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Broadway Center Stage was a musical series produced by the Kennedy Center from 2017 to 2025.
The productions, which featured the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra on stage, were mounted at the Eisenhower Theater as limited engagements of one to two weeks. The series evolved from semi-staged productions to fuller productions.[1]
The series produced two Broadway transfers and one Off-Broadway transfer. The 2018 production of Chess, which featured a revised book by Danny Strong, was later used as the basis for the 2025 Broadway revival of the musical.[2] The 2023 production of Spamalot transferred to Broadway's St. James Theatre, opening November 16, 2023, and subsequently embarked on a national tour.[3] The 2024 production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee transferred Off-Broadway to New World Stages in New York City in late 2025.[4] The final production in the series was a world-premiere stage adaptation of Schmigadoon!, which ran from January 31 to February 9, 2025, then transferred to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, and opened on April 20, 2026.[5]
Productions
[edit]| Season | Title | Notable cast |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–2018 | Chess | Raúl Esparza, Ramin Karimloo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Karen Olivo |
| In the Heights | Anthony Ramos, Vanessa Hudgens, Ana Villafañe, Eden Espinosa | |
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Skylar Astin, Betsy Wolfe, Michael Urie, Becki Newton | |
| 2018–2019 | Little Shop of Horrors | Josh Radnor, Megan Hilty |
| The Music Man | Norm Lewis, Jessie Mueller, Rosie O'Donnell | |
| The Who's Tommy | Casey Cott, Christian Borle, Mandy Gonzalez | |
| 2019–2020 | Footloose | J. Quinton Johnson, Isabelle McCalla, Michael Park, Rebecca Luker |
| Next to Normal | Rachel Bay Jones, Brandon Victor Dixon, Michael Park | |
| Bye Bye Birdie | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2022–2023 | Guys and Dolls | James Monroe Iglehart, Jessie Mueller, Steven Pasquale, Phillipa Soo, Rachel Dratch |
| Sunset Boulevard | Stephanie J. Block | |
| Spamalot | James Monroe Iglehart, Alex Brightman, Leslie Kritzer, Rob McClure; transferred to Broadway, November 2023 | |
| 2023–2024 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Brandon Uranowitz, Denée Benton, Grey Henson; directed by Neil Patrick Harris |
| Bye Bye Birdie | Christian Borle, Krysta Rodriguez, Ephraim Sykes | |
| Nine | Steven Pasquale, Shereen Ahmed, Carolee Carmello, Elizabeth Stanley, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | |
| 2024–2025 | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Beanie Feldstein, Kevin McHale, Taran Killam, Bonnie Milligan, Noah Galvin; transferred Off-Broadway, 2025 |
| Schmigadoon! | World premiere stage production; transferred to Broadway, April 2026 |
Referencer
[edit]- ↑ "The Kennedy Center's 2023–2024 Theater Season". Maryland Theatre Guide. 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ "Guide to Chess on Broadway". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ "Kennedy Center Announces the 2024–2025 Theater Season". Kennedy Center. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is returning to New York City". Time Out New York. 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ↑ "Schmigadoon! is Coming to Broadway in 2026". Playbill. 2025-09-30. Retrieved 2025-05-21.