Thursday, December 3, 2015
David Henry Hwang, whose M. Butterfly won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play, is recovering after an apparently random slashing attack near his home in Fort Green, Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM[SHARE]The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit, a new, original musical sequel to Charles Dickens' perennial holiday favorite "A Christmas Carol," gets its Off-Broadway debut De…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM[SHARE]Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London is planning to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death with a program of 37 short films inspired by the Bard's 37 plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM[SHARE]Lupita Nyong'o, who has major Broadway and Hollywood openings in the next few weeks, talked about her tough roles in a Dec. 2 appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show.&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is set to hold an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Ton…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PM[SHARE]Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is set to hold an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Ton…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PM[SHARE]Broadway's smallest theatre, the Helen Hayes on West 44th Street, will get an extensive interior and exterior renovation, according to Newyorkyimby.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PM[SHARE]The rarely-seen Irving Berlin musical Miss Liberty is getting its long-delayed London premiere in a production that will restore four songs cut during the show's tryout.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM[SHARE]Ruby Rakos, who appeared in the ensemble of Broadway’s Billy Elliot, plays the role of Judy Garland in what's being billed as the developmental world premiere of the new musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]A new, sold-out London production of Funny Girl, starring Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice, officially opens Dec. 2 at the Menier Chocolate Factory. It features a revised book by Tony Award…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2015
In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Broadway playwright David Ives said that working with Sondheim on his next musical is like working with Mozart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM[SHARE]The 46-track cast album of the new musical Hamilton, which recently hit #1 on the Billboard chart of rap albums, was named eighth best album of 2015 by Rolling Stone magazine Dec. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PM[SHARE]Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre has scheduled a Dec. 7 memorial service for Brian Friel, the Irish playwright who was, for decades, a leading voice on stages on both sides of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PM[SHARE]With the addition of choreographer Lorin Latarro (Waiting for Godot), the creative team for the forthcoming musical Waitress is poised to make Broadway history. It will be the first Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PM[SHARE]News that Hamilton composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda composed music for the cantina scene in the new film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" flashed around the galaxy Dec. 1, in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM[SHARE]News that Hamilton composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda composed music for the cantina scene in the new film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" flashed around the galaxy Dec. 1, in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM[SHARE]It was revealed Nov. 30 that Lin-Manuel Miranda, author and star of the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton, also had a hand in another upcoming juggernaut, the film "Star Wars: The Force …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM[SHARE]It was revealed Nov. 30 that Lin-Manuel Miranda, author and star of the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton, also had a hand in another upcoming juggernaut, the film "Star Wars: The Force …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM[SHARE]Jonathan Groff, who took a pre-arranged, one-month leave from his role as King George III in Broadway's Hamilton to appear in the HBO film "Looking," returns to the Lin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]In his new book, "Black Broadway: African Americans on the Great White Way," Broadway producer and author Stewart F. Lane tells how The Wiz became a Tony-winning hit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 30, 2015
Here's a treat for fans of singer Liz Callaway and composer Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM[SHARE]Harvey Fierstein, one of Broadway's most versatile talents, having won Tony Awards in four different categories, is having one of the most dynamic weeks of his 33-year Main Stem care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM[SHARE]The complete original cast from the Off-Broadway Public Theater production of Eclipsed will accompany the show's star, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, when the drama moves …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM[SHARE]Ham4Ham — the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton is playing — allowed Andrew Rannells, who f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AM[SHARE]Broadway favorite Liz Callaway celebrates her latest album, "The Essential Liz Callaway," with a Nov. 30 concert at The Metropolitan Room in New York, where she recorded several of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 28, 2015
Ham4Ham, the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton is playing, welcomed George Takei and the cast of his Broadway m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AM[SHARE]Friday, November 27, 2015
Ruby Rakos, who appeared in the ensemble of Broadway’s Billy Elliot, plays the role of Judy Garland in what's being billed as the developmental world premiere of the new musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]New York will get a chance to express its solidarity with the French people in person next year when the Théâtre du Châtelet sends its revival of Singin' i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Eddie Redmayne, who took home an Oscar this past spring for his leading performance in "The Theory of Everything," portrays transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl.&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Film star Martin Sheen makes a one-night-only appearance Nov. 27 in Malibu, CA, singing the title role of the musical Man of La Mancha as a fundraiser for Our Lady of Malibu School.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 26, 2015
Ham4Ham, the impromptu performances that occur periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton is playing, welcomed juggler Alexander from The Big Apple Circus…
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