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Curtain’s Up (longer!): Bernadette, Sadie, Denzel & Big Student Deals
March 25, 2025, 4:14.02 pm ET

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“Grease” may have been the word in 1978, but when it comes to Broadway in 2025, the word is extensions. Two shows in early previews have just announced extensions: “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” (at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre), starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, will now run through July 15; while the play “John Proctor is the Villain” (at the Booth Theatre), starring “Stranger Things’” Sadie Sink, will run through July 6. Meanwhile, the recently opened British musical comedy “Operation Mincemeat” (at the Golden Theatre) is now selling tickets through February 2026. Get Tickets


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Over at the St. James Theatre, not only has the hit revival of “Sunset Boulevard” extended its run through July 13, but star Nicole Scherzinger had added six additional performances (Tuesday, April 8; Tuesday, April 29; Tuesday, May 6; Tuesday, May 13; Tuesday, May 27; and Tuesday, June 10) to her run. Get Tickets


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Additionally, students who don’t have $900 to spare can now see the starry Denzel Washington-Jake Gyllenhaal revival of “Othello” thanks to a new $49 student rush, with a limited number of tickets set aside for every performance. Get Tickets


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On the Off-Broadway front, comedian and talk show host Joy Behar will be returning to her new comedy “My First Ex-Husband” at the MMAC Theatre for four performances, April 11-13, alongside current cast members Veanne Cox, Jackie Hoffman, Carolyn McCormick and Andrea Navedo (who star in the hit show through April 20), They will be followed by Marilu Henner, Marsha Mason, Benja K Thomas and Julia Sweeney, who will star April 23 to May 18. Get Tickets


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Baryshnikov Arts will launch its 20th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of “A Mother,” a bold and innovative new play, loosely bad on Bertolt Brecht’s “Die Mutter,” co-conceived by award-winning playwright Neena Beber and Tony-nominated actress Jessica Hecht. The production -- which is directed by Maria Mileaf with choreography by Shura Baryshnikov – stars Hecht alongside Fergie Philippe, Zane Pais, Portia Johnson, and Delilah Napier. It runs from March 29 to April 13 at the Jerome Robbins Theater in Baryshnikov Arts (450 W. 37th Street). Get Tickets


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