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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

How Does Tony Awards Voting Work? One Tony Voter Responds by Diep Tran

All your burning questions about the Tony voting process answered.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM[SHARE]
Friday, May 23, 2025

Video: Feel 'Wunderbar' in This Exclusive Clip From Kiss Me, Kate Starring Stephanie J. Block by Diep Tran

The London production starring the Broadway favorite will air on PBS May 30.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Ralph Fiennes: 2 Decades Ago, Broadway Had a Similarly Starry Season by Diep Tran

If you think this past Broadway season was celebrity filled, look back on 2005"2006.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PM[SHARE]

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale to Lead Art Revival on Broadway by Diep Tran

This will mark Tony winner Corden's first return to Broadway in 13 years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PM[SHARE]

Video: Jessica Hecht's Vaccine Monologue From Eureka Day That Earned Her a Tony Nomination by Diep Tran

Jonathan Spector's work is also nominated for Best Revival of a Play for bringing comedy, and humanity, to the vaccination debate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM[SHARE]

The Opening Number for Operation Mincemeat Took 6 Years to Write by Diep Tran

The creators and stars of the Broadway show break down how they constructed an opener that was fun, informative, character building, and not "boring."

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Former Kennedy Center President Responds to Trump Allegations of Mismanagement by Diep Tran

Deborah Rutter calls Trump's remarks "a malicious attempt to distort the facts."

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Go Inside an Industry Screening of the Tony-Nominated Play Yellow Face by Diep Tran

David Henry Hwang's play, starring Tony nominees Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue, is streaming now on PBS.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

How Kimberly Belflower Got Lorde to Sign Off on Using 'Green Light' in John Proctor is the Villain by Diep Tran

This writer from Appalachia didn't just make her Broadway debut this season, her play also nabbed seven Tony nominations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PM[SHARE]
Monday, May 19, 2025

How One ACLU Lawyer Brought an Oh, Mary! Playbill to the Supreme Court by Diep Tran

When Chase Strangio had to make oral arguments in front of the highest court, he needed a good-luck charm.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM[SHARE]

The Outsiders, Spamalot, Back to the Future, More to Play the Kennedy Center by Diep Tran

Despite Trump's takeover and several show cancellations, the Washington, D.C. institution will continue to host several national tours.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AM[SHARE]
Friday, May 16, 2025

Video: Watch Tony Nominee Nicole Scherzinger Perform 'I Am What I Am' at Miscast 2025 by Diep Tran

MCC Theater held its annual gala April 7, where stars sing songs from shows they would not be cast in.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM[SHARE]

Kennedy Center Staff Vote to Unionize After Trump Takeover by Diep Tran

The union demanded "freedom from partisan interference in programming," among other stipulations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Good Night, and Good Luck to Be Telecast From Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre by Diep Tran

If you can't afford a ticket to the hit play, be sure to tune in to CNN.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:06PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

'People Have to Buy Tickets': Maybe Happy Ending Director Michael Arden on Fostering Original Musicals on Broadway by Diep Tran

The Tony-winning director on why he's keeping Parade at the Kennedy Center, and his voice cameo in Maybe Happy Ending.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM[SHARE]

Read the Reviews for The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse by Diep Tran

The new musical from Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley is running Off-Broadway at the Signature Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

To Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue, Yellow Face Broadway Success Is a Sign of How Far Asian Americans Have Come by Diep Tran

The play by David Henry Hwang, nominated for three Tony Awards, will be available to stream on PBS beginning May 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

Meet the 2025 Tony Award Nominees in These Exclusive Portraits by Diep Tran

Playbill had a photo booth at the annual Meet the Nominees event, and we made the most of it.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PM[SHARE]

Ruthie Ann Miles and Damon Daunno to Star in Skin of Our Teeth Musical at the Public Theater by Diep Tran

The Off-Broadway institution's 2025"2026 season will also include new shows by John Leguizamo, Jordan E. Cooper, and Elevator Repair Service.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 10, 2025

5 Broadway Shows Perfect for Mother's Day by Diep Tran

Mother is mothering in these shows about parents and their children.

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Friday, May 9, 2025

New York State Extends Broadway Tax Credits and Increases Allocation to $400 Million by Diep Tran

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the 2026 state budget into law May 9.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:36PM[SHARE]

From Megan Hilty to George Clooney to Sadie Sink: This Was the Season of Playful Playbill Bios by Diep Tran

Many Broadway stars decided to do away with the traditional list of credits for something more original.

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WNET to Stream Broadway Shows, Concerts, and Liza Minnelli Documentary As Part of Broadway and Beyond by Diep Tran

Beyond PBS, WNET also has arts programming just for New York and New Jersey residents.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Goddess Is an Original Musical About Kenya 18 Years in the Making by Diep Tran

Director Saheem Ali wanted to honor his home country with a musical. Now it's running at the Public Theater starring Amber Iman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

LaTanya Richardson Jackson Was Done With Acting. Then She Read the Script for Purpose by Diep Tran

She was in the hospital when she got the offer for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play, which has now led to her third Tony nomination.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM[SHARE]

National Endowment for the Arts Lets Go Of Staff, Following Dismantling of Theatre Grants by Diep Tran

Due to Trump's plans to eliminate the NEA, a number of workers are resigning, including Greg Reiner, the NEA's director of theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM[SHARE]
Monday, May 5, 2025

National Endowment for the Arts Cuts Grants for Theatres as Trump Proposes Eliminating Agency by Diep Tran

The Public Theater, Actors' Equity, and others are vowing to fight back against the funding cuts.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 1, 2025

These Artists Received Multiple 2025 Tony Award Nominations by Diep Tran

Darren Criss, Cole Escola, the Operation Mincemeat creators all have multiple chances to win a Tony.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM[SHARE]

Reactions From the 2025 Tony Award Play Nominees by Diep Tran

Learn how the artists in the play categories feel about getting nominated in this reaction round-up.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Luigi Mangione Is Now the Subject of a Musical by Diep Tran

Luigi the Musical will premiere in San Francisco at the Taylor Street Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM[SHARE]

See Milly Shapiro, Keri René Fuller, More in Photos From The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse by Diep Tran

The new Off-Broadway musical is written by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM[SHARE]

All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off