Today on Broadway: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025

'Eureka Day' Canceled at Kennedy Center, 'Mormon' Passes 'RENT,' Jeremy Jordan Previews 'Floyd Collins'

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EMBARGOED STORY: 'Heathers' to Return to New York This Summer
http://www.heathersthemusical.com/

1) 'Eureka Day' Canceled at Kennedy Center
https://playbill.com/article/eureka-day-joins-kennedy-center-cancellations-following-trump-takeover

2) This Week's Theatrical Schedule

Monday, Feb. 24
Previews: ‘Othello’ on Broadway
https://othellobway.com/ 

Opening: ‘Grangeville’ Off-Broadway from Signature Theatre
https://signaturetheatre.org/show/grangeville/ 

Tuesday, Feb. 25
Previews: ‘Purpose’ on Broadway
https://purposeonbroadway.com/ 

Opening: ‘Curse of the Starving Class’ Off-Broadway from the New Group
https://thenewgroup.org/events/curse-of-the-starving-class-2025-02-18-700-pm 

Previews: ‘All Nighter’ Off-Broadway at MCC
https://allnighterplay.com/ 

Previews: ‘We Had a World’ Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/24-25-season/we-had-a-world/ 

Wednesday, Feb. 26
Previews: ‘On the Evolutionary Function of Shame’ Off-Broadway from Signature Theatre
https://2st.com/shows/on-the-evolutionary-function-of-shame 

Thursday, Feb. 27
Opening: ‘Dakar 2000’ Off-Broadway from Manhattan Theatre Club
https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/shows/24-25-season/dakar-2000/ 

Friday, Feb. 28
Previews: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Off-Broadway at Brooklyn Academy of Music
https://www.bam.org/streetcar 

Sunday, March 2
Closing: ‘English’ on Broadway
https://roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2024-2025/english/ 

Closing: ‘The Antiquities’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/about/production-history/2020s/2425-season/the-antiquities-jordan-harrison 

Closing: ‘Henry IV’ Off-Broadway from Theatre for a New Audience
https://tfana.org/events/henry-iv-2025-02-23-100-pm 

Closing: ‘Music City’ Off-Broadway from Bedlam
https://bedlam.org/w-o/project-one-ephnc-5zgnn 

Closing: ‘Safe House’ Off-Broadway from St. Ann’s Warehouse
https://stannswarehouse.org/show/safe-house/ 

3) In Other News

'Pippin' 50th Anniversary Concert Starring Alex Newell to Stream on BroadwayHD
https://playbill.com/article/50th-anniversary-pippin-concerts-starring-alex-newell-jac-yarrow-more-will-stream-on-broadwayhd

'Book of Mormon' Passes 'RENT' to Become Broadway's 11th Longest Running Show
https://playbill.com/article/video-see-the-company-of-broadways-the-book-of-mormon-perform-seasons-of-love-at-curtain-call

4) Feel-Good Recommendation

Jeremy Jordan Sings 'The Call' from 'Floyd Collins'
https://youtu.be/0_2WVfmNN4g