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Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle will star
in the Broadway revival of Proof. |
Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri (
The Bear) and Oscar nominee Don Cheadle (
Crash, Hotel Rwanda) will star in the first Broadway revival of David Auburn's
Proof, directed by Tony winner Thomas Kail (
Hamilton). Previews begin March 31, 2026 in advance of an April 16 opening at a Shubert theater to be announced.
Proof concerns Catherine, a brilliant but emotionally troubled daughter of a recently deceased mathematician. When she discovers a groundbreaking proof in her father's papers, she seeks to prove she was the one who wrote it.
The play opened Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club and then transferred to Broadway, winning the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and running 917 performances. The original cast featured Mary-Louise Parker (Tony for Best Actress), Larry Bryggman, Johanna Day and Ben Shenkman. The 2005 film version starred Gywneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhall, and Hope Davis.
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Magician Rob Lake and Kermit the Frog
will be making their Broadway debuts in a
holiday limited run at the Broadhurst. |
In other news, magician Rob Lake and The Muppets will make their Broadway debut in a holiday show at the Broadhurst with previews beginning Oct. 28, and opening Nov. 6 for a limited run through Jan. 18, 2026. Lake burst onto the scene with an appearance on
America's Got Talent in 2018 and has since toured the world with his act. He has contributed to the illusions in
Death Becomes Her and is the youngest magician to win the Merlin Award. There has been talk of The Muppets coming to Broadway since 2013 when director Alex Timbers was reportedly working on a show for them. The fuzzy puppet troupe have performed on stage in Disney World, starred in their own Emmy-winning TV series as well as numerous TV specials, and headlined eight feature films from 1979 to 2014.
