Monday, July 27, 2015
Tickets go on sale July 27 for the Broadway transfer of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, which was named Best Revival at the 2015 London Olivier Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]Ever wonder what the leader of the free world and the nation's top political comedian would talk about in their off-camera moments? Why, Broadway musicals, of course.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:17AM[SHARE]1982 Little Shop of Horrors begins a 2,209-performance run today at Off-Broadway's Orpheum Theatre. Based on the Roger Corman cult classic about a man-eating plant, this Alan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2015
The joys and tribulations of middle age are examined in Happy 50ish!, a "mid-life crisis musical comedy" premiering Off-Broadway July 26 at The Beckett Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 25, 2015
1853 Birthday of Broadway impresario David Belasco, namesake of the Belasco Theatre, who wrote and/or produced dozens of plays including The Return of Peter Grimm and Laugh, Clown, Laugh!, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2015
Fans of Avenue Q and Hand to God take note: Puppeteers from 12 nations on five continents and from 40 U.S. states will converge on the campus of the University of Connecticut Aug. 10-16 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PM[SHARE]Tony Award-nominated On the Town star Tony Yazbeck's name has been added to the lineup of Broadway stars listed to appear in the Japanese world premiere of Prince of Broadway, a new …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Phylicia Rashad will join fellow original cast members André De Shields and Dee Dee Bridgewater for the upcoming free concert performance of music from The Wiz in New York's C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]The new comedy series "The Comedians," starring 700 Sundays' Billy Crystal and Book of Mormon co-star Josh Gad, has been canceled after a single season, according to Deadli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AM[SHARE]One of the biggest hits of the 2014-15 Broadway season was Larry David's Fish in the Dark, which has hauled in an estimated $28 million and still earns close to a million bucks a wee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM[SHARE]1920 Producer Alexander H. Cohen, known for bringing quality plays to Broadway for six decades, is born today. Lastly represented on Broadway by the Noel Coward play, Waiting in the Wings, s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2015
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is on its way to becoming a member of an exclusive club on Broadway these days — a long-running non-musical play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM[SHARE]Oscar-winning songwriters Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are writing "about a dozen" new songs for the Broadway adaptation of the Disney animated film "Frozen,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PM[SHARE]The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed for one minute at 7:45 PM July 24 in memory of actor Theodore Bikel, who passed away July 21 at age 91.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AM[SHARE]Four-time Grammy-nominated singer/keyboardist Karrin Allyson is preparing to release a new CD of Rodgers & Hammerstein hits, titled "Many a New Day (Karrin Allyson Sings Rod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:04AM[SHARE]Four-time Grammy-nominated singer/keyboardist Karrin Allyson is preparing to release a new CD of Rodgers & Hammerstein hits, titled "Many a New Day (Karrin Allyson Sings Rod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM[SHARE]1938 Helen Hayes is named the stage's greatest performer when the New York Sun prints its list of great performers today. Compiled after polling 150 notable people, mostly in the theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Lauren Worsham, who earned a 2013 Tony Award nomination for her performance as Phoebe D'Ysquith in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, will star opposite Obie winner John Kelly i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PM[SHARE]The Little Shubert Theatre, one of the more opulently appointed Off-Broadway theatres on far West 42nd Street, is getting a new name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]The Little Shubert Theatre, one of the more opulently appointed Off-Broadway theatres on far West 42nd Street, is getting a new name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]Six-time Tony-winning actress Audra McDonald lends her voice to a toy modeled on African-American female pilot Bessie Colman in an episode of the children's series "Doc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]Lypsinka! The Boxed Set, which was scheduled to begin previews Off-Broadway July 22, has canceled its entire engagement owing to injuries suffered in a fall by star John Epperson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AM[SHARE]The Ogunquit Playhouse's production of Nice Work If You Can Get It taps its way into the Maine venue July 22-Aug. 15, starring Emmy Award winner Valerie Harper.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]1912 The Shubert Brothers present the first of their annual Passing Show installments tonight. The Passing Show of 1912 features Charlotte Greenwood, Trixie Friganza, and Eugene and Willie H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2015
1951 Birthday of actress Lillias White, whose Broadway appearances include Effie White in Dreamgirls, Miss Jones in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Funmilayo Anikulapo&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10AM[SHARE]Monday, July 20, 2015
Matilda The Musical composer/lyricist Tim Minchin says he is working on a film adaptation of the long-running show that is still going strong in London, New York and on North American to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:54PM[SHARE]The July 17 PBS broadcast of Driving Miss Daisy, starring multiple Tony Award winners Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones, is now available to watch for free via the PBS website.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PM[SHARE]Josh Gad, who earned a Tony nomination for his star-making performance as the hapless Elder Cunningham in Broadway's Book of Mormon, says he would "jump" at the chance to a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PM[SHARE]SAG and AFTRA, the actors' unions for film and broadcast, respectively, are giving their top honor, the SAG Life Achievement Award, to Broadway, film and TV star Carol Burnett, according…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PM[SHARE]Jack Gleeson, the young Irish actor who played the detestable boy-king Joffrey in the smash HBO series "Game of Thrones" until his character was poisoned last year, says he has…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM[SHARE]Walking down 45th Street this week, Broadway fans may be shocked to see the classic marquee of the Music Box Theatre in a state of disassembly.
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