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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Get a 1st Look at Upcoming Amadeus Series, With The White Lotus' Will Sharpe as Mozart by Logan Culwell-Block

The Peter Shaffer West End and Broadway play is getting a serialized adaptation also starring Paul Bettany.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AM
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Art of Living Sets Off-Broadway Return by Logan Culwell-Block

Anne Marilyn Lucas' comedy explores the state of marriage in 2025 across multiple generations of spouses.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

Darren Criss Will Return to Broadway's Maybe Happy Ending by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-winning star and producer has revealed his previously announced final bow is actually just the beginning of a nine-week leave of absence.

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Photos: Michael R. Jackson, Adam Chanler-Berat, Mary Testa, More Pay Tribute to Late, Great William Finn by Logan Culwell-Block

The Falsettos writer's home theatre, Barrington Stage Company, hosted a memorial concert August 19.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

Photos: John Leguizamo Hits the Rehearsal Room for His Latest, The Other Americans by Logan Culwell-Block

The new work, about a Colombian-American laundromat owner in Queens, comes to The Public Theater in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

Hear the Latest Single From Ali Louis Bourzgui's Upcoming Debut Album by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tommy and Hadestown Broadway star will release Becomes a Home via Joy Machine Records September 19.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM

The 1st Full Trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman Is Out by Logan Culwell-Block

Jennifer Lopez, Tonatiuh, and Diego Luna lead the screen version of the John Kander-Fred Ebb-Terrence McNally stage musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM

The Muppets Are Finally Coming to Broadway—With Magic! by Logan Culwell-Block

Kermit the Frog and some of his friends will be special guests to magician extraordinaire Rob Lake this holiday at the Broadhurst.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AM

Carrie Coon Will Star in Broadway Premiere of Tracy Letts' Bug by Logan Culwell-Block

The 2021 production from Chicago's Steppenwolf is being brought to New York by Manhattan Theatre Club.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:48AM
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

The Queen of Versailles Finds Its Full Broadway Cast, Joining Producer-Star Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham by Logan Culwell-Block

Nina White, Melody Butiu, and more will reprise their performances in the Broadway bow of the new Stephen Schwartz musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:32PM

Judy Kaye, David Jackson to Lead Fulton Theatre Driving Miss Daisy by Logan Culwell-Block

Jared Michael Delaney will also star in the Pennsylvania production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer winner, directed by Marc Robin.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM

Report: Will Broadway and West End Play Ink Make the Jump to the Big Screen? by Logan Culwell-Block

Guy Pearce will reportedly star as Rupert Murdoch in James Graham's dramatization of the creation of the U.K.'s most influential tabloid.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

Darren Criss, Kristin Chenoweth, More Will Explore Their Genealogy in Finding Your Roots by Logan Culwell-Block

The long-running PBS series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will launch its 12th season next year.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM

Hamilton Is No. 1 on Broadway Again After Hitting 10-Year Milestone, and More From Last Week's Broadway Grosses by Logan Culwell-Block

Lin-Manuel Miranda's megahit Best Musical winner has been enjoying renewed interest as it begins its second decade on the Main Stem.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PM

Kipp Koenig's Sci-Fi Dramedy The Glitch Will Make Off-Broadway Premiere by Logan Culwell-Block

The six-week limited engagement will play the Jerry Orbach Theater beginning in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM

Philippe Arroyo, Julia Knitel, Jerry Mitchell, More Join Forestburgh Playhouse In the Works~In the Woods Festival by Logan Culwell-Block

The annual event brings staged readings, musicals, and special events to upstate New York.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM

Broadway Week's 2-for-1 Tickets Are Making a Return in September by Logan Culwell-Block

Find out how you can take advantage of one of Broadway's best semi-annual deals.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AM

Austin Pendleton Will Lead Meta Off-Broadway Midsummer Night's Dream by Logan Culwell-Block

The Resident Acting Company is presenting the romantic Shakespeare comedy at the Sheen Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32AM
Monday, August 18, 2025

Jinkx Monsoon Is Ready to Make Abraham Lincoln a Trans Woman by Logan Culwell-Block

The Oh, Mary! star weighed in on a number of hypothetical scenarios that could face her on a recent appearance on Good Morning America.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM

Audra McDonald Followed Home by Inappropriate Fan by Logan Culwell-Block

The six-time Tony winner shared the frightening story just before playing her final performance as Rose in Gypsy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PM

Audra McDonald Followed Home by Overzealous Fan by Logan Culwell-Block

The six-time Tony winner shared the frightening story just before playing her final performance as Rose in Gypsy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PM

Wicked, Operation Mincemeat, Just in Time, More Will Perform at Free Founded by Broadway Concert by Logan Culwell-Block

The live event will be held in Times Square next month, and everyone's invited.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PM

Drew Droege Will Bring Messy White Gays Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

Zane Phillips, Pete Zias, Aaron Jackson, and James Cusati-Moyer will co-star in the farce about the murder of a throuple-mate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

Kash Bennett Named Executive Director of Sonia Friedman Productions by Logan Culwell-Block

The theatrical production company is an Olivier and Tony winner.

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Listen: The Playbill Podcast Talks Death Becomes Her With Christopher Sieber and Jennifer Simard by Logan Culwell-Block

Find out what it's like starring in one of Broadway's funniest—and undeadliest—new musicals.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM

Off-Broadway Spelling Bee Revival Adds Jasmine Amy Rogers, Autumn Best, Matt Manuel to Roster of Spellers by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway return of the William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical begins in November.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Gypsy Revival, Starring Audra McDonald, Finishes Run August 17 by Logan Culwell-Block

The six-time Tony winner stars as Rose in the Arthur Laurents-Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

An Allee Willis Jukebox Musical Is in the Works by Logan Culwell-Block

The late Color Purple co-songwriter is also known for her work in the pop world, including the theme song to Friends and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September."

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PM

Jordan E. Cooper's Oh Happy Day! Finds Off-Broadway Cast by Logan Culwell-Block

Tamika Lawrence, Tiffany Mann, Latrice Pace, and Sheléa Melody McDonald are amongst the artists bringing the Ain't No Mo' writer and star's latest to The Public.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PM

See New Playbill Covers for Fall 2025 by Logan Culwell-Block

Broadway's next spate of A-listers are getting ready to trod the boards.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PM

The Acting Company Will Stage Benefit Reading of Alice Scovell's Love's Labour's Won by Logan Culwell-Block

Steven Boyer, Christian Conn, Ismenia Mendes, and Sarah Stiles will star in the Shakespearean fan sequel, with Brian Isaac Phillips directing.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:59AM

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