Friday, October 9, 2015
The phrase "right hand man," from the song of the same name that introduces General George Washington to the stage in the hit musical Hamilton, could easily be utilized offstage to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Tori Amos joined forces with British playwright Samuel Adamson to write a contemporary adaptation of the Scottish fairytale The Light Princess, which played L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The new school year is bringing big changes for Gabriella Pizzolo. The young actress, who has been understudying the three child roles in the Tony-winning musical Fun Home, steps into th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 4, 2015
Sydney Lucas, the Tony-nominated young star of the acclaimed musical Fun Home, exits the production Oct. 4 after spending three years in the role of Small Alison. She looks back on her t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 1, 2015
Moises Kaufman's first play, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, will receive a star-studded benefit reading Oct. 5 to support the Tectonic Theater Project and the Inte…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 29, 2015
"I don't mean to be cocky, but I could probably step into Hamilton this weekend," Kathy Griffin said solemnly. "I wish I could have played the lead in On the Twentieth Cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 26, 2015
Playbill.com offers a guide of how to prepare for and make the most of the 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 24, 2015
Kelly Reilly's first encounter with acclaimed playwright Harold Pinter could have been mistaken for a scene out of one of his plays. And for Reilly, who is making her Broadway debut in t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2015
At first glance, the multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris can seemingly do anything. He's starred in comedies and dramas (nine years as Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM[SHARE]Friday, September 18, 2015
"Let's do lunch" is a powerful statement for Barbara Zinn Krieger, the multi-talented woman running New York City Children's Theatre. Over the course of her career, whi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Catherine Johnson' international hit musical Mamma Mia! played its 5,773rd and final Broadway performance at the Broadhurst Theatre Sept. 12. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]After 14 years on Broadway, Mamma Mia!, the romantic comedy featuring the works of ABBA, sailed off into the sunset Sept. 12. After an emotional final performance at the Broadhurst Theatre, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Sienna Miller, who recently starred on Broadway as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, declined to return to the stage because her male co-star was scheduled to receive a much larger salary than sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM[SHARE]The Broadway bow of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love is a first: the play's first Main Stem opening and the first time its co-stars have paired on Broadway, among others. But the play…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 14, 2015
"A Journey in Faith," a show of prayer and devotional music will be presented as part of Pope Pope Francis' Mass at Madison Square Garden Sept. 25, according to the New York Ti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PM[SHARE]Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, the Tony-winning duo behind the acclaimed musical Fun Home, will be featured in The Drama League's Up Close series Oct. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM[SHARE]Sondheim on Sondheim, the musical exploration of the life of award-winning composer Stephen Sondheim, will be presented by International City Theatre in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM[SHARE]Mamie Gummer needs to apply a lot of makeup before stepping onstage to star in Ugly Lies the Bone, Lindsey Ferrentino's play about a war veteran struggling to adjust to civilian life. Bu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2015
As Arnie Burton approaches his 1,000th performance in 39 Steps and prepares to depart the show, he reflects on his years with the Hitchcock-inspired comedy, playing more than 100 differe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2015
More than 50 of the Washington, D.C. region's professional theatres are joining together to present world premiere productions of works by women. The artistic directors of the originatin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 4, 2015
There's no family rivalry in the Cooper household over who does the dishes or who's won a Tony Award. Playbill.com sits down with the multi-talented quartet to discuss their live…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 3, 2015
Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who star as the pivotal women in Alexander Hamilton's life in Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton, discuss la…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Mack & Mabel is a musical known for its brief run on Broadway more than 30 years ago, so what drove "Sweet Valley High" author Francine Pascal to rewrite the book for a run in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 29, 2015
Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the actor who made history July 23 when he went on as Jean Valjean in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables at just 21 years old, died Aug. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PM[SHARE]Members of the Broadway community have expressed support for theatres to dim their lights in memory of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the actor who died Aug. 29 after making history July 23 when he…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
Filming appears to have wrapped Disney's live-action movie musical Beauty and the Beast, which is scheduled for release March 17, 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The Lion, Benjamin Scheuer's acclaimed autobiographical coming-of-age musical, begins a country-wide tour Aug. 26 at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PM[SHARE]Monday, August 24, 2015
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will embark on a tour performing his new concert series Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:15PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 22, 2015
While in rehearsals for the Broadway debut of the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening, Krysta Rodriguez is also going through treatments for breast cancer. She opens up to Playbill abou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 21, 2015
"Grandma," the road trip comedy film starring Lily Tomlin, arrives in cinemas from Sony Pictures Classics Aug. 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2015
Playbill.com sits down with newly elected President of Actors' Equity, and the youngest member to ever hold the position, Kate Shindle. She shares her journey from the beauty pageant sta…
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