Get ready with #rupaulsdragrace's #Alaska5000 as she discusses the inspiration for #DragTheMusical and how #LizaMinnelli got involved as a producer.

RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Winner Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 has written a musical! Co-written with Tomas Costanza and Ashley Gordon, Drag: The Musical follows two rival drag bars, each fighting for survival wh…

The revival of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim's musical Gypsy is currently running at the Majestic Theatre. It stars six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Rose, Joy Woods as Louise, Jordan Tyson…

Leslye Headland's Cult of Love officially opened on Broadway at Second Stage's Helen Hayes Theater December 12. Centering on the four adult children of the Dahl family and their partners as they return home for…

Jessica Vosk will perform at Carnegie Hall December 20 and 21, in an evening that will feature the New York Pops, as well as songs from her holiday album Sleigh (yes, it's a pun). You can also catch her nightly…

Stark Sands and Adrian Blake Enscoe play brothers in the Avett Brothers musical Swept Away now on Broadway. Fresh off of recording the Swept Away cast album the night before, the pair brought along a banjo and …

The Left on Tenth star, Peter Gallagher, looks back on his Broadway memories, including the wise words that have kept him going.

The Tony-nominated actor is back on Broadway in "Left on Tenth." Above, he shares memories from his stage career, including that time he saw the final dress rehearsal of a new musical called "Phantom of the Ope…

Colombian singer, songwriter, and musician Sebastián Yatra (Encanto’s "Dos Oruguitas”) makes his Broadway debut November 25 in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre. The Latin Gramm…

Meet the latest musical theatre creator featured on Playbill's Songwriter Series.

On November 14, Wicked had its premiere in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Broadway's Death Becomes Her began performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre October 23 ahead of a November 21 opening night. It is based on the film of the same name. Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are leadin…

Maybe Happy Ending is currently running at Broadway's Belasco Theatre. Set in South Korea, the work follows a Helperbot 3 (played by Darren Criss) that has been deemed obsolete. When his Helperbot neighbor (pla…

Swept Away is currently running at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Leading the cast are Tony winner John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening) as Mate, Stark Sands (Kinky Boots) as Big Brother, Adrian Blake Enscoe (Di…

This year, two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle celebrates his 25th year on Broadway, from "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Peter and the Starcatcher," "Something Rotten!", "Tammy Faye" and the three weeks he w…

Dancer Charli D'Amelio begins performances in the ensemble of & Juliet on Broadway October 29. & Juliet flips the script on the William Shakespeare classic, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn’t e…

Playbill is turning 140. To celebrate, we asked Broadway's brightest about the first time they appeared in a Playbill.

Walden by Amy Berryman is currently playing Off-Broadway at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater. Opening night is November 7 and the show runs through November 24. It stars Shameless's Emmy Rossum and Succession'…

"Ragtime"—created by Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally—will play a limited run at New York City Center October 30 to November 10. The show will star Nichelle Lewis as Sarah, Colin Donnell …

It's Playbill's 140th anniversary. So we're pulling the curtain back on some theatre magic.

The upcoming concept album of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis' new musical Warriors is set to release October 18 via Atlantic Records. It is based on the 1979 film The Warriors. Grammy Award winner Nas is exe…

The musical retelling of Louis Armstrong's life, through the eyes of his four wives, is currently running on Broadway at Studio 54.

Rehearsals are underway for The Devil Wears Prada, with previews scheduled to begin October 24 at London's Dominion Theatre. The musical, based on the hit film and book of the same name, features music by Elton…

Playbill is turning 140. To celebrate, we asked Broadway's brightest about the first time they appeared in a Playbill.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is currently running in a limited engagement through December 20 with a cast that includes Donnie Milligan, Kevin McHale, Philippe Arroyo, Leana Rae Concepcion, Beanie…

The Notebook's newest young Allie and young Noah gave an exclusive performance to Playbill of one of the show's many love songs.

Playbill is turning 140. To celebrate, we asked Broadway's brightest about the first time they appeared in a Playbill.

The new musical from the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars is currently running Off-Broadway at New World Stages.

She's come hooommmmeeeee at last! The revival of Sunset Boulevard is currently running on Broadway.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is about to get a star-studded production at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. And Playbill got an advance look. Above, see the show's cast (including Tony winner…

Playbill is turning 140. To celebrate, we asked Broadway's brightest about the first time they appeared in a Playbill.

Fresh from receiving a Tony Award for Lifetime Achivement, three-time competitive Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien walks through his career, from his start as an assistant director in “You Can’t Take It With …

The Thornton Wilder classic is back on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon, and featuring a diverse cast.

Featuring a book, music, and lyrics by the Lazours (Daniel and Patrick), We Live in Cairo is inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring. The show will play at N…

Jordan Tyson plays Young Allie in "The Notebook," based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, is playing now at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Video editing and direction by Ethan Treiman.

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club recently welcomed its two new leads and Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno sat down with them to chat about stepping into the iconic roles.

Watch the company of Little Shop of Horrors and alum celebrate the production's 5th anniversary with an out-of-this-world unveiling and performances.

The cast of The Big Gay Jamboree talk about their "demented" new musical, from Titanique creator Marla Mindelle, and Jonathan Parks-Ramage and Philip Drennen.

