Friday, January 6, 2012
The U.K. trade paper The Stage has named Britain's National Theatre as Producer of the Year, and also honored the Bush Theatre (London Theatre of the Year), Chichester Festival Theatre (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM[SHARE]News, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tony winner Hugh Jackman, who will return to Broadway during the 2013-14 season in the new musical Houdini, had a triumphant final week in his one-man show Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway, whi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PM[SHARE]The Mabel Mercer Foundation will present a free concert saluting the late cabaret singer Mabel Mercer next month at the National Arts Club in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PM[SHARE]Complete casting and creative team have been announced for the Guthrie Theater's upcoming production of Conor McPherson's The Birds, which will begin performances in the Dowling Stud…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PM[SHARE]"Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony," which was filmed in November 2011 in Toronto, will make its television debut on Chicago’s PBS affiliate WTTW Jan. 9 at 9 PM CST…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Following the success of her October and December classes, three-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn, who was most recently on Broadway as Fantine in the revival of Les Misérables, will again…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM[SHARE]Cortes Alexander, who was seen in Broadway's Liza’s at the Palace, will offer The Swell Show Jan. 10 and 17 at The Coterie’s home at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AM[SHARE]Broadway Live! 2, an evening of musical theatre songs performed by Broadway talent, will be presented Jan. 20-22 at Hofstra University's Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AM[SHARE]Julie Halston, who will soon join the cast of Roundabout’s Anything Goes, will host the second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) benefit, which will be hel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AM[SHARE]Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) will return to the New York stage in the premiere of My Tawny Valentine, which begins a limited run Feb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AM[SHARE]Bridesburg, a new play by Victor Kaufold and presented by Miscreant Theatre, begins performances Jan. 5 at Off-Broadway's Gene Frankel Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Mexican stage and screen sensation Bianca Marroquin will return to the role of Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Chicago beginning Jan. 16 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PM[SHARE]Relatively Speaking, which features one-act comedies by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, will play its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre Jan. 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PM[SHARE]Amanda Seyfried, who starred in the film version of Mamma Mia!, is in final negotiations to play Cosette in the film version of Les Misérables for Universal Pictures and Working Title…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM[SHARE]Jonathan Groff, who will return to the Fox hit "Glee" this season, will also be seen on CBS' "The Good Wife" later this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM[SHARE]Playbill.com has learned that the Tony Awards Administration Committee will assemble for the second time during the 2011-2012 season the afternoon of Feb. 9, according to a Tony Awards spoke…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AM[SHARE]Theatreworks USA, the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, will present its 50th Anniversary Celebration gala Feb. 12 at NYU Skirball Center for the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the George Street Playhouse's upcoming production of the Tony-winning John Logan play Red, which will begin performances at the New Jersey venue Jan. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AM[SHARE]For the week ending Jan. 1, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark grossed $2,941,790.20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM[SHARE]A new DVD featuring rare interview footage with Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige, who is currently starring in the Broadway revival of Follies, will be released later this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]Broadway's longest-running production, The Phantom of the Opera, will offer a special performance next month to benefit the Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM[SHARE]The lineup for the Jan. 5 performance of Scott Siegel's Broadway Hootenanny, the concert series that is now playing an open-ended run Thursday evenings at 11 PM at Feinstein's at Loe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of War Horse was the fifth highest-grossing film of the holiday weekend, taking in $14,395,000 at the box office, according to boxofficemojo.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PM[SHARE]Josh Young, who will play Judas in the upcoming Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, has released his debut solo recording.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM[SHARE]Playbill.com's new series features brief chats with Broadway actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PM[SHARE]Naked Boys Singing!, the 15-song celebration of the male form, will play its final performance Off-Broadway at New World Stages Jan. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]Ghetto Klown, the solo show conceived by and starring Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo that played its final performance at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre in July 2011, will play a brief enga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the limited engagement of Jon Kakaley's A Hole in His Heart, which will run Jan. 20-28 at Atlantic Stage 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM[SHARE]A reading of Twilight: The Musical, which parodies the "Twilight" books and films, will be presented Jan. 16 at 8 PM at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM[SHARE]When Daniel Radcliffe played his final performance in the Tony-nominated revival of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying Jan. 1, it was the end of a record-breaking week for the …
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