Hershey Felder’s politically charged play with music, Our Great Tchaikovsky, will replace the previously announced London engagements of his Bernstein and Berlin plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMThe one-hour live special will be broadcast September 12 from Los Angeles, with additional stages set up in New York and Nashville.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMFrom Tony-winning favorites to rarely seen short-lived gems, musical theatre fans are still waiting to see these shows return to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMThe inspiring benefit concert unites young performers from across the U.S. with some of today’s leading Broadway talents.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14AMThe Boss is heading to Broadway, and we’re crossing our fingers he’ll slip in a showtune or two during his run at the Walter Kerr Theatre this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMImmersive, location-inspired productions will take place across San Diego as part of the biennial event that breaks down traditional theatre barriers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PMThe romantic pop musical from the iconic “I Say a Little Prayer” hit-maker and the creator of Spring Awakening is making its London premiere.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMJim Dale and Glenn Close co-starred in the 1980 Broadway musical by Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart about the life of circus showman P.T. Barnum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:03PMThe short-lived 1986 Broadway musical by Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, and Joseph Stein is getting a new life.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMThe immediate and unrestricted funding will aid community organizations, as well as the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, which sustained severe flooding.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMThe Great Comet’s Brittain Ashford will star in the song cycle as part of Next Door at NYTW’s inaugural season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02PMThe Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical about a group of former follies girls who gather for one last reunion will be staged in spring 2018.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMThe Miss Saigon Tony Award winner returns to Broadway this fall in a re-imagined revival of their musical Once on This Island.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMThe Emmy-winning director of Fox’s Grease Live! will chart new territory with the multi-camera series that incorporates audience participation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMChristopher Shinn’s new play about a billionaire tech genius opened August 18 at the Almeida Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMCreated by the NYC-based theatre collective The Mad Ones, the comedy earned unanimous raves from critics when it premiered at The Bushwick Starr last fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMHis profoundly moving account based on the life of John Merrick earned him the 1979 Tony Award for Best Play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMBest known for playing ruthless assistant Ellis on NBC’s Smash, Cepero will star in an immersive staging of the 1967 rock musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58PMThe three Broadway musicals pulled in over $2 million at the box office for the week ending August 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMAnnie, The Lion King, Once on This Island, and Into the Woods will soon pop up in underserved schools thanks to a successful program based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMSteven Woolf, the theatre’s longtime artistic director, has announced that he is retiring following the 2018-2019 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMCreated by Leah Walsh, the podcast shares the personal stores of artists navigating the waters between art and commerce.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:10AMThroughout the course of his career, the veteran Broadway-producer has revealed little-known facts about some of Broadway’s most iconic musicals—and a few about himself.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBen Richards, Gemma Wardle, Jenna Innes, and Aaron Kanavagh star in a new incarnation of the romantic pop musical inspired by The Gift of the Magi.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:47PMThe Abingdon Theatre Company’s 25th anniversary gala, which includes a performance of the Kander and Ebb revue, will honor Tony and Emmy Award winner Bebe Neuwirth.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMBroadway icon Harold Prince directs the retrospective of his life’s work that charts more than 60 years of musical theatre history, from West Side Story to Cabaret, Company, Follies, P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:34PMPlaybill’s roundup of the latest theatre stories from August 24, 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMOscar nominee Alessandro Camon’s drama about the criminal justice system in America will premiere this fall in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMLondon’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is among the highest ranked universities for theatre education in the U.K., and its doors are open to international students.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMWhy did the late playwright’s estate take issue with the casting of a black actor as Nick, while it approved another production co-starring two black actors?
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMLongtime artistic director Randall Arney has come forward with allegations of discrimination against the theatre’s board co-chairs.
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