Friday, January 22, 2016
ABC has given a pilot order to the new series "Still Star-Crossed," a sequel to the classic William Shakespeare tragedy Romeo and Juliet, according to Deadline.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AM[SHARE]The Ridgefield Playhouse, the Connecticut venue best known for rock bands, comedians and guest speakers, launches a Broadway & Cabaret Series Jan. 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 21, 2016
Gold Mountain, an original musical featuring book, music and lyrics by Jason Ma, has been selected for the 2016 ASCAP/Dreamworks Musical Theatre Workshop and will be presented Feb. 16 in the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM[SHARE]The Broadway company of the international hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked will welcome a host of new cast members beginning Feb. 2 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]Musician, actress and producer Rita Wilson, most recently seen on Broadway in Larry David's Fish in the Dark, will return to the Café Carlyle next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PM[SHARE]Earlier this week it was announced that stage and screen star Bette Midler will return to The Great White Way in 2017 in Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!, the first production of the classic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PM[SHARE]Darren Criss, last seen on Broadway in the revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will join the New York Pops March 11 at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PM[SHARE]Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the composers of Broadway's Chess and Mamma Mia!, made a rare group appearance with their former ABBA co-stars Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad and A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM[SHARE]Lupita Nyong'o, who will be seen in the Broadway transfer of Danai Gurira's Eclipsed, which is set to begin performances at the Golden Theatre Feb. 23 with an official opening March …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The trailer for the fifth season of the acclaimed HBO series "Girls," which begins Feb. 21 at 10 PM ET, has been released.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PM[SHARE]Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer, who, on Jan. 19, returned to the role of Captain Hook — the part he originated when Finding Neverland arrived on Broadway in March 2015 &mdas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PM[SHARE]Theatre Out, Orange County's gay and lesbian theatre company, is presenting an all-male version of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler classic Sweeney Todd.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM[SHARE]Carmen Cusack performs "Sun's Gonna Shine" from the forthcoming Broadway musical Bright Star in a new video posted on YouTube.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Vanessa Hudgens and Carlos PenaVega, who will play Rizzo and Kenickie, respectively, in the forthcoming Fox-TV broadcast of Grease: Live, recently appeared on NBC's "Today."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]Spencer Liff, choreographer of the critically acclaimed Deaf West Theatre Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, which ends its limited engagement Jan. 24 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, shar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]A new production of The Guys, Anne Nelson's 9/11-themed play, officially opens Jan. 20 following a preview performance Jan. 19 at the Davenport Theatre, a converted firehouse on West…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Tony nominee Matthew Morrison has scheduled several concert dates following his departure from the new musical Finding Neverland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PM[SHARE]The Really Useful Company has announced that it will join forces with Stage Entertainment to produce The Phantom of the Opera — which is set in the Paris Opera House — in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AM[SHARE]Misery, the new Broadway suspense thriller based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, has inspired a new lipstick from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]Broadway Entertainment Group FZ LLC and NETworks Presentations LLC will present a global tour of Shrek The Musical, which features a book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AM[SHARE]The critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Spring Awakening offers a special Buy One/Get One Free "Teen Night" Jan. 19 at 7 PM at the Brooks A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer, who originated the role of Captain Hook when Finding Neverland arrived on Broadway in March 2015, returns to the musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 18, 2016
Broadway couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, who shared the stage in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal, will bring their talents to the Czech Republic next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PM[SHARE]Blackout for Human Rights and the Campaign for Black Male Achievement host MLK Now — a special MLK Day event to celebrate and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM[SHARE]Leslie Caron, original leading lady of the 1951 movie musical classic "An American in Paris," was interviewed by Jane Pauley on "CBS Sunday Morning."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM[SHARE]The national touring company of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder said goodbye to the Broadway company of the Tony-winning musical with a heartfelt video set to the Celine Dion …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AM[SHARE]A trailer has been released for the HBO film of Audra McDonald's history-making performance as Billie Holiday in the Broadway hit Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AM[SHARE]A concert version of the new musical Merman's Apprentice is presented Jan. 18 at 7 PM at Birdland in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 17, 2016
Gotta Dance, a new musical based on the acclaimed 2008 documentary of the same name about professional basketball’s first-ever, aged 60-and-older dance team, plays its …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]A host of theatre actors can be seen in the six-part series "Mercy Street," which makes its debut on PBS Jan. 17 at 10 PM ET; check local listings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Tony Award-winning Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, plays its final performance on Broadway Jan. 17 at 6:30 PM at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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