Monday, May 25, 2015
The cast of Ever After, a new musical adaptation of the Cinderella story, share their thoughts on a new, feminist approach to the popular fairy tale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 24, 2015
We've all been there: You sit down to watch a Broadway show. The lights go down and the curtain goes up... and the person next to you pulls out his/her phone. Or a candy. Or begins talki…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 20, 2015
The Lilly Awards, which honor accomplishments of women in theatre, will honor award-winning actress Chita Rivera and acclaimed Broadway producer Daryl Roth at their annual ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PM[SHARE]Hand to God star Geneva Carr shares how a single performance of one play inspired her to change her entire life and how Robert Askins picking her name out of a hat led to her sexually charge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2015
Taye Diggs, last seen on the New York stage in 2005's A Soldier's Play, will return to Broadway to star in the title role in the Tony-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2015
Brandon Uranowitz, a first-time Tony Award nominee for his performance in An American in Paris, shares how his father's love for the music of Gershwin has influenced his career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2015
Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed immersive production of Macbeth will be filmed by Martin Scorsese, the Daily Mail reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 14, 2015
Tony Award winner Christian Borle, currently starring as the rock-star writer William Shakespeare in the new musical Something Rotten!, shares the secret to his evolution from a student …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2015
In the latest installment of Playbill's new series focusing on women in theatre, Kelli O'Hara, Ruthie Ann Miles and Ashley Park, stars of the Lincoln Center Theater revival of The Ki…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 10, 2015
Michael Cerveris, who stars as the conflicted and closeted father Bruce in the new musical Fun Home, reflects on the production's politically charged message and how it might change peop…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2015
Mosaic Theater Company of D.C, a new theatre company headed by Ari Roth, has announced the lineup for its inaugural season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM[SHARE]Mosaic Theater Company of D.C, headed by Ari Roth, has announced the lineup for its inaugural season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2015
Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! will receive a new staging from Bard SummerScape in the round.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PM[SHARE]Alison Bechdel, author of the critically acclaimed graphic novel "Fun Home" that inspired the musical of the same name, will serve as one of the table hosts at the PEN American Cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PM[SHARE]Forever, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith that explores family and heritage, officially opens at at the New York Theatre Workshop May 4 following previews that began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 3, 2015
The first Broadway revival of Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles, which officially opened at the Music Box Theatre March 19 following…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 2, 2015
The Lion, Benjamin Scheuer's acclaimed autobiographical coming-of-age musical, begins performances at the Portland Center Stage in Oregon May 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 1, 2015
Dogfight, the musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan that follows three Marines the night before their deployment, gets its Australian premiere today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2015
Martha Plimpton, an actor and activist known for her star turns on Broadway as well has her devotion to reproductive rights, will host Broadway Acts for Women at 54 Below May 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Sarah Stiles, who received her first Tony Award nomination for her performance as shy teenager Jessica in Hand to God, shares how puppets (and puppet sex) have been a constant presence throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2015
For some of the 2015 Tony Award nominees, their Broadway bow marks the end of a long journey with their characters. While their performance may seem new and fresh every night, the characters…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM[SHARE]It must be a fun house at the Circle in the Square Theatre, currently home to Fun Home, the new musical that earned 12 Tony Award nominations April 28; and a divine blessing may have been se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 26, 2015
John Cameron Mitchell, the co-creator and original star of the Off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, gives his final performance in the Broadway revival of that Tony&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2015
Katori Hall's The Blood Quilt, about four sisters exploring their history and heritage, which received its first reading at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., begins performances April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM[SHARE]It's the most wonderful time of the year for New York theatre lovers — awards season! And one question everyone on or Off-Broadway is asking is who will host the 2015 Tony …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Boyd Gaines and Bryce Pinkham, the respective stars of the original 1989 Broadway production and the 2015 revival of The Heidi Chronicles, sit down to compare and contrast the experience of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Lisa Kron, who wrote the book and lyrics of the critically acclaimed musical Fun Home, will host the sixth annual Lilly Awards ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AM[SHARE]The first Broadway revival of Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles, which officially opened at the Music Box Theatre March 19 following…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AM[SHARE]Forever, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith that explores family and heritage, begins performances at the New York Theatre Workshop April 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The Twentieth-Century Way, a drama exploring homosexuality in 1914 Los Angeles, will be presented at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM[SHARE]A starry group of Broadway veterans will appear at the Prospect Theater Company's 2015 gala concert and reception May 16.
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