Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The theatre district has a whole new look these days as marquees and promotional art go up for the spring season of new Broadway shows. Here's a walking tour!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PM[SHARE]The Chicago hit Airline Highway is scheduled to begin previews April 1 and open April 23 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Cast members greeted the press March 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM[SHARE]Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, who will re-team with Violet co-star Joshua Henry for this summer's City Center presentation of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Since its release earlier this month, everyone is abuzz about the new Netflix sitcom "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," starring Ellie Kemper. Even more exciting to theatre fans is that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PM[SHARE]Playwrights Horizons presents the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson's Placebo, about a female arousal drug, opening March 16. The cast features Tony nominee Carrie Coon (Wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PM[SHARE]Theatre favorite Sierra Boggess returns to Broadway tonight in the new musical It Shoulda Been You. Playbill.com takes a look at a few of her greatest stage roles so far.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2015
The new Broadway musical Something Rotten! arrives on Broadway March 23 at the St. James Theatre. The company came together today for their sitzprobe, the first time the score is performed …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PM[SHARE]The Fox musical series "Glee" comes to an end with this week's series finale, which is scheduled for March 20 at 8 PM ET. Here's a sneak peek at the two-hour episode.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PM[SHARE]The Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere of Posterity, a new play by Tony Award winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, Grey Gardens), opened March 15 following previews that began Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 14, 2015
Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, known for her show-stopping performances in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes, made her solo debut at Carnegie Hall with t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PM[SHARE]Friday, March 13, 2015
Ambassador André Schaller, Consul General of Switzerland in New York, hosted a breakfast in honor of Chita Rivera and Roger Rees, the stars of The Visit. The new musical is based on the pla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PM[SHARE]Roundabout's revival of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, will officially open March 15 at American Airlines Theatre. A star-studded audienc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2015
Roundabout's revival of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, will officially open March 15 at American Airlines Theatre. A star-studded audienc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31PM[SHARE]The box office at the Longacre Theatre, which will soon be home to Joe DiPietro’s Living on Love, is now open for business. The cast greeted the press with a March 12 photo op and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PM[SHARE]To mark the 50th Anniversary of the cinematic release of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," Playbill.com took readers on a tour of the filming of the classic movie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PM[SHARE]The Drury Lane Theatre production of the classic musical West Side Story plays the Illinois venue through March 22. Christina Nieves, who stars as Maria, takes us backstage!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The upcoming Broadway production of David Hare's Skylight, starring Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard — who will all re-create their acclaimed …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PM[SHARE]The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and animated Disney film, began performances at the Paper Mill Playhouse March 4. Michael Arden, Patrick …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PM[SHARE]Olivier Award-nominated actress Cush Jumbo, who co-starred with Hugh Jackman in the Broadway production of The River, brings her one-woman play Josephine and I to Joe's Pub a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PM[SHARE]Producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams present the Chicago premiere of the new Broadway-aimed musical First Wives Club, which officially opens March 11 at 7:30 PM f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PM[SHARE]Broadway Backwards, the gender-bending night where classic and contemporary Broadway songs are re-imagined for the LGBT community, returns for its tenth anniversary March 9 at the Al…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Clinton The Musical will begin previews at New World Stages March 25 prior to an official opening April 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM[SHARE]Broadway Backwards, the gender-bending night where classic and contemporary Broadway songs are re-imagined for the LGBT community, returns for its tenth anniversary March 9 at the Al…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PM[SHARE]Dan DeLuca, carrying the banner as Jack Kelly in the national tour of Newsies, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM[SHARE]Dan DeLuca, carrying the banner as Jack Kelly in the national tour of Newsies, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM[SHARE]Aaron Ramey (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked), Ashley Loren (Jekyll & Hyde) and Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera) will offer Let's Duet! a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PM[SHARE]The New Group celebrated Scott Elliott March 9 at the company's 20th anniversary gala, held at Tribeca Rooftop. Bobby Cannavale and Natasha Lyonne hosted.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2015
Darren Criss and cast members from the recent industry reading of 17 Again took in a performance of Honeymoon in Vegas last week. After the show, Criss along with director Adam Shankman and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PM[SHARE]Tony winner Jessie Mueller played her final performance in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, March 6. Canadian actress Chilina Kennedy, who made her Broadway debut as Mary Magdalene in th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2015
Peter Morgan's The Audience, which features Oscar winner Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in imagined meetings with each of her Prime Ministers, officially opened March 8 following pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33PM[SHARE]Vanessa Hudgens and AnnaSophia Robb paid a visit to the high-energy Broadway revival of On the Town this weekend. They met with the company after the show.
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