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Monday, March 10, 2025

Fidelio, Film Scores, and Further: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Little Shop, Big Fish, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Moby-Dick at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's adaptation of the classic novel opened March 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PM
Monday, March 3, 2025

Cast Set for New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' Iolanthe by Natan Zamansky

Gilbert and Sullivan's "entirely original Fairy Opera" will close out the company's 50th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PM

White Whales and Winter Wanderings: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Friday, February 28, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Moby-Dick at Met Opera by Natan Zamansky

Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer's adaptation of the classic novel opens March 3.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Manhattan Theatre Club Launches Sondheim-Inspired High School Musical Theatre Competition New Friends by Natan Zamansky

The competition coincides with Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, opening at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this spring.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM
Monday, February 24, 2025

Bruch, Bruckner, and Brahms: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48AM
Friday, February 21, 2025

The Sound of Music, The Tempest, and More Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AM
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Opera North Recording of Kurt Weill's Love Life Sets BBC Radio Premiere by Natan Zamansky

The recent production of the Weill-Alan Jay Lerner musical will be available for streaming for 30 days following the broadcast.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay to Open Met Opera's 2025-26 Season by Natan Zamansky

The season will also include the house premieres of Kaija Saariaho's Innocence and Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PM
Monday, February 17, 2025

‘I Love Russian Composers!’: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AM
Friday, February 14, 2025

'Won't It Be a Pretty Wedding?': Nine Couples Who Made PLAYBILLDER Part of Their Wedding by Natan Zamansky

Playbill programs aren't just for the theatre! See how people have made Playbill part of their special day.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

West Side Story to Open LA Opera's 2025-26 Season by Natan Zamansky

The season will include five main stage productions, as well as appearances by Renée Fleming and Patti LuPone.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM

Patti LuPone, Heather Headley, More Feature in Carnegie Hall's 2025-26 Season by Natan Zamansky

Three-time Tony winner LuPone is bringing back her Matters of the Heart concert to mark its 25th anniversary.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Cynthia Erivo, Sutton Foster, More, Feature in Wolf Trap's 2025 Summer Season by Natan Zamansky

A wide-ranging selections of musical acts and operas will be presented at the Virginia venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM
Monday, February 10, 2025

Swans and Serpents and Elephants, Oh My!: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Fairy Tales and Bedtime Stories: 10 Creative PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AM
Wednesday, February 5, 2025

David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo’s The Monkey King Sets World Premiere at San Francisco Opera by Natan Zamansky

Diane Paulus will direct the opera, based on the novel Journey to the West.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM
Monday, February 3, 2025

Firebird, Salome, Blind Injustice: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM
Friday, January 31, 2025

Assassins, Macbeth, and More Creative PLAYBILLder Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AM
Thursday, January 30, 2025

John Riddle to Lead Sunday in the Park with George at 2025 Glimmerglass Festival by Natan Zamansky

Bernadette Peters will also appear as a guest artist in the festival's 50th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PM
Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Top 20 Most-Produced Shows of 2024 at Youth Theatres by Natan Zamansky

Here are the shows that proved most popular with PLAYBILLDER, Playbill’s program-building service.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM
Monday, January 20, 2025

Born to Lied: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03AM
Thursday, January 16, 2025

10 Creative She Kills Monsters PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM
Monday, January 13, 2025

Verdi, Vivaldi, and Wagner: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Thursday, January 9, 2025

10 Creative Alice by Heart PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country by Natan Zamansky

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

What Shows Are Newly Available For Licensing? by Natan Zamansky

Is your local school or theatre trying to decide what show to produce next? Check out what titles have recently been released for licensing!

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AM
Monday, January 6, 2025

Opera North's Love Life to Receive Cast Album by Natan Zamansky

The album will be the first complete recording of Kurt Weill's score.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM

Bell, Bach, and Handel: What’s Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Stay up to date with the best of dance, opera, concert music, and more in NYC.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre