Star of stage and screen, Kristin Chenoweth will guest on BravoTV's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE tonight, July 24th.

A private reading of Lempicka, a new musical about the tumultuous life of art deco artist Tamara de Lempicka, will be presented today and tomorrow, July 24th and 25th in Manhattan.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents three benefit performances of 'Villain DeBlanks,' a fill-in-the-blanks whodunnit, at 1130 pm tonight, July 24 and July 31, and August 7. The performances will benefit …

UnsungMusicalsCo. UMC continues its 2014 developmental reading series at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center with a special presentation of I Had a Ball, the 1964 Coney Island …

Tim Realbuto's 54 Below show will feature JULIE D'MOURE Hair, JUSTIN ANTHONY LONG 'City of Dreams', ANNA LOUISE MORSE Spring Awakening, and NICHOLAS YENSON Ghostlight, along with special guest stars, including …

Williamstown Theatre Festival welcomes Tony Award-winner Nina Arianda and stage and screen star Sam Rockwell to the cast of Fool for Love, playing the Nikos Stage from tonight, July 24-August 2, 2014.

This week's event is set to feature the casts of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, PIECE OF MY HEART, CINDERELLA, AVENUE Q and BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. Check back later for a complete list of scheduled performers

A trifecta of terrifically talented triple-threats famous for their headlining roles in Oz-themed mega-hit WICKED convened this week to share a special photo - Eden Espinosa and Shoshana Bean with Megan Hilty

If you’re looking for a little summer romance with a twist, we’ve got our eyes on a new play opening at the Cherry Lane Theatre. What happens four weeks after a one-night stand? That’s the question tackle…

This queen has a lot to say about drag, theater, and the beloved San Francisco institution known as Trannyshack.

The film actress recounts her childhood in the theater, from the Chekhov she had to muscle through to the "fluke" that led to her stage debut.

Villain: DeBlanks, a fill-in-the-blanks whodunnit featuring special guests from Broadway and beyond, is presented for three performances beginning July 24 at 54 Below. The late-night event is a fundraiser for B…

Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell star in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, which opens July 24 on the Nikos Stage.

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth celebrates her birthday July 24. In honor of the special day, the Playbill Vault looks back at her Broadway stage career.

Unsung Musicals Company continues its 2014 developmental reading series at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center with a special presentation of the 1964 musical comedy I Had A Ba…

The Puppet Shakespeare Players and STT Productions present the world premiere of Puppet Titus Andronicus – a new comedic take on Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus performed in the style of Avenue Q &nd…

Carthay Films presents the Los Angeles premiere of The Protagonist, a new comic play by Tim Livingston, beginning July 24 at the Lillian Theatre.

The Broadway in Bryant Park concert series continues July 24. Over 40 theatre artists are participating in the free event, the third concert of the 14th season of the outdoor presentations.

A host of Broadway artists join writer Tim Realbuto for Tim Realbuto: Alone (With Plenty of Help), which is presented July 24 at 54 Below.

Theatreworks USA, the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for young audiences, presents the new musical The Lightning Thief — the featured production of its 26th annual Free Summer T…

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth celebrates her birthday July 24. Playbill.com has compiled some favorite photos featuring the stage and screen star.

Piece of My Heart, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns, opened Off-Broadway July 21 at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Members of t…

Watch your hands, because Puppet Titus is here! Puppet Titus Andronicus begins performances off-Broadway on July 24, with opening night set for July 30 at Theatre Row’s Beckett Theatre. The play will…

The American premiere of The Good and the True starts preview performances on July 24 at off-Broadway's DR2 Theatre. The Daniel Hrbek-helmed production stars Isobel Pravda and Saul Reichlin. Written by D…

There is something very special, even magical, in the wind in Lawrenceville this summer. As he did with last year's LES MISERABLES, director Justin Anderson has found exciting ways to bring new life to a belove…

Today we are turning back the hands of time in viewing an unearthed piece of theatre history featuring the TV debut of Tony Award-winning legend Elaine Stritch singing and selling up a storm in honor of her pas…

Takuya Hiramitsu, the director at the helm of the brand new stage musical based on the super-successful long-running Japanese anime series SAILOR MOON set to premiere later this year in Tokyo, talks about his i…

Some cover their feet in glue, others slice at them with razor blades ... Emma John discovers what performing night after night does to a dancer's feet Continue reading...

What makes an actor truly great? The actor's job is to bring a scripted character to life. RADA's Dee Cannon outlines 10 questions that must be addressed in order to create a fully-realised three-dimensional pe…

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Analisa Leaming, Tom Galantich and the entire cast of the upcoming production of The Sound of Music held a press preview of the musicallate last week. Internationally known director Philip Wm. McKinley returns …

Third Door Theatre presents Away - Michael Gow's iconic Australian play first performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986 State:  …

Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson provides some historical context for the debate surrounding the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s 2014 production of “The Mikado.”

Cast unveiled for outdoor production of Shakespeare comedy.

Can an adaptation be too faithful? Directed with verve by Declan Donnellan across, up and down Nick Ormerod’s versatile Elizabethan theater set, the 28-strong cast of this grand screen-to-stage adaptation of …

Stritch was buried next to her husband John Bay at a small service

Nearly every theater in town is on a quest to find, foster and showcase new plays and promising playwrights. Steppenwolf’s yearly First Look Repertory of New Work, the summertime showcase of plays in developm…

The Irish Repertory Theatre will continue its eighth season of its Reading Series with The Moors by Jen Silverman, directed by Jackson Gay (These Paper Bullets at Yale Rep) July 28 at 3 PM.

