Friday, August 28, 2015
Second City announced Aug. 28 that it will be cancelling performances through Aug. 30 due to damage from a fire that broke out on the performance venue's block in Old Town, Chicago, and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
Misty Copeland, a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, joined the cast of On the Town Aug. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM[SHARE]Misty Copeland, a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, joined the cast of On the Town Aug. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Urban Stages will present the American premiere of Oren Safdie's Unseamly, a controversial play inspired by a variety of sexual harassment charges brought against well-known clothing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 16, 2015
It appears that Playbill should consider getting into the matchmaking business. Tony Award winner Victoria Clark wed Thomas Reidy in an Aug. 1 ceremony in Durham, N.C. After seeing Clark'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 13, 2015
The lights of every Broadway marquee will be dimmed for one minute Friday, Aug. 14 at 7:45 PM in memory of legendary talent agent Samuel "Biff" Liff. Liff passed away Aug. 10 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PM[SHARE]The lineup is set for the sixth and final free concert in 106.7 LITE FM’s Broadway in Bryant Park series, being held Aug. 13 on the Bryant Park Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2015
The world premiere of Annie Baker's John, helmed by Fun Home director and Tony winner Sam Gold, officially opened Off-Broadway Aug. 11 at the Signature Theatre, starring Lois Smith a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Broadway mainstay Samuel "Biff" Liff, a manager, producer and talent agent whose career dates back to 1949 when he served as stage manager for the original Broadway production of G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM[SHARE]An immersive, outdoor retelling of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Tony-winning rock musical Evita has come to life at The Serenbe Playhouse in Palmetto, GA. Check out highlights …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM[SHARE]The Shakespeare in the Park staging of Cymbeline, starring Patrick Page, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe and multi-Tony nominee Raúl Esparza, opened Aug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AM[SHARE]Up Here, the new musical by the songwriters of Disney's blockbuster "Frozen," officially opened its world-premiere engagement Aug. 9 at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM[SHARE]Monday, August 10, 2015
The lineup has been announced for the sixth and final free concert in 106.7 LITE FM’s Broadway in Bryant Park series, which will be held Aug. 13 on the Bryant Park Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PM[SHARE]Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical, officially opened on Broadway on Aug. 6. In celebration, ensemble members Ariana DeBose and Betsy Struxness took over Playbill's Insta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2015
Reviews are rolling in for the Broadway transfer of the acclaimed Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton, which opens Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Here's what critics are sayi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2015
Reviews are rolling in for the Broadway transfer of the acclaimed Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton, which opens Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Here's what critics are sayi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM[SHARE]In what Playbill.com London theatre columnist Mark Shenton called "a major breach of accepted (and acceptable) theatre protocol," two U.K. newspapers published reviews of Benedict …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM[SHARE]Benedict Cumberbatch's heavily touted, long-awaited sold-out return to the London stage to play the title role in Hamlet began performances at the Barbican Theatre Aug. 5, prior …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Michael J. Moritz Jr., a two-time Tony Award-nominated producer, two-time Grammy Award-nominated record producer and internationally acclaimed music director/pianist, has ann…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2015
That Tony-winning Texan Betty Buckley returns to the musical theatre stage Aug. 4 in the Bay Street Theater production of the award-winning musical Grey Gardens. To mark the occasion…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2015
The Hollywood Bowl's production of Monty Python's Spamalot, the parody of the Arthurian Legend that won the Tony for Best Musical in 2005, was presented July 31-Aug. 2 in Los Ang…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AM[SHARE]Friday, July 31, 2015
Theatre fans have a rare chance to preview Broadway's possible future this week when a clutch of new musicals by some of the creators of Spring Awakening, The Book of Mormon, Brave, The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM[SHARE]Dear Evan Hansen, the new, original musical by Tony Award-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul that stars "Pitch Perfect" and Book of Mormon actor Ben Platt, offici…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2015
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 03:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Alex Sharp will conclude his Tony Award-winning run in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in September, and he seems ready to join The Lion King — judging fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53PM[SHARE]The Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper production of Bent, Martin Sherman's seminal drama about gays trying to stay alive in Nazi Germany where homosexuality is a crime, officially opened J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2015
Veteran character actor Bart Williams died from cancer on June 28 at age 65 at his home in Bullhead City, AZ. Playbill.com just learned of his passing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2015
Ruthless! co-writers Joel Paley and Marvin Laird, who are also partners offstage, shared a life-changing moment during the musical's July 13 opening night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PM[SHARE]Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth celebrates her birthday July 24. Playbill.com looks back at her career with clips of her Broadway outings, concert appearances and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
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 04:12PM[SHARE]Award-winning Fiddler on the Roof lyricist Sheldon Harnick remembers late Tony-nominated actor Theodore Bikel, who starred as Tevye in numerous productions of the classic Broadway mu…
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