Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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 birthday), …
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.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:15PM[SHARE]Celebrity Karaoke: An Epic Evening with the Stars — in which theatregoers are given a chance to sing alongside Broadway stars — will be held Oct. 5 at 7 PM at New York Ci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PM[SHARE]Ten winners were announced for the New York Community Trust Helen Merrill Playwright Awards, which honor established and emerging writers for theatre. Winners are selected by a committee of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PM[SHARE]Michael Burgess, who performed the role of Jean Valjean in more than 1,000 Toronto stage performances of Les Misérables, passed away Sept. 28 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AM[SHARE]King Charles III, which will begin previews Oct. 10 at Broadway's Music Box Theatre prior to an official opening Nov. 1, has invited its fans to "become a royal" on Facebook an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AM[SHARE]Matthew Morrison (Finding Neverland, "Glee") appeared on "Watch What Happens Live" Sept. 29 to discuss his opinions on today's Broadway audiences and the alleged feud…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 29, 2015
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of The National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA is partnering with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Group to develop a pilot songwriting progr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of The National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA is partnering with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Group to develop a pilot songwriting progr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]New York Theatre Workshop officially opened Fondly, Collette Richland Sept. 28, by award-winning company-in-residence Elevator Repair Service. The show, which began prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM[SHARE]Tony-winning actress Laura Benanti, known for her witty and often sarcastic humor on social media, published a heartfelt blog post Sept. 29 about experiencing a miscarriage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2015
The 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, which was held Sept. 27 in and around Shubert Alley, brought in an all-time high of $756,655, for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 27, 2015
Nine years after its original opening, Spring Awakening returns to Broadway. The Deaf West Theatre production officially opens on Broadway Sept. 27 at the Brooks Atkinson T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PM[SHARE]Joel Grey, whose long career includes the ghostly Emcee in the original Cabaret, the cocky George M. Cohan in George M!, the indomitable Jacobowsky in The Grand Tour and the scheming Wizard …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2015
Spring Awakening officially opens on Broadway Sept. 27. The show will hold a lottery drawing for opening night that evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PM[SHARE]"Stonewall" — producer-director Roland Emmerich's controversial film about the 1969 riots outside a Greenwich Village gay bar that ignited the gay rights movement…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM[SHARE]"Stonewall" — producer-director Roland Emmerich's controversial film about the 1969 riots outside a Greenwich Village gay bar that ignited the gay rights movement…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 24, 2015
Almost 250 ventriloquist dummies will be up for auction in Seabrook, NH. The figures will be auctioned in two groups, the first Sept. 27 and the second in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PM[SHARE]The electrifying Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, re-imagined by Deaf West Theatre in a production that is performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, opens Sept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Joel Grey, whose long career included the ghostly Emcee in the original Cabaret, the cocky George M. Cohan in George M!, the indomitable Jacobowsky in The Grand Tour and the scheming Wizard …
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