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Life is a celebration with the first glimpse into rehearsals for New York City Center Encores! La Cage aux Folles. Playbill has a special look the show's opening number "We Are What We Are."…
Life is a celebration with the first glimpse into rehearsals for New York City Center Encores! La Cage aux Folles. Playbill has a special look "With Anne on My Arm," featuring Wayne Brady, A…
Life is a celebration with the first glimpse into rehearsals for New York City Center Encores! La Cage aux Folles. Playbill has a special look the ballad "With You on My Arm," performed by B…
Tony winner Jeff Mahshie was not afraid to push the timeline of Fallen Angels up in favor of creating costumes that looked and felt better on stars Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara. And clearly, …
Schmigadoon! is a homage to Golden Age musical, with plenty of references to classic Broadway. In an interview with Playbill just moments after taking home the trophy for Best Orchestrations…
Lighting designer Jack Knowles is excited to put his 2026 Tony Award "right next to last year's"—i.e. his 2025 Tony for Sunset Boulevard. Though, like the humble king he is, he'll be simpl…
Sound designer Mikaal Sulaiman took home this year's Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical for his work on Death of a Salesman, a project he's been with since day one.
See Sulaiman…
The best of times is now because New York City Center's limited run of "La Cage Aux Folles" begins June 17 until June 28. See the company, introduced by Wayne Brady, perform "We Are What We …
In one of the most memorable moments of the 79th Annual Tony Awards, Kai Harada, upon beginning his acceptance speech for Best Sound Design of a Musical, did not realize which show he'd won …
Tony winner Dane Laffrey put in the work to make the world of The Lost Boys filled with supernatural spectacle, while also prioritizing actor safety and comfort.
In an interview with Playbi…
Tony winner Chloe Lamford wants to welcome more women into the profession of scenic design. In an interview with Playbill just moments after receiving this year's Tony Award for Best Scenic …
Bess Wohl has hit a Tonys milestone with her Best Play win for Liberation, becoming the fourth woman to do so in the history of the 79 years of the Tony Awards. She's also the first wo…
The June 7 Tony Awards were historic for lots, but particularly so for the trans community. Winning a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Qween Jean …
Cinco Paul has a decision that anyone in the Broadway theatre would love to have to make: where to put his multiple Tony Awards.
The Schmigadoon! creator picked up three Tonys June 7 at Rad…
After two decades, Caissie Levy is finally a Tony winner. She won a 2026 Tony Award for playing Mother in the Tony-winning revival of Ragtime. Watch her interview in the video above where sh…
Lorne Michaels may have won a 2026 Tony Award on June 7 for producing Schmigadoon! But moments after receiving his award onstage at Radio City Music Hall and upon greeting the press, M…
After doing 10 Broadway shows and three Tony Award nominations throughout her prosperous career, beloved Broadway veteran Shoshana Bean has finally gotten her flowers with her Tony win tonig…
Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, two first-time Tony winners, have each taken home a spinning statuette for their co-direction of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the Ballroom revival of Andrew Ll…
Ali Louis Bourzgui may have had one of the most passionate, and political, Tony Awards acceptance speeches at the 2026 ceremony—but the young actor said that he truly didn't think he would…
At long last, Joshua Henry is a Tony Award winner. At the 2026 Tony Awards, the Ragtime star dedicated a portion of his acceptance speech to his inspirations: Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes…
According to Tony winner Omari Wiles, the ballroom scene can be cutthroat sometimes. But Wiles found a true friend and creative partner in Arturo Lyons, also now a Tony winner, as the pair t…
Just moments after receiving the 2026 Tony Award For Best Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his performance in Mark Rosenblatt's Giant, the renowned stage and screen st…
The 79th Annual Tony Awards are taking place June 7 2026, and Playbill will be your guide through the entire night, hosted by Playbill's Director of Social Media Jeffrey Vizcaíno. Watch the…
In Two (Broadway) Strangers, a new video series from Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), the stars and creative team of the musical interview fans of the musical.
In this episode…
Playbill Exclusive Video: To celebrate its opening night tonight, get a first look inside the world premiere of GIRL, INTERRUPTED at The Public Theater. Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright M…