Matt reviews the national tour of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ in Orlando, Florida

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On Tuesday, March 4, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini attended the opening night of the “Hell’s Kitchen” national tour at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida.

The show will play Orlando through Sunday, March 8. To purchase tickets to see the show at the Dr. Phillips Center, click here:
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Breaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending March 1, 2026

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St. Louis, Gravitte to join ‘Just in Time’ next month
https://playbill.com/article/carrie-st-louis-debbie-gravitte-will-join-broadways-just-in-time

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with two of the most popular artists and creators on social media, Austin and Marideth Telenko, better known as Cost n’ Mayor. Not only is this husband-and-wife dancing and choreography duo a reliably feel-good part of your social media scrolling, but they are also the co-creators, choreographers, and stars of the new Off-Broadway dance show “11 to Midnight.”

Currently playing at the Orpheum Theatre, “11 to Midnight” tells the story of one hour at a New Year’s Eve apartment party, “where the music’s loud, the lights are soft, and time feels like it’s had a glass of champagne.”

In their conversation, Matt, Austin, and Marideth discuss the joy of dance, how their creative process differs from TikTok to the stage, their fire merch, and how an audience comment perfectly sums up the spirit of “11 to Midnight.”

Get information and purchase tickets to “11 to Midnight”:
https://www.11tomidnight.com/

Megan Thee Stallion to make Broadway debut, Grosff to do ‘As You Like It,’ TLC musical finds leads

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1) Megan Thee Stallion to play Zidler in ‘Moulin Rouge’
https://deadline.com/2026/02/megan-thee-stallion-broadway-moulin-rouge-1236737294/

2) Jonathan Groff to lead ‘As You Like It’ at Royal Shakespeare Company
https://deadline.com/2026/02/jonathan-groff-as-you-like-it-royal-shakespeare-company-1236736577/

3) Principal casting announced for ‘CrazySexyCool’ musical world premiere
https://people.com/tlc-musical-casts-tboz-lefteye-and-chilli-exclusive-11914351

4) Off-Broadway news

Jackman, Beatty to remount ‘Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes’
https://playbill.com/article/sexual-misconduct-of-the-middle-classes-starring-hugh-jackman-and-ella-beatty-to-return-off-broadway

‘The Reservoir’ extends Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/off-broadways-the-reservoir-adds-an-extra-week-to-run

Charlotte d’Amboise joins ‘Tru’ Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/charlotte-damboise-will-join-jesse-tyler-ferguson-in-nyc-revival-of-tru

5) In other news

‘Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride’ to stream on Netflix
https://www.broadwaynews.com/jeff-ross-take-a-banana-for-the-ride-will-be-available-as-a-film-on-netflix/

Jodi Benson to play the Witch in ‘Into the Woods’ in Orlando
https://www.drphillipscenter.org/events/tickets/2026/into-the-woods/

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Tuesday, March 3
Opening: ‘Blood/Love’ Off-Broadway at Theater 555
https://bloodlove.com/ 

‘Blood/Love’ extends Off-Broadway run
https://playbill.com/article/vampire-pop-opera-blood-love-extends-off-broadway 

Performances: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ National Tour at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
https://www.drphillipscenter.org/events/tickets/2026/hells-kitchen/ 

Thursday, March 5
Opening: ‘Burnout Paradise’ Off-Broadway at Astor Place
https://burnoutparadise.com/

Opening: ‘What We Did Before Our Moth Days’ Off-Broadway at Greenwhich House Theater
https://mothdays.com/ 

Friday, March 6
Previews: ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway
https://salesmanbroadway.com/ 

Previews: ‘Tru’ Off-Broadway at House of the Redeemer
https://truplaynyc.com/ 

Sunday, March 8
Closing: ‘All Out’ on Broadway
https://alloutbroadway.com/

Closing: ‘Bug’ on Broadway
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2025-26-season/bug/ 

Closing: ‘The Dinosaurs’ Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/production-history/2020s/2526/dinosaurs 

Closing: ‘The Waterfall’ Off-Broadway at the WP Theater
https://wptheater.org/show/the-waterfall/ 

Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Bigfoot! @ New York City Center, Chinese Republicans @ Roundabout Theatre Company, The Unknown with Sean Hayes @ Studio Seaview, WestRep Stage production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown @ Western Connecticut State University, Data @ The Lucille Lortel Theatre, The Wicked Stage: Songs About Show Business, Hosted by Christine Pedi @ 54 Below, Elevator Repair Service production of Ulysses @ The Public, and Masquerade.

