Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The star-studded Broadway production of Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's comedy It's Only A Play has taken in $5.5 million in sales prior to its Aug. 28 start date, accordin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM[SHARE]Women's Project Theater announced July 23 that Lisa McNulty has been appointed the Off-Broadway theatre company's new producing artistic director. She succeeds Julie Crosby.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PM[SHARE]The 18th annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) will present No One Asked Me, a new play by Kate Ballen inspired by the true stories of undocumented immigrant NYC students…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM[SHARE]Playwrights Horizons will present the New York premiere of Bootycandy, a new play written and directed by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara, beginning Aug. 22, prior to an official opening…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PM[SHARE]World Middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin and announcer Michael Buffer make their Broadway debuts July 23 at the 8 PM performance of Rocky at the Winter Garden Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM[SHARE]"Glee" star Naya Rivera, who called off her engagement to rapper Big Sean in April, tied the knot with longtime friend Ryan Dorsey July 19 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, according to P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM[SHARE]A Jaguar Land Rover spot, featuring actor Tom Hiddleston quoting Richard II, has been banned by the U.K. advertising watchdog for encouraging irresponsible driving, according to the Hollywoo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM[SHARE]The Oscar-winning movie "Frozen" — Disney's 3-D animated film that features the voices of Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, Tony nominee Jonathan Groff and stage and screen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AM[SHARE]The Barrymore Theatre box office opens July 23 for tickets to the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the acclaimed new play by Simon Stephens t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The 92nd Street Y has announced its fall 2014 programming of talks, classes, performances and more. Highlights include talkbacks with the "Midtown Men" of Jersey Boys and John Doyl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PM[SHARE]BoHo Theatre has announced its lineup for its 11th season, which will include the Chicago premiere of the Benj Pasek and Justin Paul-scored musical Dogfight, Adam Gwon's Ordinary Da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PM[SHARE]Richard LaGravenese's big-screen adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, starring Tony Award nominees Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick, will premiere at the 2014 Toron…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM[SHARE]Lindsay Mendez, who starred as Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked, and music director and jazz pianist Marco Paguia will play NYC's Birdland July 28. The jazz duo will cover Sara Bareilles…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM[SHARE]Samuel Pergande and Jillian Mueller will star as Johnny Castle and Frances "Baby" Houseman, respectively, in the North American tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM[SHARE]Adam Monley, who performs the roles of the Bishop of Digne and Combeferre in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, steps into the part of Javert July 22-Aug. 10. British actor Earl …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Priscilla Lopez, who earned a Tony Award for her performance in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine and also created the role of Diana Morales in the original Broadway production …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2014
The cast of the North American tour of The Lion King performed July 18 for First Lady Michelle Obama and guests at a "Kids' State Dinner" at the White House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM[SHARE]Pine Hill Production Company LLC and The Show Goes On Productions,
in association with The 15th Annual Midtown International Theater Festival, present the new rock 'n' roll mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PM[SHARE]Ariana DeBose, a cast member in Broadway's Pippin, will return to 54 Below Aug. 15 with her original solo show Typed Out.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre Company announced July 21 that Oscar nominee Michelle Williams has extended her run as Sally Bowles opposite Tony winner Alan Cumming as the Emcee in Broadway's Cabare…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM[SHARE]Albuquerque Little Theatre will present Broadway Babes, featuring a trio of Broadway actresses, July 27 in New Mexico.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM[SHARE]Britain's High Court ruled July 18 that the Fox hit musical series "Glee" must change its name because it breaches the trademark of a chain of comedy clubs, according to the As…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AM[SHARE]Bryce Pinkham, a 2014 Tony Award nominee for his performance in Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, is the go-to Broadway badass and enjoys taking a stab at the challenge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]New York City readings for the Broadway-bound musical On Your Feet, a new show inspired by the music made famous by Grammy Award winner Gloria Estefan and her husband, musician-producer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tamika Lawrence, who plays Elena in the new Broadway musical If/Then, makes her New York City solo concert debut July 21 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Piece of My Heart, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns, opens Off-Broadway July 21 at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 20, 2014
The Tupac Shakur-scored musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, a non-biographical new work directed by 2014 Tony Award winner Kenny Leon about hope, friendship and life on the city streets, ends its …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Annie Potts ("Designing Women," God of Carnage), who joined the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin as Berthe in January, takes her fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 18, 2014
The New York Musical Theatre Festival's extended engagement of Mother Jones and the Children's Crusade, a new musical inspired by the true story of the trailblazing labor organi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM[SHARE]Actor Wesley Taylor, who created and stars in the comedy series "It Could Be Worse," will offer master classes in Texas for performers interested in musical theatre July 29-30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AM[SHARE]The mother of late "Glee" star Cory Monteith, who died one year ago, July 13, 2013, at the age of 31, has spoken out for the first time since her son's death.
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