Tuesday, May 13, 2014
TV and film star Fran Drescher, who joined the Broadway cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in February, has extended her run with the revival through June 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre Company, under the artistic direction of Todd Haimes, will present Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth and Golden Globe winner and Tony nominee Peter Gallagher in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PM[SHARE]Joan Plowright, a Tony Award winner for A Taste of Honey and the widow of Laurence Olivier, has retired from acting at age 84 due to her loss of eyesight, according to the U.K. Telegraph.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC comedy series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]"Theatreland," a documentary that goes behind the scenes of the West End productions of Waiting for Godot and Breakfast at Tiffany's, is released on DVD May 13 from Athena, an …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Grammy winner Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple, "American Idol"), who opened After Midnight Nov. 3, 2013, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, returns to the Tony Award-nominated…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 12, 2014
The National Asian Artists Project will present the classic Lionel Bart musical Oliver! as part of the company's Re-Discover Series June 5-7 at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PM[SHARE]The "Live from Gramercy Park" concert series, dedicated to presenting the best music and theatre stars alongside rising talent, will continue May 14 at The Players.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PM[SHARE]CBS has picked up "Madam Secretary," starring Tony Award winners Bebe Neuwirth and Patina Miller, and "The McCarthys," featuring Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf, according to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PM[SHARE]Eli Zoller and The O Pioneer Band will celebrate the release of their self-titled debut EP May 25 at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PM[SHARE]The Fox hit musical series "Glee" will join the network's primetime schedule in 2015, Fox Broadcasting Company chairman Kevin Reilly announced May 12 at its annual programming …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PM[SHARE]Holler If Ya Hear Me, the new Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur that will begin previews June 2, will celebrate Shakur's birthday by offering $43 tickets to the Jun…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PM[SHARE]NBC, which aired "The Sound of Music Live!" and will present the 1954 Broadway musical Peter Pan this December, is planning for a live production of The Music Man.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PM[SHARE]Tony Award-winning actress Faith Prince stars in 42nd Street Moon's Thou Swell! Thou Witty! – The Rodgers & Hart Salon, celebrating the American composer-lyricist team of Richa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Second Stage Theatre kicks off its 2014 Uptown Series with the New York premiere of American Hero, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Leigh Silverman, beginning May 12, prior to an officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Palace Theatre box office opens May 12 at 10 AM for tickets to Holler If Ya Hear Me, the new Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur that will begin previews June 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 11, 2014
In recognition of the 20-year anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, actor-writer Jay O. Sanders' play Unexplored Interior receives a reading May 11 — that s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Multi-platinum recording artist and actress Vanessa Williams, a Tony Award nominee for Into the Woods, plays her final performance as the special guest-star vocalist in the Tony-nominat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 10, 2014
The Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked returns to its original Australian home in Melbourne for a limited engagement before touring to Sydney and Brisbane in 2014. Performan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 9, 2014
ABC has picked up "Galavant," a musical comedy by composer Alan Menken (Aladdin) and lyricist Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), and "How to Get Away with Murder," starri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PM[SHARE]Teal Wicks, who has starred on Broadway in Wicked and Jekyll & Hyde, made her solo cabaret debut May 8 at the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM[SHARE]Tony, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick will receive The Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre at Goodspeed Musicals' Razzle Dazzle gala June 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM[SHARE]Idina Menzel, a 2014 Tony Award nominee for her performance as Elizabeth in Broadway's If/Then, recently visited the "Late Show with David Letterman" to perform "You Learn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, who will return to Broadway in the new Jez Butterworth play The River, has been treated for skin cancer for a second time, according to his Instagram account.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AM[SHARE]Playbill.com's new feature series Booking It asks leading industry members to share professional insights, need-to-know tips and essential tricks of the trade for up-and-coming and estab…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Patti Issues, the critically acclaimed solo show by actor, writer and Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower, plays Miami Beach May 9 at 8 PM at the Cabaret South Beach.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]It's A Love Story, an original musical by Dale Murphy — about finding oneself in high school — that is told through the music of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, plays May 9-1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 8, 2014
The 2013 Australian production of Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy, which starred Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones and was filmed for distribution, will arrive in cinemas in June. He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PM[SHARE]ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage announced ten of the productions of its 2014-15 fifth anniversary season, which will highlight "daring multi-disciplinary productions from around the glo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PM[SHARE]Ramin Karimloo, a 2014 Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner for his performance as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, performed "Bring Him Home" on Katie Cour…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PM[SHARE]Broadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — continued April 28 with the music of composer-lyricist Katie Thompson. Here are highlights fro…
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