June Broadway Roundup - Departures, Arrivals, and Closings
Beanie Feldstein, Jane Lynch to Depart Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ in September https://t.co/9TJFCmZMqk
- Variety (@Variety) June 16, 2022
Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch are set to depart Funny Girl on September 25th, six months after performances began. The male leads, Ramin Karimloo and Jared Grimes, will remain with the show. Replacements have not yet been announced. The production has not been warmly received by critics, and missed a Best Revival of a Musical nomination, but has been financially successful.
‘Come From Away’ to Close on Broadway in October https://t.co/UCLolpljUB
- Variety (@Variety) June 9, 2022
Broadway's Come From Away has set a closing date of October 2nd, 2022, after 1,670 performances. The show opened in 2017 and was critically and commercially successful, and a pro-shot version is available on Apple TV+.
"Dear Evan Hansen," which won the Tony Award for best new musical in 2017, will close on Broadway in September, after suffering a double blow from the pandemic and a poorly received film adaptation. https://t.co/syjxWZjWaA
- Michael Paulson (@MichaelPaulson) June 7, 2022
Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony-winning musical of 2017, has set a closing date of September 18th. The show was critically and commercially successful, but never recovered from the Broadway pandemic closure (and the flop movie, lbr).
Tina, the musical about the life of Tina Turner, suffered similar difficulties in drawing an audience post-pandemic closure. That show will close on Broadway on August 14th.
Both shows will continue on via their touring productions.
‘Killing Eve’ Star Jodie Comer Making Broadway Debut in ‘Prima Facie’ https://t.co/AXtrgnIii4
- Variety (@Variety) June 9, 2022
Jodie Comer is set to make her Broadway debut in Prima Facie, transferring from London's West End next spring in a Shubert theater to be named later. Comer earned critical raves, and the show wraps its West End run June 18th.
A 20th anniversary revival of @topdogbway is coming to Broadway this fall starring @yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins! https://t.co/u9HcPTu6TM
- Playbill (@playbill) June 14, 2022
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins are heading to Broadway this fall to star in the 20th anniversary revival of Topdog/Underdog, written by Suzan-Lori Parks. The play, about a pair of brothers and their past, will begin its 16-week limited engagement September 27 at the John Golden Theatre, with opening night set for October 20. The initial Broadway run starred Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def, and scored a pair of Tony nominations.
Click to viewThe Tony performance from Mr. Saturday Night finally went live on YouTube.
The Tony performance from The Girl From the North Country also went live on YouTube. To check out every other performance except Company, which is still unavailable, check out this post.
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