Tuesday, November 25, 2014
"Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member NeNe Leakes joins the company of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in the role of wicked stepmother Madame beginning Nov. 25 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 24, 2014
Cast members from the upcoming Broadway musical Finding Neverland will offer a performance and a special behind-the-scenes look at the new production as part of Thanksgiving Day cove…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM[SHARE]Academy Award-winning actress Melissa Leo has bowed out of the American Repertory Theater world premiere of Eve Ensler's O.P.C., which will begin performances Nov. 28 in Cambridge, M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM[SHARE]Patricia Conolly and Darren Goldstein will join Tonya Pinkins and Dianne Wiest in the New Group's Off-Broadway production of Joel Drake Johnson's Rasheeda Speaking, which will be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PM[SHARE]The Academy Awards race is already underway with Disney campaigning for "Into the Woods" as Best Picture, while aiming for a Best Actress nomination for Emily Blunt as the Baker…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]Disney's hit animated film "Frozen," which features the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell and Josh Gad, was the top pick in the Kids' Vote category at the Nov. 23 BAFTA …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]The theatrical tour of the Stephen King-John Mellencamp musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, which features Gina Gershon and "Twilight" actor Billy Burke, plays a one-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2014
Grammy Award-winning songwriter Sting will join the cast of his Broadway musical The Last Ship, which has been struggling at the box office since it opened to mixed reviews Oct. 26, acco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19PM[SHARE]Me, My Mouth and I, an autobiographical solo play written and performed by comedian Joy Behar, officially opens Off-Broadway Nov. 23 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2014
Two-time Tony winner Chita Rivera, who may be heading back to Broadway this spring in Kander and Ebb's The Visit, will play a one-night-only concert at the Rainbow Room in a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM[SHARE]The Fred Ebb Foundation announced Nov. 21 that the tenth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters will be presented to Burnt Part Boys and Tuck Everlasting&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM[SHARE]The Heart of Robin Hood, playwright David Farr's inventive and athletic stage adaptation of the classic tale, will arrive on Broadway March 10, 2015, at the Marquis Theatre, producers an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM[SHARE]Peter Pan Live! star Allison Williams stopped by "Watch What Happens Live" Nov. 20 to talk about her upcoming musical project and her co-star, Christopher Walken, with host And…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM[SHARE]The Sundance Institute has selected seven artists who will be part of the 2015 Playwrights and Composers Retreat at Ucross Foundation. Composer Julianne Wicke Davis and playwright Ayad Akhta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM[SHARE]A deal is expected to be finalized in the next several days to bring the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Gypsy, starring Imelda Staunton as Rose, to the West End's Savoy Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM[SHARE]Tony Award winners Trezana Beverley and Tonya Pinkins lead the Yale Repertory Theatre's world-premiere production of War, a new play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, which begins perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2014
The New York premiere of playwright Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men, which opened Off-Broadway Nov. 17 at the Public Theater, has extended its run through Dec. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]Academy Award nominee Diane Lane and Tony nominee Tony Shalhoub will return to the New York Stage in Bathsheba Doran's The Mystery of Love and Sex, Lincoln Center Theater announced Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PM[SHARE]Veteran director Mike Nichols, who won eight Tony Awards and the Academy Award for his work on stage and screen, died suddenly Nov. 19 at the age of 83. ABC News reported that the cause was …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Fans who headed to Times Square Nov. 17 to catch an announced live broadcast of the first act finale for the Broadway opening night of Side Show were unaware that the thrilling perf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PM[SHARE]Plans are currently underway to bring the Kander and Ebb musical The Visit, starring two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, to Broadway in spring 2015, Playbill.com has learned. The ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PM[SHARE]Plans are currently underway to bring the Kander and Ebb musical The Visit, starring two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, to Broadway in spring 2015, Playbill.com has learned. The ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PM[SHARE]The River, the new intimate drama that stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, has extended its Broadway run through Feb. 8, 2015, producers announced Nov. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PM[SHARE]Disney Theatrical Productions has just released brand new footage of the North American tour of the hit Broadway musical Newsies, which launched earlier this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PM[SHARE]The hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which features a pop score by Grammy Award winner Cyndi Lauper, has been acquired by Music Theatre International for future worldwide licensing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AM[SHARE]NBC has released a new teaser for its upcoming live presentation of the Broadway classic Peter Pan, starring Allison Williams, Christopher Walken, Christian Borle and Kelli O'Ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Punk Rock, the school-set 2009 drama by Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time playwright Simon Stephens, which officially opened Off-Broadway Nov. 17 at the Luci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:56PM[SHARE]Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening, Wicked) and Julia Mattison (Godspell) are among the performers who have joined the lineup for Gioia to the World: My Holiday Hell, a holiday edition …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AM[SHARE]The Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit production of Pericles officially opens Nov. 18 at the company's Astor Place home after a three-week tour that play…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
Tony Award-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have been confirmed to contribute songs for the score of the new Hugh Jackman film musical, "The Greatest Showman on Eart…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PM[SHARE]Tony Award-nominated Reasons to Be Pretty playwright Neil LaBute will be part of a talkback panel following the Nov. 22 performance of Cecilia Copeland's R Culture, which currently p…
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