‘Evita’ and ‘Benjamin Button’ coming to New York, Tony Award honorees announced, 2027 Encores shows revealed

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1) ‘Evita’ starring Rachel Zegler to hit Broadway in spring 2027
https://deadline.com/2026/04/evita-rachel-zegler-broadway-2-1236875848/

2) ‘Benjamin Button’ to open in Public Theater’s fall season
https://www.broadwaynews.com/benjamin-button-musical-sets-north-american-premiere-at-public-theater/

3) ‘Charlie Brown,’ ‘Hallelujah, Baby!’, ‘Spider Woman’ in Encores 2027 season
https://deadline.com/2026/04/encores-in-the-heights-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-1236875769/

4) Awards Corner

New York Drama Critics Circle honors Rudin shows, but no new musical
https://deadline.com/2026/04/new-york-drama-critics-circle-awards-scott-rudin-1236877027/

Mary-Mitchell Campbell to receive the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
https://www.tonyawards.com/press/mary-mitchell-campbell-to-receive-the-2026-isabelle-stevenson-tony-award/

Bishop, Fisher, Lapine to receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Awards
https://deadline.com/2026/04/tony-awards-lifetime-achievement-honor-1236877073/

‘Schmigadoon!’ score and others ruled eligible in final Tony Awards rulings
https://playbill.com/article/cinco-pauls-schmigadoon-score-ruled-tony-eligible

2026 Drama Desk nominations
https://dramadesks.com/nominations/

2026 Lucille Lortel Award winners
https://playbill.com/article/mexodus-wins-4-lucille-lortel-awards-see-the-full-list-of-winners

5) Show and casting news

‘Rocky Horror,’ ‘Titanique’ extend on Broadway
https://deadline.com/2026/05/titanique-rocky-horror-show-broadway-closing-dates-1236877992/

‘Ragtime’ to tour in fall 2027
https://deadline.com/2026/04/ragtime-broadway-tour-1236876090/

Fiennes, Farrell, Moura to lead film adaptation of ‘Art’
https://deadline.com/2026/05/ralph-fiennes-colin-farrell-wagner-moura-art-comedy-film-1236878036/

Conner Leavitt to join ’11 to Midnight’ Off-Broadway
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207071/the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-husband-conner-leavitt-joins-11-to-midnight-off-broadway/

Irish Rep announces cast for ‘The Loved Ones’
https://playbill.com/article/casting-revealed-for-the-loved-ones-at-irish-rep