensive productions on Broadway, led by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, was notably shut out of the nominations.

Audra McDonald received her 11th Tony Award nomination for her role as Rose in Gypsy on Broadway, becoming the most Tony-nominated performer in history. She had previously held the record...

The nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards are finally here!

Each year, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre (aka the Tonys), celebrates the best on Broadway for the past season. There’s some big names on Broadway this year, so you’ll likely recognize a lot of these names, even if you haven’t been able to catch some of there performances!

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending got the most nominations this year with 10 each.

The show is set to take place on Sunday (June 8) with Wicked star Cynthia Erivo hosting. Ariana DeBose hosted for the past three years, but gave up duties this year. The show will air on CBS. Just Jared will be live updating throughout the entire event, so stick with us that night!

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Nominations for the 78th Tony Awards have been revealed — and several of your favorite TV stars are up for Broadway’s top honors.

Veterans among Thursday’s nominees include Glee grads Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff, Smash alumni Megan Hilty and Jeremy Jordan, Succession‘s Sarah Snook and Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink. Other faces from the small screen include Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), Cole Escola (Difficult People), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0), Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) and Audra McDonald (The Good Fight), whose nod for the Gypsy revival was her 11th Tony nomination — the most for any Broadway performer.

The new musical Dead Outlaw is now open on Broadway and the show’s stars Andrew Durand and Julia Knitel led the star-studded red carpet.

The actors, who are both getting Tony nomination buzz, stepped out for the opening night celebration on Sunday (April 27) at the Longacre Theatre in New York City.

Other cast members in attendance included Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma.

VIPs on the red carpet for the opening night included Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, Ariana DeBose, Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka, Jim Parsons and husband Todd Spiewak, and former Company co-star Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk.

Dead Outlaw is the “darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame,...

Dead Outlaw has finally come to life on Broadway! Earlier this week, the new musical officially opened at the Longacre Theatre and the best of Broadway came out to celebrate. "We were always just trying to tell the story- to make it fun and interesting and make it surprising," Jeb Brown said on opening night. "The fact that we made it to Broadway, scrappy and punky as we are is really fun and really gratifying." The new musical features a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and is directed by David Cromer. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it...

Broadway’s 2024-25 season got off to a rather fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending, and wrapped up with some equally excellent season closers like Just In Time and Dead Outlaw.

This compendium of Deadline’s Broadway reviews takes a look at all of them. Use it as a guide for your theater-going, or a sneak peek at what this year’s Tony Awards might have in store on Sunday, June 8.

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Opening Night: April 27

Venue: Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre

Direction & Choreography By: Sergio Trujillo

Book: Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, based on the play by Josefina López and the HBO screenplay by Josefina López and George Lavoo

Music & Lyrics By: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Cast: Tatianna Córdoba, Justina Machado,...

The indignities of the grave pale in comparison to the indignities of having your preserved corpse put on display as a sideshow attraction, wax museum exhibit, or amusement park horror ride prop. You could ask Elmer McCurdy all about that if he wasn’t, as one of the best songs in Dead Outlaw, an unmissable musical filled with excellent tunes, puts succinctly, dead. Had Elmer stayed dead in one last place a bit longer he might have added an appearance on The Six Million Dollar Man to his show biz resume.

In one of the quirkiest, most morbid and somehow loveliest musicals to hit Broadway this season – even Floyd Collins‘ dying spelunker plot seems conventional by comparison – Dead Outlaw, directed by David Cromer, is a very late entry in Broadway’s 2024-2025 season, and absolutely one of the best.

Dead Outlaw, the much anticipated Broadway musical coming this spring, has announced that the cast of the critically acclaimed Off Broadway cast will reprise their roles from the 2024 staging.

Starring in the Broadway production of the musical directed by David Cromer will be Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy, Jeb Brown as Band Leader/Jarrett, Eddie Cooper as Coroner Johnson, Dashiell Eaves as Louis/Charles Patterson, Julia Knitel as Helen/Maggie, Ken Marks as George, Trent Saunders as Andy Payne, Thom Sesma as Coroner Noguchi, with Emily Fink and Max Sangerman as understudies.

