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Monday, September 8, 2025

Hell's Kitchen Finds Full National Tour Cast by Logan Culwell-Block

Desmond Sean Ellington and JonAvery Worrell complete the Alicia Keys musical's principal cast as Serena Williams joins the tour's co-producing team.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AM

Nick Blaemire Musical Soon Will Bow Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

The original musical previously played Washington, D.C.'s Signature Theatre in 2015.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM

LaChanze, Patricia Delgado, Justin Peck, More Win Inaugural Made in NY Theatre Awards by Logan Culwell-Block

Given by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, the awards will be handed out at a Gracie Mansion event later this month.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM

John Doyle Will Direct U.K. The Secret Garden Revival by Logan Culwell-Block

The Lucy Simon-Marsha Norman musical version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic book is getting an actor-musician staging.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM
Sunday, September 7, 2025

Broadway's Cabaret Revival Will Close Earlier Than Expected; Billy Porter Out for Remainder With Illness by Logan Culwell-Block

The immersive staging of the Kander and Ebb musical will end a month sooner than announced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PM
Friday, September 5, 2025

Get a 1st Listen to Nicholas Christopher Singing 'Where I Want to Be' Ahead of Broadway Chess Revival by Logan Culwell-Block

Tony winner Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele will co-star with Christopher in the first-ever Broadway revival of the cult favorite musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PM

Watch Video Highlights of Heathers Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

McKenzie Kurtz, Olivia Elease Hardy, and Elizabeth Teeter are currently playing the eponymous mean girls at New World Stages.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM

Listen: Jennifer Lopez Sings the Haunting Title Song of Kiss of the Spider Woman by Logan Culwell-Block

The upcoming movie musical has dropped the first single from its soundtrack.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AM
Thursday, September 4, 2025

8 Surprising Songs Actors Should Audition With by Logan Culwell-Block

Singing songs that many (many) people have sung can be death at an audition. Try these rarely heard gems instead.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM

Tom Francis' Bloody Sunset Boulevard Tank Top Will Be Up for Auction at Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction by Logan Culwell-Block

Other items on auction at Broadway Cares' annual fundraiser include a dress worn by Rachel Zegler and a chance to conduct at Wicked.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM

John Leguizamo's The Other Americans Extends Off-Broadway Before Performances Even Begin by Logan Culwell-Block

Ruben Santiago-Hudson is directing the new work for the Public.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PM

Cleo Laine, George Wendt, Richard Greenberg, More Will Be Honored With Broadway Marquee Dimming This Month by Logan Culwell-Block

The September ceremony will be the second in a new system of group dimmings at Broadway theatres.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PM

Public Theater Backstage Workers Ratify IATSE Contract, Effectively Unionizing by Logan Culwell-Block

The unionization effort is one of many newly facing Off-Broadway companies and productions.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PM

See Who's Starring in Marissa Jaret Winokur-Directed Hairspray by Logan Culwell-Block

The Broadway favorite is helming a new California revival of the musical that won her a Tony Award.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PM

André De Shields Will Star in Intimate, Off-Broadway Tartuffe by Logan Culwell-Block

The production will invite 100 guests per performance to a transformed House of the Redeemer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM

School of Rock Will Get a Young Actors Edition by Logan Culwell-Block

The one-hour adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Julian Fellowes-Glenn Slater musical will be licensed by Concord Theatricals.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AM

Melanie La Barrie Will Star in London Concerts of The Book Thief Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

Written by Jodi Picoult, Timothy Allen McDonald, Elyssa Samsel, and Kate Anderson, the new musical made its world premiere in Manchester in 2022.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM

Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay Will Be Romy & Michele Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

The cult-classic film is getting the stage musical treatment at Stage 42 in October.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director Douglas Aibel Leaving Off-Broadway Company by Logan Culwell-Block

The departure ends a 43-year tenure with the theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM

These Theatre Kids Won the Fight Against Proposed Anti-Arts Measures at an Arizona School Board Meeting by Logan Culwell-Block

More than 60 public speakers attended a recent school board meeting to speak out against a proposed measure to bar arts educators from renewing memberships in professional associations.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM

TikTok Dance Duo Cost n' Mayor Bringing Theatrical Dance Show to Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

The married pair is teaming up with Hideaway Circus to present 11 to Midnight, featuring a cast of dancers discovered online.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM

See Who's Joining Eisa Davis in the World Premiere of Her The Essentialisn't at HERE by Logan Culwell-Block

Described as a "performance about performance," the new work asks, "Can you be Black and not perform?"

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM

Strategic Love Play Coming to Virginia's Signature Theatre by Logan Culwell-Block

The play from Succession writer Miriam Battye is making its Washington, D.C. premiere after runs Off-Broadway and at Edinburgh Fringe.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM

Thomas Schumacher Departing Disney Theatrical by Logan Culwell-Block

The move ends a 40-year tenure with the group, dating back to its very beginnings.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM

Watch: A New Look at Wicked: For Good Includes Sneak Peeks at New Numbers by Logan Culwell-Block

A 30-second promo of the upcoming release has dropped, and there's lots for fans to obsess over.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM

Photos: Joe Locke Hits the Rehearsal Room for Samuel D. Hunter's Clarkston in London's West End by Logan Culwell-Block

Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville are co-starring, with Jack Serio at the helm.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM

Watch: Denée Benton, Alex Newell, and More Rock the House in Pericles by Logan Culwell-Block

The Public Works Shakespeare musical, which played Cathedral of St. John the Divine, featured songs by Troy Anthony.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM

Purpose Had a Record-Breaking Final Week, and More From Last Week's Broadway Grosses by Logan Culwell-Block

The Pulitzer and Tony winner finished its extended run in The $1 Million Club, setting a Hayes Theater box-office record.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PM

Here's When You Can See Sherie Rene Scott Go on in Broadway's The Queen of Versailles by Logan Culwell-Block

The Aida and Last Five Years star is returning to Broadway as the latest high-profile standby.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

Jeb Brown Will Star in Off-Broadway Return of Beau the Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

The Dead Outlaw star was previously heard on the world premiere album of the Douglas Lyons-Ethan D. Pakchar musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

'I Can Really F*** Up—And It's Fine': Kumail Nanjiani on What He's Learned Starring on Broadway in Oh, Mary! by Logan Culwell-Block

The screen star dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers September 2 to talk about making his Broadway debut.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM

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