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Friday, May 1, 2015

“Duck Dynasty” Musical Closing Early in Las Vegas by Olivia Clement and Adam Hetrick

The Las Vegas stage production of The Duck Commander Musical, based on the popular, yet controversial family from the A&E series "Duck Dynasty," will end its run a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PM
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Family Day OUT Event Welcomes LGBT Families and Allies to Aladdin and Lion King On Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Playbill will celebrate its second annual Playbill Pride initiative with Family Day OUT, a June 13 event that invites LGBT families and allies to attend special performances of Disney's …

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New Work Emerges at This Year’s Davenport Songwriting Contest, Held Tonight! by Adam Hetrick

Broadway producer Ken Davenport and Davenport Theatrical present the Second Annual Davenport Songwriting Contest, in which songwriters compete for the title of Best Song and a $500 grand pri…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

After The Visit, Could Revivals of The Rink and Spider Woman Be Next? Creative Team Hopeful by Adam Hetrick

The creative team behind the new Tony Award-nominated Kander and Ebb musical The Visit are hopeful that two of their previous collaborations may be revived on stage.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PM

“Skivvies” Star Is Midsummer’s Puck Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

"Skivvies" star Nick Cearley will appear as Puck in the Masterworks Theater Company production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Broadway’s Kinky Boots Welcomes Return of Tony-Winning Star by Adam Hetrick

Billy Porter, who earned the 2013 Tony Award for his portrayal of unstoppable drag performer Lola in the Tony-winning hit musical Kinky Boots, returns to the Broadway production April 28…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, April 27, 2015

White Christmas Will Tour Again This Holiday Season by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

A holiday tour of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, based on the classic film of the same name, is scheduled to launch Nov. 6 and continue through Dec. 27, according to an Actors' Eq…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AM

Playbill.com’s 2015 Theatre Awards Roundup by Adam Hetrick

The 2015 theatre awards season is in full swing, and Playbill.com has compiled the latest information on award dates, presenters, nominations, winners and top honors. Read below.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AM

Joel Grey and Harvey Weinstein Are 2015 Astaire Award Honorees by Adam Hetrick

Original Cabaret star Joel Grey and Finding Neverland producer Harvey Weinstein will be honored at the 2015 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which will take place June 1 at the Skirball Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

Something Rotten! Broadway Cast Album Being Recorded Today by Adam Hetrick

The actors and musicians of the new Broadway musical Something Rotten! is in the studio today to record its original cast album for Ghostlight Records. The musical comedy opened on Broadway …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM

Jessie Mueller and Heather Headley Share a Chicago Stage Tonight! by Adam Hetrick

Beautiful Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller is honored in her hometown of Chicago with the Sarah Siddons Society's Actress of the Year Award April 27. The evening promises several stand&#…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Tony Winner Hugh Jackman Takes Another Visit to the Fun Home by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, who was seen on Broadway earlier this season in Jez Butterworth's The River, attended the April 25 matinee performance of the critically acclaimed new mus…

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:08PM
Friday, April 24, 2015

Ahrens and Flaherty’s Anastasia Sets World Premiere by Adam Hetrick

The stage musical adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's animated feature "Anastasia" will have its world premiere at Hartford Stage next spring.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM
Thursday, April 23, 2015

A Look at a Legend: Why Chita Rivera Is Broadway’s Most Enduring Star! by Adam Hetrick

Theatre legend Chita Rivera returns to Broadway as the revenge-seeking star of the new Kander and Ebb musical The Visit. The Tony-winning actress-singer-dancer, who has been …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM

“We’re Home!” Says Chita Rivera of Opening On Broadway in Kander and Ebb’s The Visit Tonight by Adam Hetrick

Chita Rivera returns to Broadway in her first original role in more than two decades as the star of Kander and Ebb's The Visit, which officially opens on Broadway April 23 at the Lyceum…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Kander and Ebb’s The Visit, Starring Chita Rivera, Will Get Cast Album by Adam Hetrick

A cast album of the Kander and Ebb musical The Visit starring two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, will be released in late June.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Something Rotten!, Comic Riff On the Birth of Musical Theatre, Opens On Broadway Tonight by Adam Hetrick

Christian Borle and Brian d'Arcy James co-star as theatrical adversaries in the new Broadway musical Something Rotten!, which officially opens April 22 at the St. James Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Something Rotten! Broadway Cast Album Will Arrive This Summer by Adam Hetrick

Ghostlight Records has announced plans to record the original Broadway cast album of Something Rotten! The musical comedy will open on Broadway April 22.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PM

Chita Rivera Is Back for Revenge in Spell-Binding New Visit TV Spot (Video) by Adam Hetrick

Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Chita Rivera is back with a vengeance in the new Kander and Ebb musical The Visit. A dazzling new TV spot has just been released for the dark, romantic…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PM

Broadway Hit Matilda Casts Stars for National Tour by Adam Hetrick

Drama Desk Award nominee Bryce Ryness (Hair) will star as Miss Trunchbill in the national tour of Matilda The Musical, which officially launches this May in Los Angeles. Young actresses Gabb…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PM

Russian Musical Revolution Storms Broadway Doctor Zhivago Opens Tonight by Adam Hetrick

The Broadway premiere of the new musical Doctor Zhivago, starring Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt and Paul Nolan, officially opens April 21 at the Broadway Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Monday, April 20, 2015

The 10 Best Looks in Red Carpet Fashion from the Opening Night of Fun Home On Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Celebrity stylist George Brescia – who co-hosted Dress Up! Live: The 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, presented by Playbill.com and Stage17 &…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PM

Broadway Professionals Gather to Judge This Year’s Davenport Songwriting Contest by Adam Hetrick

Broadway producer Ken Davenport and Davenport Theatrical will present the Second Annual Davenport Songwriting Contest, in which songwriters compete for the title of Best Song and a $500 gran…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Groundbreaking Graphic Memoir Is New Broadway Musical Fun Home Opens Tonight by Adam Hetrick

The critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir Fun Home, which parallels her own coming of age as a lesbian and the suicide of her closeted gay father, of…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Application Pending, Starring YouTube Sensation Christina Bianco, Ends Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Application Pending, the new Off-Broadway comedy starring Christina Bianco, ends its run April 19 at the Westside Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Broadway-Bound Because of Winn-Dixie Officially Opens Tonight by Adam Hetrick

Because of Winn-Dixie, the new musical by Tony-winning Spring Awakening songwriter Duncan Sheik and Tony-nominated Legally Blonde lyricist Nell Benjamin, officially opens to the …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, April 17, 2015

“The Normal Heart” Film Receives Television Academy Honor by Adam Hetrick

Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the Larry Kramer AIDS drama The Normal Heart, which premiered last spring on HBO, is among the recipients of the eighth annual Television Academy Honors,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:18PM

Broadway-Bound Because of Winn-Dixie Extends by Adam Hetrick

Because of Winn-Dixie, the new musical by Tony-winning Spring Awakening songwriter Duncan Sheik and Tony-nominated Legally Blonde lyricist Nell Benjamin, has extended its run at …

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:47PM

Book of Mormon Tony Winner Will Stage London Premiere of Dreamgirls by Adam Hetrick

Dreamgirls is London bound, according to a report in the Daily Mail. Slated to begin in early 2016, the Tony-winning musical will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PM

Jeremy Jordan Will Bring Solo Concert to West Coast by Adam Hetrick

"Last Five Years" and Newsies Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan is slated to play a series of concerts at San Francisco's Feinstein's at the Nikko in June.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PM
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Lavish King and I Revival Opens Tonight On Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The King and I, starring five-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe, off…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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