Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Issaquah's Village Theatre has set the line-up for its 15th annual Festival of New Musicals, running Aug. 7-9 and featuring staged readings of new musicals by Paul Gordon, Cheryl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AM[SHARE]Washington D.C.'s Unexpected Stage Company is putting a surprising twist on Shakespeare's most well-known love story with its staging of Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age, re&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AM[SHARE]Washington D.C.'s Unexpected Stage Company is putting a surprising twist on Shakespeare's most well-known love story with its staging of Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age, re&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2015
54 Below, in collaboration with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's KulturefestNYC, will host a tribute concert in honor of the late Theodore Bikel, who passed away July 21 and was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PM[SHARE]The new Off-Broadway musical Invisible Thread, directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus, has reached its crowd-funding goal of $45,000 in order to send the cast, creators and a film crew…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PM[SHARE]The Off-Broadway theatre company Primary Stages announced to subscribers in a recent email that it will make Greenwich Village's Cherry Lane Theater its permanent home in 2016. Prima…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PM[SHARE]Shakespeare's classic tale Hamlet will get a contemporary make-over by the Brewing Dept. at HERE next month in a newly devised theatrical piece titled HamletGhosts. The work blends a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM[SHARE]James Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, which recently played a limited engagement at Dixon Place in New York, officially opened its 12-week commercial r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM[SHARE]Monday, July 27, 2015
New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse has announced its 2015-16 season, which will feature five musicals and two world premieres, including Bandstand, directed and choreographed by Tony …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:59PM[SHARE]The New York International Fringe Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will kick off its 19th year on Aug. 14, running through Aug. 30 at 16 different venues in do…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM[SHARE]Actress Piper Perabo, who received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the TV spy series "Covert Affairs" and was last seen on Broadway in Neil LaBute's Tony-nominate…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]The New York premiere of Lucas Hnath's The Christians, which set tongues wagging at last year's Humana Festival when it featured a full choir, will again feature a 20-person choi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM[SHARE]Playwright, actor and educator Anna Deavere Smith, whose earlier works have explored racial tensions, law enforcement and deficiencies in the healthcare system, now turns her attention to th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PM[SHARE]Following previews that began July 13, Fernanda Coppel's King Liz officially opens July 27 at Second Stage Theatre Off-Broadway, starring Karen Pittman, last seen o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]James Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, which recently played a critically acclaimed limited engagement at Dixon Place in New York, officially opens its 12&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2015
Kicking off our Women in Theatre Week, Playbill.com offers a round-up of the best theatre by women available in New York City and beyond. From the razzle dazzle of Broadway to the more r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]In addition to the stellar theatre on and Off-Broadway, locals, tourists and theatre enthusiasts alike can also head to New York City's many cabaret and performance venues. Playbill.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Over the next week, Playbill.com will feature stories focused on the talents of women in the theatre, curated by Features Editor Carey Purcell. We asked our readers to choose their favorite …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Drama Desk winner Lisa Howard, who can currently be seen in the Broadway production of It Shoulda Been You, is among the line-up of Broadway vets making guest appearances in Tim Realbuto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 25, 2015
Off-Broadway's Attic Theater Company stages John Patrick Shanley's The Dreamer Examines His Pillow at the Flea Theater, beginning July 25. It is the second revival of the play si…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Off-Broadway's Attic Theater Company stages John Patrick Shanley's The Dreamer Examines His Pillow at the Flea Theater, beginning July 25. It is the first official revival of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2015
Downtown Manhattan theatre The Flea has announced its 2015-16 season. Among highlights will be Jennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, a live action zombie game that wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM[SHARE]Comedian Colin Quinn, who is currently featured in Amy Schumer's film "Trainwreck," returns to the New York stage with his latest solo comedy, Colin Quinn The New York Story, d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AM[SHARE]Mount Tremper Arts continues its Summer Festival with a special campfire rendition of Dave Malloy's Off-Broadway hit, Ghost Quartet. The show, a song cycle about love, death and whis…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2015
Don't miss out on this week's must-see shows and events!
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PM[SHARE]This summer's Shakespeare in the Park continues with the staging of Cymbeline, starring Patrick Page, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe and multi-Tony nominee Ra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PM[SHARE]The fifth annual Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival has announced its line-up for 2016, and included in the slate is the Broadway-aimed From Here to Eternity, penned by Evita and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PM[SHARE]The Second City in Chicago has announced that Kelly Leonard, the theatre's longtime producer and one of its artistic leaders, will step down from his role as vice president of Second Cit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PM[SHARE]Downtown venue HERE Arts Center, in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects, has announced the line-up for the 2016 Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now Festival, running Jan. 6-17, 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AM[SHARE]Comedian Colin Quinn, who is currently featured in Amy Schumer's film "Trainwreck," returns to the New York stage with his latest solo comedy, Colin Quinn The New York…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Unbound, a book launch series featuring talks and performances, returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this fall. Sara Bareilles, Paul Giamatti, Elvis Costello, Gloria Steinem and Adam Dri…
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