Breaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 3, 2026

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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) Electrical fire at Eugene O’Neill closes ‘Book of Mormon’ indefinitely
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/theater/broadway-theater-fire-eugene-oneill-book-of-mormon.html

3) ‘Celebrity Autobiography’ to make Broadway debut next week
https://deadline.com/2026/05/celebrity-autobiography-broadway-1236880861/

4) ‘Liberation’ wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
https://deadline.com/2026/05/iberation-angel-down-pulitzer-prize-1236880229/

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks with Cassia Thompson, who plays Laurencia in “Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium” at Classic Stage Company.

Cassia Thompson Headshot (Credit JW Headshots)

Rehearsal photo by Allison Stock [Cassia Thompson and Joe Tapper]

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Matt runs through all of the nominations for the 79th annual Tony Awards

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1) 2026 Tony nominees announced:
https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/

‘Evita’ and ‘Benjamin Button’ coming to New York, Tony Award honorees announced, 2027 Encores shows revealed

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1) ‘Evita’ starring Rachel Zegler to hit Broadway in spring 2027
https://deadline.com/2026/04/evita-rachel-zegler-broadway-2-1236875848/

2) ‘Benjamin Button’ to open in Public Theater’s fall season
https://www.broadwaynews.com/benjamin-button-musical-sets-north-american-premiere-at-public-theater/

3) ‘Charlie Brown,’ ‘Hallelujah, Baby!’, ‘Spider Woman’ in Encores 2027 season
https://deadline.com/2026/04/encores-in-the-heights-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-1236875769/

4) Awards Corner

New York Drama Critics Circle honors Rudin shows, but no new musical
https://deadline.com/2026/04/new-york-drama-critics-circle-awards-scott-rudin-1236877027/

Mary-Mitchell Campbell to receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
https://www.tonyawards.com/press/mary-mitchell-campbell-to-receive-the-2026-isabelle-stevenson-tony-award/

Bishop, Fisher, Lapine to receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Awards
https://deadline.com/2026/04/tony-awards-lifetime-achievement-honor-1236877073/

‘Schmigadoon!’ score and others ruled eligible in final Tony Awards rulings
https://playbill.com/article/cinco-pauls-schmigadoon-score-ruled-tony-eligible

2026 Drama Desk nominations
https://dramadesks.com/nominations/

2026 Lucille Lortel Award winners
https://playbill.com/article/mexodus-wins-4-lucille-lortel-awards-see-the-full-list-of-winners

5) Show and casting news

‘Rocky Horror,’ ‘Titanique’ extend on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/05/titanique-rocky-horror-show-broadway-closing-dates-1236877992/

‘Ragtime’ to tour in fall 2027
https://deadline.com/2026/04/ragtime-broadway-tour-1236876090/

Fiennes, Farrell, Moura to lead film adaptation of ‘Art’
https://deadline.com/2026/05/ralph-fiennes-colin-farrell-wagner-moura-art-comedy-film-1236878036/

Conner Leavitt to join ’11 to Midnight’ Off-Broadway
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207071/the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-husband-conner-leavitt-joins-11-to-midnight-off-broadway/

Irish Rep announces cast for ‘The Loved Ones’
https://playbill.com/article/casting-revealed-for-the-loved-ones-at-irish-rep

Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Kenrex @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre, The Rocky Horror Show, Blood/Love @ Theater 555, Fallen Angels, Death of a Salesman, Proof, The Wicked Stage: Songs About Show Business, Hosted by Christine Pedi @ 54 Below, Soop Theater Company’s production of American, Italian @ The Chain Theater, and Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin

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Showtune for Today: Just Go To The Movies from A Day in Hollywood

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JENA TESSE FOX has written about theater for many publications, including Playbill Magazine, BroadwayWorld, Time Out New York and HowlRound. She is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women and the Drama Desk, and is a contributor to BroadwayRadio

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MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.

Coming up on May 19: 54 Sings Lerner & Loewe, @ 54 Below

July 1-3: See Michael in 1776! @ Ghostlight Players on Staten Island

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Stagecraft: James Clements playwright of “BEAUTY FREAK”

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Reviews:

MP + JTF + PF: The Lost Boys @ Palace Theatre

JTF: Schmigadoon! @ the Nederlander Theatre, through September 6, 2026

PF: Kenrex @ the Lucille Lortel Theatre, through June 27, 2026

MP: The Rocky Horror Show @ Studio 54, through November 29, 2026 (extended)

PF: Blood/Love @ Theater 555, through May 10, 2026

Michael’s Lightning Round!
MP: Fallen Angels @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through June 7, 2026
MP: Death of a Salesman @ Winter Garden Theatre, through August 9, 2026
MP: Proof @ Booth Theatre, through July 19, 2026

PF + MP: The Wicked Stage: Songs About Show Business, Hosted by Christine Pedi @ 54 Below, April 29, 2026

MP: Soop Theater Company‘s production of American, Italian @ The Chain Theater, through May 16, 2026

PF + MP: Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin through May 5, 2026

News:

Robb Johnston: Today is Michael James Scott’s final performance as the Genie in Aladdin after over 4000 performances between Broadway, West End, Australia and Tours

After 4,000-Plus Performances, Aladdin’s Michael James Scott Prepares for Life Beyond the Lamp By Gabby Macogay (Playbill)
Broadway’s longest-running genie reflects on how Aladdin helped him become his most authentic self.

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

Why do certain leading performers of the musicals DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, CHRISTINE and PROMISES, PROMISES bring to mind Chita Rivera?

