What's going on in New York City this week? The short answer is...plenty! Take a look at this week's Broadway Datebook for the hottest theatrical events, including the opening of the sexy Murder Ballad, Lea Salonga's new cabaret act and a special Dogfight performance. Look ahead!


MONDAY, MAY 20
LAURA BENANTI GETS IN A CABARET MOOD ...

The Tony Awards are getting closer and the gossip is getting juicier. As another week on Broadway comes to a close, we look back on one Wicked hunk's "porn" past, one Tony nominee’s uncanny ability to be loved, an unlikely dream date and the network that broke Broadway’s heart. Read on for all of these stories and ...

So, that just happened. Tony nominee Cristin Milioti was the cause of thousands of gasps, screams and cheers Monday night when it was revealed that the former Once leading lady was the titular matriarch on CBS’s long-running sitcom How I Met Your Mother. After eight seasons of waiting, audiences were finally treated to their first introduction to the mysterious ...

Are you ready to meet the mother? The answer to one of TV's most burning questions was revealed on the May 13 season eight finale of How I Met Your Mother, and it is Tony nominee Cristin Milioti. The former Once star is joining the cast of the CBS series as the wife of protagonist Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor ...

If you’ve survived high school English class, chances are you’ve read (or at least pretended to have read) the seminal F. Scott Fitzgerald classic The Great Gatsby, a jazzy tale about high-society revelers with low-society behavior in the Roaring Twenties. With an all-star movie adaptation hitting theaters May 10—plus the novel’s pivotal role on the second ...

It’s been a rough few days for many of us, but we can always count on Broadway to lighten the mood, especially when the week has been as jam-packed as this one. Here’s a look at our top lessons of the week, gleaned from everything from Mamma Mia!’s big move to Shalita Grant’s crash course in ...

In the corporate world, employees leaving a job are asked to sit through a sometimes grueling "exit interview" about their time at the company. Although that concept doesn't exist for Broadway performers, we think it's fun to check in with stars as they finish up a successful run. Below, Tony nominee Cristin Milioti (who departs her breakout role ...

Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! It seems like just yesterday Broadway audiences first fell in love with the mysterious girl on the piano and the brooding guy with a guitar, but on March 20, the company of the Tony-winning musical Once celebrated one whole year on the Great White Way. The matinee performance starred the show ...

Once is getting a new Guy and Girl in the form of Ben Hope and Laura Dreyfuss, who will take over the leading roles from Tony winner Steve Kazee and Tony nominee Cristin Milioti.

Kazee and Milioti will play their last performance on March 24, departing along with Will Connolly and Tony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis. Hope and Dreyfuss will ...

The Dubliners of Once are ready for another round. The cast of the Tony-winning musical will perform another performance of their recent 54 Below concert on March 3. 

First performed on February 17, the concert features the tender tuner’s talented cast—members of whom all play their own instruments—performing songs from the Tony-winning musical, cover songs and even ...