Thursday, September 24, 2015
The Off-Broadway production of Shear Madness, the Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running play in the history of the U.S., has announced that Broadway actors&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AM[SHARE]The Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2015 Next Wave Festival continues with the U.S. premiere of Anne Carson's new translation of of the Greek tragedy Antigone on Sept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2015
The new Off-Broadway dance musical Trip of Love, which is inspired by and set to the hit songs of the 1960s, is offering $19.60 tickets to all preview performances. The specially priced …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PM[SHARE]The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will honor playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau with the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards. The prize is awarded bienn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]Tony winner Dee Dee Bridgewater, who won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Glinda in the 1975 production of The Wiz, is among the line-up at the Apollo The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AM[SHARE]San Francisco's historic Curran Theatre, which is now under renovations until early 2017, launches Curran: Under Construction, a festival of fully staged short runs of new works…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Kicking off its 92nd anniversary season, Cherry Lane Theatre's production of Adam Seidel's dark comedy Catch The Butcher begins performances Sept. 23, starring stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2015
CBS debuted its new comedy series "Life in Pieces" on Sept. 21, starring Tony nominee Thomas Sadoski (Reasons to Be Pretty), Dianne Weist and James Brolin, among others. Sadoski, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PM[SHARE]The Innovative Theatre Foundation celebrated the 11th annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards Sept. 21, honoring the best of the 2015 Off-Off-Broadway season. The Astoria Performin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PM[SHARE]Culture Project's world premiere of MotherStruck!, written and performed by Staceyann Chin and directed by Cynthia Nixon, will no longer begin performances Sept. 24 at Off-Broadway&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the Off-Broadway premiere of Lost Girls by John Pollono. Leading the cast is Piper Perabo, who rose to fame following her starring role in "Coyote Ugl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM[SHARE]The Public Theater kicks off the world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy and In the Continuum), Sept. 22. Constance Shulman, who plays the char…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 21, 2015
In the lead-up to her Broadway debut in Chicago Sept. 21, Playbill.com caught up with Rumer Willis. Fresh from her stint on the TV series "Dancing with the Stars," the actress …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM[SHARE]Lincoln Center Theater has announced the staging of three new plays during its 2015-16 season. Kicking off in February 2016 will be The Royale by Marco Ramirez, who is an award-winni…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PM[SHARE]Color Purple star Cynthia Erivo joined a host of actors on Twitter in giving favorite pop songs a Shakespearean twist. The trend, which goes by the hashtag #15secondshakespeare, involves rea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PM[SHARE]The services of Career Transition For Dancers will be integrated into the ongoing programs of The Actors Fund, it was announced Sept. 21. The two non-profit human service organizations w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM[SHARE]Australian performer Rob Mills, who became a household name in Australia when he competed in the 2003 "Australian Idol" series, is set to star in the Down Under production of Ghost…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PM[SHARE]The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan celebrates its grand opening tonight with Step Into the Light, a showcase of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AM[SHARE]Following last week's announcement of the Top Ten Most-Produced Plays of the 2015-16 Season, American Theatre Magazine has released the metrics of the gender of playwrights for t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM[SHARE]Well-known for playing the quick-witted daughter on the hit TV series "The Good Wife," stage and screen actress Sarah Steele took a break from rehearsals this week and sat …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Mint Theater Company's revival of Harold Chapin's comedy The New Morality officially opens Sept. 21 following previews that began Aug. 22. The Off-Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 20, 2015
92Y's fall theatre events kick off Sept. 20 with a talk between George Takei, who inspired and will star in the Broadway-bound Allegiance, and Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters presiden…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com takes a look back at some recent productions that pushed the envelope with their re-interpretations of these classic musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Playbill.com offers the best of after-hour shows; click on the links to take you to the events' websites and to purchase tickets directly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 19, 2015
The Drama Desk Award-winning show Celebrity Autobiography welcomes Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty"), Tate Donovan ("Damages"), Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]"It's a flabbergasting thing," begins Shakina Nayfack. "To consider mutilating the part of your body that causes the most pleasure in hopes that you can receive something …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 18, 2015
Red Bull Theater company has announced the line-up for their 12th "season of scandal" Off-Broadway, set to kick off with a revival of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley&am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PM[SHARE]Arnie Burton, star of the original Broadway and currently-running Off-Broadway revival, 39 Steps, will depart the comedy following his 1,000th performance on Sept. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM[SHARE]Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that Stephen M. Kaus will be the company's new associate artistic producer; he comes to the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre following a five…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]Tonny winner Bebe Neuwirth is set to host the seventh annual Broadway Salutes Sept. 29. The annual public event will feature guests Nikki M. James (Les Misérables), Sydney Lucas (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PM[SHARE]Broadway vet and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington has announced that he will direct and act in a screen adaptation of August Wilson's Fences for HBO, the same play that won hi…
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