The Geers play the Cavendishes, who were representing the Barrymores, in the Kaufman/Ferber comedy, The Royal Family, at Theatricum Botanicum.

Tony nominee and three-time Emmy winner James Gandolfini, best known for his long run as mobster Tony Soprano on The Sopranos has died, according to The New York Daily News. The actor reportedly suffered a hear…

James Gandolfini, who starred in 'The Sopranos', died today in Italy, According to multiple sources. He was 51. The cause is rumored to be a heart attack but no details have been confirmed.

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Miss Saigon, which premiered at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1989, will return to the West End in May 2014 to mark its 25th anniversary. The i…

Miss Saigon, the musical penned by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, is to return to the West End in May next year. It will play at the Prince Edward Theatre, with the production marking 25...

"He had been weak enough to let himself be influenced by Jack's dismay at the childish omen, and by the...

As previously rumoured, a new production of Miss Saigon will open at the West End's Prince Edward Theatre next year, immediately following the transfer of Jersey Boys to the Piccadilly. Miss Saigon

Pippin headliner and Spider-Man alum Matthew James Thomas has officially added a new credit to his resume—recording artist! His new EP No Sound at All is available digitally on June 19, produced by Spring…

Actor and singer-songwriter Matthew James Thomas, currently starring in the title role in the Tony Award winning hit Broadway show Pippin, has released his debut EP No Sound At All, which is available today on …

Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of THE EXPLORERS CLUB, the new play by Tony Award nominee Nell Benjamin, directed by Marc Bruni, opens Thursday, June 20 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I 131 West…

Originally presented by Broadway proponent and former OWN host Rosie O'Donnell as part of the Documentary Club, the arresting and exciting 2010 high school glee club documentary MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS gets a spe…

BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose a…

Brian d'Arcy James performed 'All Will Be Well' at Broadway Sessions on May 30th, 2013. Check out the video below

Fanilows rejoice Barry Manilow's official Facebook page has just announced that a special week-long pre-sale of a special selection of tickets for a handful of dates of the upcoming Atlanta premiere of Manilow …

Andrea McArdle, best known for originating the role of Annie in the 1977 Broadway production of ANNIE, premiered her solo cabaret show 70'S AND SUNNY to sold-out houses at 54 Below in late July 2012. She triump…

Goodspeed Musicals has announced the cast of LMNOP, an edgy new musical about an island whose citizens begin to lose their freedoms one letter at a time. The musical will run from July 25 to August 18 at The No…

Primary Stages launches their 29th season with the New York premiere of Harbor by Tony-nominated writer Chad Beguelin Elf, The Wedding Singer. Directed by Tony-nominated director Mark Lamos Seascape, The Rivals…

Five-time Tony Award-winning Broadway royalty Audra McDonald was feted on Monday night in Chicago when she was honored by the Sarah Siddons Society and presented with their 2013 award.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, FX has ordered a 10-episode trail run of an untitled comedy series starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence. If the ratings look promising, the network will automatically…

On Tuesday evening, members of the US Women's National Soccer Team took a break from practice to see the Tony Award-winning Broadway The Lion King on Broadway. Scroll down for a photo

Cameron Mackintosh has just announced that Boublil and Schonberg's legendary musical MISS SAIGON will return to the West End in May 2014 to the Prince Edward Theatre.

If you weren’t lucky enough to win tickets in our AYT competition to see Music Impossible at St. Paul’s church, then do not fear because we have managed to get three pairs of tickets to see Iris the…

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Behind The Candelabra scribe Richard LaGravenese is writing and directing The Last 5 Years, the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. The pic begins shooting this week in NY, with CAA handling dome…

Although Jesse Tyler Ferguson is tearing up the stage in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors, the Modern Family star found the time to check out Broadway’s hottest show about De…

Sandra Bullock won’t take on the role of the drunk and nasty Miss Hannigan in Will Gluck’s forthcoming Annie remake, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Negotiations have ended between the Oscar wi…

In this week’s star-studded episode of The Broadway.com Show, we spent some quality time with Sherie Rene Scott, got the skinny on Elaine Stritch’s new digs in Michigan and name one spunky orphan ou…

