Monday, August 17, 2015
John Oliver, the British comedian known best for his comedic political commentary on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on HBO and previously on "The Daily Show" with J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMSunday, August 16, 2015
The 2015-16 Broadway season includes many exciting new productions, as well as some highly anticipated revivals. Among them: Waitress with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, Deaf West&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, August 14, 2015
JACK, an arts center in Brooklyn, will present Sister Sylvester, the acclaimed New York performance collective, in their new work They Are Gone But Here I Must Remain Sept. 3–19. B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMPatrick Wilson (The Full Monty, Oklahoma!) will direct the musical The Full Monty at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. The performance is set for Feb. 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMWillemijn Verkaik, who has been seen as Elphaba in Wicked in New York, Austria, and London, has joined the cast of Disney's Tarzan in Germany.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMMichael Shannon ("Man of Steel," "Boardwalk Empire") will continue the trend of celebrity Jeff Award announcers, when he reveals the nominations for the 2015 awards Aug. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMREDCAT (The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, has announced its fall 2015 season. The season will include work from Mexico, Taiwan, Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThursday, August 13, 2015
26 Pebbles, a new play that explores the power of community in the face of the grade-school shooting tragedy in Newtown, CT, will play at Washington DC's Arena Stage 8 PM Aug. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMJersey Boys, the Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winning musical announced Aug. 13 that, beginning Aug. 14, it will be offering a limited number of tickets at each performance to winners of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMDavid Arquette ("Friends", "Scream") will star as Victorian sleuth Sherlock Holmes in a newly imagined Sherlock Holmes at Chicago's Oriental Theatre Nov. 24&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMSally Mayes appears as Rose in Harbor Lights' production of Gypsy through Aug. 16. Watch footage of the cast rehearing below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMDisney India has announced that, beginning in Oct. 2015, the musical Beauty and the Beast will be making its way to the stage in India. The show, helmed by an Indian creative team, will inco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMJames Earl Jones and Ernie Sabella are set to reprise their voice roles as Mufasa and Pumbaa, respectively, in the new Disney Channel movie "The Lion Guard." A special preview of &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMWednesday, August 12, 2015
The 50th Anniversary Edition of My Fair Lady CD starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison will be available Oct. 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMPlaybill.com's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry. From auditions to administrative roles, Playbill.com is the online source for care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMThe Other Direction, a new musical about the rise and fall of the world's biggest all gay boy band, will perform a concert version of their show at 54 Below on Aug. 21 at 11:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThe Hummingbird's Tour, a new play about three aging siblings and their nanny who are thrown into a frenzy by an unexpected guest, will begin its five week run at the Theatre at St. Clem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM"Kafkapalooza" a weeklong theatre festival presented by First Floor Theater, and inspired by the works of Franz Kafka, will begin in Chicago Aug. 14. "Kafkapalooza" will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMMichael Arden, Karen Ziemba, Ben Crawford, and more Broadway stars will perform in the 15th edition of If It Only Even Runs A Minute, a series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMTuesday, August 11, 2015
Kaufman Music Center, a music education and performance school, announced its 2015-16 theatre programs at New York's Merkin Concert Hall Aug. 11. Carol Burnett, Tyne Daly and Michel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMKathy Griffin (Kathy Griffin Wants A Tony) will bring her comedy tour "Like a Boss" to Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum Nov. 4-5 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMBroadway's Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde) appeared in a new trailer for "Supergirl" released Aug. 10. "Supergirl" is set to premiere in Oct. 2015 on CBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMKathy Griffin (Kathy Griffin Wants A Tony) will bring her comedy tour "Like a Boss" to Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum Nov. 4-5 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced international programming for its 2015-16 season. The season will feature six works of theatre, music, and dance from the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMMonday, August 10, 2015
Barrett Wilbert Weed (Heathers) will premiere her new solo show 9:30 PM Sept. 2 for a single performance at 54 Below cabaret in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMLauren Marcus, who was recently seen in Two River Theater's Be More Chill will replace Anneliese van der Pol as Audrey in the Sharon Playhouse production of Little Shop of Horrors. The a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMCiara Renée (Pippin, Big Fish) will perform a farewell concert on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 11:30 PM before heading to Vancouver to film CW's "Legends of Tomorrow."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMCiara Renée (Pippin, Big Fish) will perform a farewell concert on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 11:30 PM before heading to Vancouver to film CW's "Legends of Tomorrow."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMThe 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will take place Oct. 15 and 16 at New World Stages in New York, has announced the lineup for two additional special programs: a Songwriters Sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMSunday, August 9, 2015
The 2014-15 Broadway season brought many new musicals, as well as several revivals, and with those came new cast recordings, including those for Fun Home, Something Rotten!, Finding Neve…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, August 7, 2015
The musical Hamilton opened Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. As has become tradition, other Broadway shows, colleagues and celebrities took to social media to congratulate the cast and…
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