Style: October 04, 2019

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SHOWS TO SHORTLIST
When it comes to theatre, the stage doesn’t get any bigger than Broadway in New
York and the West End in London. Here’s our picks from the current playlist.
Words Gaynor Stanley
NEW YORK
The biggest show on Broadway right now is Hadestown, picking up Best Musical in
this year’s Tony Awards, among eight wins from 14 nominations.
Broadway Musicals
Hadestown is the blockbuster new musical following
two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers
Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife,
Persephone – as it invites audiences on an epic journey to the
underworld and back. It is playing at the Walter Kerr Theatre
and booking until July 2020.
Ain’t Too Proud is another new musical about the life and
times of The Temptations. Recalling 42 Top 10 hits, 14
number ones and many signature dance moves, the show
scored a multitude of Tony nominations, though bagged just
the one award for Best Choreography. It is playing at the
Imperial Theatre and booking until June 2020.
In Tootsie, Santino Fontana won himself a Tony reinventing
Dustin Hoffman’s Dorothy Michaels (aka Michael Dorsey)
role for this comedy musical adaptation of the film. It’s playing
at the Marquis Theatre and booking until April 2020.
Hamilton’s hip-hop version of American history has been
playing at the Richard Rogers Theatre since 2016, when it
picked up a record-breaking 16 Tony nominations and 11
wins. Booking to June 2020.
Coming Soon
Tina transferring from London’s West End this month
Broadway Plays
The Inheritance transferred just last month from a
smash run in London’s West End (where it won
Best New Play in this year’s Olivier Awards) to
the Barrymore Theatre. The two-part play (each 3
hours, 15 mins) re-envisions EM Forster’s Howards
End to 21st century New York, following the
interlinking lives of three generations of gay men.
Booking until March 2020.
To Kill a Mockingbird is Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of
the classic Harper Lee novel, with Jeff Daniels playing
Atticus Finch and Celia Keenan-Bolger in the role
of Scout, which won her this year’s Tony Award for
Best Actress. At the Shubert Theatre, it’s booking
until April 2020.
Betrayal is another West End transfer, following an
acclaimed sold-out run there. Catch Tom Hiddleston
and Charlie Cox in their Broadway debuts in the
Harold Pinter classic. Booking until December 2019
at the Bernard B Jacobs Theatre.
Coming Soon
Diana opening March 2020
Times Square in New York at the heart
of the Broadway theatre district.