With wildfires presently raging through Washington and Oregon states, and California and the rest of the country no stranger to devastation, Walt Disney Pictures’ newest animation release is timely and im…

Variety just premiered a love song composer, singer-songwriter, director and actor Paul Williams wrote for the late, great Elaine Stritch last year after watching her documentary ELAINE STRITCH SHOOT ME. It's c…

'Days of Our Lives' star Kevin Spirtas leads a cast of 13 in the new musical comedy MR. CONFIDENTIAL, presented as part of the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Directed and choreographed by Stephen Nacha…

Ok, after our Celebrity Guest-Recapper Natalie Weiss was absolutely on fire last week, I figured I had to step up my game tonight. So, as I did last year, I will be live updating tonight's Top-16 Episode of SO …

If you need a charismatic leading lady who’s at once lovable and caustic, seeming as prone to beat you senseless as to give you her life savings, why wouldn’t you cast Lynne Wintersteller?

Warren Leight found a nifty way to sum up 20 years’ worth of Knicks agony: In “Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6,” the Tony-winning writer of “Side Man”...

While it is something of a cliché to be reminded that forgetting the past is a sure way of repeating it, the problems of the Middle East are so acute that this thought might be worth taking seriously. In Holy …

Shakespeare in Love is celebrating its world premiere at the Noel Coward Theatre tonight, 23 July 2014, bringing together one of the largest companies ever assembled -- 28 actors and musicians, plus two dogs --…

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Margo Seibert in 'Busy Being Free' on July 28, 2014.

Schott NYC Presents Hot Schotts starring John Gallagher, Jr. at The Bowery Electric on July 29th.

5th Avenue Theatre just announced via its Facebook page that Chryssie Whitehead will star as 'Cassie' in A CHORUS LINE this fall.

Playwright Lee Hall brings this Oscar-winning film to the West End stage.

Rachel Dunham, the Australian star of NYMF's Oprahfication, and her partner took advantage of New York's commitment to marriage equality.

A fantastic five-star cast gallantly resuscitating a creaky piece in Cats playing in Plymouth

“Comedy, love – and a bit with a dog. That's what they want,” declares Thomas Henslowe, the debt-ridden theatre manager in Shakespeare in Love. We'll come to the love in a moment.  But first things first…

Tony winner Patti LuPone returns to 54 Below with her fabulous cabaret show The Lady With the Torch. Here's a taste of the talented star in action!

On this week’s brand new episode of The Broadway.com Show, we’ve got an out-of-town Smackdown, a heartfelt salute to Elaine Stritch, big news from Bryan Cranston and much more.

Get a first look at photos of Laura Eason’s Sex with Strangers, starring Anna Gunn and Billy Magnussen. The new Second Stage production opens July 30, 2014 at the Tony Kiser Theatre.

Get a first look at production photos of off-Broadway’s Mala Hierba, starring Marta Milans, Roberta Colindrez, Sandra Marquez and Ana Nogueira. The play by Tanya Saracho opens July 28, 2014 at Second Stag…

The star-studded cast of You Can’t Take It With You, which returns to Broadway August 26th with an opening set for September 28th, met with the media on July 23. The production is directed by si…

Broadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flooded with literally hu…

“Comedy, and a bit with a dog”. That’s what audiences really want according to the hapless would-be-impresario Mr Henslowe, and that’s certainly what they get in Lee Hall’s new stage adaptation of Joh…

Actor and performer Charlie Varon has a definite propensity when it comes to storytelling: a laidback and welcoming presence, a passionate mind full of churning ideas, and what a voice! Spanning mellow depths t…

Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s screen play Shakespeare In Love took the public by storm, and even though critics weren’t exactly impressed (when are they ever) it harvested several Oscars and found its way …

Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts today announced that playwright Kimber Lee will be the 2014-15 Aetna New Voices Fellow at Hartford Stage.

Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play You Can't Take It With You will begin previews on August 26, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street, with an opening night set for Septe…

I finally saw it! Well...heard/saw it.  Kind of.  Whatever.  It was a concert staging. I first caught wind of Central Avenue Breakdown following its successful run at the 2011 New York Musial The…

You gotta admire the cojones on anyone who writes a musical called Atomic. I mean, theater critics and their editors can be mean enough with headlines even without such low-hanging fruit. OK, I'll bite: Atomic …

While one-person shows can be a daunting endeavor for many performers, Qurrat Ann Kadwani tackles the feat head on with her one-woman, emotionally charged comedy, THEY CALL ME Q which is directed by Obaid Kadwa…

Franco, O'Dowd, Meester will be filmed onstage for theatrical release.        

Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @mtc_nyc announces full casting for #THECOUNTRYHOUSE with #Tony win…

In a world where snarky political pundits like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver command some of the highest TV ratings, Bill Maher enters his 12th season of "Real Time" on HBO as nonplusse…

The Oscar-winning film that pondered the sexual and writing habits of William Shakespeare is adapted for the stage in “Shakespeare in Love: The Play.”

The former American Ballet Theater principal Ángel Corella will become the artistic director of the Pennsylvania Ballet in September, the company announced on Tuesday.

  Alexander Calder. Whimsical mobiles. Free-standing ‘stabiles.’ A surrealist painting come to life! I’ve always loved those kinetic sculptures—the pretty mobiles of elegantly suspended shapes on w…