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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Matthew Lombardo's Conversations With Mother Joins Dramatists Play Service Licensing Catalogue by Logan Culwell-Block

Caroline Aaron and Matt Doyle led the work's Off-Broadway premiere earlier this year.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]

Celia Keenan-Bolger Will Receive the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-winning actor is being recognized for her extensive advocacy work for marriage equality, President Obama, and more.

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Cole Escola's Next Mountain to Climb Is Playing Hetero by Logan Culwell-Block

Watch the Oh, Mary! writer and star give The Late Show With Stephen Colbert their best butch queen.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]

Fade In on an Album: Broadway's Smash Is Getting a Cast Recording by Logan Culwell-Block

The new musical comedy, based on the NBC series, opened April 10 at the Imperial Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM[SHARE]

New Musicals From Tyler Joseph Ellis, Daniel Mertzlufft, More Will Be Featured in Open Jar's Broadway Shark Tank by Logan Culwell-Block

Tom Smedes, Michael Coco, and Bruce Robert Harris will be the Broadway "sharks" at the event, which is open to the public.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM[SHARE]

Monday, April 28, 2025

See the Choreography, Wigs, and Olympic Gymnastics It Takes to Push Megan Hilty Down the Stairs in Death Becomes Her by Logan Culwell-Block

A new video showcases one of the musical's most hilarious moments.

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Mark O'Rowe's Reunion to Play London's Kiln Theatre by Logan Culwell-Block

Much of the original cast from the earlier Irish staging will reprise their performances.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM[SHARE]

Tony Admin Committee Reveals Final Rulings of 2024-2025 Season; Floyd Collins, The Last Five Years Are Revivals by Logan Culwell-Block

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends stars Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will be eligible in the Featured Actress categories.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM[SHARE]

Judd Hirsch Will Reprise Tony-Winning Role in I'm Not Rappaport at Shadowland Stages by Logan Culwell-Block

The Hudson Valley company is also giving a New York premiere to a new work from Almost, Maine playwright and actor John Cariani.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PM[SHARE]

Watch: Jonathan Groff Joins His Just in Time Co-Star Gracie Lawrence for an Acoustic 'My First Real Love' by Logan Culwell-Block

The song was the first collaboration between Connie Francis and Bobby Darin, Lawrence and Groff's characters in the new musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM[SHARE]

Today in Theatre History: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Finally Got Its Broadway Run April 28, 2005 by Logan Culwell-Block

Twenty years ago, the movie musical got a stage adaptation starring RaÃºl Esparza, Erin Dilly, and Marc Kudisch.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM[SHARE]

Watch: Robyn Hurder and the Broadway Cast of Smash Perform 'Let Me Be Your Star' on Today by Logan Culwell-Block

The new musical comedy, based on the NBC series, opened April 10 at the Imperial Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM[SHARE]

Listen: Operation Mincemeat Stars Natasha Hodgson and Jak Malone Infiltrate The Playbill Podcast by Logan Culwell-Block

Find out how this little-musical-that-could became an unlikely Olivier-winning hit and crossed the pond to Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Radiohead-Infused Hamlet Hail to the Thief Makes World Premiere in U.K. April 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

Thom Yorke has joined forces with co-directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones on the new production for Royal Shakespeare Company and Factory International.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM[SHARE]

Drag: The Musical Plays Final Performance April 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

Drag Race star Alaska, Adam Pascal, and Nick Adams lead the Off-Broadway musical at New World Stages.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM[SHARE]

Friday, April 25, 2025

Death Becomes Her Leads 2025 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations; Read the Full List by Logan Culwell-Block

The new musical is nominated for 12 honors, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Today in Theatre History: Big River Brought Huckleberry Finn to Broadway on April 25, 1985 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Roger Miller-William Hauptman musical is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Broadway's Good Night, and Good Luck Will Be Licensed by Concord Theatricals by Logan Culwell-Block

Co-written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov from the 2005 film, the work opened its Broadway premiere April 3 at the Winter Garden.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM[SHARE]

Ali Ewoldt Will Lead Barrington Stage Company's Camelot by Logan Culwell-Block

The Massachusetts company has begun to reveal casting for its upcoming summer season.

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Watch: Cole Escola Is Coming for Nicole Scherzinger's Bullhorn by Logan Culwell-Block

The Oh, Mary! writer and star posted their own impromptu performance after the Sunset Blvd. actress dazzled the audience following a technical mishap.

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