Sunday, June 14, 2015
Playbill.com asked both newcomers and veterans of the New York theatre scene what advice they would have given themselves when they were starting out in their careers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, June 12, 2015
As part of Playbill.com's 30 Days of Pride, the team behind the Tony-winning musical Fun Home reflect on the personal and political impact of the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, June 11, 2015
John Cameron Mitchell, who returned to the New York stage for the first time since 1998 to perform in the Tony-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, said playing Hedw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMSara Bareilles, who is making her theatrical songwriting debut with the musical adaptation of the film "Waitress," shared her thoughts on the musical in a Google Plus hangout June …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMTuesday, June 9, 2015
Disenchanted!, the Off-Broadway musical that pokes fun at the world of fairy-tale princesses, will close Sunday, June 14 after 30 previews and 139 regular performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:15PMBetsy Wolfe (Broadway’s Bullets over Broadway, The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and Matt Bittner (Public Theater’s Much Ado About Nothing) will topline Up Here, the new musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMA concert performance of Bombshell, the fictional Broadway musical from the short-lived NBC musical series "Smash," was given June 8 in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMMonday, June 8, 2015
Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles, starring in The King and I as head wife Lady Thiang, opened up about the need for more diversity onstage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMIn a spin on the red-carpet tradition of asking stars, "What are you wearing?," Playbill.com has asked winners of the Tony Awards why they chose the outfits they wore to Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMSunday, June 7, 2015
With their wins for Best Book of a Musical (Lisa Kron) and Best Original Score (Jeanine Tesori and Kron) for the groundbreaking musical Fun Home, these writers not only take home some of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30PMCraig Lucas, director and choreographer of An American in Paris, the stage adaptation of the popular movie musical that received 12 Tony nominations, opened up about the risks of bringing a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:37PMJessie Mueller, who won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Carole King in the bio-musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, shared news about her next projec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:24PMSaturday, June 6, 2015
In a spin on the red-carpet tradition of asking stars, "What are you wearing?," Playbill.com has asked women of the theatre community why they chose the outfits they wore to va…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, June 3, 2015
The Twentieth-Century Way, a drama exploring homosexuality in 1914 Los Angeles, officially opens at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre June 3 following previews that began May 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, Boyd Gaines and Bryce Pinkham, respective stars of the original production and recent revival of The Heidi Chronicles, discuss the groundbreaking …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, June 2, 2015
Four surprise presentations were included in the annual Lilly Awards ceremony, which recognize accomplishments of women in theatre, June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMMonday, June 1, 2015
The Lilly Awards, which recognize accomplishments of women in theatre, honor award-winning actress Chita Rivera and acclaimed Broadway producer Daryl Roth at their annual ceremony June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn an exclusive excerpt from the Tony Awards Playbill, leading women in the theatre industry talk about guiding Broadway into a new generation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 29, 2015
Acclaimed composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will accept the first Master Storyteller Award from the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe world-premiere musical Come from Away, inspired by the story of a small town hosting people on Sept. 11, begins its world-premiere production at California's La Jolla Playhou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe women of Wolf Hall, the dramatization of Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII, discuss power and sexuality in the stage story about the Tudors in England.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 28, 2015
Chita Rivera, an acclaimed musical theatre actress, made her Broadway debut in 1953 and has continued to grace the stage continuously since then.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PMTuesday, May 26, 2015
With performances of The Tempest beginning in Central Park's Delacorte Theater May 27, Playbill.com offers a guide to waiting in line for free tickets to Shakespeare in the Park.&nbs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 25, 2015
The cast of Ever After, a new musical adaptation of the Cinderella story, share their thoughts on a new, feminist approach to the popular fairy tale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, May 24, 2015
We've all been there: You sit down to watch a Broadway show. The lights go down and the curtain goes up... and the person next to you pulls out his/her phone. Or a candy. Or begins talki…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, May 20, 2015
The Lilly Awards, which honor accomplishments of women in theatre, will honor award-winning actress Chita Rivera and acclaimed Broadway producer Daryl Roth at their annual ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMHand to God star Geneva Carr shares how a single performance of one play inspired her to change her entire life and how Robert Askins picking her name out of a hat led to her sexually charge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, May 18, 2015
Taye Diggs, last seen on the New York stage in 2005's A Soldier's Play, will return to Broadway to star in the title role in the Tony-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMSunday, May 17, 2015
Brandon Uranowitz, a first-time Tony Award nominee for his performance in An American in Paris, shares how his father's love for the music of Gershwin has influenced his career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, May 15, 2015
Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed immersive production of Macbeth will be filmed by Martin Scorsese, the Daily Mail reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMThursday, May 14, 2015
Tony Award winner Christian Borle, currently starring as the rock-star writer William Shakespeare in the new musical Something Rotten!, shares the secret to his evolution from a student …
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