Bigfoot Off-Broadway Production Photos Credit: Marc J Franklin

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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! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

Peter Filichia & Friends: Broadway Tales and Tunes, feat. Judy Kaye, Dick Scanlan, & more!
March 2, 2026 @ 7PM

Showtune for Today: Haven’t The Words from Sing A Rude Song

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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 is a theater reviewer and interviewer. 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.

An Evening with Charles Busch, Tuesday, March 31, 2026 @ The Laurie Beechman Theatre

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Bigfoot Off-Broadway Production Photos Credit: Marc J Franklin

PF+MP+JTF: Bigfoot! @ New York City Center, through April 26, 2026

Set in the town of Muddirt, a glow-in-the-dark oasis that exists somewhere between a chemical dump site and a nuclear power plant, BIGFOOT! is a larger-than-life musical tale of corrupt politicians, small town paranoia, and misunderstood youth. When that youth happens to be eight feet tall, innocent, and in dire need of electrolysis, it makes him more than a target. It makes him the subject of a can’t miss can’t-myth musical comedy.

The cast includes Tony Award-nominee Grey Henson (Mean Girls, Elf) as ‘Bigfoot,’ Tony Award-nominee Crystal Lucas-Perry (Ain’t No Mo’) as ‘Francine,’ Katerina McCrimmon (Funny Girl) as ‘Joanne,’ and Alex Moffat (The Cottage) as ‘Mayor,’ Grammy Award-nominee Jason Tam as ‘Doctor’, Jade Jones as ‘As Cast’, and covers Jake Letts, Kala Ross, and Mike Millan.

Featuring lyrics by Tony and Emmy Award nominee Amber Ruffin, a book by Ruffin and Kevin Sciretta (MST3K), music by David Schmoll (The Second City) and direction and choreography by Danny Meffford (Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen), BIGFOOT! is musical comedy’s next BIG thing!

BIGFOOT! is produced by Benson Drive Productions (George Strus, CEO) in association with Manhattan Theatre Club. Evan Bernardin Productions serves as General Manager. Casting is by Jason Thinger, CSA.

(l to r) Jodi Long (Phyllis/Young Phyllis), Jennifer Ikeda (Ellen/Ailin), Anna Zavelson (Katie) and Jully Lee (Iris) Credit: Joan Marcus

JTF: Chinese Republicans @ Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre, April 5, 2026

Three high-powered businesswomen meet for lunch every month to discuss their latest career triumphs, as they’ve done for decades. But the group is jolted when Katie, a bright-eyed 24-year-old new to the workforce, joins to navigate the world of corporate finance. As each of the women attempts to steer Katie towards what they’re certain is best, they’re forced to grapple with how much they already have and are willing to sacrifice to climb the corporate ladder. Shifting between sharp-tongued humor and the harsh realities of modern capitalism, this world premiere production explores themes of assimilation, intergenerational conflict, and gender politics in the workplace.

CHINESE REPUBLICANS by Alex Lin and directed by Chay Yew, features Jennifer Ikeda, Ben Langhorst, Jully Lee, Jodi Long, and Anna Zavelson and is written by Alex Lin. The design team includes Wilson Chin (Set Design), Anita Yavich (Costume Design), Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew (Lighting Design), Fabian Obispo (Original Music and Sound Design), and Hanah Kim (Projection Design).

MP: The Unknown with Sean Hayes @ Studio Seaview, through April 12, 2026

PF: WestRep Stage production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown @ Western Connecticut State University, through March 1, 2026

JTF: Data @ The Lucille Lortel Theatre, through March 29, 2026

MP: The Wicked Stage: Songs About Show Business, Hosted by Christine Pedi @ 54 Below, February 25, 2026

The company of Elevator Repair Service’s ULYSSES at The Public Theater, in partnership with Under The Radar festival. Photo credit: Joan Marcus.

JTF: Elevator Repair Service production of Ulysses @ The Public, through March 1, 2026

Created by Elevator Repair Service
Text: Ulysses by James Joyce
Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Scott Shepherd
Directed by John Collins

Following last fall’s sold-out encore of Gatz—“The most remarkable achievement in theater of the decade” (New York Times)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on the Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature. James Joyce’s ULYSSES has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. In this New York City premiere, seven performers sit down for a sober reading but soon find themselves guzzling pints, getting in brawls, and committing debaucheries as they careen on a fast-forward tour through Joyce’s funhouse of styles. With humor, pathos, and a richly layered design, ERS stitches together verbatim passages from Joyce’s epic masterpiece into a two-and-a-half hour tour de force.