McNeal, currently running at Lincoln Center, is about an author who decides to use A.I. in his work. See the cast, led by Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr, discuss the new Ayad Akhtar play in the video above.

Alyssa Milano begins her run as Roxie Hart in Chicago September 16. Above, she discusses how she got her start in the theatre and is now the mother of a theatre kid.

Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang is currently running at the Todd Haimes Theater and examines what happens when a playwright named DHH (played by Daniel Dae Kim) mistakenly casts a white actor to play an Asian …

Andy Einhorn leads the Gypsy orchestra in a special performance of the show's overture at the newly reopened Majestic Theatre on Broadway.

The Louis Armstrong biomusical begins performances October 16 at Broadway's Studio 54.

Meet the latest musical theatre creator featured on Playbill's Songwriter Series.

Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time is getting the Broadway JR. treatment from Music Theatre International. We talk to the artists creating it—plus the show’s original Broadway star Briga Heela…

As David Henry Hwang gears up for Yellowface on Broadway, watch the Tony winner reflect on his Broadway memories, including how he transformed "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song", the importance of Asi…

Playbill sits down on the FringeShip with Rob Madge, creator of My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?). Rob shares the 'great conversations' they had with once-skeptical fathers after an hour of transformation…

Joseph Martin and Linus Karp of Awkward Productions share how they landed on Gwyneth Paltrow's lawsuit ("I lost half a day of skiing!") as inspiration for their new musical.

Dylan Mulvaney's hysterical one-woman show charts her transition from gay best friend to (self-described) FAGHAG.

Fashionable, cerebral, and hilarious: comedian ALOK (from Netflix's Gender Agenda) brings their stand up show to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Grace Aki shares what comes next for her solo show, To Free a Mockingbird, and how the show "gives my mother an aneurysm."

Original Les Miz Eponine Frances Ruffelle and her husband, Norman Bowman, bring their 2-person show, "The Scot and the Showgirl," which features Scottish tunes and musical theatre favorites, to the Edinburgh Fr…

Cirque Kalabanté brings their stunning circus show to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Why do gay people love witches? Tim Murray answers this age-old question in his new show, Tim Murray is Witches. Watch his interview with Playbill here.

Awkward Productions brings their new parody docu-musical Gwyneth Goes Skiing to the Edinburgh Fringe. Check out one of the songs from the show, "See You in Court," written by Leland and featuring Linus Karp as …

Catherine Cohen, the actress/writer/comedian/vocalist behind Come for Me, shares her favorite audience interactions and Edinburgh Fringe survival tips.

Rob Madge brings their hilarious, heartfelt show — My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) — to the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Watch clips here.

Japan's celebrated circus troupe Cirquework arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe with a show full of stomach-turning, jaw-dropping, gravity-defying stunts set to techno music.

Broadway performer and songwriter Todd Almond sits down with Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno to talk about his Odyssey-inspired musical I'm Almost There, the international search for the show's harp, and bringing …

Ogunquit Playhouse's production of Little Shop of Horrors runs August 22–September 21, with Hunter Foster at the helm. Watch the company perform "Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)," "Suddenly, Seymour," and "…

Meet the latest musical theatre creator featured on Playbill's Songwriter Series.

Philadelphia-based composer and performer Robi Hager is the latest member of the Playbill Songwriter Series, proving the power of a multi-disciplinary theatre artist. A Broadway vet, Hager was a member of the…

Brooklyn-based composer Jacinth Greywoode is the latest member of the Playbill Songwriter Series, and he brought the full force of his hypnotic storytelling to display: with a taste for adapting the truth of hi…

Amanda Ribnick, the viral sensation behind TikTok's Gilmore Girls: The Musical, stopped by the Playbill office to preview material from three of her new musicals, ranging from the vibrantly new end-of-life yet …

Dynamic duo Amanda D'Archangelis and Sami Horneff write contemporary musicals that are making waves for their fiercely free female leading characters. D'Archangelis and Horneff's musical The Radium Girls was a…

Groove with Jamie Cepero, the newest addition to Playbill's Songwriter Series. Cepero is an Afro-Latino queer non-binary artist and activist, most well known for playing the conniving Ellis Boyd on NBC’s cul…

Fouad Dakwar came by the Playbill Studio to share music from his autobiographical musical Fouad of Nazareth, which explores his experience returning to his homeland. Dakwar is a Palestinian artist most recogn…

To perfectly usher in the fall, Will Shishmanian filled the Playbill studio with acoustic folk music from his original musical Amberland for the newest edition of Playbill’s Songwriter Series. Amberland (pr…

With performances from two of his musicals, Here Lies Love's music director J. Oconer Navarro dropped by the Playbill Songwriter Series to shed some light on his newest projects and the dreams they deliver. F…

Chicago on Broadway welcomes back Ariana Madix as Roxie. She sits down with Playbill to talk about how Dancing With the Stars was the perfect preparation for Fosse and how she's been a lover of musicals since c…

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Jaime Lozano visited Playbill with his Familia—performers Robin de Jesús, Mauricio Martínez, and Florencia Cuenca—to perform for Playb…