Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Theatre For a New Audience, the company dedicated to presenting Shakespeare and classic American drama, has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM[SHARE]Celebrity chef Rick Bayless stars in a return engagement of the culinary and theatrical experience Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner – Daring – Desire beginning July 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 29, 2014
With a deadline of July 31 approaching, negotiations between union officials and the Metropolitan Opera continue with little hope of resolution, according to the Wall Street Journal.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM[SHARE]Hamlet, featuring stage and screen star Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, has announced the sale of low-priced tickets for each of its performances, according to the production's w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AM[SHARE]Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, which made its world premiere at the Old Globe in 1986, has extended its run through Aug. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM[SHARE]The Geffen Playhouse continues its ongoing presentations of works by Neil LaBute with the dark comedy Reasons to Be Pretty, which begins performances July 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2014
Complete casting has been announced for the world premiere of Morris Panych's The Shoplifters, a satirical comedy about class and privilege in society at Arena Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM[SHARE]Political dramas, two one-act operas from Carlisle Floyd and music by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen will be featured in the fall 2014 season at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM[SHARE]President Barack Obama presents the National Medals of Arts July 28 at 3 PM ET in an East Room ceremony at the White House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM[SHARE]Playwrights Realm has announced complete casting for the world premiere of My Mañana Comes, a new play by Elizabeth Irwin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PM[SHARE]"La Mama Earth," the 53rd season presented by the historic downtown theatre complex, will feature productions reflecting on climate change and worldwide global issues.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM[SHARE]Blanche Marvin, a producer, playwright, actress and critic, claims she was the inspiration for the character of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, the T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AM[SHARE]Phoenix, Scott Organ's dark comedy about a one-night stand that stars Julia Stiles and James Wirt, begins performances July 28 at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 27, 2014
The Great Society, the next play in Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan's works exploring the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, opens July 27 in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 25, 2014
Executive director Lou Moore has departed the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Times reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM[SHARE]Quartet, a comedy by Academy Award winner Ronald Harwood, begins performances at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre July 25 prior to an official opening July 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sundance Theatre Lab participants Dominique Morisseau, Annie Baker and Sheila Callaghan open up to Playbill.com about the roles women are playing in the theatre — both onstage and off.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 24, 2014
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, a company dedicated to presenting rarely-produced plays, has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM[SHARE]Lena Hall recently took home a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (she keeps it on her fireplace mantle) for her turn as the gender-bending Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PM[SHARE]Labyrinth Theater Company, the downtown company dedicated to presenting daring works of theatre that expand the boundaries of mainstream productions, has announced its 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PM[SHARE]"Frozen" star Kristen Bell picked up Julie Andrews' magic umbrella from "Mary Poppins" to advocate for a raise in the minimum wage in a video for Funny or Die.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PM[SHARE]Shakespeare in Love, a stage version of the hit film of the same name that playwright Lee Hall has adapted from Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screenplay, opened July 23 at the West End&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM[SHARE]The Old Globe Theatre will conclude its 2014 summer season with William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, which begins performances Aug. 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
President Barack Obama will present the National Medals of Arts July 28 at 3 PM ET in an East Room ceremony at the White House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:15PM[SHARE]The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, which celebrates Off-Off-Broadway, has announced the nominees for its annual awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PM[SHARE]Mike Bencivenga's new play Billy & Ray, a comedy about the birth of film noir, will make its New York debut at the Vineyard Theatre directed by Hollywood veteran Gary Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM[SHARE]Mike Bencivenga's new play Billy & Ray, a comedy about the birth of film noir, will make its New York debut at the Vineyard Theatre directed by Hollywood veteran Gary Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM[SHARE]Mike Bencivenga's new play Billy & Ray, a comedy about the birth of film noir, will make its New York debut at the Vineyard Theatre directed by Hollywood veteran Garry Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM[SHARE]The Signature Theatre's upcoming production of The Wayside Motor Inn, the drama by prolific playwright A.R. Gurney that will begin performances Off-Broadway Aug. 12 prior to an official …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AM[SHARE]Amy Ryan will co-star with Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's untitled Cold War spy thriller, Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2014
Phoenix, Scott Organ's dark comedy about a one-night stand that will star Julia Stiles and James Wirt, will sell a limited number of $20 tickets to every performance.
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