Presented in partnership with Under the Radar Festival®
Mark Russell, Founding Director
Meropi Peponides & Kaneza Schaal, Co-Directors
ArKtype, Festival Producer
More information at utrfest.org

Masquerade. Photo Credit: Luis Suarez

PF: Masquerade @ 218 West 57th, New York, NY, 10019 (Lee’s Art Shop on 57th Street), through July 19, 2026

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Peter’s Brainteaser:

If future Tony-winners Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ron Rifkin, and Maryann Plunkett had attended a 1970’s Tony-winning musical, the first line of a second act solo would have resonated with them more than it would with most anyone else.

What’s the musical, what’s the solo, what’s that first line and why would it resonate?

Michael’s Musical Moments

CHESS MUSIC VIDEOS, CONCEPT ALBUM

“One Night in Bangkok,” Murray Head and Company

“I Know Him so Well,” Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson

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Music Closer: “Anthem,” Tommy Korberg

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Breaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending Feb. 22, 2026

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Broadway prepares for blizzard, ‘Titanique’ welcomes ‘In the Heights’ star, ‘Game of Thrones’ at Royal Shakespeare Company this summer

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1) Broadway responds to upcoming blizzard
https://playbill.com/article/blizzard-updates-february-2026

‘Operation Mincemeat’ livestreams original cast closing concert
https://www.instagram.com/mincemeatbway/

2) Barrera, Riddle, Williams roundout ‘Titanique’ on Broadway
https://variety.com/2026/legit/news/melissa-barrera-broadway-debut-titanique-rose-1236667989/

3) ‘Death of a Salesman’ extends on Broadway, reveals complete cast
https://www.broadwaynews.com/death-of-a-salesman-revival-starring-nathan-lane-and-laurie-metcalf-extends-run/

4) Tonys announce second eligibility determinations
https://www.broadwaynews.com/tony-awards-makes-additional-eligibility-determinations-for-the-2025-2026-broadway-season/

5) Show and casting news

Second Stage’s ‘The Receptionist’ announces casting
https://playbill.com/article/see-whos-starring-in-the-receptionist-at-second-stage

‘Seagull: True Story’ at the Public announces cast
https://playbill.com/article/gus-birney-will-lead-seagull-true-story-at-off-broadways-public

Off-Broadway’s ‘The Office! A Musical Parody’ to close in March
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-OFFICE-A-MUSICAL-PARODY-Will-Close-Off-Broadway-in-March-20260220

‘Game of Thrones’ prequel play coming to Royal Shakespeare Company this summer
https://deadline.com/2026/02/game-of-thrones-mad-king-director-interview-1236728454/

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Feb. 23
Opening: ‘You Got Older’ Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre
https://cherrylanetheatre.org/shows/ygo 

Tuesday, Feb. 24
Opening: ‘Mother Russia’ Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center
https://signaturetheatre.org/show/mother-russia/ 

Opening: ‘The Reservoir’ Off-Broadway from Atlantic Theater
https://atlantictheater.org/production/the-reservoir/ 

Previews: ‘Bughouse’ Off-Broadway from the Vineyard Theatre
https://vineyardtheatre.org/shows/bughouse/ 

Wednesday, Feb. 25
Opening: ‘Meat suit, or the shitshow of motherhood’ Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center
https://2st.com/shows/meat-suit 

Previews: ‘My Joy Is Heavy’ Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop
https://www.nytw.org/show/my-joy-is-heavy/ 

Thursday, Feb. 26
Opening: ‘Chinese Republicans’ Off-Broadway from Roundabout Theatre Company
https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2025-2026-season/chinese-republicans/performances 

Previews: ‘Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2526/antigone-this-play-i-read-in-high-school/ 

Saturday, Feb. 28
Closing: ‘Blackout Songs’ Off-Broadway at MCC

https://www.blackoutsongs.com

Sunday, March 1
Opening: ‘BIGFOOT!’ Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2025-26-season/bigfoot/ 

Closing: ‘Ulysses’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2526/ulysses 

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Georgia Stitt. After, we review Not Nobody @ 59e59, The Dinosaurs @ Playwrights Horizons, Mother Russia @ Signature Theatre, Rent @ NYU Frederick Loewe Theatre, Meat Suit (Second Stage Theater @ Signature Center), and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay @ The Met.