Michael’s Musical Moments

DOROTHY COLLINS

Music Opener: “Losing My Mind” from Follies (MDA Telethon 1975)

Music Closer: “It Never Entered My Mind,” from Higher and Higher (album: Songs by Dorothy Collins, Coral label):

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Breaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 26, 2026

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1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:
https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

2) Tony Honors recipients announced
https://www.broadwaynews.com/2026-tony-honors-will-go-to-1-52-project-jake-bell-kenn-lubin-and-loren-plotkin/

3) Aduba, Criss to announce 2026 Tony Award nominations
https://playbill.com/article/uzo-aduba-and-darren-criss-will-reveal-this-years-tony-nominees

4) Marla Mindelle to host 70th Annual Drama Desks
https://playbill.com/article/titaniques-marla-mindelle-will-host-70th-annual-drama-desk-awards

5) Show and casting news

MTC extends ‘The Balusters’ until Tony Sunday
https://www.broadwaynews.com/david-lindsay-abaires-the-balusters-extends-broadway-engagement/

Megan Thee Stallion to depart ‘Moulin Rouge’ two weeks early
https://playbill.com/article/megan-thee-stallion-announces-early-departure-from-moulin-rouge-the-musical

Nik Walker, Rachel Schur to join ‘Chicago’ next week
https://playbill.com/article/nik-walker-will-join-broadway-cast-of-chicago

Reviews for ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ and ‘The Lost Boys’ on Broadway

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Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Schmigadoon!, Beaches, A New Musical, Fallen Angels, The Balusters, The Rocky Horror Show, Hugh Panaro: Man Without A Mask @ 54 Below, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Jesus Hickey, and a Jan Lightning Round!

Sara Chase, McKenzie Kurtz, Brad Oscar, Alex Brightman and the Company of Schmigadoon Schmigadoon! Broadway Production Photos by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – is available at finer retailers!

Showtune for Today: Theme from New York, New York from And The World Goes ‘Round

Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE has been a theater journalist for more than 50 years. The founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other publications, and he writes reviews of cabaret shows for NiteLifeExchange.com. Additionally, Michael is known as a producer and director of shows at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and other venues.

Coming up on May 19: 54 Sings Lerner & Loewe, @ 54 Below

July 1-3: See Michael in 1776! @ Ghostlight Players on Staten Island

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Jan Simpson | [email protected] | Facebook | Twitter
Broadway & Me
Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the theater blog Broadway & Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts “All the Drama” and “Stagecraft.” She has served three times as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and currently sits on the executive board of the Outer Critics Circle, is a nominator for the Lortel Awards and is a member of the Drama Desk and the American Theatre Critics Association.

The Lost Boys Leads 2026 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations; Read the Full List by Logan Culwell-Block
The new musical, currently in previews at the Palace, is up for 11 honors, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical.

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Where we have been:

Mar 12, 2026: Every Brilliant Thing – Hudson Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant – Music Box Theatre
Mar 30, 2026: Dog Day Afternoon – August Wilson Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw – Hayes Theater
Apr 07, 2026: Cats: The Jellicle Ball – Broadhurst Theatre
Apr 09, 2026: Death of a Salesman – Winter Garden Theatre
Apr 12, 2026: Titanique – St. James Theatre
Apr 15, 2026: The Fear of 13 – James Earl Jones Theatre
Apr 16, 2026: Proof – Booth Theatre
Apr 19, 2026: Fallen Angels – Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 20, 2026: Schmigadoon! – Nederlander Theatre
Apr 21, 2026: The Balusters – Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 22, 2026: Beaches A New Musical – Majestic Theatre
Apr 23, 2026: The Rocky Horror Show – Studio 54
Apr 25, 2026: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone – Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Where we are going:

Apr 26, 2026: The Lost Boys – Palace Theatre

Reviews:

Sara Chase, Ann Harada Schmigadoon! Broadway Production Photos by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

MP+PF+JS: Schmigadoon! @ the Nederlander Theatre, through September 6, 2026

Directed and Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli

Isabelle McCalla and the Company of Schmigadoon Schmigadoon! Broadway Production Photos by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

JS+MP+PF: Beaches, A New Musical @ the Majestic Theatre, through September 6, 2026

JS: Fallen Angels @ Todd Haimes Theatre, through June 7, 2026

PF+JS: The Balusters @ the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, through May 24, 2026

PF+JS: The Rocky Horror Show @ Studio 54, through July 19, 2026

MP: Hugh Panaro: Man Without A Mask @ 54 Below

JS+PF: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre, through July 26, 2026

PF: The Jesus Hickey by Luke Yankee, part of Spark Theatre Festival NYC at The 28th Street Theatre (TADA).

Jan Lightning Round:
Becky Shaw
Death of A Salesman
The Fear of Thirteen
The Lost Boys
Proof

OFF-BROADWAY
No Singing In The Navy; at Playwrights Horizons currently scheduled thru April 26
Titus Andronicus; a Red Bull theater production currently scheduled thru May 3
Tru @ Church of the Redeemer currently scheduled thru May 10

News:

Future Episodes:

Peter’s Brainteaser:

They’re the first words of a song heard in a 1970s’ Tony-winning musical.

The words also constitute the full title of a Sondheim musical.

Note that actual name of the song is not what you’re looking for – just the first words of the song.
So, what’s the song, the Tony-winning musical in which it showed up, and therefore the Sondheim show?

Michael’s Musical Moments

JUDY GARLAND AT CARNEGIE HALL

Music Opener: “Almost Like Being in Love,” from Brigadoon

Music Closer: “Come Rain or Come Shine,” from St. Louis Woman

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Matt goes through the major reviews for the Broadway revival of ‘The Rocky Horror Show’

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Matt goes through the major reviews for the original Broadway production of ‘Beaches’

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Check out the reviews for ‘Beaches’ on Broadway
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