Directed by Bertone, the cast will star Jared Reinfeldt (American Horror Story, Gossip Girl), Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Ain’t No Mo’, Chicken and Biscuits), Kyra Kennedy (Waitress National Tour), Kathy Fitzgerald (Wicked, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Mia Matthews (Single Drunk Female, American Soul), Heath Saunders (Alice by Heart, Jesus Christ Superstar: Live), Alex Branton (Water for Elephants Lab, Son of a Gun), and Tarra Connor Jones (From Birmingham to Broadway, White Girl in Danger).

DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE: Broadway casting director Benton Whitley announced today the creation of Whitley Theatrical, a New York City-based casting and producing office for theater, film, and television.

Joining Whitley in his new endeavor is Associate Casting Director Micah Johnson-Levy, with acquisitions and legal counsel from Jordan Manekin, and business management by Karen Morales at Armanino LLP.

On the heels of the news that casting agency Stewart/Whitley will close its doors, cofounder Benton Whitley has announced the launch of Whitley Theatrical, a new company specializing in casting and producing for theater, film and television. Joining Whitley on the new venture will be associate casting director Micah Johnson-Levy, with acquisitions and legal counsel from Jordan Manekin and business management by Karen Morales at Armanino LLP.

For the second time this month, “Chicago” has had its highest-grossing non-holiday week. In Jinkx Monsoon’s final slate of performances as Matron “Mama” Morton, the production earned $926,363, up 2% from last week, surpassing its previous record of $913,161 for the week ending March 12. Capacity was up 1%, with the show playing to 100%.

On Sunday, March 19, 2023, Hadestown celebrated the upcoming first day of spring and the show’s recently-achieved milestone of 1,000 performances at Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre. Watch songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin make a surprise appearance followed by a special performance led by Mitchell and Tony Award winner Lillias White, before the company took to the Walter Kerr fire escape to throw flowers to fans.

Peggy Jo Tallas became a minor Texas legend by dressing as a man and robbing banks without a weapon, doing most of her damage in the Dallas area. Now she rides again thanks to “Cowboy Bob,” a world premiere musical now running at Alley Theatre. This is one not to miss, a wholly original and alive work of American theater and pure Texana, packed with killer songwriting and guided by an outlaw spirit that manages to feel both explosive and gentle.

In 2017, composer Jacob Yandura was aimlessly scrolling on HBO, seeking a mindless television escape to relax and unwind before turning in for the night. That was when a documentary entitled “How To Dance In Ohio,” caught his eye.

Some attraction is so strong that a god simply must be present. The pair’s looks already linger a beat too long. They’re exceedingly polite to each other, because if they weren’t, the heat might bubble up. But it’s when they make music together — she singing and scatting, he on saxophone — that a higher power materializes. As they trade off solos, their musicianship swirls together, like the twin strands of a double helix, toward the sky.

Joaquina Kalukango won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical on Sunday, earning the honor for her commanding and emotional portrayal of a determined bar owner in “Paradise Square,” set in Civil War-era lower Manhattan.

The musical features the latest buzzed-about performance from Kalukango, a rising Broadway star who was also nominated at the 2021 Tony Awards for her role in “Slave Play,” but did not win.

The complete cast is set for Wild: A Musical Becoming. As previously reported, Idina Menzel will headline the world premiere production at the American Repertory Theater’s Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Performances begin December 5, with the run scheduled through January 2, 2022.

Menzel and YDE (Nickelodeon’s The Haunted Hathaways and School of Rock) will star as a mother-daughter pair in the musical, penned by V (formerly Eve Ensler) and musicians Justin Tranter and Caroline Pennell. The environmentalism-themed story follows the family as they grapple over the future of their family farm.