Georgia Stitt, Credit: Matthew Murphy

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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! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.

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March 2, 2026 @ 7PM

Showtune for Today: He Plays The Violin from 1776

Eric Price, Phillip Christian Smith Named 2026 Kleban Prize Winners by Logan Culwell-Block
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MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and interviewer. 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.

Ladies who lunch.

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Georgia at a recording session with Rebecca Luker and cellist Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf (March 9, 2016)

Guest: Georgia Stitt website | Maestra Music
GEORGIA STITT is a composer/lyricist, music director, pianist, and music producer. Her original musicals include Snow Child, Samantha Spade, Ace Detective , Big Red Sun, The Water, and Mosaic.

Georgia was the music director of 13: The Musical, which was released on Netflix in 2022, and the on-set music supervisor for the Anna Kendrick/Jeremy Jordan film The Last Five Years. She has previously worked in the music department of NBC’s shows America’s Got Talent, Clash of the Choirs, and Grease: You’re The One That I Want, as well as the Disney/ABC TV musical Once Upon A Mattress starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett.

Her New York theatre credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway), Do Re Mi and Can-Can (starring Patti LuPone, both for Encores), Sweet Charity (Off-Broadway, starring Sutton Foster), Avenue Q, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, Titanic, Annie, and both the 2000 national tour and the 2023 Broadway revival of Parade. She has performed as music director and pianist with The Boston Pops at Symphony Hall and Tanglewood and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. In 2014 she played a nun on camera and also served of the music team for NBC’s The Sound Of Music Live! with Carrie Underwood and Audra McDonald, and in 2021 she made a cameo appearance (as herself) in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film Tick, Tick… Boom!

Georgia is the Founder and President of Maestra, an organization that provides support, visibility, and community for women and gender-expansive theater musicians, and through that work she has won an Obie Award and has been featured in Forbes, Billboard, Playbill, Opera News, and The New York Times. In collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, she and her team at Maestra created the RISE Theatre Directory which seeks to build a more equitable and inclusive theater industry. She is also in leadership at The Dramatists Guild and The Recording Academy’s Songwriters & Composers Wing. Other proud memberships include ASCAP, the American Federation of Musicians (Local 802), and MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity).

AMPLIFY, Maestra Music’s annual fundraising gala concert, returns to New York City on Monday, April 6, 2026 at City Winery New York City (Pier 57) (25 11th Avenue, Pier 57). Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe (Death Becomes Her) and Hannah Cruz (Chess) will host the evening.

Link to tickets and info

Coming up: Kate Baldwin @ 54 Below March 13-15, 2026

Fresh from her acclaimed run as Roxie Hart in Broadway’s Chicago and PBS’s Leading Ladies of Broadway, two-time Tony® nominee Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!, Finian’s Rainbow, Big Fish) returns to 54 Below accompanied by her longtime music director and collaborator, Georgia Stitt, on piano. She’ll share favorite songs by Kander and Ebb, Sondheim, Guettel, Ahrens and Flaherty, and Tesori that celebrate the roles she’s loved and the few that got away. And of course some friends will appear as special guests!

Reviews:

PF: Not Nobody @ 59e59, through March 1, 2026
By Brian Dykstra
Directed by Margarett Perry
With Sheffield Chastain, Brian Dykstra, Kathiamarice Lopez, and Kate Siahaan-Rigg

If you’re not guilty, what are you afraid of?

McAlester Daily is a professor of ethics who finds himself accidentally entangled with the police. After saving an officer’s life, McAlester is hailed as a hero—but as questions mount and his refusal to conform raises red flags, the system begins to see him as something else.

In a society quick to judge and slow to understand, Not Nobody is an intriguing, funny and powerful portrait of one man trying to be heard on his own terms.

MP: The Dinosaurs @ Playwrights Horizons, through March 8, 2026
Playwrights Horizons world premiere production of Jacob Perkins’s The Dinosaurs, directed by Les Waters.

Kathleen Chalfant as Jolly/June, Elizabeth Marvel as Joan, April Matthis as Jane, Keilly McQuail as Rayna/Buddy, Mallory Portnoy as Janet, and Maria Elena Ramirez as Joane. The creative team is dots (Scenic Designer), Oana Botez (Costume Designer), Yuki Link (Lighting Designer), and Palmer Hefferan (Sound Designer).

