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Folks, you heard it here first. Or at least this is the first time you’re hearing it from Bernadette Peters. Since last week, rumors have been swirling that Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Groff would be starring in a new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion. On the 2026 Tony Awards red carpet, Peters seemingly confirmed those rumors. “Well I heard — Did you hear? — that Cynthia Erivo is going to be coming back in Passion,” she told New York. “It was announced somewhere, that’s how I know.” She then added that Erivo’s co-star in this new production would be Groff. Vulture has reached out to reps for Erivo and Groff to see if anyone wants to announce some stuff somewhere.
Passion is based on Ettore Scola’s 1981 film Passione d’Amore, itself inspired by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti’s 1869 novel Fosca. Set during the unification of Italy, it’s about a soldier who falls in love with the titular Fosca, the epileptic cousin of his commanding officer. The show opened on Broadway in 1994, with Jere Shea as Giorgio and Donna Murphy as Fosca. Per the rumor, this new version would be done by current revival “It” boy Jamie Lloyd. But he’s got to get Evita over here first.
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