Friday, November 6, 2015
Tony winner Chita Rivera's concert special, which was filmed Jan. 26 in the midst of a heavy NYC snowfall, airs Nov. 6 on PBS stations around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 5, 2015
The Tony Award-winning hit Spamalot, the Elvis juke-box musical All Shook Up and the Kander and Ebb musical mystery Curtains are being adapted by licensor Theatrical Rights Worldwide…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM[SHARE]The upcoming Toronto engagement of the classic thriller Gaslight will be staged in a uniquely designed, theatre-within-a-theatre, which will scale down the 2,300-seat Ed Mirv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM[SHARE]Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, whose musical theatre debut Waitress will arrive on Broadway later this season, performs a one-night-only, sold-out concert of so…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]An all-new production of Disney's hit Broadway musical Newsies, which has been re-imagined by a team of Italian artists, officially opens Nov. 5 in Milan after previews that bega…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Chita Rivera will participate in a live Facebook chat Nov. 5 in celebration of her upcoming PBS "Great Performances" concert Chita Rivera: A …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:19PM[SHARE]Rizzoli Bookstore and Simon & Schuster will celebrate the 60th anniversary of "Eloise" with a conversation between "Eloise" illustrator Hilary Knight and three…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Hamilton author and star Lin-Manuel Miranda confirmed to Playbill.com that he's working on an EP of singles from the show that would feature hip-hop, pop and rap stars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PM[SHARE]Tony Award-nominated An American in Paris star Max von Essen will play Dr. Neville Craven in the upcoming Off-Broadway benefit performances of the Tony-winning musical The Secret…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 2, 2015
The Off-Broadway return of Patrick Barlow's Tony Award-nominated comedy 39 Steps, which began previews last April at the Union Square Theatre, will end its run there Jan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM[SHARE]Take a first look at the cast of the international premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical The Bridges of Madison County in these exclusive, stripped-down music videos featuring s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:08PM[SHARE]Cast members from The Wiz Live!, as well as Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof, Finding Neverland, The King and I, On Your Feet! and Something Rotten! will perform in 89th Annual Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 1, 2015
Taylor Swift surprised fans with a Halloween treat Oct. 31, welcoming Wicked and "Frozen" star Idina Menzel to the stage for a performance of the Oscar-winning hit "Let It…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 31, 2015
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is currently developing a film based on the life of West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein for Paramount Pictures, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:30AM[SHARE]Disney's hit Broadway musical Newsies is getting a makeover in an all-new Italian production, which premieres Oct. 31 in Milan. The Italian-language staging features the work of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16AM[SHARE]Friday, October 30, 2015
Hartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, officially opens at the Connecticut venue Oct. 30 at 8 PM following previews that began Oct. 23. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 29, 2015
Musical theatre songwriters Stacey Luftig and Phillip Palmer have been selected as the recipients of the 2015 Fred Ebb Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PM[SHARE]The boutique theatrical PR firm O&M, which is led by publicist Rick Miramontez and has established itself as a major Broadway player with such high-profile projects as Broadway&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Complete casting has been set for NBC's Dec. 3 broadcast of The Wiz Live, which will star Stephanie Mills, Uzo Aduba, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David Alan Grier and Shanice Williams.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Annie Baker, John Guare, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally and Sarah Ruhl are among a group of 80 influential playwrights who have signed their names to an open lett…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13PM[SHARE]Annie Baker, John Guare, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally and Sarah Ruhl are among a group of 80 influential playwrights who have signed their names to an open lett…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21PM[SHARE]Annie Baker, John Guare, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally and Sarah Ruhl are among a group of 80 influential playwrights who have signed their names to an open lett…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21PM[SHARE]Annie Baker, John Guare, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally and Sarah Ruhl are among a group of 80 influential playwrights who have signed their names to an open lett…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21PM[SHARE]Producer Scott Rudin is planning a Broadway transfer for the new Stephen Karam drama The Humans, which opened to strong critical reviews Oct. 25 at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PM[SHARE]The New York Pops has announced plans to celebrate the work of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon collaborators Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg in a May 2, 2016…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AM[SHARE]Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells received some finishing touches from fellow theatrical royalty as he prepared to assume the throne of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM[SHARE]Monday, October 26, 2015
Original Les Misérables stars Colm Wilkinson, Patti LuPone, Frances Ruffelle and Roger Allam reunited for a thrilling finale as part of the 30th anniversary performance of that lo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PM[SHARE]Complete casting has been announced for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County, which will star Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 25, 2015
Actors from If/Then, Doctor Zhivago, Wicked and Side Show take part in the 8th annual Living for Today concert, which celebrates the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Oct. 25 at Joe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 23, 2015
The Broadway musical Amazing Grace, which ends its run Oct. 25 at the Nederlander Theatre, will be recorded by DMI Soundtracks for a January 2016 release.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PM[SHARE]Hartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, begins performances at the Connecticut venue Oct. 23. The entire run is sold out.
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