amBroadway | ‘Moulin Rouge!’ to end Broadway run and more

After seven years, thousands of rhinestones, and one very resilient windmill, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” will close on Broadway on Sunday, July 26, 2026. The Tony Award–winning musical will end its run at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre after 2,265 regular performances and 24 previews.

Based on the 2001 film of the same name, the stage adaptation opened on July 25, 2019—just months before the COVID-19 shutdown in March 2020—resumed performances in the fall of 2021, and went on to win 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The production officially recouped its Broadway investment in late 2022, making it the only musical from the 2019–2020 season to do so, and the only show from that season still running.

Zegler and Platt to perform ‘The Last Five Years’ at Radio City

One of New York’s most expansive stages will host one of musical theater’s most intimate two-handers this spring: “The Last Five Years” will be presented in concert at Radio City Music Hall on April 6 and 7, starring Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt.

The performances are part of a limited run marking the musical’s 25th anniversary and will be directed and conducted by the show’s creator, Jason Robert Brown. Additional concert engagements are scheduled for the Hollywood Bowl and London’s Palladium.

Platt is a familiar Broadway presence, having won a Tony Award for “Dear Evan Hansen” and most recently returning to the stage in the 2023 revival of “Parade,” also written by Brown. Zegler made her Broadway debut last season in “Romeo + Juliet” and is widely expected to reprise her acclaimed London performance in “Evita” when Jamie Lloyd’s revival inevitably transfers to Broadway.

First performed in 2001, “The Last Five Years” traces a five-year relationship between a novelist and an actress, told through two intersecting timelines—one moving forward, the other backward. Long a staple of regional theaters and concert presentations, the musical received its first-ever Broadway production in 2025, starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren.

‘Practical Magic’ musical in the works

A stage adaptation of Alice Hoffman’s best-selling novel “Practical Magic”—which was previously made into the 1998 film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman—is officially in development. The musical will feature an original score by Grammy Award–winners Norah Jones and Gregg Wattenberg, with a book co-written by Alice Hoffman and Peter Duchan, and direction by Maria Friedman (“Merrily We Roll Along”).

First published in 1995, “Practical Magic” centers on sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, members of a family long rumored to be cursed. Orphaned at a young age and raised by their eccentric aunts in a small Massachusetts town, the sisters attempt to escape their supernatural legacy—only to find themselves drawn back together by forces they cannot outrun.

Playwright Lauren Gunderson has responded after a regional theater canceled a planned production of her work following the appearance of her name in recently released Jeffrey Epstein files.

Playwright addresses being named in the Epstein files

As reported by Playbill.com, Gunderson’s name appeared a limited number of times in the documents, largely in connection with email invitations and announcements sent from a joint account she shared with her then-husband.

In response, the Contemporary Theater Company in Rhode Island announced it was canceling its upcoming production of Gunderson’s play “The Revolutionists” due to her “connection to Jeffrey Epstein.” However, the theater later issued follow-up statements clarifying that it was “not clear to what extent Gunderson shared her husband’s relationship with Epstein” and that it did not intend “to mar or detract from Ms. Gunderson’s reputation or professionalism.”

In a statement posted on social media, Gunderson said she never met Epstein, called his actions “abhorrent,” and said she was “appalled” to see her name appear in the files. She added that the documents do not reflect any personal relationship and rejected the idea that her work or career should be affected by their release.