Peyton List Will Be Heathers' New Head Heather in 2026 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway revival will welcome the School Spirits star to succeed current leading lady Jodie Steele next month.

The 15 Best Shows of 2025 by Diep Tran

The Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that Playbill's editorial staff loved this year.

Kennedy Center, Once Home to Broadway Hits, Has Just 1 Show Coming for Next Six Months, Plus Southern Musician Cancels by Roger Friedman

The Kennedy Center is going to be very quiet this winter and spring. The only show of note coming in for the next six months is a national tour of “Chicago,” from March 29th. Otherwise, …

In Memoriam: Victor Popovic, 52 by Plsn Staff

Victor Popovic, longtime tour manager for New Kids On The Block, passed away on Dec. 14, 2025 at age 52. “We are heartbroken by the unexpected loss of our dear friend Vic Popovic,” the b…

Clyde McCoy and the Sugar Blues by Trav S.D.

I have a question for any Hatfields out there (I have some Hatfield relatives): in your bid to pick off and incapacitate McCoys, would you include CLYDE McCoy (1903-1990)? For the jazz trump…

Russia Reopens Occupied Mariupol Theater More Than Three Years After Deadly 2022 Airstrike

The Associated Press reports that the historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has reopened more than three years after it was destroyed in a Russian airstrike tha…

Peyton List to Join HEATHERS THE MUSICAL as Heather Chandler

Peyton List, who stars in the hit Paramount+ TV series “School Spirits,” will join the cast of Heathers The Musical as Heather Chandler. List will join the production on Monday, January …

‘Cobra Kai’s Peyton List Joins Off Broadway Hit ‘Heathers The Musical’ by Greg Evans

Peyton List, whose TV credits include the Paramount+ series School Spirits and Netflix’s Cobra Kai, will take to the stage later this month when she joins the hit Off Broadway revival of H…

NIGHT STORIES by Rachel S. Kovacs

Sutzkever’s poems reflect the emotional roller coaster of its residents’ existence, pivoting among horror, humor, and an ambivalent desire for both death and redemption.

Photos: Neil Diamond, Kate Hudson, & More at Aspen SONG SUNG BLUE Screening

On Tuesday, December 23, Neil Diamond and Song Sung Blue star Kate Hudson attended the Aspen Special Screening in partnership with Aspen Film at the Isis Theater. Additional attendees includ…

Video: Watch Jessica Vosk Perform 'Mary, Did You Know' on GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Christmas may be over, but it's not too late to check out a recent performance from Broadway's Jessica Vosk on Good Morning America. Fresh off a year-long run in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitc…

WICKED: FOR GOOD Crosses $500 Million at Global Box Office

Wicked: For Good may be arriving on digital in just a few short days, but the sequel to the 2024 blockbuster is still chugging along in theaters. According to Deadline, the movie musical sur…

Daniel Breaker Joins Cast of London's Hadestown December 29 by Andrew Gans

The West End return of the Tony-winning musical opened at the Lyric in February 2024.

Max Mendoza Crumm's The Cosmic Clubhouse Raises 15k on Kickstarter by Logan Culwell-Block, Meg Masseron

The musical short will feature an ensemble of original creature characters crafted from "cardboard, sparkles, and paint," all living in a magical clubhouse hideaway.

Dust Bowl Radio Hour Musical Will Get Developmental Presentation at Oklahoma City University by Logan Culwell-Block

The new project features music by Kasey Dillon Yeargain and a book and lyrics by Jersey Boys star Sean McGee.

Get a 1st Look at I Puritani at the Metropolitan Opera by Natan Zamansky

The New York institution rings in the new year with its first new production of the Bellini masterpiece in 50 years.

Beetlejuice the Musical To Host Final Performance Singalong by Margaret Hall

The revival will treat closing night audiences to a special curtain call sing-along finale before it ghosts Broadway forever.

Two National Scofflaws Who Got Bio-Pics by Trav S.D.

Born December 29, two (unrelated) American leaders who broke rules, were publicly disgraced, and yet became the subjects of Hollywood bio-pics, Andrew Johnson and Billy Mitchell. The stories…

DEATH BECOMES HER, WICKED: FOR GOOD & More Receive Nominations for 13th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has announced the nominations for the 13th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards, which include honors for Broadway's Death Becomes Her and Beetlejuice, alo…

Trump-Hosted Kennedy Center Honors Draws Lowest Ratings Ever

The Kennedy Center Honors drew its smallest audience ever this year. The Donald Trump-hosted ceremony averaged an estimated 2.65 million viewers, a large drop from the 4.1 million viewers in…

Watch Mandy Gonzalez Sing Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Breathe' at Carnegie Hall by Andrew Gans

The Sunset Blvd. star revisited her In the Heights anthem during her tribute to Tony winner Miranda.

Broadway Shockers 2025: The Fall of The Queen and Other Smash-ing Flops Amid a Changing Broadway

Andy Zaltzman: ‘Aristophanes is total comedy: political satire, slapstick and dick jokes’ by Interview By Liam Pape

The standup on studying Ancient Greek comedy at university, his worst gig and having the test scores shouted at him during sets How did you get into comedy?Slightly by accident. I had tried …

BEETLEJUICE Will Host Sing-Along Finale at Closing Performance

BEETLEJUICE will end its limited 13-week Broadway return engagement at The Palace Theatre on January 3, 2026, at 8pm with a special audience curtain call sing-along finale. In the last 7 yea…

Tennessee Williams' radio play 'The Strangers' published for the first time by Hosts

A previously unpublished radio play written by Tennessee Williams as a college student has been published in The Strand magazine. What does the work say about the playwright before he became…

ADJ Returns to Create Magical Atmosphere at Paramount Tree Lighting Celebration by Griffin Rodgers

For the fourth consecutive year, the Californian city of Paramount’s annual Tree Lighting Celebration was brought to life by the expert production team at Ambient Pro, LLC., supported by a…

2025 in Review: Our Favorite Performances by JK

We were fortunate to have seen 17 different productions in 2025: 14 on Broadway and 3 off-Broadway. These are the shows we considered in all categories this year: Bat Boy: The Musical. Buen…

Ring in the New Year in CT with some laughs from improv to stand-up comedy by Christopher Arnott

There are dozens of comedy shows happening around Connecticut on New Year's Eve, New Year's Day or New Year's weekend to welcome in 2026.

‘Try/Step/Trip’ Is a Story of Hip-Hop Rehabilitation, Told in Step by Brian Seibert

Dahlak Brathwaite’s “Try/Step/Trip,” part of the Under the Radar festival, uses the language of step to express the liberating and restricting power of groups.

A Town, a Bully, and the Moment Everything Breaks: “Kenrex” at The Other Palace by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Kenrex at The Other Palace By Ross ‘911, what’s your emergency?’‘My husband… they shot him… they all did.’ It’s July 10th, 1981, Missouri, and i…

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Three Kings and a Lord Protector: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Find out what’s happening in the opera, concert, and dance scene this week.