Thursday, July 24, 2014
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, a company dedicated to presenting rarely-produced plays, has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PMLena Hall recently took home a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (she keeps it on her fireplace mantle) for her turn as the gender-bending Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMLabyrinth Theater Company, the downtown company dedicated to presenting daring works of theatre that expand the boundaries of mainstream productions, has announced its 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PM"Frozen" star Kristen Bell picked up Julie Andrews' magic umbrella from "Mary Poppins" to advocate for a raise in the minimum wage in a video for Funny or Die.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMShakespeare in Love, a stage version of the hit film of the same name that playwright Lee Hall has adapted from Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screenplay, opened July 23 at the West End&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThe Old Globe Theatre will conclude its 2014 summer season with William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, which begins performances Aug. 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMTuesday, July 22, 2014
President Barack Obama will present the National Medals of Arts July 28 at 3 PM ET in an East Room ceremony at the White House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:15PMThe New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, which celebrates Off-Off-Broadway, has announced the nominees for its annual awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PMMike Bencivenga's new play Billy & Ray, a comedy about the birth of film noir, will make its New York debut at the Vineyard Theatre directed by Hollywood veteran Gary Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMMike Bencivenga's new play Billy & Ray, a comedy about the birth of film noir, will make its New York debut at the Vineyard Theatre directed by Hollywood veteran Gary Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMMike Bencivenga's new play Billy & Ray, a comedy about the birth of film noir, will make its New York debut at the Vineyard Theatre directed by Hollywood veteran Garry Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe Signature Theatre's upcoming production of The Wayside Motor Inn, the drama by prolific playwright A.R. Gurney that will begin performances Off-Broadway Aug. 12 prior to an official …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMAmy Ryan will co-star with Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's untitled Cold War spy thriller, Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMMonday, July 21, 2014
Phoenix, Scott Organ's dark comedy about a one-night stand that will star Julia Stiles and James Wirt, will sell a limited number of $20 tickets to every performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMAward-winning actor Frank Langella will star in the drama "Captain Fantastic," Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMNeil Patrick Harris, currently starring in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, has been invited to join the hit TV show "American Horror Story,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMFriday, July 18, 2014
Julie Crosby, who had served as the producing artistic director of the Women's Project Theater, gives an exclusive interview to Playbill.com about the differing accounts of why she depar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMNew artwork for the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which will star Tony nominee Andrew Rannells in the title role, has been released.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMPatrick Marber's play Closer, a drama about deceitful relationships, will be revived in London with Nancy Carroll, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Chris set to star, the Daily Mail reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMEther Dome, the new drama by Elizabeth Egloff about the discovery of ether's medical uses, officially opens at the La Jolla Playhouse July 18 following previews that began July 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's staff offers a collection of restaurants that offer the best dining in Hell's Kitchen, from quick, casual places to fancy spots for a special night on the town.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, July 17, 2014
The Shubert Organization, which owns 17 of the 40 Broadway theatres, is positioning to purchase the Off-Broadway New World Stages complex, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMThe majority of the advisory board and several members of the board of directors have departed Women's Project Theater following the abrupt exit of producing artistic director Julie Cros…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, which made its world premiere at the Old Globe in 1986, returns July 17 in a re-imagined production at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Vestments of the Gods, a modern-day take on Sophocles' Antigone written in response to LGBT bullying, will play the New York Fringe Festival. The new musical is presented by Tony winner …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMAthol Fugard, the prolific playwright who was recently featured in residency at the Off-Broadway Signature Theatre Center, is a recipient of the 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Aw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMChloe Grace Moretz, who recently starred in The Library at the Public Theater, will voice the title role in "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya," Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
Potomac Theatre Project, the Off-Broadway company dedicated to presenting thought-provoking work of contemporary social and cultural relevance, kicks off its 28th season July 15 following pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMJoely Richardson will star in The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman play about the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, Off-Broadway this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMThe Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which stars 2014 Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris in the title role, has recouped its initial capitalization inve…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMLong-time friends and comedians Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner will honor their late boss Sid Caesar at the Paley Center in Los Angeles July 16.
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