The rate at which newcomers begin clapping is proportional to how many are already clappingNever join a club that would have you as a member? That works for a crowded tube train, where personal space is at a pr…

Unenchanted EveningSarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaiesDisco queen Sarah needs help, and a Fairy Godmother is there to help her walk through her pain and personal demons in Once Upon a Disco Ball,  a Christmas Car…

Leaving Homeby Janis KirshnerUrge for Going is self-described as a multidisciplinary puppet play inspired by the songs of Joni Mitchell. And so it is, but so much more. Created and performed by bekky O’Neil, …

Pier Paquette (photo: Mikael Lavogiez)Democracy is coming to the USAby Shannon Christy“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”–James Madison, Political Observations, Apr. …

The third annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards were presented on Tuesday, June 18 at a ceremony at theater district eatery Sardi's. Honoring outstanding achievement throughout the 2012-2013 season, aw

Pippin star and singer-songwriter Matthew James Thomas has released his debut EP, entitled "No Sound At All." The album exclusively features original music by Thomas and is produced by Grammy and Ton

THEATER REVIEWS: 'Uncle Bob' at Mary-Arrchie ★★½ and 'Slaughter City' at Prop Thtr ★★ NINA METZ reviews 'Uncle Bob' at Mary-Arrchie ★★½ and 'Slaughter City' at Prop Thtr &…

In a recent interview with "The Today Show" co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino revealed plans to return to Broadway.

Henry Ong's Sweet Karma, at GTC Burbank. is a fictionalized account of the story of Haing Ngor, the Cambodian doctor turned Academy Award winner turned murder victim.

There is an air of erotic effortlessness in John Rando’s production of “On the Town” in Pittsfield, Mass.    

New York City is charging the theater company behind Shakespeare in the Parking Lot fees for the spaces it uses, and insisting on insurance for cars it does not have.    

Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Download the debut EP from @PIPPINMusical star @Matthewjethomas pro…

On Saturday, June 29th, The Caterpillar's Kimono, a feature film based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, will screen at New York City's Quad Cinemas as part of the Manhattan Film Festival. Scroll below for…

The Divine Sister - Original Off Broadway cast members Charles Busch, Alison Fraser and Julie Halston reunite to record Busch's comedy that takes a whack at pop-culture nuns - from the singing to the socially-c…

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre announces that Sir Alan Ayckbourn has selected an entirely local cast for the American premiere of his play Sugar Daddies at ACT this October.

The highly anticipated feature film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's cult hit musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS started shooting in New York City this week under the direction of Richard LaGravenese and Anna Kendri…

Hot NYC cabaret performing venue 54 Below has announced a new Celebrity Cruise Summit featuring an impressive array of talented musical theatre performers onboard the various week-long upcoming cruises to the C…

The National High School Musical Theater Awards NHSMTA is pleased to announce that 62 finalists selected from tens of thousands of students will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Ac…

Notes on (Love) LifeSarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaiesThere is no dearth of plays about dating and love at the Fringe Festival, especially by white heterosexual males. Gerard Harris, a white heterosexual male, is the…

Crippled by Idolatryby Élaine CharleboisIn his one-man show, Keir Cutler takes on the role of a professor whose obsession with William Shakespeare consumes his ability to teach a coherent class.  Througho…

The Hope of Loveby Janis KirshnerThere seems to be a bit of a theme at this year’s Fringe involving time travel and the idea of going back to alter outcomes. Or looking back at things and changing yourself. R…

SBF Looking for Non-Loserby Sarah Deshaies@sarahdeshaies“Let us introduce you to the world of the single black female.”Single Black Female, or SBF for short, takes on the dating woes of the middle-class SBF…

What is the director’s role in reimagining a playwright’s work? I reached out to the playwright, Mac Wellman, in a series of interviews to get his take on re-envisioning and modernizing his play A Murder of…

Even if you think you know everything about world-famous sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, playwright Mark St. Germain (Freud's Last Session) has put it all together in one very appealing package un

In Part Two of this three-part series, Motown: The Musical’s Bryan Terrell Clark (who plays legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye) once again has video camera in hand as he takes Playbill to the recording studio.…

Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. The Playbill Vault takes a look back on the Tony-winning theatre's Broadway legacy.

