Saturday, September 13, 2014
1894 Birthday of British playwright J.B. Priestley (1894-1984), author of plays An Inspector Calls, When We Are Married, Laburnum Grove and A Severed Head.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, September 12, 2014
1866 The Broadway musical is born. The Black Crook opens at Niblo's Garden, a musical extravaganza featuring a melodramatic plot and scantily-dressed ballerinas who serve as chorus g…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, September 11, 2014
1912 Jane Cowl becomes a star while performing in Within the Law by Bayard Veiller, which opened on this night. The play is about a woman wrongfully accused of theft. This was also the prem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, September 10, 2014
1915 Fanny Brice is reviewed in Variety for her performance at the Palace. Variety says that when she "learns to refrain from starting to disrobe before she is out of sight of the audie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, September 9, 2014
1873 Birthday of influential director Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) in Austria-Hungary. He will stage innovative productions of The Eternal Road, Sumurun and A Midsummer Night's Drea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, September 8, 2014
1914 A farce about selling soap called It Pays to Advertise, by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, opens at the Cohan Theatre. It stars Grant Mitchell and Ruth Shepley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, September 7, 2014
1909 Director Elia Kazan is born. Kazan would go on to direct the award-winning plays Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire. His success reached to the silver screen as well. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, September 6, 2014
1919 The Actors' Equity strike is settled at 3 AM, and some shows reopen today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, September 5, 2014
1881 Birthday of B. Iden Payne (1881-1976) a producer and playwright, who, as a professor at the University of Texas, inspired three generations of Broadway artists, including Tommy Tune…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, September 4, 2014
1895 Actor E. H. Sothern scores a personal triumph in the adventure melodrama The Prisoner of Zenda.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, August 20, 2014
The following is a list of upcoming television series that are musicals or have musical elements. If you would like to submit any updates, please email [email protected].
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMMonday, August 11, 2014
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMMonday, August 4, 2014
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View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PMMonday, July 14, 2014
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View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMMonday, July 7, 2014
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View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMMonday, June 30, 2014
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View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMMonday, June 23, 2014
The following is a list of live stage productions announced to shown in movie theatres and on television. If you would like to submit any updates, please email [email protected].
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Back in the late 1970s, when the Gallo Opera House and Henry Miller's Theatre were the nightclubs Studio 54 and Xenon, respectively, disco ruled the airwaves. Thirty-five years ago today…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, June 16, 2014
All data provided by The Broadway League.
View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMMonday, May 12, 2014
All data provided by The Broadway League
View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMThursday, May 1, 2014
Sit in front of a television set long enough, and you'll probably see a familiar Broadway face or two — and not just on your regularly scheduled programs, but in the commercials, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 24, 2014
Sit in front of a television set long enough, and you'll probably see a familiar Broadway face or two — and not just on your regularly scheduled programs, but in the commercials, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 23, 2014
The gangsters in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate implore the audience to "Brush up your Shakespeare." In honor of William Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Playbill will help reade…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 17, 2014
Sit in front of a television set long enough, and you'll probably see a familiar Broadway face or two — and not just on your regularly scheduled programs, but in the commercials, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 10, 2014
Have you ever been sitting in a movie theatre watching an animated film, or in front of a television watching a cartoon, and thought to yourself that the voice of that singing dog or fish or…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, April 7, 2014
The following is a list of stage musicals announced to be adapted as films. If you would like to submit any updates, please email [email protected].
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMThursday, April 3, 2014
Have you ever been sitting in a movie theatre watching an animated film, or in front of a television watching a cartoon, and thought to yourself that the voice of that singing cat or chicken…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMHave you ever been sitting in a movie theatre watching an animated film, or in front of a television watching a cartoon, and thought to yourself that the voice of that singing cat or chicken…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMWednesday, April 2, 2014
The following is a list of stage musicals announced to be adapted as films. If you would like to submit any updates, please email [email protected].
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMMonday, March 24, 2014
