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Broadway Grosses and News: May 27, 2026
May 2800:14:41Summary readyBreaking down the Broadway grosses and major theatre news Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. 1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/ 2) ‘Chess’ to close on Broadway when Lea Michele departs in Junehttps://deadline.com/2026/05/chess-closing-broadway-lea-michele-1236921116/ 3) Louis-Drefus, Janney, Harris to lead ‘Other Desert Cities’ on Broadwayhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/julia-louis-dreyfus-broadway-other-desert-cities-ed-harris-1236920897/ 4) Tony Awards news Original cast of ‘Book of Mormon’ to perform at the Tonyshttps://playbill.com/article/original-stars-of-the-book-of-mormon-will-reunite-for-a-special-performance-at-the-2026-tony-awards All nominated musicals will perform at the Tonyshttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2026/05/21/the-tony-awards-to-feature-showstopping-performances-by-all-of-the-best-musical-and-best-revival-of-a-musical-nominees-452112/20260521cbs02/ Benanti, Burgess to host Act One preshowhttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2026/05/20/laura-benanti-and-tituss-burgess-to-host-the-tony-awards-act-one-437115/20260520cbs02/ 5) Off-Broadway Alliance Awards announces winnershttps://playbill.com/article/mexodus-masquerade-more-win-2026-off-broadway-alliance-awards 6) Show and casting news Rachel Zegler-led ‘Evita’ announces home and dateshttps://playbill.com/article/jamie-lloyd-directed-evita-finds-a-broadway-home Krysta Rodriguez to join Broadway’s ‘Chicago’ as Roxie Harthttps://playbill.com/article/krysta-rodriguez-will-join-broadway-cast-of-chicago ‘The Housemaid’ being adapted for the stagehttps://deadline.com/2026/05/the-housemaid-broadway-1236915118/ ‘Two Strangers’ announces national tourhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york-broadway-tour-1236918358/ ‘Schmigadoon’ announces national tourhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/schmigadoon-broadway-tour-1236917290/ ‘Heathers’ announces national tourhttps://playbill.com/article/heathers-off-broadway-revival-is-going-on-tour
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In Review: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Off-Broadway revival
May 2700:08:56Summary readyMatt reviews the 2026 Off-Broadway revival of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:https://spellingbeenyc.com/
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In Review: ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ 2026 Broadway revival
May 2600:09:06Summary readyMatt reviews the 2026 Broadway revival of ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:https://joeturnerbway.com/
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In Review: ‘Beck Shaw’ original Broadway production
May 2500:08:28Summary readyMatt reviews the original Broadway production of ‘Becky Shaw’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:https://2st.com/shows/becky-shaw
SummaryThis Week on Broadway for May 24, 2026: Broken Snow @ Theatre 71
May 2401:10:29Summary readyPeter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the their takes on the awards season (so far). Reviews include Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, Pippin @ Signature Theater (VA), Well I’ll Let You Go @ Studio Seaview, and Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium @ Classic Stage Company. “This Week on Broadway” has been coming to you every week since 2009. It is the longest-running running Broadway and theatrical podcast with hundreds of shows giving thousands of reviews and interviews. Subscribe to BroadwayRadio in Apple Podcasts by CLICKING HERE. Support BroadwayRadio on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio Patreon listeners get This Week on Broadway first, on Sunday afternoon before it is released to the general public on Sunday evening. Panel: Peter Filichia | peter@broadwayradio.com | FacebookPETER 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! 80th Annual Theatre World Awards June 2, 2026 • Longacre Theatre, NYC Showtune for Today: They Both Reached for the Gun from Chicago: Original Cast Album Michael Portantiere | michael@broadwayradio.com | FacebookMICHAEL 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. Last Tuesday, May 19: 54 Sings Lerner & Loewe @ 54 Below Spamilton @ 54 Below July 1-3: See Michael in 1776! @ Ghostlight Players on Staten Island James Marino | james@broadwayradio.com | FacebookBroadwayStars Note: This week we had listeners join us while recording. These listeners are Patreon members who support BroadwayRadio. If you would like to join us in the future, become a supporter at Patreon.com/BroadwayRadio. Sponsor: Pre: BroadwayRadio App is available testing. Email James to test the app. Topic: Awards Season MP: Drama Desk Awards Ceremony @ Town Hall Drama Desk Awards Find a New Home for 2027 by Andrew GansThe annual awards celebrate Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway theatre. 