In The Dinosaurs, every week at the same time, in the same place, a group of women share their stories of recovery. As weeks slip into years and decades spin into eternity, the women keep coming back amidst an ever-shifting, unfamiliar world. The Dinosaurs is a piercingly funny, loving ode to the infinite, innately human battle between holding on and letting go.

PF: Mother Russia @ Signature Theatre, through March 15, 2026
Written by Lauren Yee
Directed by Teddy Bergman
Cast: Steven Boyer, Adam Chanler-Berat, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and David Turner

St. Petersburg, 1992: the Soviet Union has collapsed, McDonald’s has risen, and Evgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working surveillance with his old friend Dmitri. Their target: Katya, a former pop singer with questionable allegiances and a mysterious past. As their lives chaotically intertwine, Evgeny finds himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while grappling with the taste of freedom (and fast food) along the way.

MP: Rent @ NYU Frederick Loewe Theatre (Vocal Performance Program at NYU Steinhardt)

PF: Aya Ogawa’s Meat Suit, produced by Second Stage Theater @ Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center, through March 15, 2026

MEAT SUIT, or the shitshow of motherhood, written and directed by Aya Ogawa, is a gloriously genre-defying theatrical carnival that plunges audiences into the raw, hilarious chaos of being a mom. Performed by mothers for mothers, or those who love mothers, or simply those who have mothers, this play blends bouffon-inspired physicality, sharp satire, original songs, and total absurdity. Beneath the bedlam and humor, MEAT SUIT confronts a deeper theme: how every birth triggers quiet deaths—the mother’s autonomy, sense of self, and personal desire—and whether anything of the person she was survives. Come laugh, cringe, and cry through the unfiltered mess no one warned you about.

The company will feature Marina Celander (Mermaid’s Howl), Cindy Cheung (Laowang, Bus Stop, The Antiquities), Robyn Kerr (The Great Society, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Lucille Lortel nominee Maureen Sebastian (The Best We Could, Lonely, I’m Not), and Liz Wisan (Other Desert Cities, Gloria: A Life).

MP: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay @ The Met

Composer: Mason Bates
Librettist: Gene Scheer
Dramaturg: Paul Cremo
Production: Bartlett Sher
Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Set, Lighting, and Video Design: 59 Studio
Costume Designer: Jennifer Moeller
Sound Designer: Rick Jacobsohn
C. Graham Berwind, III Chorus Director: Tilman Michael

In this exhilarating new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating scintillating electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, composer Mason Bates’s eclectic score moves seamlessly among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the technicolor realm of comic-book fantasy. Bartlett Sher’s production provides spectacular visuals to match, with towering sets and proscenium-filling projections designed by Jenny Melville and Mark Grimmer of 59 Studio. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Opening Night premiere, and baritone Andrzej Filończyk makes his Met debut as the artist Joe Kavalier, who flees Czechoslovakia and arrives at the Brooklyn doorstep of writer Sam Clay, sung by tenor Miles Mykkanen.

News:

2026 Winter Olympics @ Milan Cortina — USA vs. Canada Men’s Hockey

Heated Rivalry

A Heated Rivalry Musical is Headed Off-Broadway By Margaret Hall
No one works faster than a parody writer with a dream.

Snow hitting Broadway now / tonight / tomorrow — lots of cancellations

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Peter’s Brainteaser:

This musical that was set in the 1930s has a song whose title someone in the early 1940s might say when greeting a group of people associated with the military. Hint: The musical received only one Tony nomination, but that one nomination did result in a win.

What’s the song and musical from which it came? To whom would it be aptly addressed?

Michael’s Musical Moments

GEORGIA STITT, BELL TOWER

Music Opener: “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed”

Music Closer: “Alan’s Dead,” from “Small Talk: A Very Short Song Cycle”

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Hiddleston and Atwell to bring ‘Much Ado’ to NYC; Mr. Shue to join ‘Just in Time’

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1) Jamie Lloyd’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ to play Broadway this fall
https://deadline.com/2026/02/tom-hiddleston-hayley-atwell-much-ado-about-nothing-broadway-1236729230/

2) Matthew Morrison to join ‘Just in Time’ for three weeks
https://deadline.com/2026/02/matthew-morrison-just-in-time-broadway-1236728863/

reaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending Feb. 15, 2026

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

2) Whitney Leavitt to return to ‘Chicago’
https://deadline.com/2026/02/broadway-box-office-whitney-leavitt-chicago-1236726935/

3) Bleu, Behlmann to join ‘Great Gatsby’ on Broadway
https://www.theatermania.com/news/corbin-bleu-john-behlmann-joining-great-gatsby-on-broadway_1824646/

Casting announced for ‘Schmigadoon,’ ‘Fear of 13,’ more; John Legend, Sara Bareillies, Norah Jones musical news; ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ to stream on Netflix

Every week, Matt Tamanini will bring you the biggest news from across the theatrical landscape and will prepare you for what’s ahead over the next seven days.

