Breaking down the Broadway grosses and major theatre news Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the episode name. 1) Last week’s Broadway grosses:https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/ 2) ‘Chess’ to close on Broadway when Lea Michele departs in Junehttps://deadline.com/2026/05/chess-closing-broadway-lea-michele-1236921116/ 3) Louis-Drefus, Janney, Harris to lead ‘Other Desert Cities’ on Broadwayhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/julia-louis-dreyfus-broadway-other-desert-cities-ed-harris-1236920897/ 4) Tony Awards news Original cast of ‘Book of Mormon’ to perform at the Tonyshttps://playbill.com/article/original-stars-of-the-book-of-mormon-will-reunite-for-a-special-performance-at-the-2026-tony-awards All nominated musicals will perform at the Tonyshttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2026/05/21/the-tony-awards-to-feature-showstopping-performances-by-all-of-the-best-musical-and-best-revival-of-a-musical-nominees-452112/20260521cbs02/ Benanti, Burgess to host Act One preshowhttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2026/05/20/laura-benanti-and-tituss-burgess-to-host-the-tony-awards-act-one-437115/20260520cbs02/ 5) Off-Broadway Alliance Awards announces winnershttps://playbill.com/article/mexodus-masquerade-more-win-2026-off-broadway-alliance-awards 6) Show and casting news Rachel Zegler-led ‘Evita’ announces home and dateshttps://playbill.com/article/jamie-lloyd-directed-evita-finds-a-broadway-home Krysta Rodriguez to join Broadway’s ‘Chicago’ as Roxie Harthttps://playbill.com/article/krysta-rodriguez-will-join-broadway-cast-of-chicago ‘The Housemaid’ being adapted for the stagehttps://deadline.com/2026/05/the-housemaid-broadway-1236915118/ ‘Two Strangers’ announces national tourhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york-broadway-tour-1236918358/ ‘Schmigadoon’ announces national tourhttps://deadline.com/2026/05/schmigadoon-broadway-tour-1236917290/ ‘Heathers’ announces national tourhttps://playbill.com/article/heathers-off-broadway-revival-is-going-on-tour