Friday, July 19, 2013
The American Theatre Critics Association has named Stefanie Zadravec winner of the $10,000 Francesca Primus Prize for her play The Electric Baby.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMForm Theatricals in association with Judson Arts presents the world premiere of Handbook for an American Revolutionary, written and performed by Matthew-Lee Erlbach, beginning July 19, prior…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMThe upcoming musical episode of the USA Network series "Psych," which will feature appearances from Tony Award winner Barry Bostwick and Anthony Rapp, is scheduled to air Dec. 15, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMGolden Globe nominee Rose Byrne, known for her television work on the series "Damages," is in talks to join the cast of "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMTony Award winner Faith Prince, who was last seen on Broadway as Ursula in The Little Mermaid, steps into the shoes of Miss Hannigan in the current production of Annie, which was Tony-n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTriArts Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of executive director Alice Bemand and artistic director John Simpkins, presents Neil Simon and Marvin Hamlisch's award-winning musical com…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBarrington Stage Company presents the BSC Musical Theatre Lab world-premiere production of Southern Comfort, a new musical with book and lyrics by Dan Collins and music by Julianne Wick Davi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, July 18, 2013
Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred in the Off-Broadway drama If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, is no longer attached to the Walt Disney Pictures film adaptation of Into the Woods &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMGrammy Award-winning recording artist Fantasia Barrino, who was last seen on Broadway in The Color Purple, has been announced as the first headliner of Broadway's After Midnight &md…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMComplete casting has been announced for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning play with music Peter and the Starcatcher, which will play stops in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMNominations have been announced for The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be hosted by Broadway star and Emmy-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris and air live Sept. 22 at 8 PM ET on CBS f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMBarrington Stage Company, under the leadership of artistic director Julianne Boyd and managing director Tristan Wilson, presents Chaim Potok's The Chosen, adapted and directed by Aaron P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSecond Stage Theatre's New York premiere of the new musical comedy Nobody Loves You, about a grad student who is unexpectedly cast on a reality TV dating show, officially opens July 18 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMArtist of Light, a stage show from light-suit dance group iLuminate, who rose to fame on television's "America's Got Talent," officially opens July 18, following previews t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
Here's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they take a final bow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PM"Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History," chronicling playwright Glen Berger's journey with Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMThe Bluest Ink, a multimedia revue featuring the music and lyrics of Tony Award-winning songwriter Stephen Sondheim, will be presented in a staged concert Aug. 26 at (le) Poisson Rouge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMGhost and Murder Ballad star Caissie Levy and Taylor Noble, who was seen in the concert presentation of Zoe Sarnak's A Lasting Impression, perform Sarnak's "Give Words of L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMSheet music from the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award-winning musical Dogfight — featuring a pop-rock score by rising theatre songwriters and Tony Award nominees Benj Pasek and Justin Paul &m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMAtlanta's Theater of the Stars, the non-profit Georgia company that has offered 60 seasons of theatrical programming and recently revealed that it was in danger of closing its doors due …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMMusical director Craig Barna, who provided orchestrations and arrangements for the 1998 and 1999 Broadway engagements of Peter Pan and has had a long history with the musical, has filed a $2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMMusical director Craig Barna, who provided orchestrations and arrangements for the 1998 and 1999 Broadway engagements of Peter Pan and has had a long history with the musical, has filed a $2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMSpring Awakening and "Glee" star Lea Michele, the girlfriend of late "Glee" co-star Cory Monteith, released a statement July 16 following the coroner's report that Mo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMKevin Spirtas, who appeared on Broadway in The Boy from Oz and is best known for his work on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," stars in the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYM…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Kindling Theatre Company and Neighborhood Productions, in association with Judson Arts, present the world premiere of The Capables, written by Jay Stull and directed by Stefanie Abel Hor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGoodspeed Musicals presents the Tony Award-winning musical Hello, Dolly!, which officially opens July 17, following previews that began June 28, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Cory Monteith, 31, who played heartthrob Finn Hudson on the Fox hit musical series "Glee," died of a "mixed drug toxicity" of heroin and alcohol, according to People maga…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMThe second national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon, starring Nic Rouleau, Ben Platt and Syesha Mercado, has extended its Los Angeles engagement at the Pantages The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMBroadway Rocks, helmed by Broadway musical director Todd Ellison (Annie, La Cage aux Folles, Lestat, 42nd Street), will be held July 18 at the State Theatre in New Jersey. Tony winner Beth L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMSusan Moniz, who was seen in the Broadway revival of Grease, is among the cast of the Marriott Theatre production of 9 to 5, The Musical, which will begin Aug. 14, prior to an official openi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMThe national tour of Flashdance — The Musical, the stage adaptation of the 1983 film, will begin performances at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre Aug. 6. Jillian Mueller, who was …
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