We’ve Hit Peak Theater. But Is Anything a Hit on Broadway?

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( theater [We’ve Hit Peak Theater]( Nobody knows how to succeed on Broadway anymore. Photo: Pari Dukovic for New York Magazine One of the last premiere parties of the Broadway season felt a little on the nose. The Great Gatsby, a ballad-belting, pyrotechnic glow-up of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American tragedy with two onstage cars and a budget approaching $25 million, celebrated its official opening on April 25, the night of the Tony-nominations deadline, with an after-party at Tavern on the Green. The theme was the Roaring ’20s — the louche decade of easy money that preceded the Great Depression. Producers in newsboy caps raised their coupe glasses to actors in feathered flapper fits. They were not necessarily in the mood to talk about the specter haunting the ball. Spring 2024 saw a frenzy of new shows opening (21 since January) in the face of two formidable obstacles: costs that have nearly doubled over a decade and an audience almost 20 percent smaller than it was pre-pandemic. Yet Broadway was partying on, stuffing 12 premieres into the nine days before the Tony deadline. “It’s like the planes lining up on the tarmac at La Guardia in bad weather,” as one publicist put it. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Abbott Elementary: [Field Trip]( • Bridgerton: [The Hot Goss (Episode 1)](, [A Lost Cause (Episode 2)](, [Brave Enough to Ask (Episode 3)](, [The Carriage Scene (Episode 4)]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Megalopolis Is a Work of Absolute Madness There is nothing in Francis Ford Coppola’s perhaps-final testament that feels like something out of a “normal” movie.]( [Hannah Dodd’s Bridgerton Love Story Is Erotically Quiet “It’s their version of flirting, which is adorable.”]( By Devon Ivie [The Concierge Comedian For the first time in his career, Zak Toscani is making a living doing comedy by performing in people’s backyards, basements, and unfinished kitchens.]( [The Amy Winehouse Movie Doesn’t Like Amy Winehouse Very Much Why is Back to Black so bent on absolving the men in the troubled singer’s orbit?]( By Alison Willmore [Anya Taylor-Joy Says It ‘Doesn’t Make Any Sense How Safe Furiosa Was’ “Every day we all wake up, especially George, with the reality that we could injure or kill somebody,” said the film’s producer at Cannes.]( By Rachel Handler [Jamie Loftus’s Main Characters “The No. 1 request I get, and the episode I fear the most, is ‘Bean Dad.’”]( By Nicholas Quah [Colleen Hoover Makes the Jump to the Silver Screen With It Ends With Us, BookTok goes big.]( By Jason P. Frank [Dune: Part Two Will Thump on Max Soon Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel hits streaming next week.]( By Savannah Salazar [Twitter Trolls Won’t Keep Cardi B From Releasing an Album This Year CB2 incoming …]( By Justin Curto [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 3-Down, Three Letters: Nickname of two Spice Girls Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a Steven Yeun movie with a one-word title? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved