Friday, July 3, 2015
1878 The original Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan (1878-1942) is born on the 3rd of July, (not the 4th as was family legend) says. A member of the vaudeville team The Four Cohans wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Theatre fans spending their vacation in New York have endless opportunities for fun, many of them completely free. Here are our top ten suggestions for a theatrical summer in the city.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2015
Olive Thomas, the ghost of a Ziegfeld Follies girl believed to haunt a Broadway theatre to this day, will get to cavort on stage for a few more months. Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Mi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM[SHARE]Ellen Greene recreates the role of Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors opposite Jake Gyllenhaal at the New York City Center through July 2 as part of its annual Encores! Off-Center series. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning 2005 Broadway musical Jersey Boys plays its 4,000th performance July 2, joining other long-running Broadway shows that have recently passed major milestones.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]1900 Birthday of director/producer/writer Tyrone Guthrie (1900-1971) who will stage Broadway productions of The Tenth Man, Tamburlaine the Great and the Leonard Bernstein musical Candide.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
The Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, the soulful coming of age story by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that sent shockwaves across Broadway in 2006, appears headed for a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:31PM[SHARE]Hollywood Arms, the autobiographical 2002 play by actress Carol Burnett and her late daughter Carrie Hamilton, will get a special concert reading at Merkin Concert Hall Sept. 21. Burnett her…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PM[SHARE]Former "The Monkees" star Micky Dolenz, who played Zoser in the final cast of Broadway's Aida and Wilbur in the London production of Hairspray, will bring his concert show to 5…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PM[SHARE]Patti LuPone stars as the grande dame of a community theatre company in Douglas Carter Beane's semi-autobiographical non-musical play Shows for Days, running through Aug. 23 at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is headed for a Broadway revival, according to a report on Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The Tony-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, the soulful coming of age story by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik that sent shockwaves across Broadway in 2006, appears headed for a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AM[SHARE]The final dramatic film featuring the late Robin Williams will head to cinemas this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AM[SHARE]For the first time since Playbill.com began tracking the booking status of Broadway theatres, every single Broadway house is either currently occupied or firmly booked for the summer or fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM[SHARE]1930 Comedian Jack Benny makes his Broadway debut in Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1930. The revue also featured Patsy Kelly, Jimmy Savo and the Collette Sisters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Anthony Mackie has found his "dream" role: he will play Dr. Martin Luther King in HBO's TV adaptation of the 2014 Tony-winning Best Play All the Way, according to Deadline…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:33PM[SHARE]Garth Drabinsky, the Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur who was released from prison on parole last year, is seeking to revive his Broadway career with a stage musical ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:13PM[SHARE]Garth Drabinsky, the Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur who was released from prison on parole last year, is seeking to revive his Broadway career with a stage musical ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:13PM[SHARE]A musical based on Ian Fleming's suave super spy James Bond is being prepared for Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PM[SHARE]My Paris, a new musical about iconic Belle Époque poster artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, will star Broadway favorites Bobby Steggert, Mara Davi, Donna English and John Glover.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PM[SHARE]Jennifer Hudson, who will play Shug Avery in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Color Purple, has released a video of her performance of the song "Too Beautiful for Words."
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PM[SHARE]Playbill editor-in-chief Blake Ross will join NY1's Frank DiLella July 6 in hosting a special "15 Under 30" night celebrating Gay Pride at Off-Broadway's Rattle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM[SHARE]The new Broadway musical Finding Neverland will release its original cast recording July 17, pushed back from the originally announced June 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]Matthew Morrison appears in a video clip from the forthcoming original Broadway cast recording of Finding Neverland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]Matthew Morrison appears in a video clip from the forthcoming original Broadway cast recording of Finding Neverland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM[SHARE]The Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]1924 Opening night of George White's Scandals of 1924, which features a score by George Gershwin, including "Somebody Loves Me." It will run 192 performances at the Apollo The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]The Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
Something Rotten! leading lady Heidi Blickenstaff and her husband Nicholas Rohlfing are organizing a Broadway Bikes fundraising event Oct. 4 in New York City, to benefit Bike MS: New York 20…
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