Written by Itamar Moses, featuring music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw will open on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on April 27.

Produced by Lia Vollack Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions, the show is described as “the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As...

Nominations for the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 23. The stars of the hit Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, read off the nominees live from the Museum of Broadway.

Off-Broadway productions ultimately out-paced Broadway with this critics group. The new David Yazbek musical “Dead Outlaw” led the pack with nine nominations. It was followed by “The Connector,” another Off-Broadway musical, and “Stereophonic,” a lauded Broadway play, with seven nominations each.

While there are no Tony nominators in the Outer Critics Circle membership, these nominations can provide some clues as to how theater aficionados are thinking about this season’s Tony race. Of the five productions cited for Best New Broadway Musical, only “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Suffs” made the cut in the all-important Best Score category. They were joined by two Off-Broadway entries, as well as...

Jeb Brown (City Center’s Pal Joey), Eddie Cooper (Parade), Andrew Durand (Shucked) and Dashiell Eaves (Broadway’s A Christmas Carol) are among the cast set for the upcoming Audible staging and recording of Dead Outlaw, a new musical from the team behind The Band’s Visit.

The musical, which tells the bizarre true story of a turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose corpse became a mummified side-show attraction for decades, will begin previews on Wednesday, February 28 ahead of a Sunday, March 10 opening night at Audible’s Off Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre.

The limited engagement runs through Sunday, April 7, and will be recorded and released on Audible at a later date.

Also included in the principal cast will be Julia Knitel (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Ken Marks (Take Me Out), Trent Saunders (Hadestown) and Thom Sesma (City Center’s Oliver!).

As Deadline exclusively reported back in 2022, Dead Outlaw, conceived by David Yazbek,...

Loretta Devine will step in for her old Dreamgirls co-star Jennifer Holliday in the upcoming New York City Center gala presentation of Pal Joey starring Ephraim Sykes.

Holliday had been previously announced for the role of nightclub owner Lucille Wallace but bowed out due to scheduling conflicts. The production runs Nov. 1-5 at City Center, starting with a benefit performance to be followed by a gala dinner at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.

Both Devine and Holliday became Broadway stars for their performances in the original production of Dreamgirls in 1981, with Devine playing Lorrell Robinson and Holliday playing Effie Melody White.

The starry gala presentation of Pal Joey will be co-directed by Savion Glover and Tony Goldwyn, with Glover choreographing. The musical is being reconceived, with the character of Joey Evans portraying the character as a Black jazz singer who refuses to compromise on his craft...

The celebrated independent film festival Dances With Films (Dwf) revealed earlier today that it would be heading to New York City in December. With over a quarter century spent celebrating indie filmmakers and their creative output in Los Angeles, the festival is ready to embrace East Coast film lovers at Dwf: NYC for its 26th anniversary. For the first time in its history, Dwf will showcase its selection of diverse and powerful feature-length narratives, documentaries, and shorts at Regal Union Square.

Beau The Musical kicks off the Dances With Film New York festivities, which will set the tone for a joyous event that strives to not only champion independent filmmakers but also give them the tools and industry connections needed to thrive. Many Dwf alumni have gone on to write, produce, and direct mainstream movies and hit television series, and some of them have even gone on to receive Academy Awards recognition.

Broadway Veteran Jeb Brown, Spiderman, Beautiful sings 'By Your Side' in the fifth episode of Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar's 'Beau Quarantined Concerts'. Beau tells the story of musician Ace Baker, who at 12 discovered the grandfather his mother intended to keep a secret a man who changed Ace's life forever by putting a guitar in his hand, and self-love in his heart.

Women's Project Theater Wp Theater, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty has announced the 30th Annual Women Of Achievement Awards Gala. The gala will honor Tony Award and six-time Emmy Award winning actress Tyne Daly, President and Vice Chairman, Fairchild Fashion Media Stephanie George and Group President, North America, Procter amp Gamble Carolyn Tastad. Hosted by Two-time Tony amp Emmy Award-winner Bebe Neuwirth, with special appearances by Four-time Tony Award amp Emmy winner Terrence McNally It's Only a Play, The Visit, Sierra Boggess The Little Mermaid, It Shoulda Been You, Jeb Brown Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, Margo Seibert Rocky, and more, the Gala will take place on Monday, June 8, 2015 630pm Cocktails, 800pm DinnerAwardsPerformances at The Edison Ballroom, 240 W 47th Street.

