Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Mel Brooks, George Takei, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Cera are among actors who will voice "Blazing Samurai," an upcoming new animated film inspired by Brooks' comedy classic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PM[SHARE]A Seattle-based theatre critic appears to have offered to break two taboos of theatre journalism.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PM[SHARE]On Nov. 2 President Barack Obama praised the new musical Hamilton, poked fun at Republicans and raised money for the Democratic Party with a sold-out performance of the new Lin-Manue…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM[SHARE]Bob Saget, longtime host of "America's Funniest Home Videos" and star of the TV series "Full House," joins the cast of Broadway's horror/comedy Hand to God Nov. 3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sixteen-foot puppets accompanied by dancers and martial artists are scheduled to invade Times Square Nov. 3 as part of a publicity event for LG Electronics, to be directed and choreograp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 2, 2015
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 01:08PM[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 10:25AM[SHARE]President Barack Obama returns to the critically acclaimed new Broadway musical Hamilton Nov. 2 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, which has been bought out for a Democratic Party fundraiser.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 1, 2015
Fred Dalton Thompson, who served as a Republican Senator, ran for the Republican nomination for president and pursued an acting career that included a stint on Broadway, died Nov. 1 at age 7…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:19PM[SHARE]Tickets go on sale for American Express Card Members Nov. 1 for Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The surrey with the fringe on top is back! The film version of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! returns to cinemas around the U.S. Nov. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Matt Magnusson plays the role of Scorpio in The Pasadena Playhouse production of the new musical Breaking Through, officially opening Nov. 1 at the Pasadena venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]King Charles III, the Olivier Award-winning Best Play that imagines a future in which Britain's current Queen Elizabeth II has passed away and her son, the current Prince Charles, ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 31, 2015
The Industry, a Los Angeles-based opera company, presents Hopscotch, a new opera performed in moving cars on a road that officially opens Oct. 31. The show is performed three times daily…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16AM[SHARE]Friday, October 30, 2015
Film star Martin Sheen will make 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 Scho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:02PM[SHARE]The Two River Theater production of Be More Chill, a new musical with music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and book by Joe Tracz, based on the acclaimed 2004 novel by Ned Vizzini, is released digi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PM[SHARE]United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, the labor union and professional association of designers, artists and craftspeople, is the latest group of theatre professionals to pen an open letter …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PM[SHARE]Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM[SHARE]Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM[SHARE]Having watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM[SHARE]Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has submitted his script for the long-in-the-works film "Bob the Musical," Reuters reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]Thrillers — usually involving murder or the threat of murder — used to be a staple of Broadway. Some of the longest-running non-musicals in Broadway history were …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 29, 2015
Zac Efron, heartthrob for a generation that grew up on Disney's "High School Musical" films, shows off his buff physique in the newly released trailer for the upcoming film &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PM[SHARE]"The Lady in the Van," the film adaptation of the West End hit penned by Alan Bennett, will arrive on screens in January 2016. It was originally scheduled to open in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM[SHARE]The surrey with the fringe on top is coming your way: The film version of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! will return to cinemas around the country beginning Nov. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PM[SHARE]Chicago's Second City comedy club, which was forced to cancel performances for the better part of a month after an Aug. 26 fire in Old Town headquarters, has announced that it will tempo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PM[SHARE]Ghostlight Records will release the original cast album of Off-Broadway's Clinton the Musical in digital format in the U.S. on Oct. 30, and in CD form and international digital form …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PM[SHARE]Emerson College's faculty voted Oct. 27 to oppose plans to turn Boston's vintage Colonial Theatre into a student activity center and dining facility.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PM[SHARE]Producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II are warning ticket buyers that they will not accept any ticket they find has been resold. Follo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM[SHARE]Performance dates, a theatre and a Tony Award-winning co-star have been announced for Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut in a revival of Eugen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Ham4Ham, the impromptu concerts that happen periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is playing, offered what creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda called …
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