Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce that the National Tour of Fun Home, the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning Best Musi…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:48AMMonday, March 14, 2016
Tonight marks the 2016 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award ceremony, which celebrates excellence in theater seen in Los Angeles in 2015. There are a number of special awards and nominee…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:51AMATCA has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professiona…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:55AMWednesday, March 9, 2016
The 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (known also as the “Lammys”) have announced their finalists for this year’s ceremony, which rewards excellence in LGBT literature. Sa…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:10AMTuesday, March 8, 2016
Tony Honor recipient and the nation’s premier playwright development laboratory, will honor six-time Tony Award winning actress, Audra McDonald with their 2016 Distinguished Achievemen…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:33PMReady to hand jive one more time? The official Grease Live DVD is now available on Digital HD and DVD from Paramount Home Media Distribution. The live television broadcast had an average of…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:58AMFriday, February 26, 2016
Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce that three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker will join the cast of Fun Home, the gr…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:28AMThursday, February 25, 2016
This fall, Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop) will join forces with Jujamcyn Theaters to bring William Finn and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning musical FALSETT…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 03:22PMTuesday, February 23, 2016
Leap Day only comes once every four years, and in 2016 we know how to celebrate: by watching the live-streamed TimesTalks of Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and playwright/co…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:55PMFriday, February 19, 2016
We’re thrilled to report that TimeLine Theatre company in Chicago has received the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, which “recognizes except…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:14PMThursday, February 4, 2016
The 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards will be presented by TheaterMania.com on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street), it was announced today by Charles Wright, D…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:49PMTuesday, February 2, 2016
FOX TV has announced that Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford will be joining the cast of their remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which will be filmed this March in Tor…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:13PMThe Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Jonathan Silverstein – Artistic Director, Mark Armstrong – Keen Teens Producer) will present the Tenth Season of Keen Teens. …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:08PMOur favorite car karaoke singer, James Corden, is taking on a new gig: host of the 70th Annual Tony Awards this June. Corden is no stranger to the Tonys, having won the 2012 Tony for Bes…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:42PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
It’s nearly here! The well-reviewed City Center Encores! Off-Center staging of William Finn and James Lapine’s A New Brain, which starred Jonathan Groff, Ana Gasteyer, Dan Fogler an…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:34PMTuesday, January 26, 2016
“The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has done more than any other single force to get plays by women collected and celebrated, but more importantly, produced.” – Marsha Norman, 198…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:50PMMonday, January 25, 2016
Republic Records, FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) and Paramount Television have announced some exciting news! The GREASE: LIVE Official Soundtrack Album will be available for download on Sund…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:29AMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension to its Broadway revival of Michael Frayn’s comic classic Noises Off . The production, which is directed by Jeremy Herrin…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:20AMGet ready to rock. Tonight, January 25, the Highline Ballroom will host DON’T BREAK UP THE BAND: A ROCK OF AGES BROADWAY CAST REUNION CONCERT. Presented by Showmance Productions, the e…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:16AMThursday, January 21, 2016
What do you need to know about BroadwayCon? We have the ultimate round-up list for you.
The post From Survival Tips to Snowstorms: What You Need To Know for BroadwayCon appeared first on Bre…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:56AMWhat's the view like from the other side of the casting table? Especially when it's your directorial debut, and your wife and brother are in the cast? Two River Theater Company's Brandon J. …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:54AMFriday, January 15, 2016
BroadwayCon: What you need to know.
The post BroadwayCon: Details, Special Guests, Autograph Signings and More! appeared first on Breaking Character.
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:18PMThursday, January 14, 2016
he American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President) and The Village Voice (Peter Barbey, Publisher) are pleased to announce that the 61st Annual Obie Awards will be held on Monday, May 23…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:23PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the award-winning Noises Off by Michael Frayn opens tonight, January 14, 2016. The production has a limited engagement through Sunday, March 6, 2…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:28AMThe world lost another great this week, when British actor Alan Rickman died on Thursday at 69 years old. Rickman was a veteran of the stage and screen, starring in films such as “Die …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:19AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
What makes a premiere production? Read here and learn more, as part on of our ongoing Premiere Productions Series.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:17AMMonday, January 11, 2016
The 2016 award film and television award season kicked off last night with the 73rd Golden Globes, hosted with a sharp-tongued Ricky Gervais. Samuel French is particularly proud of several…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:20AMFriday, January 8, 2016
Encores! Off‐Center Artistic Director Jeanine Tesori announced yesterday that the 2016 Encores! Off‐Center season will include a production of Elizabeth Swados’ groundbreaking 1978 mu…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:26AMThursday, January 7, 2016
We are thrilled to report that Samuel French playwright EM Lewis has received the Oregon Literary Fellowship for Drama, as part of the 2016 Oregon Book Awards. The Oregon Book Awards and Fel…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:08PMWhat's a normal day like in the Samuel French offices? Playbill Video shows you!
The post Playbill Video: A Day in the Life at Samuel French — With a Surprise New Tune From Amanda Green ap…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:07AMWednesday, 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 02:51PM 
