Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Stage and screen star Stanley Tucci is the latest actor to join the cast of Disney's live-action movie musical Beauty and the Beast, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The Dramatists Guild of America, the national association of playwrights, composers and lyricists, announced April 21 that Guild president Stephen Schwartz is stepping down after six years i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PM[SHARE]The film adaptation of the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical Lucky Stiff, featuring Tony winners Jason Alexander, Nikki M. James and the late Dennis Farina, will be released in New Yo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]Alysha Umphress, acclaimed for her performance as Hildy in On the Town, and her co-star Jay Armstrong Johnson (as Chip) took to the "Today" show April 20 to perform "I Can…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AM[SHARE]Before Darren Criss rocks out in Hedwig's high heels, he channels his inner child in Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's "Middle of a Moment" from their musical James and the Gian…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 20, 2015
Songwriter and performer Tim Realbuto (Ghostlight) will present his new play Yes, as part of the 12th Annual Emerging Artists Theatre New Work series, June 2 at 7 PM at the TADA! Theatre in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PM[SHARE]Taylor Louderman (Bring It On, Peter Pan Live!) and Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, Wicked, Peter Pan Live!) will join two-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesus in #TheStruggleIsReal, his new…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PM[SHARE]Madonna, who attended the April 18 evening performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Hamilton, was not invited backstage following the performance due to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM[SHARE]Tony Award-nominated songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek and playwright Timothy Allen McDonald will release the ultimate cast recording for Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2015
The cult classic musical Reefer Madness will be presented in concert, starring a slew of original cast members from the stage production and the film, April 19 at 11:30 PM and April 20 at 7 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 18, 2015
First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama took a trip to The Public Theater this afternoon to see the April 18 matinee performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed musical Hami…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PM[SHARE]Second Stage Theatre, the not-for-profit Off-Broadway company founded in 1979 by director Carole Rothman and actress Robyn Goodman, has purchased Broadway's Helen Ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:31AM[SHARE]Green Day, the band whose music inspired the Broadway musical American Idiot, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller and Chicago's "Broadway Moms," Leslie Stifelman and Melissa Rae Mahon, are among the lineup for Take the Stage With Broadway Stars, scheduled f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 17, 2015
The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Kinky Boots, now in its third year on Broadway, has gotten even sexier — with a new advertisement campaign and television spot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM[SHARE]Russell Brand ("Rock of Ages") and Denis O'Hare (Into the Woods) are among the actors who will join Nicolas Cage in the comedy film "Army Of One," according to Deadli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PM[SHARE]Tony Award-winning Beautiful star Jessie Mueller will star in American Repertory Theater's world-premiere production of Sara Bareilles' musical Waitress sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PM[SHARE]Darren Criss will step into the high heels of glam rocker Hedwig in the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. We ask the show's next star eight burning question…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2015
Elsa strikes again! During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on U.S. trade policy April 16, things came to a halt when United States Senator Pat Roberts' cell phone went off.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PM[SHARE]In honor of the 40th anniversary of the opening of A Chorus Line Off-Broadway at The Public Theater — where the critically acclaimed production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PM[SHARE]Cuckold, a short play written by "Smash" and Broadway actor Wesley Taylor, will premiere this summer at the Manhattan Repertory Theater 2015 One Act Competition.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AM[SHARE]TUTS Underground, Theatre Under The Stars' alternative and contemporary series, has announced its 2015-16 season, which will run in Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]54 Sings The Beatles will be held April 21 at 54 Below. In anticipation of the concert, members of the cast pick their favorite Beatles songs as part of this week's Playbill Playlist.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Lori Alan (Reefer Madness original L.A. production), Andrew Aaron Berlin (A Christmas Story), Saum Eskandani (Disaster!), Lauren Molina (The Skivvies, Rock of Ages), Heather Parcell…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PM[SHARE]Musical theatre songwriter Michael Finke will return to 54 Below May 1 for a concert of his new work. Tony Award nominee Josh Young is among the evening's lineup of rising stars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]Jacob Langfelder will present Broadway the Hardway's Spring Break Festival, featuring Sky-Pony (led by Tony nominee Lauren Worsham) with special guest Grace McLean and The Deafening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM[SHARE]Songwriters Sam Carner and Derek Gregor (Off-Broadway's Unlock'd) have released their new single "Advice to a Young Firefly," featuring "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM[SHARE]In the New York Spring Spectacular, which opened March 26 at Radio City Music Hall, Laura Benanti plays a character who wants to turn New York City into a "virtual reality wonderland.&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PM[SHARE]Finding Neverland, the new Broadway musical that tells the tale of how Peter became Pan — starring Matthew Morrison as famed author J.M. Barrie — officially opens April 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Duets with The Write Teacher(s) will be held May 2 at 54 Below. Broadway actors from Newsies, Side Show and Jersey Boys will duet with Broadway hopefuls.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller and Chicago's "Broadway Moms," Leslie Stifelman and Melissa Rae Mahon, are among the lineup for Take the Stage With Broadway Stars, which will …
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