Thursday, 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…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:03AMStrap on those ruby red shoes, because complete casting for NBC’s December 3 broadcast of The Wiz Live!, which will star Stephanie Mills, Uzo Aduba, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:43AMWednesday, October 28, 2015
This past Monday, Music for Autism held a benefit hosted by their Junior Board of Directors, and named Joe Iconis as their 2015 Spotlight Artist, a distinction bestowed upon one musician i…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:20PMThursday, October 22, 2015
Want to meet the fearsome (and fabulous) foursome who will be easing on down the road in December? Then stop by the Apple Store in Soho (103 Prince Street) tonight at 8pm to meet executive …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:54AMGet ready to set sail, as the Broadway revival Dames at Sea opens tonight at the Helen Hayes Theatre! Originally produced in 1968, the musical comedy launched the career of Bernadette Pete…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:39AMWednesday, October 21, 2015
Saturday, October 17 marked the 100th birthday celebration of playwright Arthur Miller - and TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago knew how to mark the occasion!
The post Celebrating #ArthurM…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:19PMTuesday, October 20, 2015
A New Brain fans, prepare yourselves: The well-reviewed City Center Encores! Off-Center staging of William Finn and James Lapine’s A New Brain, which starred Jonathan Groff, Ana Gaste…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:16AMFriday, October 16, 2015
After playing the Tricycle Theatre and St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn for two acclaimed runs, Lolita Chakrabarti’s Red Velvet will travel to the West End as part of Kenneth Br…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:46AMThursday, October 15, 2015
Yesterday, the Gish Prize Trust announced the playwright Suzan-Lori Parks would be the recipient of the 22nd Dorthy and Lillian Gish Prize, which is awarded annually to artists who have had …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:40AMWednesday, October 14, 2015
D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, opens tonight on Broadway with Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the starring roles. The revival began p…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:04AMTuesday, October 13, 2015
D.L. Coburn, the author of THE GIN GAME, chats about the play's forty year journey, why this story continues to resonate today, and how Broadway still dazzles him.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:29PMMonday, October 12, 2015
London’s Royal Court Theatre, which is celebrating its 60th birthday as home for new writing, announced their anniversary season today: it will include six world premieres, plus the Lo…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:17PMFriday, October 9, 2015
Today, Deadline announced that Elle McLemore (Broadway’s Bring It On and Off-Broadway’s Heathers) will join the cast of Fox’s Grease: Live! McLemore will take on the ro…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:59PMAcclaimed Fun Home Tony Award nominee Sydney Lucas will star as Mary Lennox in a concert presentation of the Lucy Simon-Marsha Norman musical The Secret Garden in February 2016 at David Gef…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:53AMThursday, October 8, 2015
The Arts Integrity Initiative at The New School College of Performing Arts, School of Drama is honored to present the first public reading of David Adjmi’s 3C, following the work’s landm…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:53PMWednesday, October 7, 2015
Dramatists Guild Fund President Andrew Lippa and Executive Director Rachel Routh announce the lineup for the nonprofit’s Gala, Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars being held on October 2…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:01PMThe Lilly Awards Foundation (Marsha Norman, President) proudly presents The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, an evening of musical showstoppers written by women and performed by Broadway’s b…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:04AMTuesday, October 6, 2015
ICYMI, we have to tell you: Samuel French had a rockin’ night at 54 Below last Thursday. We were thrilled to have our debut concert, “Sing & Tell: A Benefit Concert for Drama…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:36PM40 years after its initial run, Harold Pinter’s Old Times will open on Broadway tonight at the Roundabout. Academy Award nominee Clive Owen (Closer) makes his Broadway debut in the…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:03AMFriday, October 2, 2015
Brian Friel, one of the great playwrights of the 20th century, has passed away at the age of 86 following a long illness. Hailing from Ireland, Friel had an incredible body of work, penning …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:48AMTuesday, September 29, 2015
The American Theatre Wing has announced that the 70th Annual Tony Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, June 5, 2016 (8-11pm ET) live from New York City! The Tony Awards, which honors theater pr…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:20PMSamuel French is thrilled to be advancing our industry with new products. But what exactly are the products we’re creating? Today, we’re giving you a highlight of our newest rel…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:14AMThe story goes that when the MacArthur Foundation called to tell Lin-Manuel Miranda that he had been selected as a MacArthur Fellow, Miranda thought it was his cable company calling to ask h…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:06AMMonday, September 28, 2015
Samuel French is thrilled to be advancing our industry with new products. But what exactly are the products we're creating? Today, we're giving you a highlight of our newest release.
The pos…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:30PMThe American Theatre Wing will host its annual Gala tonight at The Plaza Hotel and honor legendary actor James Earl Jones. Mr. Jones is a two-time Tony Award winner, two-time Obie Award winn…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:05PMFriday, September 25, 2015
With the entrance of Fall always comes one of our favorite times of year: the annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction! Stop by Times Square, Shubert Alley and West 44th Street this …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:22PMThursday, September 24, 2015
The Broadway revival Dames at Sea will set sail tonight at the Helen Hayes Theatre! Originally produced in 1968, the musical comedy launched the career of Bernadette Peters, who played youn…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:58AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
D.L. Coburn’s two hander, The Gin Game, a two-hander featuring Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones, begins previews tonight at the Golden Theatre. The 90-year-old actress and 84-year-old ac…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:02AMSamuel French is thrilled to release sheet music from the Tony Award-winning Fun Home! Authentic Piano/Vocal arrangements can be purchased for: “Ring of Keys,” “Changing …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:34AMTuesday, September 22, 2015
Dominique Morisseau and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be named the recipients of this year’s Steinberg Playwright Awards, which honor promising dramatists with $50,000 grants. Morisseau, a S…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:13PMSamuel French playwright Andrea Green was the proud recipient of the Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Best Documentary on Sunday! The documentary, On the Other Side of the Fence, was produced by Henry…
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