Eisenberg to bring ‘Ziegfeld Files’ Off-Broadway, Bob the Drag Queen to join ‘Moulin Rouge,’ ‘Purple Rain’ cast sings Prince

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1) Jesse Eisenberg to bring ‘The Ziegfeld Files’ to Studio Seaview
https://playbill.com/article/jesse-eisenberg-will-star-in-the-ziegfeld-files-solo-play-at-studio-seaview

2) Bob the Drag Queen to join ‘Moulin Rouge’ on Broadway
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/bob-the-drag-queen-broadway-moulin-rouge-1236375412/

3) This week’s theatrical schedule

Thursday, Sept. 25
Opening: ‘The Other Americans’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/theotheramericans 

Opening: ‘(un)conditional’ Off-Broadway at Soho Playhouse
sohoplayhouse.com/see-a-show/unconditional 

Previews: ‘Let’s Love’ Off-Broadway from Atlantic Theater
https://atlantictheater.org/production/lets-love/ 

Friday, Sept. 26
Previews: ‘Ragtime’ on Broadway
https://lct.org/shows/ragtime/ 

Saturday, Sept. 27
Closing: ’ta-da!’ Off-Broadway at Greenwich House Theater

Sunday, Sept. 28
Opening: ‘Waiting for Godot’ on Broadway
https://godotbroadway.com/ 

Closing: ‘Take a Banana For the Ride’ on Broadway
https://jeffrossbroadway.com/ 

Opening’: The Honey Trap’ Off-Broadway from Irish Repertory
https://irishrep.org/show/2025-2026-season/the-honey-trap/ 

Opening: ‘Were’ Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre
https://cherrylanetheatre.org/shows/weer 

Closing: ‘The Brothers Size’ Off-Broadway at The Shed
https://www.theshed.org/program/445-the-brothers-size 

Closing: ‘The Wild Duck’ Off-Broadway at Theatre for a New Audience
https://tfana.org/events/the-wild-duck-2025-09-21-730-pm 

4) Show and casting news

MCC announces additions to 2025-26 season
https://playbill.com/article/mcc-theater-to-produce-new-play-by-tony-winner-jonathan-spector

Cast announced for Playwrights Horizon’s ‘Practice’
https://playbill.com/article/see-whos-starring-in-the-world-premiere-of-nazareth-hassans-practice

5) Recommendations

Videos from ‘Purple Rain’ cast performing Prince classics
https://youtu.be/CkETE7Efwuo
https://youtu.be/uIHL8IZX_v8

Groff performs ‘Mack the Knife’ on ‘The Tonight Show’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg8FKNlgb5Y

‘Mamma Mia!’ cast performs on ‘The Today Show’
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Videos-MAMMA-MIA-Cast-Performs-Title-Song-More-on-TODAY-20250919