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News

Tonys 2026: a quiet revolution in the new-play categories

Twelve months of off-Broadway transfers crowd the slate — and the musicals field is the deepest it has been in a decade.

May 9, 2026 · Hannah Levin

Reviews

Review: A revival you don't have to defend

Sondheim's most-defended musical finally arrives in a production that doesn't need the apology track. Three notes and a caveat.

April 28, 2026 · Mira Castellanos

Casting

Casting: Jefferson Mays returns to a one-actor show — but not the one you think

The actor who built his career on roles in plural has signed on to a new chamber piece at the Booth — adapting a 19th-century memoir nobody has staged before.

April 18, 2026 · Sam Otieno

Stages

Stages: which off-Broadway shows are actually moving uptown

Eight transfers are talked-about. Three are real. Here's how to tell the difference, by a producer who's been on both sides of the conversation.

April 10, 2026 · Daniel Auerbach

History

History: the public-domain pipeline that quietly built ten of your favourite musicals

From *A Gentleman's Guide* to *Six* to the most recent Tony winner — copyright expiry has done more for the form than any producer this decade.

March 22, 2026 · Eleanor Vetch