2025-2026 Tony Awards Nominations Announced (May 05, 2026)The Outer Critics Circle Awards (May 11, 2026)The 70th Drama Desk Awards (May 17, 2026)The Theatre World Awards (Jun 02, 2026)79th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 07, 2026 Reviews: PF: Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, through May 31, 2026A new play by Ben AndronStarring Tom Cavanagh, Tony Danza, and Michael LongfellowDirected by Colin Hanlon MP: Pippin @ Signature Theater (VA), through July 26, 2026 PF: Well I’ll Let You Go @ Studio Seaview, through June 20, 2026Written by Bubba WeilerDirected by Jack Serio BUBBA WEILER (writer)Bubba Weiler is a Brooklyn-based playwright and actor. His plays include Well, I’ll Let You Go and The Saviors, which will have its premier production at Atlantic Theater Company this summer directed by Jack Serio. He studied playwriting and acting at Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU. He has been in residency at Berkeley Rep’s Groundfloor and Mercury Store. As an actor, he played Scorpius Malfoy in the first American cast of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child on Broadway and was recently seen in Swing State at the Minetta Lane for which his performance was nominated for a Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics’ Circle Award. PF: Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium @ Classic Stage Company (CSC) Lynn F. Angelson Theater, through June 7, 2026 News: The New Dramatists Annual Spring Luncheon, honoring multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, will be held on Tuesday, May 26, in the Broadway Ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets). Future Episodes: Peter’s Brainteaser: In the 1950s and early 1960s, every American with a TV set knew this performer whose Broadway debut happened just over 100 years ago. David Merrick courted this performer to play a role that would eventually see not one, not tw...
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In Review: ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Broadway production
May 2400:11:41Summary readyMatt reviews the Broadway production of ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:https://catsthejellicleball.com/
SummaryClass Notes: Marianna Gailus in “New Born”
May 2200:12:33Summary readyListen: Lauren Class Schneider talks with Marianna Gailus, co-starring in “New Born” at the Minetta Lane Theater presented by Audible. Headshot by Thomas Brunot Production photo by Evan Zimmerman “Class Notes” actively covers New York’s current theater season on, off, and off-off Broadway. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name.
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In Review: ‘The Balusters’ original Broadway production
May 2100:09:07Summary readyMatt reviews the original Broadway production of ‘The Balusters’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. On Wednesday, May 6, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini saw “The Balusters” on Broadway. The Manhattan Theatre Club show is nominated for five Tony Awards and is currently playing the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre through June 21. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/2025-26-season/the-balusters/
SummaryBroadway Grosses Report: May 20, 2026
May 2000:17:45Summary readyBreaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 17, 2026 Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. 1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/ ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ ‘Titanique’ announce national tourshttps://deadline.com/2026/05/titanique-tour-1236915666/ ‘Just in Time’ recoups Broadway investmenthttps://deadline.com/2026/05/just-in-time-broadway-recoups-capitalization-1236906723/ Krysta Rodriguez to play Roxie in ‘Chicago’ on Broadwayhttps://www.broadwaynews.com/krysta-rodriguez-to-star-as-roxie-hart-in-broadways-chicago/ 2) Closing notices Beaches: https://deadline.com/2026/05/beaches-broadway-closing-date-1236916461/ Death Becomes Her: https://deadline.com/2026/05/death-becomes-her-broadway-closing-date-1236914353/ 3) Show and casting news ‘Book of Mormon’ pushes re-opening back one weekhttps://playbill.com/article/book-of-mormon-delays-broadway-reopening Tracee Ellis Ross to take over ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ in Julyhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/tracee-ellis-ross-every-brilliant-thing-broadwsay-1236914325/ ‘Warriors’ coming to Broadway in spring 2027https://www.broadwayjournal.com/p/warriors-to-open-in-spring-2027 Gaten Matarazzo to lead 30th anniversary production of ‘Rent’ in Londonhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/stranger-things-gaten-matarazzo-rent-revival-west-end-1236915236/
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In Review: ‘Titanique’ original Broadway production
May 1800:07:57Summary readyMatt reviews the original Broadway production of ‘Titanique’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@broadwayradio.com and include the episode name. On Monday, May 4, BroadwayRadio’s Matt Tamanini saw “Titanique” on Broadway. The show is nominated for four Tony Awards and is currently playing the St. James Theatre. To purchase tickets to see the show, click here:https://titaniquebroadway.com/
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