Monday, May 25, 2015
The New York revival of Abe Burrows' classic farce Cactus Flower begins previews Feb. 24 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs with an official opening scheduled for March 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Thurgood -- the one-man show based on the life of the late Civil Rights great and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall starring Tony winner Laurence Fishburne -- debuts on HBO Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The Broadway revival of Chicago welcomes back a familiar face Feb. 24 at the Ambassador Theatre: Raymond Bokhour returns as Roxie's all-but-invisible husband, Amos Hart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts and event co-chair Michael Steinhardt will present the 7th Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel March 14 at 7 PM at the Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart will make its Broadway debut this spring, using elements from a starry reading that was seen in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Four brand-new musicals will be written, cast, rehearsed and performed in a single day -- featuring a star-studded line up of Broadway performers, composers, writers, directors, choreographe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]In Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall's new Broadway production of the musical comedy Anything Goes, set on a transatlantic ocean liner, Tony Award winner Sutton Fos…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, The Harlem Arts Alliance and The Broadway League will recognize a mix of actors, playwrights and producers for their outstanding contributions in the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Additional tour dates have been announced for Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, who made her New York Philharmonic debut Feb. 5 at Avery Fisher Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]11 O'Clock Numbers at 11 O'Clock, a new musical revue presented by Scott Siegel, will be offered Thursday evenings at 11 PM at Feinstein's at Loew's Regency beginning Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Clear-Water, a concert presentation of two new musicals, will be presented March 11 at The Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Although London's The Sun recently reported Tony and Emmy winner Glenn Close would play Susan Boyle -- the singer who became a worldwide phenomenon following her performance of "I Dreamed a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The cast of the new musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will perform on "The Late Show with David Letterman" March 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which will feature musical numbers from the nominated New York stage productions, will be held May 23 at 8 PM at the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The world premiere of David Hay's A Perfect Future, presented by Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America), Whitney Hoagland Edwards and Neal-Rose Creation…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The Broadway revival of Chicago will welcome back two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Tickets for the Broadway debut of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart -- which will make its Broadway debut this spring, using elements from a starry reading that was seen in October -- are now …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]A by-invitation-only reading of the musical Hello Out There will be presented March 4 at 2 PM at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Concert presentations of Pat Holley's all-original R&B/pop musical, Me & Caesar Lee, will be offered Sundays, March 27, April 3 and April 10 at 8 PM at the Triad in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Matthew McConaughey, Dame Helen Mirren, Javier Bardem, Hilary Swank, Josh Brolin, Russell Brand and Scarlett Johansson will be presenters at the 83rd Academy Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]A free reading of Seamus Heaney's translation of "Beowulf," featuring New York actor Anthony Newfield, will be presented Feb. 27 at 2 PM at the House of the Redeemer in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Spring Awakening and "Glee" star Jonathan Groff, recently seen in the West End revival of Deathtrap, has a featured role in the new Robert Redford film "The Conspirator," which will hit movi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The first five semifinalists for the tenth season of "American Idol," which is often a stepping stone to the Broadway stage, were are announced Feb. 23 by judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Broadway Bears XIV will be held March 6 at 7 PM at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on West 42nd Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Six-time Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Tambor ("Arrested Development," "The Larry Sanders Show") has withdrawn from the role of Georges in the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Amy Hohn, whose Broadway credits include November and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, has replaced the previously announced Nancy Opel -- who will join the Broadway cast of Memphis March 15 -- in the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]The Midtown Men, the singing group formed by former Jersey Boys stars Tony winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony nominee J. Robert Spencer, will make their New Yo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]An evening of new songs, entitled Are You Working on Something New?, will be presented Feb. 28 at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh have announced full casting for the Philadelphia engagement of the national tour of Mary Poppins, which w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PM[SHARE]Mrs. Beatrice Louise Dickman Swarm, who was known as "Mrs. Bea" to the Broadway community for her years as a backstage chaperone with Miss Saigon, died Feb. 13, surrounded by her family at h…
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