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Monday, April 14, 2025

See The All-Star Cast Who'll Pay Tribute to John Kander for Roundabout Theatre Company by Margaret Hall

The benefit concert will celebrate Kander's 98th birthday, with Alan Cumming leading a roster of Roundabout favorites.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM

Photos: Step Inside Dead Outlaw's Raucous 1st Preview by Margaret Hall

The musical's Off-Broadway premiere won the Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

John Proctor is the Villain Opens On Broadway April 14; Get a 1st Look at the Production, Starring Sadie Sink by Margaret Hall

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM

Jill Sobule's F*ck7thGrade Musical Will Release Cast Recording by Margaret Hall

The autobiographical piece was a 2023 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM

Video: Celebrate 30 Years of Disney on Broadway with An All-Star Medley by Margaret Hall

Genie Michael James Scott, Kara Lindsay, Rodney Ingram, and Kissy Simmons were on hand to pay tribute alongside host Ashley Brown as Walt Disney World.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM

What Are Reviews Saying About Irishtown at Irish Rep? by Margaret Hall

Penned by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, the work follows a celebrated Dublin-based theatre company which has just started rehearsals for a new play.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AM

On April 14, 1960, Bye Bye Birdie Opened on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Celebrate the 65th anniversary of the classic, which starred Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM

John Proctor is the Villain Opens On Broadway April 14 by Margaret Hall

Danya Taymor directs the new play by Kimberly Belflower, a reexamination of The Crucible.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Dead Outlaw Begins Performances on Broadway April 12 by Margaret Hall

The musical's Off-Broadway premiere won the Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM
Friday, April 11, 2025

Video: Meet the Cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway! by Margaret Hall

Based on the an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne, and Kate Trefry, the play is set in the world of the hit Netflix series.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM

How to Get $33 Tickets to Dead Outlaw on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The musical's Off-Broadway premiere won the Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best New Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM

Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Extends Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Jack Serio directs the production at the East Village Basement, a new downtown venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

To Sarah Hyland, The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan Is a Survivor by Margaret Hall

The actor read and re-read the Fitzgerald novel while she was on Modern Family. Now she is a bringing a compassionate lens to its flawed heroine.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The play, which explores themes of isolation, survival, and societal breakdown through the lens of a digital blackout, was first written in 2000.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PM

Photos: Step Inside Classic Stage Company's 3rd Annual Classics Gone Mad! by Margaret Hall

Hosted by drag legend Nina West, this year's event was Kander and Ebb–themed.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AM

Conor McPherson's The Brightening Air Begins World Premiere April 10 by Margaret Hall

The tale of fate, family, and unseen forces in 1980s Ireland is McPherson's latest for The Old Vic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Photos: Get a 1st Look at the Sailor Moon Musical North American Tour by Margaret Hall

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live will play 20 cities.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM

See Who's Starring in Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) North American Premiere at A.R.T. by Margaret Hall

The romantic comedy previously enjoyed a successful run in London's West End.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM

Video: Sadie Sink Is Welcoming Younger Audiences to Broadway in John Proctor Is The Villain by Margaret Hall

Sink discussed the shifting theatregoer generations while on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Hayden Tee Flew All the Way From Australia to Play Lance in & Juliet by Margaret Hall

They starred in the Australian production and can now seen on Broadway through April 20.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM

Tony Winner William Finn Has Died at 73 by Margaret Hall

The composer/lyricist was responsible for some of the most popular cult musicals of all time, including Falsettos, A New Brain, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM

Real Women Have Curves Is Getting a Broadway Cast Album by Margaret Hall

The work follows a first-generation child of Mexican immigrants torn between joining the family business or embarking on her own dream of attending college.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PM

Lineup for 28th Annual Summerworks Festival of New Plays Revealed by Margaret Hall

Two new plays and a musical will be produced as a part of the festival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AM

What Do The Critics Think of Becoming Eve Off-Broadway? by Margaret Hall

The play by Emil Weinstein is based on the memoir by Abby Chava Stein, an openly transgender woman directly descended from Hasidic Judaism's founder, the Baal Shem Tov.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AM
Monday, April 7, 2025

Leni Riefenstahl Solo Play Leni's Last Lament Will Play Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The piece stars Obie Award winner Jodie Markell as propagandist filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose work in service of the Nazis defined the visual identity of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PM

Photos: Get a 1st Look at New York Theatre Workshop's Becoming Eve by Margaret Hall

Based on Abby Chava Stein's memoir, Emil Weinstein's play centers on the trans child of a dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PM

Ken Page Memorial to Stream Live from St. Louis by Margaret Hall

The Broadway alum's golden vocals brought Old Deuteronomy from Cats and the Lion from The Wiz to life, along with Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM

Photos: Bob The Drag Queen, Priyanka Chopra, The Jonas Brothers, More Celebrate The Last Five Years on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The Jason Robert Brown musical opened its long-awaited Broadway run April 6.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PM
Sunday, April 6, 2025

On April 6, 2017, War Paint Opened on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, the musical explored the complex relationship between cosmetics giants Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00AM
Friday, April 4, 2025

Photos: See Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Kylie Minogue, More Celebrate George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck by Margaret Hall

Co-written by Clooney and Grant Heslov from the 2005 film, David Cromer directs the new play on Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PM

Read the Reviews for Ken Urban's Danger and Opportunity Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Jack Serio is directing the production at the East Village Basement, a new downtown venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM