Friday, July 3, 2015
News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com asked several composers whose work is featured in the annual New York Musical Theatre Festival the number one reason to take a Staycation and see their NYMF production. For more…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 75-minute version of Disney's The Little Mermaid, a Broadway musical adaptation of the beloved film, is presented July 3-Aug. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2015
Chess, the 1980s rock musical that played London and subsequently Broadway, is heading back to the New York stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PM[SHARE]The New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors, featuring stage and screen stars Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]Broadway animal trainer Bill Berloni, who has worked on Broadway productions of Annie and Gypsy, will be featured in a new series for the Discovery Family Channel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AM[SHARE]Adam Lambert, the "American Idol" finalist who also appeared in the national tour of Wicked, discussed the idea of playing Broadway with radio.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]Real-life acting couple Keir Dullea and Mia Dillon will be joined by Todd Cerveris, Cameron Clifford, Don Noble and Christa Scott-Reed in the Bucks County Playhouse production of Ern…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
The Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, the soulful coming of age story by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that sent shockwaves across Broadway in 2006, appears headed for a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:31PM[SHARE]Additional details have been announced for James Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, which recently played a critically acclaimed limited engagement at Dixon P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]Will Swenson will make his solo 54 Below debut this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PM[SHARE]Former "The Monkees" star Micky Dolenz, who played Zoser in the final cast of Broadway's Aida and Wilbur in the London production of Hairspray, will bring his concert show to 5…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PM[SHARE]Tony winner Mary Louise Wilson, currently starring in the Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, has penned her memoir.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM[SHARE]Misty Copeland has been promoted to a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, marking the first time an African-American woman has been named a principal, according to The New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AM[SHARE]Jordan Ross and Lindsey Rosin, the creators of Cruel Intentions: The Musical, are at work on a musical version of the hit TV series "The O.C." that will bow Aug. 30 at Sterling'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, the soulful coming of age story by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that sent shockwaves across Broadway in 2006, appears headed for a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]Daniel Goldfarb's Legacy begins previews July 1 on the Williamstown Theatre Festival's Nikos Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AM[SHARE]The final dramatic film featuring the late Robin Williams will head to cinemas this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AM[SHARE]The New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors, featuring stage and screen stars Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, who will be seen later this summer in the Bay Street Theater production of the Tony-winning musical Grey Gardens, was recently injured in a horse-rid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM[SHARE]My Paris, a new musical about iconic Belle Époque poster artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, will star Broadway favorites Bobby Steggert, Mara Davi, Donna English and John Glover.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PM[SHARE]Tom Kitt and Friends, a concert presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival, will be held July 13 at 8 PM at PTC Performance Space (555 W. 42nd Street).
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Jam Theatricals announced that Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (A View From the Bridge, The Last Night of Ballyhoo) and Adam Kantor (The Last Five Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the Lexington Theatre Company's inaugural production, the Tony-winning musical 42nd Street, which will play the Kentucky venue July 23-26 at the Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM[SHARE]Voices for the Voiceless: Stars For Foster Kids, a one-night-only concert event that was held June 29 at Broadway's St. James Theatre to help older foster kids find permanent ado…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PM[SHARE]The lineup continues to grow for Broadway Unplugged, which will feature a host of theatre favorites performing without amplification and will return to The Town Hall stage July 20 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM[SHARE]Larry Kramer has completed the screenplay for his HBO-commissioned sequel to the landmark AIDS drama "The Normal Heart," the televised version of which was nominated for 16 Pri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AM[SHARE]A new biography about the famed musical theatre team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, currently represented on Broadway with the Tony-winning revival of The King and I, will be …
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