Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Casting is now complete for a touring revival of the award-winning musical Ragtime, helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony nomination for her work on the 2009 revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 13, 2015
In a new interview with Women's Health, actress Lea Michele reveals why she and Ariana Grande told director Ryan Murphy that they won't be giving any blood-curdling screams on Fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM[SHARE]"You Can't Win," which was cut from the original Broadway production of The Wiz, but performed on screen by late pop icon Michael Jackson, will be included in NBC's live br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PM[SHARE]"Broadway Balances America," a collaboration between Broadway Across America and Lifetime's "The Balancing Act," will take viewers behind the curtains of Broadway Acr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AM[SHARE]James Franco, Scott Haze and David Van Asselt have joined forces to create Rattlestick West, a Los Angeles counterpart to New York's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AM[SHARE]Two-time Tony winner Joe DiPietro's new comedy, Clever Little Lies, officially opened Oct. 12 following previews that began Sept. 18 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM[SHARE]Peter D. Barbey, whose family owns Pennsylvania newspaper The Reading Eagle, has purchased The Village Voice from Voice Media Group. Barbey will not take over full control until February 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry will be part of the 2015 Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Oct. 13 at 8 PM on BET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry will be part of the 2015 Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Oct. 13 at 8 PM on BET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]Friday, October 9, 2015
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SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PM[SHARE]Michael Riedel's book "Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway" was officially released Oct. 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM[SHARE]Toni Collette, Tracy Letts and Sam Trammell have joined the cast of "Imperium," a new film directed by Daniel Ragussis, according to Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM[SHARE]The world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy and In the Continuum), officially opened Oct. 8 at the Public Theater following previews that began…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM[SHARE]La Jolla Playhouse's WithOutWalls Festival, a weekend series of immersive and site-specific productions at locations throughout the San Diego community, begins Oct. 9, running throug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2015
Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, officially opened Oct. 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway starring Tony Award winner Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell. Hear what the criti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:55PM[SHARE]How many times have the students stormed the barricade? How many audience members have dreamed the dream?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Representatives for Roundabout Theatre Company announced late this afternoon that the Oct. 7 evening performance of Thérèse Raquin, starring Academy and Golden Globe no…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PM[SHARE]Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights during his sophomore year at Wesleyan University, helped the next generation of musical theatre writers wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM[SHARE]On Oct. 7, 1938, Judy Garland stepped onto an MGM soundstage to record the Harold Arlen-Yip Harburg classic "Over the Rainbow" for the enduring film "The Wizard of Oz.&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The recent London stage production of The Rocky Horror Show has set an American screening date for Oct. 18 at midnight on BBC America to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PM[SHARE]In an evening benefiting the Actors Fund, Tony-winning producer Jamie deRoy will celebrate the 25th anniversary of her variety show, Jamie deRoy & Friends (as well as her birthda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AM[SHARE]Monday, October 5, 2015
Tickets are now on sale for the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Important Hats of the Twentieth Century, which will star Peter and the Starcatcher's Carson Elrod. The new back&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PM[SHARE]The controversy-generating, previously announced epic nine-hour production of The Wars of the Roses opened officially at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, Oct. 3, following previe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Lea Salonga returns to Broadway in Allegiance, which begins previews Oct. 6. To celebrate the occasion, Playbill.com shares some of favorite musical moments from the award&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM[SHARE]Friday, October 2, 2015
Reviews are now being published for the 46-track Broadway cast album of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway smash hit Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 1, 2015
Stage and screen icon Julie Andrews celebrates her 80th birthday Oct. 1. Andrews has starred on Broadway in The Boy Friend, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Victor/Victoria.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM[SHARE]Stage and screen icon Julie Andrews celebrates her 80th birthday Oct. 1. Andrews has starred on Broadway in The Boy Friend, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Victor/Victoria.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM[SHARE]The ensemble and music team of the Alan Menken-Stephen Schwartz Disney stage musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame gathered this week to record a studio cast album of the production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]The second season of "Theater Close-Up," a collaboration between THIRTEEN and New York City area non-profit Off-Broadway theatres, begins Oct. 1 at 9 PM with The New Gr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]In honor of Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday, Legacy Recordings will release a box set featuring over 100 recordings of Sinatra performances (91 of which have previously been unreleased).
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The ensemble and music team of the Alan Menken-Stephen Schwartz Disney stage musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame gathered this week to record a studio cast album of the production.
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