Tom Kirdahy News

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Hadestown is officially coming to Broadway, and more!

Producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that Hadestown, the new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, developed with visionary director and Tony Award® nominee Rachel Chavkin, will transfer this spring to Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Head Over Heels, the new musical comedy featuring the iconic songs of The Go-Go's - the most successful female rock band of all time - will play its final Broadway performance at Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street) on Sunday, January 6, 2019. Head Over Heels, which began preview performances on Saturday, June 23 and officially opened on Thursday, July 26, 2018, will have played 188 regular performances and 37 previews.

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is pleased to announce that ANASTASIA will host a digital ticket lottery during the upcoming Providence engagement from November 27 - December 2,  offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $43 tickets available per performance. In Providence, ANASTASIA is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series. 

Wharton Center is proud to present the East Lansing premiere of ANASTASIA, performing in Cobb Great Hall from January 15-20, 2019. ANASTASIA is part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Series. Tickets are on sale now and available at Wharton Center's official ticketing outlets: online at whartoncenter.com, at the Auto- Owners Insurance Ticket Office at Wharton Center, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

On Tuesday night, HADESTOWN opened in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London.

Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) and Broadway Across America (BAA) announced today that the individual tickets for the tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA will go on sale Friday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m.

HADESTOWN has been playing to enthusiastic preview audiences in the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London since November 2 and Press night is set for Tuesday, November 13 at 7pm.

Lexus Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts announces that the individual tickets for the tour of the critically acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA will go on sale Friday, Nov. 9 at 10:00 a.m.

Take a journey to the past with the stars of Anastasia this week! Following Thursday night's curtain call, the show's stars Christy Altomare and Zach Adkins will return onstage for a special performance of the beloved song 'At the Beginning' from the 1997 animated film.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that ANASTASIA will host a digital ticket lottery during the Washington, D.C. engagement, which begins performances tonight and plays through November 25, offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $30 tickets available per performance.

The National Tour of Anastasia had its official opening night in Schenectady, New York earlier this month and BroadwayWorld has an exclusive look inside their opening night cast party!

Mischer Neurosciences at the Hobby Center announces that the individual tickets for the tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of ANASTASIA will go on sale Friday, October 19 at 10:00 a.m.

The Peace Center is pleased to announce that Anastasia will host a digital ticket lottery during the upcoming Greenville engagement from Oct. 23-28, offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $25 tickets available per performance.

The National Tour of Anastasia had its official opening night in Schenectady, New York last week!  Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

The producers of ANASTASIA have just announced that Cody Simpson will join the Broadway company as leading man 'Dmitry' beginning November 29, 2018. Original company member Zach Adkins will play his final performance on Sunday, November 25.

Audiences have just three weeks left to see the critically acclaimed production of The Jungle by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End. Directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, the production has received widespread critical acclaim and won the South Bank Sky Arts Award in the 2018 Theatre category. Set in Europe's largest unofficial refugee camp, the Calais Jungle, which in 2015, became a temporary home for more than 10,000 people, the play transferred to the West End from the Young Vic where the traditional proscenium Playhouse theatre underwent a remarkable transformation. Housing Miriam Buether's set design, audiences are invited to sit at the benches and tables of the Afghan cafe in the Calais camp or in the Dress Circle.

Two-time Tony Award winner Judy Kaye returned to Broadway to play the 'Dowager Empress' in the hit Broadway musical Anastasia on September 28, 2018. Check out a first look at Kaye in action below!

From the hit Broadway musical and 1997 animated film ANASTASIA, the new duet of the Oscar-nominated song 'Journey to the Past' featuring Broadway star Christy Altomare with the original voice of Anastasia, Liz Callaway is now available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon and for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music. A special music video has also been released and can be watch below: