Sunday, January 31, 2016
We’ve got chills, and they’re multiplyin’ ... probably because the TV musical Grease: Live is on and we’re live-blogging it. Please join us on the couch for some hand-jiving, bomber …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMKing Charles III, the Olivier Award-winning Best Play that imagines a future in which Britain's current Queen Elizabeth II has passed away and her son, the current Prince Charles, ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Mamet's latest play, China Doll, which opened on Broadway last fall starring Al Pacino, ends its run Jan. 31. Despite earning some of the more negative reviews of the season, the p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 30, 2016
To paraphrase an old expression, “big talent can come in small packages!” This observation was never truer than when the diminutive musical superstar, Kristin Chenoweth, took the stage a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:09PMThe 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented Jan. 30 on TNT and TBS Jan. 30 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 29, 2016
Guest post by Emma Thursland
The Dance Broadside Collection was processed by Camille Dee and has recently been made available to the public. A new exhibit showcasing a few pieces from this…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:58PMAdrian Lester as Hamlet, David Morrissey as Richard III, Joanna Lumley as Viola, Daniel Mays as Macbeth … To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:14AMThursday, January 28, 2016
Tony Award nominee Kathryn Erbe will join the previously announced three-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Frank Langella in the American premiere of Florian Zeller's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
Friends are planning to celebrate the life actor David Margulies, who died Jan. 11 at age 78. The celebration of the actor, who successfully moved back and forth from stage to TV to film wit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMThe national tour of If/Then welcomes Jackie Burns, Tamyra Gray and Matthew Hydzik to its principal cast Jan. 27 in Dallas, TX.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 26, 2016
The national tour of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, co-starring Randy Harrison ("Queer As Folk," Wicked) and Andrea Goss, launches Jan. 26 in Providence, RI at the Providence Pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, January 25, 2016
Tony winner Ben Vereen returns to Feinstein's/54 Below Jan. 25-30 with his acclaimed solo show Steppin' Out With Ben Vereen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMIt's catchy, it's awesome, it encapsulates all the feels from this weekend. Get off book on the official BroadwayCon song: "BroadwayCon's The Place For You." Check out …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMIt's catchy, it's awesome, it encapsulates all the feels from this weekend. Get off book on the official BroadwayCon song: "BroadwayCon's The Place For You." Check out …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMThe Broadway-aimed The SpongeBob Musical has cast a virtual unknown, Ethan Slater, in the title role of the "absorbent and yellow and porous" character.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMSunday, January 24, 2016
The theater-themed fan convention drew nearly 6,000 people for the three-day event at the New York Hilton Midtown, despite a massive snowstorm that shut down Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMThursday, January 21, 2016
Nominations for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Dec. 7, and the awards will be handed out starting at 8 PM ET Feb. 15 on CBS-TV.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMThis is one of a series of blog posts related to the NYPL Public Domain Release: discover the collections and find inspiration for using them in your own research, teaching, and creative pr…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:55AMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Our Mother's Brief Affair, penned by Tony-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, officially opens Jan. 20 following previe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47AMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Our Mother's Brief Affair, penned by Tony-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, officially opens Jan. 20 following previe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47AMMonday, January 18, 2016
Beth Malone, Beth Malone, BETH MALONE! We were SO excited to get the chance to sit down with the Tony nominated Fun Home star! Her turn as the grown up Alison--a performance in which she ne…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, January 17, 2016
As he arrives at London's Barbican to play an operatic serial killer, John Malkovich talks to Andrew Dickson about being back on stage, doing the Edinburgh festival for the first time – an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMSaturday, January 16, 2016
1908 or 1909 or 1912 There's no birthday like Merm's birthday. Ethel Zimmermann is born in Astoria N.Y. today. In years to come she will be acting and belting all over town as Ethel …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 15, 2016
Over the last months of his life, the singer was able to shake off late career doldrums and, despite his illness, find a final creative surgeFor more than a decade prior to his death David B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMLazarus, the Off-Broadway musical with a score by the late David Bowie and book by Enda Walsh, is being considered by producers for a Broadway transfer, according to The New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56AMThursday, January 14, 2016
"American Idol" finalist and "Glee" actor Adam Lambert has joined the cast of Fox-TV's fall broadcast of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." He will play E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMKate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Helen Mirren among those remembering the giant of movies and theatre – known best to many as Professor Snape in Harry Potter …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:39PMPromising "the most progressive technology ever seen on Broadway," Nerds, the new musical about tech giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, has booked Broadway's Longacre Theatre fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
This is one of a series of blog posts related to the NYPL Public Domain Release: discover the collections and find inspiration for using them in your own research, teaching, and creative pr…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:33PMMr. Bowie, who in his 50-year career reimagined the worlds of pop music, art and fashion, told very few people about the cancer that preceded his death on Sunday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:31AMMonday, January 11, 2016
London show aims to revive the faded reputation of the versatile Cockney performer Anthony NewleyA musical about the life of singer Anthony Newley is to be made in an attempt to revive his r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PM 
