Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton, who received rave reviews for her performance as Mrs. Lovett in the London revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, is expected to tackle another major …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AM[SHARE]A one-night-only presentation of Loving the Silent Tears: A New Musical will be offered Oct. 27 at 5 PM PT at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AM[SHARE]The new Matthew Perry sitcom "Go On," which co-stars Tony winners Laura Benanti and Julie White, will make its network premiere Aug. 8 following the Olympic coverage on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]Bullet for Adolf, a new comedy by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman, officially opens in its American premiere Aug. 8 at Off-Broadway's New World Stages following previews that began Jul…
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, August 7, 2012
Performers have been announced for the fifth concert of this season's Broadway in Bryant Park series on Aug. 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PM[SHARE]The New York City Police Department subpoenaed Twitter Aug. 7 following several tweets on the social-media site Twitter by a poster who has threatened to open fire at the Longacre Theatre, h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PM[SHARE]The New York City Police Department will subpoena Twitter Aug. 7 following several tweets on the social-media site Twitter by a poster who has threatened to open fire at the Longacre Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PM[SHARE]The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed Aug. 8 at 8 PM for one minute in memory of Tony winner Marvin Hamlisch, the celebrated composer, performer, arranger, musical coo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PM[SHARE]The Time Out New York Lounge at New World Stages will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its popular weekly open-mic series with a free concert Aug. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM[SHARE]Producers Nicholas Kohn and Robert Earle Jones will present the world premiere of Marissa Kohn’s Do Me a Little, as part of the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AM[SHARE]The Falcon Theatre's production of The Grönholm Method begins performances in California Aug. 7 with an official opening Aug. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 6, 2012
The long-running London musical Blood Brothers will end its run at the Phoenix Theatre Oct. 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM[SHARE]George Street Playhouse announced Aug. 6 that the world premiere of Joe DiPietro's Clever Little Lies has replaced Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot in the theatre’s 2012-1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM[SHARE]Tickets for Broadway's The Performers, the new comedy by David West Read, will go on sale to the general public Aug. 13 via Telecharge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]Town Hall's annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, created and hosted by Scott Siegel, will kick off Oct. 13 with Linda Eder "A New Life," which will begin at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AM[SHARE]A new U.K. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats will launch Feb. 9, 2013, at the Edinburgh Playhouse, according to the Really Useful website.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AM[SHARE]A 25th anniversary reading of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias will be presented Sept. 9 at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AM[SHARE]An industry reading of With Our Eyes Closed, a musical adaptation of Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney that is aiming for a New York bow, is presented Aug. 6 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Muny's seventh and final show of its 94th season, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's The King and I, plays the famed outdoor venue Aug. 6-12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Max von Essen, who plays Magaldi in the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita, steps into the role of Che for six performances, Aug. 6-11, while Grammy winner Rick…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Cape Playhouse production of Cole Porter's award-winning Kiss Me, Kate plays the Massachusetts venue Aug. 6-18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 5, 2012
Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, who will return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency in October with a brand-new program, will star in The Charing Cross Theatre's production of Jerry Her…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:42PM[SHARE]Singing actor Patrick Page, who was presented with Actors' Equity Foundation's annual Richard Seff Award June 12, departs Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Aug. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 4, 2012
Since its launch in January with two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, Playbill.com's THEIR FAVORITE THINGS has become our most popular feature series. Here is a look back at the more …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com's series features brief chats with actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning Broadway musical Fela!, which explores the life of Nigerian musician and political figure Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, ends its limited 32-performance run Aug. 4 at the Al Hirschfel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 3, 2012
When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PM[SHARE]The Broadway production of the hit Disney-Cameron Mackintosh musical Mary Poppins, which currently stars Steffanie Leigh as the high-flying nanny, becomes the 24th longest-running show in Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM[SHARE]Paul Nolan, who recently played the title role in the Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, stars as Radames in Starlight Theatre's production of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AM[SHARE]Original Cast Records released a cast recording of Chip Deffaa's musical comedy The Seven Little Foys, which was recently presented as part of the York Theatre Company's Developmenta…
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