Monday, October 26, 2015
Casting has been announced for Stratford Festival's 2016 productions of works by William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller, among others.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMNikki Snelson, who starred as Brooke Wyndham in Legally Blonde the Musical on Broadway, takes on the roles of director and choreographer of Lindenwood University's production of that sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMChicago's Eclipse Theatre has named Stephen Adly Guirgis its playwright of 2016. The company's 2016 season will exclusively feature shows written by the playwright.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMThe Public Theater production of Before Your Very Eyes, by U.K. and Berlin-based group Gob Squad, officially opens Oct. 26 in the Martinson Theater space. The show was …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, October 25, 2015
It was recently announced that "Orange Is the New Black" star Laverne Cox will star as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a role made famous by Tim Curry, in Fox TV's 2016 remake of t…
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Before they were dancing and singing onstage, some of your favorite Broadway stars were running and screaming onscreen. Check out which of your Broadway favorites slashed their way to the to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AMFriday, October 23, 2015
Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men," The Heidi Chronicles), Deadline Hollywood reports, has joined the cast of Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts' "The Bleeder," a film about Chuck…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMJustin Simien, the filmmaker behind "Dear White People," will write and direct a new musical for Charles King's media company, Macro. King and Poppy Hanks will produce. The pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMTituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls) will join the Seattle Men's Chorus for their first two Home for the Holidays concerts Nov. 28 a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMThursday, October 22, 2015
The Broadway League announced Oct. 22 that Tony award-winner Kelli O'Hara and Academy and Golden Globe award-winner Marlee Matlin will be the national ambassadors for Kids' N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:41PMSusan Lucci, Tony Danza, Marsha Mason, Tate Donovan, Maulik Pancholy, Alan Zweibel, Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel will be part of Celebrity Autobiography Nov. 23 at 7 PM at the Triad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PMGeorge Takei, who can be seen in the new Broadway musical Allegiance, stars in "hopefulROMANTIC," a short musical film starring Matt Zarley (A Chorus Line, Joseph and the Amazing T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMThe Actors Studio will present The Theatre and Social Justice, a series of plays asking exactly what the role of theatre in the world is today. Performances will be followed by discussions l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMFilming has begun in Miami for "Moonlight," a new film based on the Tarell Alvin McCraney play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMWednesday, October 21, 2015
Jennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, a live action zombie game that will be played around the TriBeCa neighborhood and the rest of the city, begins previews Nov. 9 with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMJennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom begins previews Nov. 9 with an official opening night set for Nov. 16. Legendary film director, screenwriter and producer Jo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMDouglas Taurel ("Nurse Jackie," "Blue Bloods") stars in The American Soldier a new one man show thats sheds light on war, PTSD and sacrifice from the Revolutionary War to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMYoung Frankenstein opens Oct. 23 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta, GA. The musical will run through Nov. 8 and will feature a special Halloween performance on Oct. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMGimme a Band, Gimme a Banana!, a new "samba spectacular" about legendary fruit-hatted performer Carmen Miranda, is being presented by Pointless Theatre Co. at the Logan Fringe …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMCharm, a new play based on the real-life experiences of a transgender woman teaching an etiquette class for LGBTQ youth, is being presented by Northlight Theatre at Steppenwolf Theatre C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMPlaywright/actor John Leguizamo has written a graphic novel based on his one-man play, Ghetto Klown. The novel is illustrated by Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
Grammy-nominated British recording artist Jessie J. recorded "Part of Your World" from "The Little Mermaid" for the upcoming compilation album "We Love Disney.&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMGrammy-nominated British recording artist Jessie J., Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo and Jason Derulo recorded their favorite Disney songs for the upcoming compilation album "We Love …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMGrammy-nominated British recording artist Jessie J. recorded "Part of Your World" from "The Little Mermaid" for the upcoming compilation album "We Love Disney.&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMKen Davenport, Cody Lassen, Hunter Arnold and David J. Kurs, producers of Deaf West's Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, were honored with the Champion of Change Award by the Mayor&am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMDue to scheduling conflicts, Sleeping Beauty Wakes has been replaced by A Night With Janis Joplin in 5th Avenue Theatre's 2015-16 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMAdam Immerwahr has been named the new artistic director of Theater J in Washington, D.C. This decision comes ten months after longtime artistic director Ari Roth was fired.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMMembers of the Portland theatre community will perform readings of the plays Keith Powell Beyland, founder of Dramatic Repertory Company, chose for its season in order to help pay Beyland…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMJesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family," The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and Jane Krakowski (She Loves Me, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") will appear on "Bes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMMonday, October 19, 2015
Various members of the Casting Society of America will participate in Meals for Monologues, a charity event that allows participants to sign up to perform a monologue or 32-bar cut of a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PMThe Screen Actors Guild Foundation will honor award-winning director-producer-writer Lee Daniels, award-winning producer Megan Ellison and award-winning director-prod…
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