Friday, February 6, 2015
More than two decades after its initial Broadway run, the William Finn and James Lapine Tony-winning musical Falsettos will return to Broadway in spring 2016. And, it will be directed on…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMWednesday, February 4, 2015
Don Harron, a Canadian stage and television actor who was perhaps best known as a cast member of the long-running rural comedy sketch show “Hee Haw,” died Jan. 17 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMTuesday, February 3, 2015
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMMonday, February 2, 2015
Geraldine McEwan, a well-respected actress of the British stage who was adept at both comedy and drama, and who may be best known as the Agatha Christie detective Miss Marple in a series…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMFriday, January 30, 2015
That old Shakespearean Sam Waterston is using his golden years to get around to some of the Bard’s mature roles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMWednesday, January 28, 2015
Peter Neufeld, a prolific producer and general manager on Broadway with nearly three decades of credits, died Jan. 27 at The Lillian Booth Actors Home of The Actors Fund in Englewood, NJ. Hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMMonday, January 26, 2015
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMFriday, January 23, 2015
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s increasingly familiar musical Into the Woods got another go-round with the public this week, when a new, pared-down production &mdas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMTuesday, January 20, 2015
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMFriday, January 16, 2015
Broadway got a late Christmas miracle this week. Honeymoon in Vegas, the forever-previewing Jason Robert Brown-Andrew Bergman musical comedy that has been struggling with box-off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMMonday, January 12, 2015
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMJack Dabdoub, an actor who performed in more than a dozen Broadway shows, including the original production of Man of La Mancha, died Dec. 11, according to his daughter, Alison Dabdoub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMSaturday, January 10, 2015
Tony Award winner John Lithgow, currently starring in A Delicate Balance on Broadway, talks about his bucket list of roles with Playbill and recalls his favorite stage experience in what he …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27AMFriday, January 9, 2015
There was news this week from musicals that have been kicking around for quite some time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMMonday, January 5, 2015
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMFriday, January 2, 2015
The controversy over the sudden dismissal of artistic director Ari Roth from Washington D.C. nonprofit Theater J, a group he has led for nearly two decades, continued to unfold last week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMWednesday, December 31, 2014
Edward Herrmann, a magisterial acting presence who made his mark in theatre, film and television, including a few memorable turns at Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a Tony-winning perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMTuesday, December 30, 2014
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMLuise Rainer, the German-born, Max Reinhardt-trained film actress who made history by being the first performer to win two Academy Awards, only to see her career effectively end a ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMDirector Mike Nichols, actors Elaine Stritch and Marian Seldes and journalists Martin Gottfried and Arthur Gelb were among those who left us in 2014. At year's end, Playbill remembers th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, December 28, 2014
Playbill.com offers a round-up of some of the productions, ranging from rare revivals to new original works, playing Off-Broadway during the spring season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, December 26, 2014
If the Theatre J brass thought the kerfuffle over their firing of longtime artistic director Ari Roth would die down over the Christmas holiday, they were wrong.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMIf the Theater J brass thought the kerfuffle over their firing of longtime artistic director Ari Roth would die down over the Christmas holiday, they were wrong.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMPlaybill.com offers a look at the spring 2015 Broadway season, which includes Larry David's Broadway bow and the new musical adaptations of Dr. Zhivago and An American in Paris.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, December 24, 2014
It was a year of hit plays and flop musicals; of movie musicals and television musicals; of star-packed productions; a year when Audra made history and Cafe Edison became history. The st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, December 23, 2014
Constellations, the new MTC play at the Friedman, began previews this week. The Jake Gyllenhaal starrer started out decently, playing to 87% capacity, if only collecting 48% of its possible …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMFriday, December 19, 2014
Second Stage wants $58 million for Christmas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMTuesday, December 16, 2014
Playbill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMPlaybill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMSunday, December 14, 2014
Erika Shannon, creator of "Don't Dodge the Dance Call," discusses the origins of the new online dance course designed to help aspiring triple-threats with their auditions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PMFriday, December 12, 2014
It’s like Déjà vu all over again.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM 
