Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Broadway Week ticket discounts, originally scheduled for Jan. 19-Feb. 5, have been extended through Feb. 7 partly due to the dip in attendance owing to winter storm Jonas, and partly to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PM[SHARE]What would make a veteran lighting designer, who learned his craft from the great Tharon Musser doing A Little Night Music and A Chorus Line, shuck all that after a successful decade in the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden has been appointed conductor of the New York Philharmonic, one of the premiere posts in the New York cultural world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM[SHARE]Friends are planning to celebrate the life actor David Margulies, who died Jan. 11 at age 78. The celebration of the actor, who successfully moved back and forth from stage to TV to film wit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM[SHARE]Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman for the rock group Green Day and composer of the Broadway musical American Idiot, said it is a "shame" that a Connecticut high school has canceled a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Demolition and construction around New York City often reveal antique signs painted on the sides of buildings, which disappeared from view when a new building went up next door. They're …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PM[SHARE]Fans of Broadway dancer Mitzi Hamilton have assembled a video tribute that mashes her life with the opening number from the Broadway hit Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM[SHARE]Mike Nichols, the late performer, writer and director who left an indelible mark on stage and screen, will be remembered in a PBS documentary directed by his onetime writing and performing p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PM[SHARE]Mike Nichols, the late performer, writer and director who left an indelible mark on stage and screen, will be remembered in a PBS documentary directed by his one-time writing and perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PM[SHARE]The Disney musical Aladdin is firing up the magic carpet for its first national tour, set to commence with a 12-week engagement at Chicago's Palace Theatre April 11-July 2, 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]Feinstein's/54 Below will present Sondheimas, "the annual quasi-religious celebration of the birth of the savior of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim." The concert will be …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM[SHARE]The national touring company of the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton has announced dates for its premieres in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AM[SHARE]Martin McDonagh's Hangmen, currently running at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre after transferring from the Royal Court, was named Best New Play at the U.K's Critics' Ci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]Megan Hilty, former star of TV's "Smash" and current co-star of Broadway's Noises Off, makes a special guest appearance on TV's "Girlfriends' Guide to Divo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 25, 2016
The 2015 Broadway musical An American in Paris is joining the growing rank of shows offering online discount lotteries instead of front-of-theatre lotteries.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PM[SHARE]Tony winner Ben Vereen returns to Feinstein's/54 Below Jan. 25-30 with his acclaimed solo show Steppin' Out With Ben Vereen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PM[SHARE]Filmmaker and Broadway playwright Woody Allen will begin shooting a new TV series for Amazon in March, which will star comedienne and playwright Elaine May and pop star Miley Cyrus, accordin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PM[SHARE]The producer of the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton put a new block of legitimate tickets on sale today, and accompanied it with a caveat emptor to those tempted to buy from scalpers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PM[SHARE]Megan Hilty, former star of TV's "Smash" and current co-star of Broadway's Noises Off, will make a special guest appearance on TV's "Girlfriends' Guide to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PM[SHARE]Daveed Diggs, who plays Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the Broadway hit Hamilton, has joined the starry lineup for the sixth annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, an evening of music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AM[SHARE]The Broadway-aimed The SpongeBob Musical has cast a virtual unknown, Ethan Slater, in the title role of the "absorbent and yellow and porous" character.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM[SHARE]It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since composer Jonathan Larson went home from the final dress rehearsal of his new show Rent—and died of a ruptured…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM[SHARE]Forbes business magazine published an analysis of Broadway twitter trends, including several surprises.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AM[SHARE]Want to know what's inside the head of one of Broadway's top casting directors? We gathered the top ten pointers from his standing-room-only session.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Death of the Liberal Class, a stage adaptation of the best-selling 2010 book by Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, opens its world premiere at Off-Broadway's New Ohio Theatre Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 24, 2016
Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening ends its limited run Jan. 24 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Producers have announced that it will roll out a nation…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 23, 2016
The 2016 American Songbook series, featuring evenings dedicated to Maltby & Shire and the late Peggy Lee, as well as solo concerts from Liz Callaway, Vanessa Williams, Andy Karl, Orf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]"A Dream of Red Pavilions," the epic 18th-century Chinese novel about the rise and fall of an aristocratic family as reflected in a romance between two cousins, starts previews…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 22, 2016
The digital soundtrack for the special FOX-TV broadcast Grease: Live will be released Jan. 31, simultaneously with the broadcast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:17PM[SHARE]When it comes to snow storms, Broadway’s traditional attitude has been “the show must go on." But there have been times when there has been so much white blanketing …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PM[SHARE]Empire, a new musical about the building of the Empire State Building in New York City, will have its world premiere Jan. 23 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in La Mirada, CA…
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