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1) Broadway show and casting news

Full Broadway cast announced for ‘Schmigadoon’
https://www.broadwaynews.com/ana-gasteyer-mckenzie-kurtz-ann-harada-more-join-schmigadoon-broadway-cast/

Full Broadway cast announced for ‘Fear of 13’
https://deadline.com/2026/02/ephraim-sykes-adrien-brody-broadway-fear-of-13-cast-1236713453/

All-American cast announced for ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Year 2
https://www.theatermania.com/news/julia-knitel-jeff-kready-are-the-new-recruits-of-operation-mincemeat_1824242/

Jacoby, Thiessen join ‘Beaches’ on Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/ben-jacoby-and-brent-thiessen-join-beaches-broadway-musical

Jake Shane replaces Ashley Park in ‘All Out’ on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/02/jake-shane-broadway-all-out-comedy-about-ambition-1236713032/

Kelsie Watts to take over as Satine on Broadway
https://www.broadwaynews.com/moulin-rouge-the-musical-welcomes-kelsie-watts-as-satine-beginning-march-24/

2) New musical development news

Legend, Nottage musical ‘Imitation of Life’ announces Off-Broadway premiere
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/imitation-of-life-musical-off-broadway-john-legend-1236503310/

Bareilles, Ruhl, Wolitzer musical ‘The Interestings’ sets Berkeley Rep world premiere
https://www.theatermania.com/news/sara-bareilles-sarah-ruhl-and-meg-wolitzer-musical-the-interestings-to-premiere-at-berkeley-rep_1823917/

Norah Jones working on ‘Practical Magic’ musical adaptation
https://deadline.com/2026/02/practical-magic-broadway-musical-norah-jones-1236710538/

3) Ben Platt to lead ‘Midnight at the Never Get’ London premiere
https://variety.com/2026/theater/global/ben-platt-midnight-at-the-never-get-musical-london-1236654500/

4) Off-Broadway news

Jesse Tyler Ferguson to star in intimate Off-Broadway production of ‘Tru’
https://deadline.com/2026/02/jesse-tyler-ferguson-truman-capote-tru-1236715080/

Alladin, Donica, Margherita, Pinkins join Encores ‘The Wild Party’
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/206679/new-york-city-center-encores-the-wild-party-completes-casting/

Ngozi Anyanwu’s ‘The Monsters’ extends Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/ngozi-anyanwus-the-monsters-extends-off-broadway

‘Heathers’ extends Off-Broadway again
https://playbill.com/article/heathers-revival-extends-to-the-fall-at-new-world-stages

‘You Got Older’ extends Off-Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/you-got-older-starring-alia-shawkat-extends-prior-to-1st-preview-off-broadway

5) Theatre on screen news

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ to be filmed for Netflix
https://deadline.com/2026/02/stranger-things-the-first-shadow-broadway-netflix-1236714847/

‘Suffs’ to air on PBS in May
https://deadline.com/2026/02/suffs-pbs-great-performances-1236717508/

Corey Hawkins, Kelvin Harrison Jr. in talks for ‘Death Of A Salesman’ film
https://deadline.com/2026/02/corey-hawkins-kelvin-harrison-jr-death-of-a-salesman-1236717481/

Mauricio Martínez to lead ‘Brotherhood’ movie musical
https://playbill.com/article/mauricio-martinez-will-lead-brotherhood-movie-musical

6) This week’s theatrical schedule

Monday, Feb. 16
Previews: ‘The Dinosaurs’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/production-history/2020s/2526/dinosaurs 

Wednesday, Feb. 18
Previews: ‘Burnout Paradise’ Off-Broadway at Astor Place Theatre
https://burnoutparadise.com/ 

Saturday, Feb. 21
Previews: ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ on Broadway
https://everybrilliantthing.com/ 

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ moves up first preview by a few hours
https://www.broadwaynews.com/daniel-radcliffe-solo-play-every-brilliant-thing-adds-preview-performance/