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After six seasons of playing the bioplar wannabe rock star Craig Manning on Degrassi, Jake Epstein “graduated” from the hit Canadian series to attend theater school. He made a few guest appearances — who can forget his surprise coke problem or the gang’s trip to Hollywood? — before landing roles in the national tours of Spring Awakening and American Idiot. And with that, a Broadway baby was born. Epstein currently stars as Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, the story of the prolific singer-songwriter and her former husband/writing partner that is much more than a simple reading of their Wikipedia pages set to music. With seven Tony Award nominations, the show is one of the must-see productions of the season, making Epstein one of Degrassi‘s biggest success stories to date. See? It’s not all about Drake.

So how much pressure comes with portraying...

The new musical, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singersongwriter opened earlier this week at the Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. Tony Award-nominee Jessie Mueller stars as 'Carole King' she's joined by Jake Epstein as 'Gerry Goffin', Anika Larsen as 'Cynthia Weil', Jarrod Spector as 'Barry Mann', Jeb Brown as 'Don Kirshner',Liz Larsen as 'Genie Klein', and an ensemble that includes Ashley Blanchet, E. Clayton Cornelious,Joshua Davis, Alysha Deslorieux, Kevin Duda, James Harkness, Carly Hughes, Sara King, Rebecca Lachance, Douglas Lyons, Chris Peluso, Gabrielle Reid, Arbender Robinson, Rashidra Scott, Sara Sheperd, and Melvin Tunstall.

Spider-man Turn Off The Dark showcased an unprecedented event with Times Square Alliance when they dropped the New Year's Eve ball 30 feet before midnight on New Year's Eve, marking the first time in history the ball has descended before midnight. In an exciting segment shown live in Times Square and on CNN, Spider-Man came to the rescue when The Green Goblin took host Anderson Cooper captive. After the Goblin threatened to drop the ball early to ruin New Year's Eve, Spider-Man raised it back to its original position and stood triumphantly on top of One Times Square. The event featured Spider-man Turn Off The Dark actors Matthew James Thomas, Patrick Page, Jeb Brown and Christopher Tierney alongside CNN hosts Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. Check out some photos from the event below...

After the Goblin threatened to drop the ball early to ruin New Year's Eve, Spider-Man raised it back to its original position and stood triumphantly on top of One Times Square. The event featured Spider-man Turn Off The Dark actors Matthew James Thomas, Patrick Page, Jeb Brown and Christopher Tierney alongside CNN hosts Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin. Check it out below...

Spider-man Turn Off The Dark showcased an unprecedented event with Times Square Alliance when they dropped the New Year's Eve ball 30 feet before midnight last night, marking the first time in history the ball has descended before midnight. In an exciting segment shown live in Times Square and on CNN, Spider-Man came to the rescue when The Green Goblin took host Anderson Cooper captive. After the Goblin threatened to drop the ball early to ruin New Year's Eve, Spider-Man raised it back to its original position and stood triumphantly on top of One Times Square. The event featured Spider-man Turn Off The Dark actors Matthew James Thomas, Patrick Page, Jeb Brown and Christopher Tierney alongside CNN hosts Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.

Jon Lindstrom, best known for his work in daytime television, (as Craig Montgomery on As The World Turns, for which he received a 2010 Emmy Lead Actor nomination, and as Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain in General Hospital), returns to the music scene with his band The High Lonesome and their new CD release, “Collector’s Album 1995-2010.”

In a nod to years past, the album offers a mix of new and newly re-mastered tunes from The High Lonesome’s first album “Feel Free to Do So” which was described by Billboard Magazine’s Larry Flick as a "blend of alterna-country/blues and rootsy pop/rock" and called the single “True Believer” a “Bouncy, roots-rockin’ ditty [that] seems custom-made for cranking at peak volume while cruisin’ down the highway with your best buddies.”

The High Lonesome is made up of five actors and performers who were either involved in the improv group “Thin Ice...