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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Glenn Davis Is Acting in Purpose on Broadway While Running a Tony-Winning Theatre at the Same Time by Diep Tran

Besides playing a disgraced politician in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' family drama, Davis is also a head of Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PM[SHARE]

2025 Tony Awards Host Cynthia Erivo on Her Favorite Broadway Shows of the Season by Diep Tran

The Wicked star may be having her busiest year, but she's making sure to make time for theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Kip Williams Says The Picture of Dorian Gray Is a 'Love Letter to Theatre Making and to Filmmaking' by Diep Tran

The play is currently nominated for six Tony Awards, including for Williams' direction.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Eurydice, Starring Maya Hawke and Brian d'Arcy James, Gets Extended; Read the Reviews by Diep Tran

The show is currently running at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Watch: Will Aronson and Hue Park Revisit on Why They Cut a Singing Plant Number From Maybe Happy Ending by Diep Tran

The duo also take viewers to the New York University studio where they first began their collaboration.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM[SHARE]

Finn, Once Canceled by the Kennedy Center, Is Returning to Washington, D.C. for World Pride by Diep Tran

The two-night concert will be produced by Monumental Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Patti LuPone Apologizes to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald by Diep Tran

"For as long as I have worked in the theatre, I have spoken my mind and never apologized. That is changing today."

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM[SHARE]

Friday, May 30, 2025

Video: Nicole Scherzinger and Mandy Gonzalez Do a 'With One Look' Duet and More From Ham4Ham Concert by Diep Tran

Plus, performances from Gypsy's Joy Woods and Jordan Tyson and Operation Mincemeat.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:48PM[SHARE]

The Band of Buena Vista Social Club Never Thought They'd Be on Broadway. Now They Have a Special Tony by Diep Tran

Many of these musicians are from Cuba, the setting and source material for the Broadway musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PM[SHARE]

Over 500 Broadway Artists Release Open Letter Reprimanding Patti LuPone by Diep Tran

The letter also called the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League to disinvite LuPone from the Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Audra McDonald Responds to Patti LuPone's 'She's Not a Friend' Comment by Diep Tran

LuPone came under fire for making disparaging remarks about Tony winners McDonald and Kecia Lewis in a New Yorker article.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Photos: See Stranger Things' Maya Hawke and Brian d'Arcy James in Eurydice Off-Broadway by Diep Tran

The two are playing father and daughter in the Sarah Ruhl play currently running at Signature Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM[SHARE]

Broadway Community Decries Patti LuPone's Comments About Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald by Diep Tran

After LuPone's disparaging remarks, industry individuals like Viola Davis, Adrienne Warren, and more rallied around Lewis and McDonald.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM[SHARE]

How Does Tony Awards Voting Work? One Tony Voter Responds by Diep Tran

All your burning questions about the Tony voting process answered.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]

Friday, May 23, 2025

Video: Feel 'Wunderbar' in This Exclusive Clip From Kiss Me, Kate Starring Stephanie J. Block by Diep Tran

The London production starring the Broadway favorite will air on PBS May 30.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Ralph Fiennes: 2 Decades Ago, Broadway Had a Similarly Starry Season by Diep Tran

If you think this past Broadway season was celebrity filled, look back on 2005"2006.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PM[SHARE]

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale to Lead Art Revival on Broadway by Diep Tran

This will mark Tony winner Corden's first return to Broadway in 13 years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PM[SHARE]

Video: Jessica Hecht's Vaccine Monologue From Eureka Day That Earned Her a Tony Nomination by Diep Tran

Jonathan Spector's work is also nominated for Best Revival of a Play for bringing comedy, and humanity, to the vaccination debate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM[SHARE]

The Opening Number for Operation Mincemeat Took 6 Years to Write by Diep Tran

The creators and stars of the Broadway show break down how they constructed an opener that was fun, informative, character building, and not "boring."

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Former Kennedy Center President Responds to Trump Allegations of Mismanagement by Diep Tran

Deborah Rutter calls Trump's remarks "a malicious attempt to distort the facts."

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Go Inside an Industry Screening of the Tony-Nominated Play Yellow Face by Diep Tran

David Henry Hwang's play, starring Tony nominees Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue, is streaming now on PBS.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

How Kimberly Belflower Got Lorde to Sign Off on Using 'Green Light' in John Proctor is the Villain by Diep Tran

This writer from Appalachia didn't just make her Broadway debut this season, her play also nabbed seven Tony nominations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Monday, May 19, 2025

How One ACLU Lawyer Brought an Oh, Mary! Playbill to the Supreme Court by Diep Tran

When Chase Strangio had to make oral arguments in front of the highest court, he needed a good-luck charm.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM[SHARE]

The Outsiders, Spamalot, Back to the Future, More to Play the Kennedy Center by Diep Tran

Despite Trump's takeover and several show cancellations, the Washington, D.C. institution will continue to host several national tours.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AM[SHARE]

Friday, May 16, 2025

Video: Watch Tony Nominee Nicole Scherzinger Perform 'I Am What I Am' at Miscast 2025 by Diep Tran

MCC Theater held its annual gala April 7, where stars sing songs from shows they would not be cast in.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM[SHARE]

Kennedy Center Staff Vote to Unionize After Trump Takeover by Diep Tran

The union demanded "freedom from partisan interference in programming," among other stipulations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Good Night, and Good Luck to Be Telecast From Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre by Diep Tran

If you can't afford a ticket to the hit play, be sure to tune in to CNN.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:06PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

'People Have to Buy Tickets': Maybe Happy Ending Director Michael Arden on Fostering Original Musicals on Broadway by Diep Tran

The Tony-winning director on why he's keeping Parade at the Kennedy Center, and his voice cameo in Maybe Happy Ending.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM[SHARE]

Read the Reviews for The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse by Diep Tran

The new musical from Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley is running Off-Broadway at the Signature Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

To Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue, Yellow Face Broadway Success Is a Sign of How Far Asian Americans Have Come by Diep Tran

The play by David Henry Hwang, nominated for three Tony Awards, will be available to stream on PBS beginning May 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Meet the 2025 Tony Award Nominees in These Exclusive Portraits by Diep Tran

Playbill had a photo booth at the annual Meet the Nominees event, and we made the most of it.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM[SHARE]

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