Here’s a round-up of the latest Broadway theatre news, including Othello starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal breaking Broadway box-office records, a first look at Andrew Scott in Vanya in New York, Jean Smart returning to Broadway in a new play.
All this plus BOOP! The Musical starting performances, James Graham’s Punch to transfer to New York, The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth sets Broadway dates, and Succession stars Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin open on Broadway on the same day!
Othello starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal breaks records
Othello, now in previews at the Barrymore Theatre in New York starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, has broken the record for top-grossing play in Broadway history.
Directed by Kenny Leon, the Shakespeare revival has grossed $2,818,297.00 for eight performances.
The previous record was held by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child which grossed $2,718,488 for the week ending 31 December 2023.
Othello opens on Sunday 23 March 2025 for a strictly limited engagement until 8 June at the Barrymore Theatre.
First-look: Andrew Scott in VANYA on Broadway
Olivier Award-winner Andrew Scott (Ripley, Fleabag) has started performances in VANYA on Broadway.
Vanya is playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York until 11 May 2025.
This radical new adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya was a huge success in London, adapted by Simon Stephens, designed by Rosanna Vize and directed by Sam Yates.
Watch Andrew Scott talk about the production outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy
Stage and screen star Jean Smart (Hacks) is returning to Broadway this May in new play Call Me Izzy.
The 12-week limited engagement will play Studio 54 in New York from 24 May to 17 August 2025.
Starring six-time Emmy Award-winning actor Jean Smart, the play by Jamie Wax, directed by Sarna Lapine, promises to be a moving tour de force portrait of a woman who resists being silenced by embracing her tenacity, humour, and fiery imagination.
Boop! The Musical starts tonight
BOOP! The Musical begins previews tonight, 11 March 2025, at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre in New York, directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell (The Devil Wears Prada).
Following a critically acclaimed engagement in Chicago last year, this new family musical stars Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop and Tony Award-winner Faith Prince as Valentina, Ainsley Melham as Dwayne, Erich Bergen as Raymond, Stephen DeRosa as Grampy, Anastacia McCleskey as Carol, Angelica Hale as Trisha, Phillip Huber (Pudgy the Dog), and Aubie Merrylees as Oscar.
Punch to transfer to Broadway
As reported yesterday, 10 March, Punch, the new drama by Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham (Dear England, Sherwood) is transferring to New York.
The show’s original director Adam Penford will also direct the Broadway production, which will play at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on Broadway this autumn, produced by Manhattan Theatre Club, exact dates, casting and the creative team are to be announced.
Punch is currently playing at the Young Vic Theatre in London, booking to 26 April 2025.
The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth sets Broadway dates
Dates have been announced for new Broadway show The Queen of Versailles, with Kristin Chenoweth returning to Broadway as Jackie Siegel, alongside F. Murray Abraham as David Siegel.
The new musical will open this autumn at the St. James Theatre in New York, with performances from 8 October 2025.
The show reunites Kristin Chenoweth with Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz.
Succession stars reunite for Broadway
Yesterday, 10 March, saw the start of two major Broadway shows, both featuring stars of hit HBO drama Succession.
Sarah Snook has opened in the West End-to-Broadway transfer of The Picture of Dorian Gray, reprising her Olivier Award-winning performance in Kip Williams’ acclaimed production.
And 2025 Oscar-winner Kieran Culkin has started performances in a new production of Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet, directed by British director Patrick Marber.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is playing at the Music Box Theatre until 15 June; and Glengarry Glen Ross is running at the Palace Theatre until 14 June.
London currently has the daddy of all Succession stars performing, with Brian Cox starring in The Score at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
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