Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Another cast member of the anticipated Grease Live! has been added: the smooth vocal stylings of the Teen Angels will be sung by the R&B group, Boyz II Men. The group will perform a thr…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:51PMAlready itching for awards season? We certainly are! To kick off the new year, the Tony Awards just announced their 2016 calendar of events as follows: Thursday, April 28: Official cut-off f…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:39AMElizabeth Swados, musical composer and writer, beloved teacher, and a four-time Tony Award nominee for her musical Runaways, has died at the age of 64 after a battle with esophageal cancer. …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:08AMMonday, January 4, 2016
Broadway Is a Drag, an evening celebrating iconic drag roles on Broadway, will be presented tonight at Feinstein’s/54 Below at 7pm. The concert benefits Broadway Cares/Equity F…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:34AMThursday, December 17, 2015
Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the award-winning Noises Off by Michael Frayn begins previews tonight, December 17, 2015 and will open officially on Thursday, January 14, 20…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:03AMWednesday, December 16, 2015
Learn more about A.R.T.'s current production of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET 1812 through this series of interviews with writer Dave Malloy, director Rachel Chavkin and set designe…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:35PMLearn more about A.R.T.'s current production of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET 1812 through this series of interviews with writer Dave Malloy, director Rachel Chavkin and set designe…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:35PMDan Goggin announced today that Nunsense, his internationally acclaimed musical sensation, will launch a sinfully funny new episodic television series. Created and written by Goggin, “Nu…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:02PMMonday, December 14, 2015
Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce that Fun Home, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has recouped its…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:27PMGrammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban will make his long-awaited Broadway debut as ‘Pierre’ in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, the new musical T…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:44AMFriday, December 11, 2015
In New York for the holidays? Then be sure to check out the below New Year's week schedule for updated performance times.
The post Broadway’s 2015 New Year’s Week Schedule appear…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:45PMIn New York for the holiday? Then be sure to check out Broadway's Christmas week schedule for updated performance times.
The post Broadway’s 2015 Christmas Week Schedule appeared first…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:10PMOn December 7 at Town Hall in New York City, notables from the world of academe and the theatre celebrated theatre legend Eric Bentley – poet, playwright, drama critic, translator, induct…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:30PMThursday, December 10, 2015
This morning from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Angela Bassett, America Ferrera, Chloë Grace Moretz and Dennis Quaid announced the nominees for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe. Th…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:24AMTuesday, December 8, 2015
At 6:45pm tonight, Broadway will dim its lights tonight in honor of Irish playwright Brian Friel Brian Friel for one minute. Led by The Broadway League, the dimming marks the community&…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:52PMMonday, December 7, 2015
The Grammy Awards announced their 2015 nominations this morning. The part that we’re all most interested in? Best Musical Theater Album, of course. Congrats to this year’s nomine…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:03PMTuesday, December 1, 2015
From the producer of numerous Agatha Christie stage plays comes the first book to examine the world’s bestselling mystery writer’s career and work as a playwright, published to commemora…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:34PMTuesday, November 24, 2015
The American Theatre Wing’s 70th Annual Tony Awards announced today that it will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 12, 2016, rather than the previously announce…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:38PMThere's nothing better than a big, bold musical. So we've collected a list of some favorite show-stopping musicals that are perfect for community theaters. Check 'em out!
The post Top 10 Big…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:49PMIn New York for the holiday? Then be sure to check out Broadway's Thanksgiving week schedule for updated performance times.
The post Broadway’s 2015 Thanksgiving Week Schedule appeared…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:02AMMonday, November 23, 2015
Five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh will direct for 20th Century Fox a new feature film adaptation of Agatha Christies’ acclaimed mystery Murder on the Orient Express, it was a…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:15PMMonday, November 16, 2015
Tonight marks the 2015 Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony, held at 7:30pm at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre and hosted by Estelle Parsons. The ceremony will be followed by a late supper at Th…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:03PMThursday, November 12, 2015
The first meeting of the Tony Awards Administration Committee took place today, kicking off the 2016 Tony Awards season. They met to determine the eligibility of ten Broadway productions for…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:18PMRydell High is about to get whipped into shape. Stage and screen actress Ana Gasteyer will play the infamous high school’s Principal McGee in the upcoming Fox television presentati…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:07PMWhen the fifth annual TEDxBroadway returns Monday, February 22, 2016 to New World Stages in New York City, so too will the Young Professional and Student Programs in “The Loft.” The orga…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:50PMWednesday, November 11, 2015
The 21st annual Out 100 issue has been published by Out Magazine, commemorating the year’s most influential and inspirational LGBT individuals and their straight allies. President Bara…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:18AMMonday, November 9, 2015
Samuel French is thrilled that playwright Clare Barron (You Got Older) is one of the first two recipients of a new playwrighting award honoring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. The judges as…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:16PMFriday, November 6, 2015
Two time Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris and singing partner Kimberly Kaye, along with their band Loose Cattle, have recorded a country version of “Pony Girl,” the original song writt…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:24AMWednesday, November 4, 2015
Producer Douglas Denoff announced yesterday that the two-time Tony Award® winning hilarious hit comedy 39 Steps will play its final performance in its critically-acclaimed run at the Union…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:12AMMonday, November 2, 2015
November has finally arrived, and along with it, the announcement of the Broadway participants in the 89th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! Dancing in the streets of Herald Squa…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:58PMThursday, October 29, 2015
The 2016 Kids’ Night on Broadway National Ambassadors Kelli O’Hara and Marlee Matlin announced that the 20th Kids’ Night on Broadway will take place in New York City on Feb…
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