All stories by Margaret Hall on BroadwayStars

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

New Victory Theater Announces 2022-2023 Season by Margaret Hall

The Off-Broadway venue will stage nine productions from five different countries.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM

Guy Ritchie to Direct Live Action Film of Disney's Hercules by Margaret Hall

The 1997 animated film is also in development as a live stage production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM
Monday, June 20, 2022

Matt Blaker and Kelly Glyptis to Join West End The Phantom of the Opera by Margaret Hall

Stars Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis will continue as The Phantom and Christine.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM
Saturday, June 18, 2022

Cynthia Erivo Attends Wicked on Broadway by Margaret Hall

Erivo has been cast as Elphaba in the upcoming film adaptation of the long running hit musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42PM

The Verdict: Critics Review West End Premiere of A Doll's House, Part Two by Margaret Hall

The Donmar Warehouse production, starring Noma Dumezweni, opened June 16.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM
Friday, June 17, 2022

Classic Stage Company Cancels June 17 Performance of Snow in Midsummer by Margaret Hall

The Off-Broadway production opened June 8.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM

Tony Winner Santino Fontana Releases Benefit Single of Sondheim's 'Another Hundred People' by Margaret Hall

Sales of the track support Emma's Torch, a culinary non-profit.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AM

Celtic Illusion Cancels Off-Broadway Run by Margaret Hall

The production was set to play New World Stages this summer

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AM

New Musical Marian to Hold Industry Reading by Margaret Hall

The musical is based on the life of the world famous contralto Marian Anderson.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM

Celtic Illusions Cancels Off-Broadway Run by Margaret Hall

The production was set to play New World Stages this summer

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM
Thursday, June 16, 2022

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant to Stream by Margaret Hall

The musical will be filmed in front of a live studio audience for a digital release.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch Set September Exit from Broadway's Funny Girl by Margaret Hall

The Fanny Brice biomusical revival continues its run at the August Wilson Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:12PM

Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch to Exit Funny Girl September 25 by Margaret Hall

Tony nominees Ramin Karimloo and Jared Grimes are set to remain with the production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:33PM

Austin Artists Project to Present Sing Out! A Broadway Musical Revue by Margaret Hall

The non-profit will celebrate Pride Month with the revue, staged at Lincoln Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM

ASL-Infused Take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella to Play ZACH Theatre by Margaret Hall

The Texas venue has announced its complete 2022-2023 season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM

Austin Arts Project to Present Sing Out! A Broadway Musical Revue by Margaret Hall

The non-profit will celebrate Pride Month with the revue, staged at Lincoln Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM

Reimagined Kinky Boots to Feature New Cyndi Lauper-Penned Song at Bucks County Playhouse by Margaret Hall

The Pennsylvania theatre will include a song cut from the Best Musical Tony-winning work's Broadway production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Neil Patrick Harris Joins BBC's Doctor Who by Margaret Hall

The Tony winner is set to play "the greatest villain the Doctor has ever faced" in the sci-fi stalwart.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PM
Monday, June 13, 2022

Hugh Jackman Tests Positive for COVID-19; Standby Max Clayton to Step Into the Role of Harold Hill by Margaret Hall

The revival of the Meredith Willson musical continues its run at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:50PM

Hugh Jackman Tests Positive for COVID-19 by Margaret Hall

Standby Max Clayton will assume the role of Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man until June 21.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:07PM

Shereen Pimentel, Robert Petkoff More to Lead The Muny's Camelot by Margaret Hall

The St. Louis production of the Lerner and Loewe musical begins June 22.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PM

Steven Skybell and Debbie Gravitte Will Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago's Fiddler on the Roof by Margaret Hall

Skybell won a 2019 Lucille Lortel Award playing Tevye in the Yiddish-language production of the Bock and Harnick musical Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PM

Berkeley Repertory Theatre Reveals Cast For West Coast Premiere of Sanctuary City by Margaret Hall

Written by Pulitzer winner Martyna Majok, the play follows two DREAMers in contemporary America.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PM
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Check Out All the Broadway References in the 2022 Tony Awards' Opening Number! by Margaret Hall

30 shows were represented in "This Is Your Round of Applause."

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:33PM
Friday, June 10, 2022

Broadway Music Director Don Pippin Dies at 95 by Margaret Hall

Mr. Pippin was the last living recipient of the Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PM

Eleri Ward to Release 2nd Acoustic Folk Album of Songs by Stephen Sondheim by Margaret Hall

Ward's first Sondheim album, A Perfect Little Death, released last year.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM

Ben Platt and Noah Galvin-Penned Theater Camp Begins Production by Margaret Hall

The feature film is an expansion of their 2020 short film of the same name.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AM

Celebrate Judy Garland's 100th Birthday By Revisiting 10 Of Her 'Best of Broadway' Performances by Margaret Hall

The legendary performer often highlighted underappreciated musicals on The Judy Garland Show.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48AM
Thursday, June 9, 2022

From One Island to Another: How Islander Travelled from Scotland to Manhattan by Margaret Hall

The Off-Broadway musical will complete its run at Playhouse 46 June 13.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM

New Audrey Hepburn Biomusical Audrey Sets Off-Broadway Debut by Margaret Hall

The limited engagement will play the Players Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AM

Elevator Repair Service To Celebrate 100th Anniversary of James Joyce's Ulysses by Margaret Hall

The new theatrical commission will bring the sprawling classic novel to life.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AM