Michael Paulson

For Nathan Lane, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Radcliffe and other actors, it can take wigs, group hugs or banishing ghosts to make the transformation.

“Just in Time,” which for a year starred Jonathan Groff, is the first new musical from last season to make money for investors.

The fast success of this play, about the children’s author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.

A musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker will close months earlier than planned after opening in April to negative reviews and soft sales.

The Broadway production takes full advantage of the Palace Theater’s abundant height and depth, making the show feel like “a massive trust fall.”

The revival, also featuring Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery, will begin performances in September at the Hudson Theater.

The Broadway musical had planned to keep going, but box-office sales made clear Michele’s appeal was essential. It will now close June 21.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus will star in a revival of the family drama “Other Desert Cities,” alongside Broadway veterans Ed Harris, Allison Janney and Lily Rabe

NEW YORK -- "The Book of Mormon," one of Broadway's biggest hits, resumed performances on Wednesday night after a three-week shutdown prompted by a damaging three-alarm electrical fire at the theater where the musical comedy has been running for 15 years.

New York • “The Book of Mormon,” one of Broadway's biggest hits, resumed performances on Wednesday night after a three-week shutdown prompted by a