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Check out photos from Broadway Bets, Broadway’s official poker tournament!

All proceeds from the casino-style event benefit Broadway Cares.

A royal flush of Broadway favorites will raise the stakes when Broadway Bets, Broadway’s official poker tournament, returns this Monday, May 22, 2023.

The Broadway League’s Black to Broadway Initiative will present the third annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth concert in Times Square on Sunday, June 18th from 11:00am – 12:30pm (rain or shine).

All proceeds from the casino-style event will benefit Broadway Cares.

New York City theater district's beloved Sardi's restaurant will host a full house of Broadway stars, industry insiders and theater fans for the Texas Hold 'em tournament, which has been on a pandemic-induced hiatus for four years. Newcomers and aces alike will have the chance to go “all in” and win the coveted title of Broadway Bets champion. Prizes will be awarded to all players who reach the final table.

Two can be as Great as one

Nathan Tysen, Jason Howland, and Kait Kerrigan will pen this adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.

The creative team adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby into a Broadway-bound stage musical has been announced. It will feature music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Nathan Tysen & Jason Howland, and a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan, helmed by award-winning director Marc Bruni.

Marc Bruni will direct an industry presentation of the Broadway-aimed musical, which is one of many Gatsby adaptations in the works.