Monday, December 28, 2015
"Galavant," ABC-TV's parody musical series that premiered in early 2015 with a score by Tony and Academy Award-winning songwriter Alan Menken, launches its second seaso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AM[SHARE]School of Rock — The Musical, which opened on Broadway Dec. 6, has set a house record for box-office receipts at the venerable Winter Garden Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 27, 2015
Ham4Ham, the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is playing, hosted the Classical Theatre of Harlem singing a post…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 24, 2015
Broadway Week returns Jan. 19-Feb. 5, 2016. The semi-annual promotion offers theatregoers the chance to purchase two-for-one tickets to a range of Broadway shows including 20…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AM[SHARE]Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda has tweeted proofs of the Grand Central Publishing's book about the show, which itself was inspired by Ron Chernow's over-800 page &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM[SHARE]ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" hosted Camryn Manheim, Marlee Matlin and others from the Broadway revival of Spring Awakening Dec. 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Ham4Ham, the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is playing, hosted the show's Schuyler Sister—Ange…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:45PM[SHARE]New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' will role out a new production of the team's classic comic operetta The Pirates of Penzance Dec. 26-Jan. 2, at the NYU Skirball Cente…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PM[SHARE]Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the British-based live-theatre company that recently announced plans to reopen and operate the 1903 vintage Hudson Theatre as a Broadway house, also w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PM[SHARE]Acclaimed film directed Robert De Niro told the hosts of "Live With Kelly and Michael" this week that his new stage project, Bronx Tale: The Musical "hopefully will come to Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM[SHARE]Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, a great fan of the movie "The Princess Bride," has been quoting the film, one might say "liberally," in recent campaign appear…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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, Rita Moreno, A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PM[SHARE]Among the many holiday-themed gifts brought to Playbill's attention in recent weeks, one stands out: The Yankee Candle Company has released a series of nine candles themed to the sup…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PM[SHARE]The Broadway musical Hamilton, which has been breaking all kinds of records in its run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, has added another: It inspired more than one million tweets during the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM[SHARE]Casts and musicians from current Broadway shows are showcased on "Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Volume 17," featuring traditional and original holiday songs to benefit Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM[SHARE]The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris has announced more casting for the March 2016 French premiere of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 20, 2015
CBS' "Sunday Morning" news magazine show goes behind the scenes of the forthcoming new Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09AM[SHARE]Following in the footsteps of Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Topol and Alfred Molina, among others, five-time Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein is Tevye in the 50th anniversary staging …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 19, 2015
Ham4Ham — the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton is playing — had a special treat for a luck…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:09PM[SHARE]Casts and musicians from current Broadway shows are showcased on "Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Volume 17," featuring traditional and original holiday songs to benefit Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:02AM[SHARE]Theatre lovers are given a rare chance this weekend to see a stage show at Broadway's former Mark Hellinger Theatre, once home to the original productions of My Fair La…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22AM[SHARE]As a special gift from the Renaissance (courtesy of the Broadway musical Something Rotten), Brad Oscar, in his role as the slightly loopy Nostradamus, wishes the good little girls and boys o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07AM[SHARE]Oprah Winfrey's OWN cable network broadcasts a primetime documentary on Winfrey's return to Broadway as a producer, "Oprah Goes To Broadway: The Color Purple," airing Dec. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 18, 2015
Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer, who originated the role of Captain Hook when Finding Neverland arrived on Broadway last spring, will return to the musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PM[SHARE]CBS' "Sunday Morning" news magazine show goes behind the scenes of the forthcoming new Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is holding an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 17, 2015
No copyright infringement. That was the decision of a U.S. District Court Judge Dec. 17 in a lawsuit brought by the estate of the late, comedy team Bud Abbott and Lou Costello against Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:52PM[SHARE]CBS' "Sunday Morning" news magazine show goes behind the scenes of the forthcoming new Broadway musical, Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PM[SHARE]"Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age," part two of director Rick McKay's "The Golden Age" documentary film trilogy that began in 2006 with "Broadway: The Golden Age,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PM[SHARE]A full year's worth of dates have been set for comedian Jerry Seinfeld's residence at New York's Beacon Theatre beginning in January 2016. Seinfeld will perform Jerry Seinfeld: T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PM[SHARE]Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman and Beth Williams announced that they are developing a new musical featuring the country-flavored songbook and laid-back "life…
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