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Monday, May 13, 2024

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Tom Holland-Led West End Romeo & Juliet Begins May 13 by Logan Culwell-Block

Jamie Lloyd is directing the new revival of the classic Shakespeare tragedy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM[SHARE]

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! Completes Extended Off-Broadway Run May 12; Broadway's Next by Logan Culwell-Block

Escola stars opposite Conrad Ricamora, and both will transfer with the campy comedy to Broadway's Lyceum in June.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM[SHARE]

Gods and Monsters Opens World Premiere Chicago Run May 12 by Logan Culwell-Block

Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen bring a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale's life to the stage that puts more focus on race.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM[SHARE]

Friday, May 10, 2024

Matthew LÃ³pez to Pen Screen Sequel to Red, White & Royal Blue by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-winning playwright is working on a follow-up to the queer rom-com for Amazon.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM[SHARE]

Marvin Hamlisch: Love Is Never Gone Gets Staged Reading May 10 by Logan Culwell-Block

James Horan conceived and developed the work, described as "a musical biography."

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]

Karen Akers Sets Birdland Jazz Return by Logan Culwell-Block

The Nine and Grand Hotel original cast member will offer an encore performance of her cabaret evening Water Under the Bridge.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]

Watch: Tony Nominees Eden Espinosa and Amber Iman Sing 'Speed' From Lempicka by Logan Culwell-Block

The new musical is running at Broadway's Longacre Theatre through May 19.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 9, 2024

The Outsiders, The Who's Tommy, More to Give Special Benefit Performances for the Entertainment Community Fund by Logan Culwell-Block

The special performances are part of the Fund's Producer's Picks benefit performance program.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM[SHARE]

Nathan Lane to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2024 Drama Desk Awards by Logan Culwell-Block

Outgoing Lincoln Center Theater Artistic Director André Bishop will also receive the inaugural William Wolf Award.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PM[SHARE]

Ramin Karimloo, Anoushka Lucas Will Lead World Premiere Elvis Costello Musical A Face in the Crowd by Logan Culwell-Block

Featuring a book by Sarah Ruhl, the stage adaptation of the 1957 film will play London's Young Vic Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]

Listen: Ann Kittredge Sings Never-Before-Recorded Ahrens and Flaherty Trunk Song 'Garden' by Logan Culwell-Block

The track is on Kittredge's recently released album, Romantic Notions.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM[SHARE]

Your Final Jeopardy! Masters Category Is... The Theater by Logan Culwell-Block

Make your final bids, and see if you know the question that goes with this theatrical answer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]

Margo Martindale, Jay Armstrong Johnson, More Will Lead Industry Reading of The Cannibals of McGower County by Logan Culwell-Block

Written by Drew Larimore, the play follows a couple who make their living reselling items purloined from abandoned restaurants.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]

Music Theatre International Releases Elephant & Piggie's 'We Are in a Play!' JR. for Licensing by Logan Culwell-Block

The popular children's book series by Mo Willems has officially come to the stage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:06AM[SHARE]

Gods and Monsters Begins World Premiere Chicago Run May 9 by Logan Culwell-Block

Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen bring a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale's life to the stage that puts more focus on race.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM[SHARE]

London-Bound English Begins at Royal Shakespeare Company May 9 by Logan Culwell-Block

Diyan Zora is directing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Sam Morrison Solo Play Sugar Daddy Will Get West Coast Premiere Ahead of a 2025 Broadway Bow by Logan Culwell-Block

Directed by Stephen Brackett, the work premiered at Edinburgh Festival Fringe before playing Off-Broadway in 2023.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM[SHARE]

Watch: Lindsay Mendez, Daniel Radcliffe, and Jonathan Groff Are 'Opening Doors' in Merrily We Roll Along by Logan Culwell-Block

The 2024 Tony nominees lead the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical's Tony-nominated revival at the Hudson Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM[SHARE]

'Less Than None': Cole Escola Reveals How Much Lincoln Research They Did for Broadway-Bound Oh, Mary! by Logan Culwell-Block

The writer-actor dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers to talk about bringing their Off-Broadway cult hit to the Main Stem.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM[SHARE]

Heather Headley, Lebo M., North West Join Upcoming Hollywood Bowl The Lion King Live-to-Film Concert by Logan Culwell-Block

Nathan Lane, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Eichner, and more will celebrate the animated film's 30th anniversary while also spotlighting its long-running stage musical adaptation.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Even With Comped Performances, Cabaret Is Dominating at the Box Office by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-nominated revival was the second highest-grossing show on the boards last week in the first post-Tony nominations box-office data.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM[SHARE]

A Final Encore for Elevator Repair Service's Gatz, James Ijames' Good Bones, More in Public Theater's 2024-2025 Season by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway company will reopen its Free Shakespeare in the Park season with a new staging of Twelfth Night in 2025.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PM[SHARE]

Billy Porter Will Receive the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award by Logan Culwell-Block

The stage and screen star is being recognized for his work with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and Entertainment Community Fund.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM[SHARE]

Schmigadoon! Stage Adaptation Will Make World Premiere at Kennedy Center by Logan Culwell-Block

The Emmy-winning, musical theatre-centric series was dropped by Apple TV+ after two seasons.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]

David Oyelowo Sets National Theatre Debut in Lyndsey Turner-Helmed Coriolanus by Logan Culwell-Block

The Shakespeare tragedy is one of several newly announced productions headed for the London theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM[SHARE]

5 Mike Birbiglia Plays Join Concord Theatricals Catalogue by Logan Culwell-Block

The company will license The Old Man and the Pool, The New One, Sleepwalk With Me, and more via its Samuel French imprint.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM[SHARE]

Maia Novi's Invasive Species Returns Off-Broadway Beginning May 7 by Logan Culwell-Block

Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Breslin is back to direct the limited run after staging the 2023 world premiere at The Tank.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM[SHARE]

Original Cast of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Reunite for Gala Reading May 7 by Logan Culwell-Block

Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Shalita Grant, and Genevieve Angelson are all performing at the Lincoln Center Theater gala.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM[SHARE]

Monday, May 6, 2024

Eboni Booth's Primary Trust Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by Logan Culwell-Block

Finalists included Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich's Here There Are Blueberries and Shayok Misha Chowdhury's Public Obscenities.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PM[SHARE]

New Works From Amber Ruffin, Margaret Cho, Grace McLean, More in New York Stage and Film 2024 Season by Logan Culwell-Block

Justin Guarini, Jessica Hecht, Taylor Iman Jones, and Jay Armstrong Johnson are among the roster of Broadway favorites helping to develop new works at the annual summer series.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM[SHARE]