Matthew James Thomas, who stars in the title role of the Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin, has released his debut EP, which is titled "No Sound At All."

Nikki M. James picked up a Tony Award for her funny yet grounded performance as Nabulungi in the blockbuster musical The Book of Mormon. The New Jersey native, who also starred in Broadway’s All Shook Up,…

Who cares about the rain when you’ve got an opening night to celebrate? The weather was no issue for the cast and crew of the Public Theater’s latest Shakespeare in the Park offering The Comedy of E…

The Explorers Club star Lorenzo Pisoni shares how Nell Benjamin's new play will surprise audiences with its fast-paced comedic bits and surprise ending, and why his co-stars are always making him crack up o…

Broadway.com is hitting the road to bring you the best regional theater offerings from across the country. This week, there’s no shortage of musicals on the boards as The Jungle Book, Shrek, Hairspray, Th…

Pallas Theatre Cordially Invites You to… The Tragical Mirth of Marriage & Love: Short Scenes by Anton Chekhov Some marriages are tragical.  Some farcical. All are challenging!   Marriage. So hot right n…

It may not quite recreate the atmosphere of a full West End production, but at least fans won’t have to make a coach trip to London to hear the top stage talent. A radio station playing exclusively musical th…

The New Group launches its 2013-2014 Off-Broadway season with the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley's The Jacksonian, arriving in Fall 2013. Directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls, thi…

(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas. Check out further Diversity &…

Here are 5 links to some great videos from the past week.  A look at what goes on in the truck outside Radio City during the Tony Awards; cool national tv performances from MATILDA THE MUSICAL and MOTOWN THE M…

Randy Harrison, Erin Cummings, Paul Anthony Stewart and Alexis Molnar will star in Primary Stages' Off-Broadway premiere of Chad Beguelin's Harbor, which will begin performances July 23 at 59E59 Theater…

Hamish Linklater and Jesse Tyler Ferguson play identical twins in the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors, which officially opened June 18 after previews that began M…

The 2013-14 season of the New Group will feature the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian and the world premiere of Thomas Bradshaw’s Intimacy.

Rob Evan, whose Broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde, Tarzan and Little Shop of Horrors, will play Jean Valjean in Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage's upcoming production of Les Miserables.

Charles Busch, Alison Fraser and Julie Halston will reunite in July for the L.A. Theatre Works presentation of Busch's acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy The Divine Sister.

Cultural organisations are currently experiencing an “arts emergency” and are in need of a survival strategy led by the government, shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has said. Speaking today at the fi…

Based on Julianne Moore’s book, a kids’ musical instructs about negative effects of bullying.

The cast of the Tony-winning revival of Chicago is being extra good to their new mama! Amy Spanger (Roxie Hart), Amra-Faye Wright (Velma Kelly) and Christine Pedi (Matron"Mama" Morton) took the time t…

Three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien has helmed dozens of memorable productions of plays and musicals on Broadway, at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre (where he served as artistic director for many year…

When Alex Kingston landed the infamous role, strange things began happening. She talks to Kira Cochrane about sleepwalking, the chances of a gay Doctor Who – and why America thought she was blackThe moment Al…

Jessica Dickey’s new play straddles the arts/sports divide — Jessica Dickey’s heartfelt new play Charles Ives Take Me Home, now at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, examines the struggle betwee…

Goodman Theatre's world premiere of The Jungle Book begins previews on June 21 opening night is July 1 and, with a second extension week just added, now runs through August 11. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman …

According to The Hollywood Reporter, talks between Sony Studios and Sandra Bullock, the actress who was recently offered the role of orphanage meanie 'Miss Hannigan' in the upcoming musical adaptation of ANNIE,…

This week's retro post comes from when I first started blogging. I'm proud to say I have gotten better about clinging, but still from time to time do it. How about you? October 20, 2009 If you cling too long,..…

Diana and I Ching stop by some big car race in Europe. One of the racers is millionaire Bruce Wayne, who decides this would be an excellent opportunity to hit on her.

WICKED’s current cast and crew celebrated the show’s 4,000th performance on Broadway last night, June 18. The production currently features Lindsay Mendez as Elphaba, Katie Rose Clarke as Glinda, and Derek …