Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Playwright Arnold Wesker speaks to Andrew Dickson about his life and work including the new revival of his landmark play, Chicken Soup with Barley, as it returns to London's Royal Court afte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:35AMTuesday, June 7, 2011
Tony Award nominees Patina Miller, Victoria Clark, Douglas Carter Beane, and Cheri Steinkellner discuss the creation of the hit musical Sister Act.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:57PMMonday, June 6, 2011
1954 Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein is born today. Fierstein will win Tony Awards for writing and performing in his play Torch Song Trilogy, as well as for his book for the musical La…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, June 4, 2011
1968 Stage and screen actress Dorothy Gish dies today in Rapallo, Italy. Her first New York stage appearance was in 1903 in East Lynne. She began her film career in 1912, but resumed her sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, June 1, 2011
Drama Desk Award winners Norbert Leo Butz, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, John Larroquette, and Joe Mantello share their reactions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:19PMFriday, May 27, 2011
Daniel Radcliffe and a host of stars discuss what they wore to the 2011 Drama Desk Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:20PMTuesday, May 17, 2011
The Drama Desk Award nominee discusses his popular solo show Long Story Short.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:54PMMonday, May 16, 2011
Drama Desk Award nominee Brian Bedford discusses directing and starring in Broadway's The Importance of Being Earnest
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:37AMFriday, May 13, 2011
Drama Desk Award nominees Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman discuss writing the score for the hit Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:26AMWednesday, May 11, 2011
The Book of Mormon star talks about being nominated for his first Tony Award.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMTuesday, May 10, 2011
Jim Parsons and Lee Pace discuss their Drama Desk Award-winning work in the Broadway revival of The Normal Heart.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PMWednesday, May 4, 2011
The Drama Desk-nominated star of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying shares his insights into performing in the hit Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMSunday, May 1, 2011
1922 Comedy team Potash and Perlmutter are Partners Again. The show plays beyond the season at the Selwyn Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, April 19, 2011
1946 Actor Tim Curry is born in Cheshire, England. He will create memorable Broadway roles including Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Mozart in Amadeus, Dada artist Tristan Tzara in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 14, 2011
1865 Our American Cousin starring Laura Keene is in performance tonight when John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Booth's broth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 13, 2011
Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Anna D. Shaprio discuss the new hit play The MotherF**ker With the Hat.
For more information and tickets, click h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16PMMonday, April 11, 2011
A million-dollar comic book stolen from actor Nicolas Cage nearly a decade ago has been found in an old southern California storage locker.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:33PMSunday, April 10, 2011
1868 Birthday of master actor George Arliss, who starred in a series of historical vehicles, including Hamilton and Disraeli.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, April 8, 2011
1904 The New York Times moves its editorial offices to Long Acre Square, prompting a name change to Times Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 6, 2011
Norbert Leo Butz, Aaron Tveit, Tom Wopat and the company of Catch Me If You Can discuss the much-anticipated new Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:13AMMonday, April 4, 2011
Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Kathleen Marshall, and the company of the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes give a sneak preview of the show.
For more informatio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:40AMAs a Manhattan-born teenager at the High School of Art & Design on East 57th Street, I was star-struck. I would go to a Broadway show whenever I could afford it. I practically lived at t…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:24AM1921 Sarah Bernhardt, who recently had one leg amputated, comes to London to play the title role in Louis Verneuil's Daniel at the Prince's Theatre. When she found a wooden leg unwie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, April 1, 2011
For 100 years, The New York Public Library's landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street and its world-renowned collections have inspired people everywhere t…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:54AM1918 Actor-manager Henry Miller opens his theatre in New York City. It's designed to seat 1,000 spectators and capable of handling the latest staging innovations. This will ring true wel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, March 31, 2011
1922 Birthday of actor Richard Kiley (1922-1999), who will create memorable roles in mid-20th century musicals, including Kismet, Redhead, No Strings and his signature role, the title charac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, March 29, 2011
Robin Williams, Moises Kaufman, and the company of Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo discuss bringing the controversial play to Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:39PMSaturday, March 26, 2011
1905 Actor Maurice Barrymore dies today. He was father to Lionel, Ethel and John. He was 57 years old.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, March 24, 2011
1909 Irish poet and playwright John Millington Synge dies today. He penned numerous plays including Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World. For the latter he traveled to the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, March 23, 2011
1940 It's Separate Rooms for an actress who'd rather sleep with her pet Chihuahua than her playwright husband. Glenda Farrell and Lyle Talbot are the twosome. This comedy by Alan Di…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
