Monday, August 31, 2015
The Drama Desk Award-winning show Celebrity Autobiography will welcome to the stage this fall Golden Globe nominee Brooke Shields, Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty"), Tate Donovan (&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM[SHARE]Houseworld, a new surrealist immersive theatre performance, will receive its world premiere at a transformed historic rectory in Williamsburg this fall. Thirty guests are invited to particip…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PM[SHARE]Manhattan Theatre Club has announced complete casting for the upcoming world premiere of Ripcord by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM[SHARE]Hugh Jackman's autobiographical concert Broadway to Oz, set to tour his native Australia this fall, has announced additional dates due to high ticket demand. The show is based on the suc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PM[SHARE]Producer Jana Robbins, who also played Mazeppa and was understudy for Rose in the 1989 Broadway staging of Gypsy, will star in the Off-Broadway staging of Let It Come Down by Eve Lederma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM[SHARE]With the help of a music archeologist and years of hand-transcribing, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene will present the first revival of Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride), a 1923…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM[SHARE]South African-born Olivier and Obie Award winner Thuli Dumakude and Tanyaradzwa Tawenga, "a suburban kid from Zimbabwe," bring Africa My Beautiful to the Playroom Theater stage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 30, 2015
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]From the creators of Cruel Intentions: The Musical, comes The Unauthorized O.C. Musical, based on the popular hit TV series that ran for four seasons and concluded in 2007. The stage show is…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 28, 2015
Jeffrey Rivera is a bundle of nerves, excitement and pride as he waits by the red carpet for the opening night of Whorl Inside a Loop at Second Stage Theatre. On parole from Woodbourne Corre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]Lynn Nottage, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined, debuted her newest work, Sweat, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Amid critical acclaim, the NY Post reported that the play may have it…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PM[SHARE]"Mad Men" star and Golden Globe winner Jon Hamm is reportedly in talks to star in the film adaptation of Marjorie Prime, the Pulitzer Prize finalist by Jordan Harrison, according t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM[SHARE]Adapted from the 1999 film with Jake Gyllenhaal, October Sky is a new musical about boys, rockets and big dreams. Following previews that began Aug. 19, the world premiere officially opened …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AM[SHARE]Whorl Inside a Loop, a new play by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott, officially opened at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre Aug. 27, following previews that began Aug. 4. The pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM[SHARE]Key Change, a piece devised by women from a prison in the U.K., has been awarded the The Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award after playing at this year's festival to critical acclaim. C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM[SHARE]Playwrights Horizons kicks off performances of the the New York premiere of Lucas Hnath's The Christians, which received praised at last year's Humana Festival where it featured a fu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Rattlestick Playwrights Theater kicks off its 2015-16 season Aug. 28 with the world premiere of Michael Laurence's Hamlet in Bed, billed as a "twisty and darkly comic s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
Stage and screen actress Lauren Luna Velez, who played a murderer in the hit TV series "Dexter" with Michael C. Hall, will be featured in the Off-Broadway premiere of Adam Seid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PM[SHARE]Stage and screen actress Lauren Luna Velez, who played a murderer in the hit TV series "Dexter" with Michael C. Hall, will be featured in the Off-Broadway premiere of Adam Seid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PM[SHARE]Don't miss out on this week's must-see shows and events!
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PM[SHARE]The New Ohio theatre's Off-Broadway fall season programming will feature the world premiere of New York Animals by two-time Tony winner Steven Sater, featuring music by six-t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PM[SHARE]The Play Submissions Helper blog has announced a call-to-action for all playwrights with the news that there are currently 54 playwriting contests with September or fall deadlines.&a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PM[SHARE]Chicago's long-lived Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. will close its doors following the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. Artistic director Richard Cotovsky told the Chicago Sun Tim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM[SHARE]Pearl, the American-Chinese dance and theatre show inspired by the life of Pearl S. Buck, begins performances at Lincoln Center tonight. Running through Aug. 30, Pearl features a 150-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM[SHARE]Whorl Inside a Loop, a new play by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott, officially opens at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre Aug. 27, following previews that began Aug. 4. The prem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Disney has offered a sneak peek of its upcoming compilation album "We Love Disney," featuring 15 artists covering beloved Disney classics — from Ne-Yo singing Aladdin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PM[SHARE]The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in Manhattan will celebrate its grand opening with a three-week schedule of arts and cultural events. Featured in the line&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PM[SHARE]Following a week of air-conditioning problems at The Lynn Redgrave Theater that caused a few performances to be canceled or performed with only work lights, FringeNYC has had to move eig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PM[SHARE]Following a week of air-conditioning problems at The Lynn Redgrave Theater that caused a few performances to be canceled or performed with only work lights, FringeNYC has had to move eig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AM[SHARE]In celebration of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tony and Pulitzer-winning musical Rent, another production will be presented his fall in New York City. Staten Island'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AM[SHARE]The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, and Universal Stage Productions present the official opening of the world premiere of October Sky Aug. 26, following previews that began Aug. 19. Th…
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