Wednesday, May 15, 2013
On May 16 The Mabel Mercer Foundation celebrates the 1968 dual concert of America's then-leading cabaret performers, Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short, with an evening at The Town Hall paying…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00PM[SHARE]The National Symphony Orchestra Pops presents The Wizard and I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz May 16-18 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00PM[SHARE]McCarter Theatre artistic director Emily Mann has announced the five theatre productions that will comprise McCarter's 2013-14 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Frances Ruffelle, who created the role of Eponine in the London and Broadway productions of Les Miserables, will be the special guest at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]"Theater Talk"'s 2013 Season's End Critics' Panel, co-hosted by Michael Riedel of the New York Post and Susan Haskins, will premiere May 18 at 1 AM ET on Thirteen/PBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Randy Graff (City of Angels, Les Misérables, Fiddler on the Roof, A Class Act) will star in a free staged reading of Marco Calvani’s comedy Oil June 20 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]Presenters and musical performances have been announced for the 58th Annual Drama Desk awards, which will be held May 19 at 8 PM at The Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM[SHARE]The Acting Company will present a benefit staged reading of Fay Kanin's Goodbye, My Fancy May 20 at 7 PM at the Mainstage Theater at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, who will return to Broadway in spring 2014 in the new musical Allegiance, will play the Café Carlyle May 21-June 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AM[SHARE]The York Theatre Company will present the New York premiere of Storyville, which is described as "a jazzy musical of old New Orleans," July 15-Aug. 17 with an official opening July…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM[SHARE]Theatreworks USA, the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for young audiences, will present the Off-Broadway premiere of the new children's musical The Civil War as…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AM[SHARE]Tony winner Laura Benanti's upcoming engagement at New York's 54 Below will be recorded and released by Broadway Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM[SHARE]Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th anniversary season with Conor McPherson's The Weir, which begins previews May 15 prior to an official opening May 23 on the Irish Repertory'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Principal casting has been announced for the sixth show of The Muny's 95th season, Disney and Cameron Mackinstosh’s Mary Poppins, which will play the famed outdoor venue July 25-Au…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PM[SHARE]Stage and screen star Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall for a limited nine-week engagement of his Tony Award-winning play 700 Sundays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AM[SHARE]Derek Klena will assume the role of Fiyero in the Broadway production of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked beginning May 28 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will conclude its season June 22 at 8 PM and June 23 at 3 PM with Not Entirely Wicked, featuring the music of Broadway and Disney composer Stephen S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM[SHARE]Initial casting has been announced for the Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston's upcoming production of the award-winning musical Chicago, which will begin performances June 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM[SHARE]The Piece Project and Celebration Theatre will present a reading of Terri Minsky's Amazing Frogs and Toads May 20 at 8 PM at Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AM[SHARE]Broadway’s Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — will conclude its current season May 20 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Publi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for Penn State Centre Stage's upcoming production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, which begins performances June 12 in State College, PA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]Monday, May 13, 2013
Producer Margot Harley announced May 13 that Tony-winning director John Rando will helm The Acting Company's upcoming production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are De…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM[SHARE]David Ives' adaptation of George Abbott, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's book for the recent City Center Encores! production of On Your Toes, will be his last for that musical seri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]NBC's live three-hour broadcast of The Sound of Music, starring multiple Grammy winner Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, will air in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM[SHARE]NBC has canceled "Go On," which features Tony winner Laura Benanti, "The New Normal," which co-stars Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, and "1600 Penn," with To…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PM[SHARE]NBC has canceled "Go On," which features Tony winner Laura Benanti, and "The New Normal," which co-stars Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]Multiple Tony Award winner Tommy Tune will host The Actors Fund's 17th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party, which will be held June 9 at the Taglyan Cultural Complex.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, has released its eighth edition of the demographics report, "The Audience for Touring Broadway 2011 &ndash…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM[SHARE]Staged readings of Lord Tom, which is billed as "a new American musical," will be presented May 20 at 4 PM and May 21 at 11 AM at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AM[SHARE]The Recording Academy has announced that the 56th Annual Grammy Awards will be presented Jan. 26, 2014, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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