Monday, April 7, 2014
Emmy nominee Benedict Cumberbatch will star in a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III for BBC Two, Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMThe 18th Annual Independent Reviewers of New England Awards are presented April 7 at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy nominee Lena Dunham receives the Point Foundation's Horizon Award at the Point Honors New York Gala April 7 at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Signature Theatre honors award-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick with the Stephen Sondheim Award at a black-tie gala benefit April 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Atlantic Theater Company's production of The Threepenny Opera, featuring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham and Tony nominees Laura Osnes and Mary Beth Peil, officially open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, April 6, 2014
New York Theatre Workshop's production of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information concludes its run April 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Yale School of Music and the Yale School of Drama present the dark comedy The Soldier's Tale, starring Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, at Carnegie Hall April 6 at 7:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu concludes its run at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre April 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, April 5, 2014
Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer talks with Playbill.com about directing the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe winner of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award will be announced April 5 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, during the Humana Fes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, April 4, 2014
The HBO series "Silicon Valley," which features the late actor Christopher Evan Welch, will not adjust its plot following Welch's passing, TheWrap.com reports. The new TV show …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:37PMAdditional casting has been announced for the one-night-only benefit concert of the cult classic Reefer Madness that will be held at New World Stages April 19 at 11:59 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe cast and creative team have been announced for the U.S. premiere of Lisa Tierney-Keogh's Four Last Things, the story of a young woman struggling with her life, which will begin perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMAward-winning actor Bryan Cranston, who is currently on Broadway in All the Way, is writing a memoir, Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMTony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell presents a solo concert to benefit Hunter College Elementary School April 4 at 7:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 3, 2014
The April 8 episode of "Glee," titled "Bash," will feature performances of songs written by award-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMThe Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will play the Walnut Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMThe Signature Theatre will honor award-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick with the Stephen Sondheim Award at a black-tie gala benefit April 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMStudio Theatre will not present Taylor Mac's play Hir as part of its upcoming season due to a misunderstanding about the direction of the play, the Washington Post reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright's historical drama Camp David officially opens April 3 after previews that began March 21 at Arena Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHartford Stage presents the East Coast premiere of Somewhere, a dance-filled piece by Matthew Lopez (The Whipping Man) about a Puerto Rican family in 1959 New York City. Performances begin A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA starry concert presentation of Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls, starring Tony Award winner Nathan Lane, Patrick Wilson, Sierra Boggess and Megan Mullally, is held April 3 at Carnegie Ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 2, 2014
The first day of single ticket sales for the 2014 Lincoln Center Festival broke records March 31, taking in $704,000 at the box office.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMThe New York premiere of My Mother Has 4 Noses, the autobiographical musical play about caring for an ailing parent, will conclude its Off-Broadway run at The Duke April 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMDominic Chianese, who starred as Corrado "Junior" Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos," makes his Cafe Carlyle debut April 2 at 8:45 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Shadow of the Hummingbird, written by and starring Athol Fugard, officially opens at the Long Wharf Theatre April 2 following previews that began March 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
The 59th Annual Obie Awards will be held May 19 at Webster Hall in the East Village.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PMRichard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical Allegro will play the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, presented by the Astoria Performing Arts Center, beginning May 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMEmmy nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson will host the 80th annual Drama League Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMFollowing the announcement that it would shut down just prior to its 50th anniversary, the San Diego Opera voted March 31 to postpone its closure for two weeks, UT San Diego reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMTony nominee Jennifer Westfeldt, Richard Bekins and Ken Barnett have joined the cast of the upcoming Vineyard Theatre world-premiere production of Nicky Silver's Too Much …
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