Leslie Odom Jr. to Return to ‘Hamilton,’ Reviews Are Wildly Mixed for ‘Smash’ on Broadway, Big Stars Take to the Stage

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1) Leslie Odom Jr. Announces Fall Return to ‘Hamilton’
https://www.today.com/popculture/leslie-odom-jr-returning-hamilton-broadway-aaron-burr-rcna200905

2) Reviews Are Wildly Mixed Over ‘Smash’ on Broadway
https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/smash/

3) Details Announced for Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter’s ‘Godot’
https://deadline.com/2025/04/keanu-reeves-alex-winter-waiting-for-godot-broadway-opening-1236367784/

4) Bryan Cranston to Lead West End ‘All My Sons’
https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/bryan-cranston-marianne-jean-baptiste-and-paapa-essiedu-set-for-all-my-sons-in-the-west-end_1673067/?utm_source=sniply&utm_campaign=sniply&utm_medium=sniply

5) Ncuti Gatwa, Edward Bluemel to Open New Play in London
https://deadline.com/2025/04/ncuti-gatwa-edward-bluemel-born-with-teeth-london-1236365998/

6) Off-Broadway News

Signature Announces Three-Show Off-Broadway Season
https://playbill.com/article/obie-winning-musical-oratorio-for-living-things-to-make-off-broadway-return

Gillies, Manheim Extend Runs in ‘Little Shop’
https://playbill.com/article/elizabeth-gillies-and-milo-manheim-extend-run-in-off-broadways-little-shop-of-horrors

‘Conversations With Mother’ to Close Early
https://playbill.com/article/conversations-with-mother-sets-early-closing-date-off-broadway

Whoopi Goldberg to Do One Performance in Joy Bahar’s ‘My First Ex-Husband’
https://deadline.com/2025/04/whoopi-goldberg-joy-behar-my-first-ex-husband-1236365516/

7) Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Gets October Release Date
https://deadline.com/2025/04/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-release-date-1236366662/