Sunday, June 7, 2015
Multiple Tony Award winner Tommy Tune was awarded the 2015 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. During an emotional acceptance speech, Tune commented, "I believe …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34PM[SHARE]Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori were awarded the Tony Award for Best Original score for Fun Home June 7. In her acceptance speech, Tesori said that her own “Ring of Keys&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27PM[SHARE]Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator John Cameron Mitchell was awarded a Special Tony Award June 7; in his speech, he thanked both his parents and the late Jack Steeb, his long-term partner…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:26PM[SHARE]As part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, shining a light on the importance of LGBTQ-themed arts and artists, Playbill.com took to social media to see which showtune readers thought mo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 5, 2015
Harlem Stage is currently presenting Notes of a Native Song by Tony-winning composer and performer Stew. The concert features a live mix of songs, text and video inspired by James Baldwi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM[SHARE]Actor Ken Beider was accidentally stabbed during a recent performance in Arizona, prompting an ambulance to arrive during intermission and rush him to hospital.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM[SHARE]Dave Chapelle has joined the cast of Spike Lee's new musical film "Chiraq," according to the director's Instagram account. Lee posted a photo of him and Chapelle with the c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM[SHARE]English tenor Alfie Boe, fresh off the success of his performance as Jean Valjean in the Les Misérables 25th Anniversary concert and the 2013 PBS special "Alfie Boe: Storytel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2015
Having finished up playing Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway last season, Mary Michael Patterson will take on the role of Cosette in Casa Mañana's upcomin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PM[SHARE]Playbill.com's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry. From auditions to administrative roles, Playbill.com is the online source for care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PM[SHARE]The Theater Center in New York will present "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About The Fantasticks But Were Afraid to Ask on June 20, which will feature a catered breakfast, guest …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PM[SHARE]L.A.'s Rockwell Table and Stage gives the classic Shakespeare tale of star-crossed lovers an 80's rock twist with Romeo & Juliet: Love is a Battlefield, featuring the songs o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM[SHARE]A performance of excerpts from a newly discovered, unfinished play by Thornton Wilder, set in Capri and titled Villa Rhabani, will be a highlight of the second International Thornton Wilder …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AM[SHARE]L.A.'s Kirk Douglas Theatre has announced that its 12th season will feature the West Coast premiere of Kansas City Choir Boy, the musical collaboration between Todd Almond (Iowa) and roc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM[SHARE]92Y continues its spring theatre events with a discussion with award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman June 4. Tony Vellela talks with her about her remarkable ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of Melissa Ross' Of Good Stock begins performances June 4, featuring Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless") and direction by artistic di…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck has been nominated for a 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Gabey in On the Town. Pla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2015
The Greenwich Village venue SubCulture will present the New York premiere of Surviving Twin, written and performed by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. In…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:50PM[SHARE]Tony Award nominee Brian D'Arcy James received a 2015 Tony nomination for his performance as Nick Bottom in the new musical Something Rotten! Playbill.com looks back at his care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PM[SHARE]Roundabout Theatre has cancelled the June 3 matinee preview performance of Significant Other, due to an ill cast member. Performances are scheduled to resume the evening of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM[SHARE]Tony winner Tonya Pinkins, recently seen in the racially charged workplace drama Rasheeda Speaking, will star in the title role of Classic Stage Company's upcoming Off-Broadway produ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AM[SHARE]Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Heisenberg, a new play by Olivier Award winner Simon Stephens of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time fame, officiall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2015
St. Ann's Warehouse has announced the line-up for its inaugural season in its new home on Brooklyn's waterfront. Included in the slate: three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance (T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:42PM[SHARE]Philadelphia's Arden Theatre Company was forced to delay its inaugural Master Storyteller Award presentation for Stephen Sondheim due to a power outage. While a storm raged, Sondheim and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM[SHARE]Philadelphia's Arden Theatre Company was forced to delay its June 1 inaugural Master Storyteller Award presentation for Stephen Sondheim due to a power outage. While a storm raged, Sondh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PM[SHARE]The New Group's world premiere of The Spoils — by Jesse Eisenberg of "Social Network" fame — officially opens June 2 following previews th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Alan Cumming makes his Cafe Carlyle debut June 2 with the solo concert Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, featuring songs by a diverse range of artists including Billy Joel, S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 1, 2015
Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater will present a concert reading of the first act of The Prince of Egypt, a new stage adaptation of the animated 1998 film by Wicked composer and lyricist S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM[SHARE]Manhattan's Drama Book Shop will host a panel discussion on the life and career of late stage and screen legend Madeline Kahn June 11 moderated by author William V. Madison. The panel will b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PM[SHARE]Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater has announced that its annual Ignition Festival of New Plays will feature Confessions of a P.I.M.P, a monologue play featuring song, dance and spoken wo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PM[SHARE]Manhattan's Drama Book Shop will host a panel discussion on the life and career of late stage and screen legend Madeline Kahn June 11 moderated by author William V. Madison.
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