Monday, September 17, 2012
Playwright Clarence Coo will be presented with the Yale Drama Series Award Sept. 18 at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater. He receives $10,000 and a reading of his work, Beautif…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PM[SHARE]Nikki Blonsky, who starred as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film of the Tony-winning musical "Hairspray," will play a recurring role on the second season of the NBC musical drama &quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM[SHARE]NBC will develop a single-camera comedy based on Leslye Headland's Assistance, which was given its New York City premiere earlier this year at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM[SHARE]Roger Rifkin, Christopher Ryan and Lauren Elaine Taylor will star in the Musicals Tonight production of Red, Hot and Blue — the 1930s musical featuring a score by C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM[SHARE]The hit musical series "Glee" kicked off Sept. 13 with "The New Rachel," in which New Directions members competed for lead vocals in the glee club while Rachel Berry (Lea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM[SHARE]The Fox medical drama "The Mob Doctor," which features a cast that includes Tony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey, premieres Sept. 17 on Fox.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tituss Burgess, Chester Gregory II, Morgan James, Saycon Sengbloh and Alysha Umphress are among the performers taking part in Broadway Sings Michael Jackson, featuring new arrangements of ic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Rockers Anonymous returns to the Underground Lounge Sept. 17 for its sixth installment, Back to the BaSIX, which features rock and pop talent from the musical theatre scene performing r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 16, 2012
The groundbreaking Showtime series "Weeds," which casts Tony winner Mary-Louise Parker as a drug-dealing suburban mom, concludes Sept. 16 following an eight-season run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Theatre at the Center's staging of the Tony Award-winning musical 42nd Street, the company's biggest production to date, officially opens Sept. 16, following previews that began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 15, 2012
The Development Wing, under the artistic direction of Jonathan Brielle, presents Broadway Under the Stars, a one-night-only benefit concert featuring songs from Brielle's new musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Spellbound Development Company, with permission from the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, presents a podcast of Meyer Levin's long-lost, original radio play, Anne Frank: …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Diversionary Theatre's production of the Tony Award-nominated musical Pippin, which features a score by Grammy winner Stephen Schwartz, officially opens Sept. 15, following previews …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 14, 2012
The Delaware Theatre Company will present Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide, starring Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned, beginning Nov. 7 at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PM[SHARE]Stage and screen actor Jesse L. Martin, who originated the role of Tom Collins in Broadway's Tony Award-winning Rent, has landed a recurring role on the NBC musical drama "Smash,&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM[SHARE]Graham King and Tim Headington of GK Films, producers of the upcoming Jersey Boys film, have signed an exclusive first-look, one-year deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, which will now release …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PM[SHARE]Elmo, the friendly and furry red Muppet, will welcome musical guests such as five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess) to Sesame Street when "Elmo The Musical" pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM[SHARE]Academy Award-winning composer Paul Williams ("A Star Is Born") and Tony Award-winning composer Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) will headline Rockers On Broadway –…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM[SHARE]Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, under the artistic direction of Chay Yew and executive direction of Jan Kallish, kicks off its 2012-13 season with the Chicago premiere of Bill Cain…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]Casa 0101 Theater, under the artistic direction of Josefina López, will present the company's second annual Brown & Out Theater Festival (BAOTF), featuring a collection of 11 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Susan E. Isaacs' Angry Conversations with God: The Solo Show, a comedy based on her book "Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir," premieres at T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Actress-playwright Halley Feiffer (How To Make Friends And Then Kill Them) presents her new work, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard, as a part of Labyrinth Theater Company's 13th annu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Real-life brothers Brandon J. Dirden (Clybourne Park, Enron, Prelude to a Kiss) and Jason Dirden (Fences) play siblings on stage in Two River Theater Company's Topdog/Underdog, officiall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 13, 2012
A new season of "30 For $30," a partnership between Playbill and NY1 that offers an evening of affordable theatre and intelligent conversation to young theatregoers, will kick off …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:56PM[SHARE]Lauren Molina and Jason Tam, who co-star in the Keen Company production of the two-person Stephen Sondheim revue Marry Me a Little, gave Playbill Video a preview of the show before it began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PM[SHARE]Three-time Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch and Drama Desk nominee Jeffry Denman will record their holiday show, The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas, which will be released later this ye…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PM[SHARE]Rockers Anonymous will return to the Underground Lounge Sept. 17 for its sixth installment, Back to the BaSIX, which features rock and pop talent from the musical theatre scene performing ro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM[SHARE]Tony Award nominee Craig Bierko (The Music Man) has joined the La MaMa production of AdA (Author directing Author), an evening of two one-act plays by American playwright Neil LaBu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AM[SHARE]Tony Award winners Nathan Lane (The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened…), Christian Borle (Peter and the Starcatcher, "Smash") and Roger Rees (The Life and Adventures of Nich…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming TV medical drama "Do No Harm," directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer and starring Steven Pasq…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The hit musical series "Glee" enters its fourth season Sept. 13 with an episode entitled "The New Rachel," in which New Directions members compete for lead vocals in the …
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